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The Second Wave

Hammer and Spear Trilogy Book 2

By: David Bacque

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The Second Wave

Hammer and Spear Trilogy Book 2

By: David Bacque

A thousand years have passed since The Fortunate were imprisoned beneath the cold and ice of Heldig Fengsel, and their freedom is now at hand. All that stands against them, and their gluttonous subjugation of the land, are the Lion of Forson, her Hammer, and her Spear—three heroes with near-supernatural abilities. Legend says they will come forth when the time is ripe and lead the people of the One Nation into battle against the Fortunate to ensure that never again will they be relegated to The Lesser. Even with these heroes, plans will need to be drawn and alliances strengthened, if they are to have any hope of prevailing against a force with far superior numbers and a wrath that has been building for a millennium. With assistance from their comrades in arms, twin brothers Edouard and Alton—presumed by many to be the prophesized Hammer and Spear— will have to survive mortal danger around every turn as they endeavor to prepare their people, and the Lion of Forson, for a battle that threatens to end their way of life and change the face of the One Nation forever. The Second Wave is the second book of the Hammer and Spear Trilogy, following The Last Line (2021), and like its predecessor, will keep readers teetering on the edge of their seats.

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FriesenPress

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1039149979

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The Paladin: A Spy Novel

By: David Ignatius

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The Paladin: A Spy Novel

By: David Ignatius

“Tension, suspense, betrayal, and revenge.… David Ignatius is the best in the world at this stuff.” —Lee Child In this latest novel from the “dean of international intrigue” (Brad Thor) and New York Times best-selling author David Ignatius, CIA operations officer Michael Dunne is tasked with infiltrating an Italian news organization that smells like a front for an enemy intelligence service. Headed by an American journalist, the self-styled bandits run a cyber operation unlike anything the CIA has seen before. Fast, slick, and indiscriminate, the group steals secrets from everywhere and anyone, and exploits them in ways the CIA can neither understand nor stop. Dunne knows it’s illegal to run a covert op on an American citizen or journalist, but he has never refused an assignment and his boss has assured his protection. Soon after Dunne infiltrates the organization, however, his cover disintegrates. When news of the operation breaks and someone leaks that Dunne had an extramarital affair while on the job, the CIA leaves him to take the fall. Now a year later, fresh out of jail, Dunne sets out to hunt down and take vengeance on the people who destroyed his life.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393254186

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9780393254181

The Last Line

By: David Bacque

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The Last Line

By: David Bacque

For almost a thousand years, the One Nation has been at peace, wiser for the mistakes of The Fortunate—the oppressive, power-mad faction of humanity who once claimed that the earth could sustain us all, supporting their abuses and greed without crumbling, forever. They were wrong and the price was paid. In those perilous, long-ago days, the Lion of the Forson, born of The Lesser—those forced to serve The Fortunate in their selfish endeavours—drew upon deep powers to reshape the Earth, and the One Nation was created, on a foundation of freedom, responsibility, and a respect for the world and all living things. The Fortunate were trapped beneath the cold and ice of Heldig Fengsel, a prison that prophecy warns will fall once a thousand years have passed. Now, with the release of the Fortunate fast approaching, the descendants of The Lesser anxiously await the return of the Lion and her Pride, which the prophecy says will occur when they are needed once more, as the last line of defence against forces of darkness that threaten to tip the world back into subjugation and destruction.

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289

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FriesenPress

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1039110738

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9781039110731

Clara Bow

Runnin' Wild

By: David Stenn

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Clara Bow

Runnin' Wild

By: David Stenn

Silent screen goddess Clara Bow was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties, Hollywood's first sex symbol and a natural talent with an independent heart.

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402

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815410255

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Charlotte

Murder, Mystery and Mayhem

By: David Aaron Moore

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Charlotte

Murder, Mystery and Mayhem

By: David Aaron Moore

“Explores more of the seedy underside of the city that the tourist books don’t tell you about . . . from a 13-year-old church arsonist to a lynching” (Lost Charlotte). Today’s Charlotte is a fast-growing and well-respected city. But the Charlotte of yesteryear is rife with tales of the macabre, tragic and simply unexplainable. Prepare to be surprised and unnerved as the dark side of Charlotte is brought to life by native and longtime writer David Aaron Moore. Learn about Nellie Freeman, who nearly decapitated her husband with a straight razor in 1926. Discover how the ghosts of Camp Green infantrymen, the doughboys of World War I, still scream in the Southern night. Read about the seventy-one passengers who lost their lives as Eastern Airlines Flight 212 fell to the earth one foggy night in 1974. Come along and experience the grisly past of the City of Churches. Includes photos!

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136

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614234922

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9781614234920

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Sixth Edition

By: David Thomson

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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Sixth Edition

By: David Thomson

For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone). This new edition updates the older entries and adds 30 new ones: Darren Aronofsky, Emmanuelle Beart, Jerry Bruckheimer, Larry Clark, Jennifer Connelly, Chris Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Alfonso Cuaron, Richard Curtis, Sir Richard Eyre, Sir Michael Gambon, Christopher Guest, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Spike Jonze, Wong Kar-Wai, Laura Linney, Tobey Maguire, Michael Moore, Samantha Morton, Mike Myers, Christopher Nolan, Dennis Price, Adam Sandler, Kevin Smith, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlize Theron, Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski, Lew Wasserman, Naomi Watts, and Ray Winstone. In all, the book includes more than 1300 entries, some of them just a pungent paragraph, some of them several thousand words long. In addition to the new “musts,” Thomson has added key figures from film history–lively anatomies of Graham Greene, Eddie Cantor, Pauline Kael, Abbott and Costello, Noël Coward, Hoagy Carmichael, Dorothy Gish, Rin Tin Tin, and more. Here is a great, rare book, one that encompasses the chaos of art, entertainment, money, vulgarity, and nonsense that we call the movies. Personal, opinionated, funny, daring, provocative, and passionate, it is the one book that every filmmaker and film buff must own. Time Out named it one of the ten best books of the 1990s. Gavin Lambert recognized it as “a work of imagination in its own right.” Now better than ever–a masterwork by the man playwright David Hare called “the most stimulating and thoughtful film critic now writing.”

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1169

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Knopf

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1101874708

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9781101874707

The Genius Factory

The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank

By: David Plotz

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The Genius Factory

The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank

By: David Plotz

This is the inside, never-before-told story of the Nobel Prize sperm bank, the most radical experiment in human breeding in U.S. history. More than 200 children were born from this sperm bank between 1980-1999. It is also the story of the extraordinary meetings between the children and their donor fathers.

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Random House Trade

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0812970527

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9780812970524

Film Noir FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives, and Danger

By: David J. Hogan

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Film Noir FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives, and Danger

By: David J. Hogan

(FAQ). Film Noir FAQ celebrates and reappraises some 200 noir thrillers representing 20 years of Hollywood's Golden Age. Noir pulls us close to brutal cops and scheming dames, desperate heist men and hardboiled private eyes, and the unlucky innocent citizens that get in their way. These are exciting movies with tough guys in trench coats and hot tomatoes in form-fitting gowns. The moon is a streetlamp and the narrow streets are prowled by squad cars and long black limousines. Lives are often small but people's plans are big sometimes too big. Robbery, murder, gambling; the gun and the fist; the grift and the con game; the hard kiss and the brutal brush-off. Film Noir FAQ brings lively attention to story, mood, themes, and technical detail, plus behind-the-scenes stories of the production of individual films. Featuring numerous stills and posters many never before published in book form highlighting key moments of great noir movies. Film Noir FAQ serves up insights into many of the most popular and revered names in Hollywood history, including noir's greatest stars, supporting players, directors, writers, and cinematographers. Pour a Scotch, light up a smoke, and lean back with your private guide to film noir.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1480343056

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9781480343054

Capitalism and Dispossession

Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad

By: David P. Thomas,Veldon Coburn

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Capitalism and Dispossession

Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad

By: David P. Thomas,Veldon Coburn

This edited collection brings together a broad range of case studies to highlight the role of Canadian corporations in producing, deepening and exacerbating conditions of dispossession both at home and abroad. Rather than presented as instances of exceptional greed or malice, the cases are described as expected and inherent consequences of contemporary capitalism and/or settler colonialism. A core purpose of the book is to combine and synthesize analyses of dispossession within and outside of Canada. While the literature tends to treat the two as distinct and unrelated phenomena, these processes are often connected, as the normalization of settler colonialism at home can lead to indifference and acceptance of dispossession caused by Canadian companies abroad. This book brings local and global cases together in order to present a rigorous analysis of the role of Canadian corporate activity in processes of dispossession. The book includes a diversity of theoretical approaches related to the overarching theme of capitalism and dispossession; however, they share a critical analysis of capitalism and its implications on marginalized peoples at home and abroad. Included are political economy approaches that draw on the work of theorists such as David Harvey, important interventions from Indigenous and settler colonial studies, feminist approaches using the work of scholars such as Silvia Federici and the concept environmental racism, which draws on both critical race theory and environmental justice literature.

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259

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Fernwood Publishing

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1773635271

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9781773635279

Birds of Missouri

Their Distribution and Abundance

By: Mark B. Robbins,David A. Easterla

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Birds of Missouri

Their Distribution and Abundance

By: Mark B. Robbins,David A. Easterla

Robbins and Easterla offer the most comprehensive treatment of the birds recorded in Missouri since Otto Widmann's landmark publication at the turn of the century. Birds of Missouri couples an exhaustive literature review with much unpublished information to present a historical perspective, as well as an up-to-date assessment of each species recorded in the state."--Publishers website.

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University of Missouri Press

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082620791X

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9780826207913

The 19th Wife

A Novel

By: David Ebershoff

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The 19th Wife

A Novel

By: David Ebershoff

It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of her family’s polygamous history is revealed, including how both she and her mother became plural wives. Yet soon after Ann Eliza’s story begins, a second exquisite narrative unfolds–a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah. Jordan Scott, a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect years earlier, must reenter the world that cast him aside in order to discover the truth behind his father’s death. And as Ann Eliza’s narrative intertwines with that of Jordan’s search, readers are pulled deeper into the mysteries of love, family, and faith.

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546

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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0812974158

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9780812974157

How to Build the Ocean Pointer

A Strip-built 19'6" Outboard Skiff

By: David Stimson

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How to Build the Ocean Pointer

A Strip-built 19'6" Outboard Skiff

By: David Stimson

David Stimson grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and learned boatbuilding while working in the local boatyards. During this time, he developed an eye for boat design from Merton Long, a retired catboat builder who became his friend and mentor. David's love of traditional boats was further inspired by the writings of John Gardner and Pete Culler in the 1970's and by WoodenBoat Magazine. He now lives in Boothbay, Maine, with his wife, Tamora and two teenage boys, Abraham and Nathaniel. He is a sailing charter captain during the summer, and designs and builds boats at Stimson Marine, Inc. in Boothbay.

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WoodenBoat Books

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0937822728

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Have You Seen?

A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films

By: David Thomson

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Have You Seen?

A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films

By: David Thomson

Including masterpieces, oddities, guilty pleasures, and classics (with just a few disasters)"--Cover.

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1025

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Knopf Publishing Group

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0375711341

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9780375711343

Things Hunting Men

By: David Drake

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Things Hunting Men

By: David Drake

From the creator of Hammer's Slammers comes the second Starhunters volume. This time the tables are turned on the human killers. Now it is the monkey boys who are on the receiving end of the hunt. Includes stories by Gordon R. DIckson, Robert Silverberg, David Drak and others.

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0671654128

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9780671654122

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The Second Wave

The Second Wave

The Paladin: A Spy Novel

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The Last Line

The Last Line

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Clara Bow

Charlotte

Charlotte

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

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The Genius Factory

The Genius Factory

Film Noir FAQ

Film Noir FAQ

Capitalism and Dispossession

Capitalism and Dispossession

Birds of Missouri

Birds of Missouri

The 19th Wife

The 19th Wife

How to Build the Ocean Pointer

How to Build the Ocean Pointer

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Have You Seen?

Things Hunting Men

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