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Keepers of the Gate

By: Jon Land

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How are the shocking murders of elderly Holocaust survivors connected to the deaths of high school students in Israel and the West Bank? Palestinian-American detective Ben Kamal and Israeli detective Danielle Barnea soon discover that the answer to this blood-drenched puzzle lies as much in the past as in the present, with the clues leading from a Nazi labor camp to the forefront of modern biotech research, while leaving a trail of deception and death behind. At the center of the mystery lies Paul Hessler, a labor camp escapee and New York billionaire with secrets that stretch back over sixty years. Hessler is also in possession of a miraculous medical discovery that could affect the lives of thousands--including Ben and Danielle's unborn child. To protect this discovery, and to rescue the future form the hidden evils of the past, Ben and Danielle must come face-to-face with the Keepers of the Gate. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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1429976632

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

By: Jon Lloyd Dunn,Jonathan K. Alderfer

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

By: Jon Lloyd Dunn,Jonathan K. Alderfer

National Geographic's Field Guide to the Birds of North America is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative field guide on the market. This 6th edition is a birder's perfect companion, featuring new illustrations, new identification pointer labels on all art, subspecies listing, up-to-date taxonomic organisation, new species information, migration overlays on range maps and a brand new section of subspecies maps.

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The Trailsman #334

Colorado Clash

By: Jon Sharpe

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The Trailsman #334

Colorado Clash

By: Jon Sharpe

It's Hell in the high country… When Skye Fargo comes across a dead young man near the town of Cawthorne, Colorado, he figures he'll do the real thing and bring the body to town for burial. But he learns soon enough that dying has been real easy to do in Cawthorne lately. Someone in town has developed a taste for murder—and the Trailsman might just be the next course…

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1101060336

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Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2008

By: Jon McFarland

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Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2008

By: Jon McFarland

In Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2008, VIZ expert Jon McFarland teaches you how to get the most out of Autodesk's potent 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. As you follow real-world examples, you'll quickly see how to apply these techniques to your design projects. Whether you're entirely new to VIZ or simply want to master its newest features, this book offers the clear explanations and step-by-step instruction you need to make VIZ work for you. Coverage includes: Finding your way around in VIZ Linking to AutoCAD files Modeling using primitive and compound objects Editing using modifers and sub-objects Creating complex shapes with surface modeling tools Managing your design data more efficiently Simulating lighting effects accurately with global illumination Rendering real-world surfaces with Architectural material Setting up animated walk-throughs Using radiosity to create accurate scene lighting Using mental ray to achieve the most realistic rendering Producing design presentation views Understanding keyframes and function curve editing Acquiring 3D models and props from the Web

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470251743

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Behaviour Problems in Small Animals

Practical Advice for the Veterinary Team

By: Jon Bowen,Sarah Heath

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Behaviour Problems in Small Animals

Practical Advice for the Veterinary Team

By: Jon Bowen,Sarah Heath

This compact, easy-access guide to behavioral problems encountered in veterinary practice offers immediate and helpful advice for today's veterinary team. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details. Coverage offers immediate advice to the veterinary team who are often presented with behavioral problems in their practice. Easy-to-read format includes introductions, medical differentials, underlying causes, diagnosis, action boxes, and summaries. Content refers the reader to other chapters throughout the book, so that information can be found quickly and easily. Helpful handouts, which can be photocopied, offer yet another way to further your learning experience.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702027677

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The Frogmorton Chronicles

By: Jon Ivan

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The Frogmorton Chronicles

By: Jon Ivan

ndr Frogmorton is an Earth Mage on long range reconnaissance when he lands a bit too close to a black hole. Angel his sentient ship computer dives into the gravity well in an attempt to slingshot back out and transits to an alternative universe, they arrive in an area adjacent to a deep space trade route which obviously goes somewhere. They set up a forward base on a convenient asteroid and monitor the trade rote. One day while monitoring they observe a vessel acting suspiciously, and eventually identify that it has attacked a vessel as it enters space on the trade route, they assume that this is not appropriate conduct and go to the assistance of the vessel. After taking out the attacker they identify six survivors in the aft compartment, they haul the hulk clear of the vessel and transfer the survivor to provide them with medical aid. Whilst they are providing the aid ndr is able to thought read them to acquire information on their system and its language; which allows Angel to become reasonably conversant with the structure of the language. They also discover that the survivors were captives held hostage on the vessel to ensure it had not been sabotaged. ndr recruits them as base staff and angel contacts the vessel which turns out to be a tube runner carrying passengers in transit from the Faal system to the Clondone system. They inform the captain that they are about to tow the hulk back to their base and will return later to see if he needs further assistance. Once they have and installed their new staff the Faal agree to see if they can do provisional repairs on the vessel and improve the base whilst ndr returns to assist the tube runner. When ndr arrives back he identifies that they need a tow back to their port of origin in Faal system which ndr agrees to provide. When he finally enters Terminus space (the Faal port of origin) he is intercepted by Geet- tem-fin a Faal Mage on patrol guarding the entry point. Angel rapidly establishes contact with Geet-tems inboard sentient and establishes that it is also female personality as is its Bio; Angel and Faal-doe hit it of big time, and patch Geet-tem through to ndr; once it has been established that they are both Mages they agree to mind link and ndr explains the situation to Geet-tem who promptly arranges backup and clears him to tow the Runner in. Once they have reached their rendezvous with the Med ship the Taan (medics) request access to the re.gen to treat persons injured in the attack, ndr accompanied by Geet-tem tow the runner to parking orbit at Terminus Space Port where personal can be evacuated. On the way in they are met by the Ccin pop news vid crews and ndr claims that he is an Earth system salvage operator, the Ccin are suspicious about this but they get away with it. Once the passengers are disembarked ndr and Geet-tem go down to Space Port by Boat leaving Faal doe and Angel in orbit. ndr clears things with Admiral Bel-tam-den the Bel Fleet commander Terminus, and they stay at the Mage centre overnight. The Following day Geet-tem takes ndr to Prime centre to meet the High Mage and Geet-tem is detailed off to brief ndr on Faal System while the High Mage clears things with Faal Prime Council They clear an office and lecture room with the duty Aal (administrator) and then to go through basic readers. By the time they have achieved this it is the end of working day and they retire to their rooms to prepare for evening meal. When it is time Geet-tem collects ndr and they head for the duty bar to join the other Mages at base for evening social and introduce ndr to them when they arrive at the Bar they greet the other mages and Geet-tem orders her usual Fizz-bomb which is her usual drink ndr follows suit without realising that Fizz-bombs are lethal which results in him becoming slightly tipsy before anybody realizes that he is not acquainted with Faal social liquids, to the consternation of Geet-tem, and he is t

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Air in the Paragraph Line #12

By: Jon Konrath

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Air in the Paragraph Line #12

By: Jon Konrath

The "Weird, Paranoid, Insane" issue: fact and fiction by Grant Bailie, Keith Buckley, Tony Byrer, Joshua Citrak, Kurt Eisenlohr, Rebel Star Hobson, Stephen Huffman, Jon Konrath, R. Lee, Dege Legg, Erin O'Brien, John Sheppard, Joseph Suglia, Todd Taylor, and Richard K. Weems.

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0615163149

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Kill Me Once

By: Jon Osborne

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Kill Me Once

By: Jon Osborne

Nathan Stiedowe is seeking perfection - and he has been learning from the best. Recreating some of the most sickening murders in history, his objective appears chillingly simple, but his true motive remains unclear. On the trail of this sadistic monster is FBI Special Agent Dana Whitestone. Driven by the brutal childhood slaying of her parents, Dana's relentless pursuit of the most evil and twisted criminals has seen her profile many violent cases. But never has she encountered a maniac as demented as Stiedowe, or a mind as horrifyingly disturbed...

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Deep State

Dagmar Shaw Thrillers #2

By: Walter Jon Williams

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Deep State

Dagmar Shaw Thrillers #2

By: Walter Jon Williams

“Walter Jon Williams is a visionary of tremendous power and originality . . . He kills every damn time.” --Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Game designer Dagmar Shaw is skilled at creating vast online entertainments with millions of players. But Dagmar is haunted by her past, and by memories of a burning city, and of the friends who died as a bloody vengeance plot played to its conclusion around her. Dagmar is an expert at manipulating the online players known as the Group Mind. But when an acquaintance appears with the plan to manipulate an entire Middle Eastern country, to stage a revolution and make the people think it was all their own idea, Dagmar is both appalled and intrigued. Can she crash the Deep State? And can she do it without creating another bloodbath? This is no longer a game. The bullets, the tanks, and the spies are real, and so is the danger as Dagmar plunges into the task of gaming an entire state. When it first appeared, Deep State gained a modest amount of infamy as the novel that predicted the Arab Spring, and appeared the very week the Egyptians occupied Tahrir Square. “And since this is an intrigue thriller, there are undercurrents and deceptions and hidden agendas and secret loyalties and unexpected betrayals, deeper states of operation and deeper games being played for higher (or lower) stakes. Dagmar faces not only the normal perils of an elaborate and delicate con, but those of the deep state of international politics, where you don’t know who has been bought or intimidated, who might be a plant, who has a history that will blow up at the worst possible moment.” --Russel Letson, Locus “Williams has crafted a slick, intelligent techno-thriller that never allows the melodramatic storyline to swamp the cast of sympathetic characters.” --Eric Brown, the Guardian “Both prescient and utterly of the moment, featuring an ingeniously concocted and elaborated plot and a compelling cast of characters, Deep State is a success on every level . . . if ever one of Williams’ books had crossover potential . . . this is it. ” . . . The biggest plot coupon of all . . . is really the card on which the whole hand turns, and Williams does not blow the trick. On the contrary, he weaves this bit of scientific or pseudo-scientific legerdemain very deftly into the warp and weft of his plot, giving the novel that satisfies both logically and emotionally. Like his doughty heroine, Williams is absolutely at the top of his game here.” ---Paul Witcover, Locus

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Walter Jon Williams

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0997090456

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Fire Season

By: Jon Loomis

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Fire Season

By: Jon Loomis

Beleaguered Police Detective Frank Coffin is on the trail of a harmful firebug in "Fire Season," the third in this sharply witty mystery series set in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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0312668139

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Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2007

By: George Omura,Scott Onstott,Jon McFarland

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Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2007

By: George Omura,Scott Onstott,Jon McFarland

Turn Your Ideas Into High-Impact 3D Models and Animations Transform flat drawings and concepts into impressive 3D visualizations that will amaze your clients with the comprehensive instruction you'll find in Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2007. Written by VIZ experts, this book shows you how to get the most out of the latest version of Autodesk's powerful 3D design, modeling, and animation tool with an in-depth, tutorial-based approach grounded in real-world examples. This new edition has been fully updated and revised to cover all of Autodesk VIZ 2007's new features--asset tracking, revamped Xrefs, an updated interface, and the improved rendering and editing tools--and it's packed with professional techniques you can apply immediately to your own work for striking results. Whether you're new to VIZ or simply want to master the latest features, this book offers the clear explanations and step-by-step instructions you need to create, animate, and render realistic architectural visualizations with VIZ 2007. Coverage includes: * Creating complex shapes with surface modeling tools * Using, organizing, and editing objects and meshes * Efficiently managing design data * Adding natural lighting effects * Staging a virtual walk-through of your room designs for clients * Applying radiosity to create lifelike views * Employing mental ray to achieve high-res rendering * Using AutoCAD and Photoshop(r) with VIZ * Exporting content to the Web Featured on the CD You'll find a trial version of VIZ 2007 plus project files for all of the book's exercises. Master VIZ 2007's great new features, including asset tracking, scene states, new modeling and texturing enhancements, batch rendering, and improved interoperability with other Autodesk products. Create 3D models quickly and intuitively using the new edit poly tools and Sweep modifier. Work effectively with lights, materials, and cameras. Animate your models and create interactive views. George Omura was cited as favorite CAD author by members of the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) in AUGIWorld magazine's "Best of Everything CAD" issue, November/December 2003. www.sybex.com

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0470112700

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A Craftsman’s Legacy

Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning

By: Eric Gorges,Jon Sternfeld

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A Craftsman’s Legacy

Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning

By: Eric Gorges,Jon Sternfeld

A book for makers, for seekers of all kinds, an exhilarating look into the heart and soul of artisans—and how their collective wisdom can inspire us all. "Despite our technological advances, we’re busier than ever, our lives more frazzled. That’s why the handmade object, created with care and detail, embodying a history and a tradition, is enormously powerful. It can cut through so much and speak in ways that we don’t often hear, or that we’ve forgotten." —Eric Gorges, from A Craftsman’s Legacy In this joyful celebration of skilled craftsmen, Eric Gorges, a corporate-refugee-turned-metal-shaper, taps into a growing hunger to get back to what’s real. Through visits with fellow artisans—calligraphers, potters, stone carvers, glassblowers, engravers, woodworkers, and more—many of whom he’s profiled for his popular television program, Gorges identifies values that are useful for all of us: taking time to slow down and enjoy the process, embracing failure, knowing when to stop and when to push through, and accepting that perfection is an illusion. Most of all, A Craftsman’s Legacy shows how all of us can embrace a more creative and authentic life and learn to focus on doing what we love.

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Mastering Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010

By: Mark Gerhard,Jeffrey Harper,Jon McFarland

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Mastering Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010

By: Mark Gerhard,Jeffrey Harper,Jon McFarland

The only comprehensive tutorial/reference exclusively devoted to Autodesk's robust architectural visualization software 3ds Max Design is a powerful real-time 3D design, modeling, and animation tool for architectural visualizations. This book covers all the software's crucial features, including how to simulate and analyze sun, sky, and artificial light-crucial factors for sustainable design-and how to define and assign realistic materials and work with AutoCAD and Revit files. You'll quickly learn how to get the most from this powerful software's 3D modeling, animation, and rendering capabilities. McFarland is an Autodesk Authorized Author with professional experience in creating complex visualizations for a large property development company. His real-world focus means workflows and instructions are professional and proven, and projects will include those that pros work on every day. Uses actual examples from the author's experience, including retail spaces, small offices, residential developments, and more Concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on tutorials teach the basics and fine points of the software Covers all the essential features, such as how to simulate and analyze sun, sky, and artificial light Demonstrates efficient use of the interface; how to work with Revit and AutoCAD files; using data, scene management, and solid modeling tools; rendering real-world surfaces; and setting up animated walkthroughs Mastering 3ds Max Design 2010 provides a practical education in using this powerful architectural visualization tool.

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1118059417

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Black Mongoose

By: Jon Haylett

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Black Mongoose

By: Jon Haylett

A “fast-paced, sexy and blood-spattered” political thriller set in Africa from the award-winning author of Cry of the Justice Bird (Robert Guest, international bestselling author of The Shackled Continent). USuzwe is an African country rotten with corruption. Its rulers systematically pillage the economy, rob the charities and drain the aid budgets of gullible Western countries. However, a group of citizens rebel against the poverty, food shortages, bankrupt social services, disease and early deaths and plan to topple the regime within a week—and their unsuspecting instrument is ex-Royal Marine Commando Johnny Strowger. Johnny arrives in the Kingdom of USuzwe like any other tourist, intent on enjoying its palm-fringed beaches, game parks and beautiful girls. But when his brother mysteriously disappears, he finds himself the object of a huge police manhunt. Guided by Ephraim and the beautiful Lindiwe Dhlimani, Johnny begins to destroy the political snakes of Kisingo’s regime, but at a terrible price. “Black Mongoose is a terrific novel . . . Jon Haylett writes hard-boiled fiction with tremendous energy and an eye for unsettling truths.”—Robert Guest, former Africa editor of The Economist and international bestselling author

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Legend Press Ltd

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1907461000

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Lowball

A Wild Cards Mosaic Novel

By: Michael Cassutt,David Anthony Durham,Mary Anne Mohanraj,David D. Levine,Walter Jon Williams,Carrie Vaughn,Ian Tregillis

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Lowball

A Wild Cards Mosaic Novel

By: Michael Cassutt,David Anthony Durham,Mary Anne Mohanraj,David D. Levine,Walter Jon Williams,Carrie Vaughn,Ian Tregillis

A brand-new Wild Cards novel, edited by New York Times #1 bestselling author George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass

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Of Sea and Cloud

By: Jon Keller

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Of Sea and Cloud

By: Jon Keller

Nicolas Graves raised his sons to be lobstermen. Bill and Joshua (known as Jonah) Graves grew up aboard their father's boat--the Cinderella--learning the rules and rites of the antiquated business they love. But when their father is lost at sea and the price of lobster crashes worldwide, Bill and Jonah must decide how much they are willing to risk for their family legacy. Standing against them is Osmond Raymond--former Calvinist minister, mystic, captain of the Sanctity, and their father's business partner for more than twenty years. Together with his grandson and heir, Julius, Osmond is determined to push the Graves family out of their lobster pound, regardless of the cost or the consequences. Praise for Of Sea and Cloud "A gorgeously written exploration of faith and loyalty, love and dishonesty... I will never forget these characters, these waters, or the harrowing dramas unfolded upon and beneath them." --Anthony Doerr, author of All The Light We Cannot See "Exquisitely well-written, relentlessly compelling, this story of fathers and sons and lovers, of love and greed and betrayal, elevates the desperate lives of lobstermen into Shakespearean tragedy. This novel set its hooks quickly, and held me rapt until the brutal, beautiful, end. Of Sea and Cloud is timeless drama of the highest order, both thrilling and wise, and Jon Keller is an extraordinary new voice in fiction." --Alan Heathcock, award-winning author of Volt "...dark, poetic, and at turns terrifying. Set against the harsh Maine coast, it tells the story of a people inextricably connected to their land, and of what happens when that land is threatened. Ultimately, this is a novel about love in all its forms and failures." --Abi Maxwell, author of Lake People "A bleak and beautiful story of a family of fog-shrouded lobstermen caught in the heavy vice of change, told in a voice that is part Dennis Lehane, part Melville, part Homer, and all Jon Keller. The book's dark mystic, Osmond Randolph, will haunt me for weeks to come." --Christian Kiefer, author of The Infinite Tides "Of Sea and Cloud is a remarkable read, a first novel that captures a blood and breath drama that is both gripping and evocative." --Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red "With measured and powerful prose, Jon Keller writes a timeless story of manhood, loss, and the bonds of family." --Chris Offutt, author of No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home "...a bone-chilling story of brotherhood, trust, and betrayal. It belongs in the canon of great American maritime novels alongside Hemingway and Melville." --Tyler McMahon, author of How the Mistakes Were Made and Kilometer 99

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Simon and Schuster

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1440580235

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The Last Martian Sunset

By: Jon Vassa

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The Last Martian Sunset

By: Jon Vassa

Feeling suffocated on an overcrowed Earth, Xan, a working-class young man, is about to make the biggest gamble of his life by emigrating to Mars. With the promise of a new life, it seems like a golden opportunity despite his family’s reservations. Fresh off the spacecraft and full of hopeful naivete, he soon finds himself in danger when he inadvertently offends a vindictive crowd of workers. Now, stuck on a new planet with hostile eyes upon him, he must strive to escape his hapless situation to achieve success not only for himself but also those he loves.

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Black Rose Writing

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1684332931

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The New Woman

A Staggerford Novel

By: Jon Hassler

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The New Woman

A Staggerford Novel

By: Jon Hassler

Since 1977, Jon Hassler’s Staggerford series has entranced readers with its funny and charming depiction of life in small-town America. The New Woman is his latest visit to this Minnesota hamlet. At the age of eighty-eight, Agatha McGee has grudgingly moved out of her house on River Street and into the Sunset Senior Apartments. She’s not happy about giving up her independence, and Sunset Senior’s arts and crafts activities and weekly excursions to the Blue Sky Casino are hardly a consolation. Meanwhile two of her close friends pass away, her nephew Frederick is drifting into depression, and a kidnapped little girl has suddenly appeared on her doorstep. With characteristic poise and dignity, Agatha takes on her problems and finds that the bonds of friendship and family are still the key to happiness at any age. Affectionate and life-affirming, The New Woman is another delightful trip to a town with a soul as real as rural America itself.

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0452287642

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55Th St. Taxi

By: Jon E. Blair

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55Th St. Taxi

By: Jon E. Blair

Abby knew that Pettigrad had them all under his control. What started so innocently a few years ago was now a life of secrets and lies. Rick had been pushed into a world he had never known existed, or for that matter, never would have, never would have experienced if not for the events of one night. His new found companions were having a profound effect on his life, taking the past, present and future and making him a new one. Then there was Rosie, that contagious smile and bright eyes, was she the one keeping him in this place? Years of work all on hold because of a simple taxi ride to 55th St. Could all these new players pull through and break Pettigrad's hold? Time would tell......it always does!

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Angel Station

By: Walter Jon Williams

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Angel Station

By: Walter Jon Williams

ORPHANS OF DEEP SPACE . . . They’re outlaws now. Created to serve a function grown obsolete, haunted by the holographic ghost of their father, Ubu and Maria have lived their entire lives skating along the edge of extinction. Now they and their ship Runaway are in flight both from the law and from a predatory clan of competitors. They’re going to come back rich, or not at all. But what they find in the depths of space isn’t wealth, but a secret so startling that Ubu and Maria will need every last reserve of guile, cunning, and intelligence just to survive . . . “No one can accuse Williams of failing to grow with each new major work . . . Straight-forward space adventure with a strong picaresque flavor. The pacing is brisk, the high-tech details vivid, the rewards to readers considerable.” ---Booklist “Williams colorfully invokes the life of the trader families and their honkeytonk space stations. With its emphasis on youth, beauty, sex, and mischief, [ANGEL STATION] also conjures a contemporary mood agreeably distinct from its futuristic settings.” --Publishers Weekly “Williams has it all.” --Analog “Williams is a skillfully literate addition to the stylish new generation of science fiction writers.” ---Chicago Tribune

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Walter Jon Williams

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0983740879

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It's Not Magic

By: Jon Sands

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It's Not Magic

By: Jon Sands

Snapshots of youth, displayed with verve and sparkling clarity, in a new collection of poems that “dazzles with its linguistic sleight of hand” (Richard Blanco). From jaunts through New York subways, to a Cincinnati Waffle House, to a chance encounter with one’s future life partner, Sands writes in turns autobiographically and imaginatively, drawing on voices from his private world and the public sphere to create an urgent portrait of youth that is almost rebellious in its sheer, persistent joy. Nostalgic and vivid, this collection of poems is written reverie. Selected by Richard Blanco, Jon Sands is the winner of the 2018 National Poetry Series.

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0807079626

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Strong Light of Day

A Caitlin Strong Novel

By: Jon Land

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Strong Light of Day

A Caitlin Strong Novel

By: Jon Land

Texas ranger Caitlin Strong is involved in an international plot rooted in secrets from the Cold War in Strong Light of Day, the seventh installment of Jon Land's New York Times bestselling Caitlin Strong series Afghanistan, 2003: During a mountain raid, a team of Navy SEALs discovers plans for a new and ingenious attack on the United States. The Present: Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong is summoned when thirty high school kids from a Houston prep school vanish during a field trip, including the son of her lover, Cort Wesley Masters. As if that wasn't enough, Caitlin also has to deal with a crazed rancher whose entire herd of cattle has been picked clean to the bone. The link between these two inexplicable events dates back to the contents of that Afghan cave raided by the SEALs, and a plot by forces within Russia to win a war they never stopped fighting. At the center of that plot are billionaire Calum Dane and his multinational conglomerate, currently embroiled in controversy over a genetically engineered pesticide that has the potential to eradicate hunger across the world. Dane doesn't know that this pesticide has spawned a new and deadly enemy capable of destroying the very fabric of American life. Caitlin's race to save the country weaves through the present and the past, confronting her with the most powerful and dangerous foes she's ever faced. The Cold War hasn't just heated up; it's boiling over under the spill of a strong light only Caitlin can shut off before it's too late. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Staggerford

A Novel

By: Jon Hassler

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Staggerford

A Novel

By: Jon Hassler

The classic novel of a small Minnesota town—and of one school teacher who calls it home This utterly charming, deeply poignant debut remains perhaps the signature achievement of beloved novelist Jon Hassler—once hailed by The New York Times as “a writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction.” It’s the story of a week in the life of Miles Pruitt, a thirty-five-year-old bachelor who teaches high school English in Staggerford, Minnesota. And though it is only a week, it’s an extraordinary week, filled with the poetry of living, the sweetness of expectation, and the glory of surprise that can change a life forever. Praise for Staggerford “Witty, intelligent, compassionate . . . an absolutely smashing first novel.”—The Plain Dealer “You’ll remember it for a long time.”—The Minneapolis Tribune “One of the year’s truly freshly conceived and carried out novels, one whose not always so gentle ironies address themselves to a broader range of life than is to be found in Staggerford, Minnesota.”—The Kansas City Star “A thoroughly convincing X-ray vision of small-town life . . . so sincere, so true, so honest with itself, and so very, very funny that a reader often has to wipe the tears out of the corners of his eyes before he can—as he must—read on.”—The Houston Post “Very entertaining . . . [Miles is] one of the most likable protagonists of modern fiction.”—The Pittsburgh Press “Staggerford, Minnesota, is a town out of control. It is as weird and convoluted as any lover of comic fiction could wish.”—Boston Herald American

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0307779602

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Chaser

The Adventures of Chad Remington

By: Jon Guenther

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Chaser

The Adventures of Chad Remington

By: Jon Guenther

Bail enforcement agent Chad Remington can't seem to pull it together. If he's not battling personal demons, he's wrestling with his family's unrealistic expectations or the love of a woman just out of reach. But Chad's life takes a fateful turn when an old friend in the FBI solicits his help. Criminal mastermind Islene O'Brien and her gang of thugs have just robbed an armored car of two million dollars, and they're willing to kill anyone in the way of their escape path. On a cross-country chase from Washington, DC to the Rocky Mountains, Remington must stay sober long enough to put down O'Brien and her murderous gang. A taut thriller combining action, family drama and humor, Chaser promises to leave the reader absolutely breathless!

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Spirit Fire Books

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1450575307

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Contemporary Circus

By: Katie Lavers,Louis Patrick Leroux,Jon Burtt

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Contemporary Circus

By: Katie Lavers,Louis Patrick Leroux,Jon Burtt

In this volume, twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus, bridging the divide between practice and theory. Lavers, Leroux, and Burtt offer conversations across four key themes: Apparatus, Politics, Performers, and New Work. Extensively illustrated with fifty photos of Contemporary Circus productions, and extensively annotated, Contemporary Circus thematically groups and contextualises extracts of conversations to provide a sophisticated and wide-ranging study supported by critical theory. Of interest to both practitioners and scholars, Contemporary Circus uses the lens of ‘contestation,’ or calling things into question, to provide a portal into ways of seeing today’s circus performance. Conversations with: Lachlan Binns and Jascha Boyce (Gravity and Other Myths), Tilde Björfors (Cirkus Cirkör), Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers (Hot Brown Honey), Shana Carroll (The 7 Fingers), David Clarkson (Stalker), Philippe Decouflé (Compagnie DCA), Fez Faanana (Briefs), Mike Finch (Circus Oz), Daniele Finzi Pasca (Compagnia Finzi Pasca), Sean Gandini (Gandini Juggling), Firenza Guidi (ElanFrantoio, NoFit State Circus), Jo Lancaster and Simon Yates (Acrobat), Johann Le Guillerm (Cirque Ici), Yaron Lifschitz (Circa), Chelsea McGuffin (Company 2), Phia Ménard (Compagnie Non Nova), Jennifer Miller (Circus Amok), Adrien Mondot (Compagnie Adrien M and Claire B), Charlotte Mooney and Tina Koch (Ockham’s Razor), Philippe Petit (high wire artist), and Elizabeth Streb (STREB EXTREME ACTION).

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Routledge

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1317190130

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The Staggerford Murders and Nancy Clancy's Nephew

By: Jon Hassler

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The Staggerford Murders and Nancy Clancy's Nephew

By: Jon Hassler

Filled with his trademark humor and warmth, Jon Hassler’s The Staggerford Murders and The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy’s Nephew offer a welcome return to the town that has captivated readers for years. In The Staggerford Murders, residents of the Ransford Hotel "solve" the nine- year-old murder of esteemed Staggerford citizen Neddy Nichols and the disappearance of his widow, Blanche. Hassler’s wry humor is in full force as this wonderful tale unfolds. In the more poignant and bittersweetThe Life and Death of Nancy Clancy’s Nephew, elderly W.D. Nestor finds his loneliness dispelled by his friendship with a young Staggerford boy, but it is a sudden visit to his one hundred-year-old Aunt Nancy that provides the peace he has always been looking for.

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1101157461

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The Prodigal Father

A True Story of Tragedy, Survival, and Reconciliation in an American Family

By: Jon Du Pre

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The Prodigal Father

A True Story of Tragedy, Survival, and Reconciliation in an American Family

By: Jon Du Pre

This is a story of how one American family turned its bright expectations into crushing disappointment and then, ultimately, a victory of spirit. The Du Pre family’s story is told by the middle of three children, Jon. Fear and rage from the author’s childhood threatened to destroy the seemingly perfect life he had created. Jon made a terrifying pivotal decision—to seek out the cause of his confusion and bitterness. This gripping story will enlighten and inspire you, showing you the true meaning of "family.

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Hay House, Inc

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1401933084

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Mentalizing in the Development and Treatment of Attachment Trauma

By: Jon G Allen

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Mentalizing in the Development and Treatment of Attachment Trauma

By: Jon G Allen

This book brings together the latest knowledge from attachment research and neuroscience to provide a new approach to treating trauma for therapists from different professional disciplines and diverse theoretical backgrounds. The field of trauma suffers from fragmentation as brands of therapy proliferate in relation to a multiplicity of psychiatric disorders. This fragmentation calls for a fresh clinical approach to treating trauma. Pinpointing at once the problem and potential solution, the author places the experience of being psychologically alone in unbearable emotional states at the heart of trauma in attachment relationships. This trauma results from a failure of mentalizing, that is, empathic attunement to emotional distress. Psychotherapy offers an opportunity for healing by restoring mentalizing, that is, fostering psychological attunement in the context of secure attachment relationships-in the psychotherapy relationship and in other attachment relationships. The book gives a unique overview of common attachment patterns in childhood and adulthood, setting the stage for understanding attachment trauma, which is most conspicuous in maltreatment but also more subtly evident in early and repeated failures of attunement in attachment relationships.

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Routledge

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0429916264

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9780429916267

Devils Courtyard

By: Jon St Thomas

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Devils Courtyard

By: Jon St Thomas

The Devils Courtyard is an evocative tale of two young transsexuals: Mimi - a scion of a very wealthy Florida family and Poison - a street urchin hustler. The pair meet in Floridas dangerous supermax prison while both serving short bits for minor crimes. This unlikely duo become best friends while navigating their way through the treacherous currents of this insular violent prison world.With Poisons release closely approaching and the reality theres no place to go for her but back to the streets, Mimi enlists the help of her family to keep Poison off the streets and out of a return trip back to supermax. Her parents succeed in setting Poison up in an apartment and enrolling her in Tampas top culinary arts school. Mimi and Poison-each counting the days until these best friends finally reunite in the free world.Poison settles in like a natural, top of her class and eventually lands a job as a chefs assistant in one of the areas four star hotels, hosting big local conventions.While at the hotel, Poison runs across two major drug traffickers that are staying in two of the hotels suites. Poison naturally suspects the two are using the suites as their trafficking home base and running their operation inside.Poisons suspicions lead her to sneak into their suites while they are out. Suspicions confirmed, Poison walks away with over a million dollars-with many more millions stashed inside their closet suites.Unfamiliar with how to handle such an amount, Poison relies on Mimi to help launder the money on an island Mimis parents have many connections and are able to safely launder the money through a bank there.The plot thickens as Mimi and Posion are caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with deadly drug dealers and the cops.

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150493377X

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A Father's Advocate

By: Jon Javere

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A Father's Advocate

By: Jon Javere

Jon Cro finds himself caught in the middle of a highstakes game of seize and conquor, as his daughter Angel fights to free her father from the grips of his own past actions. Angel has a plan and nothing is going to stop her from carrying it out. Redemtion and reconstruction of the values and people of the town of Lawton, a city where no one could escape being extorted or manipulated or even killed by Willie Turner, the self proclaimed king of the city. Willie has a plan of his own and has done all he feels he needs to do to secure the city for himself. Needed by both sides Jon Cro must find a medium in this ordeal that he has no control of. That is if he intends to do it and stay alive. A Father's Advocate is a thrilling story of the love a daughter has for her father and the devotion she has for the dream he gave birth to. In a time when people have lost themselves in the world of having it all, we find the citizens of Lawton realize that having it all comes with the loss of somthing precious. A father's advocate gives insight into the real problems of the inner city and the people that mean well but show different. Reading A Father's Advocate gives the reader a higher sense of value in his or her place in their city. The reader should find themselves in characters throughout the novel. The basic beleif that it takes a town to raise a child is brought to life in this urban thriller. The reader should beware that this is a read that will spark consious awareness, and promt action.

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1462071422

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9781462071425

The Syndicate

By: Jon F. Merz

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The Syndicate

By: Jon F. Merz

In this fourth book in Merz's blood-chilling series, vampire cop Lawson heads to New York City to search for his missing cousin and faces off against a group of lethal vampire gangsters. Original.

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Pinnacle Books

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0786015365

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9780786015368

Codename: Lehi

The Autobiography of Jonathan Daniel Beckmon

By: Jon Beckmon

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Codename: Lehi

The Autobiography of Jonathan Daniel Beckmon

By: Jon Beckmon

This book is the condensed version of my life. It contains the things I can remember most about what has occurred in my life. It is in effect the autobiography of Jonathan Daniel Beckmon which is my full legal name given to me by my parents Raymond Beckmon and Linda Helms (her maiden name) and assigned to me in the United States of America where I was born. At my current stage of life my only real goal is to get married. I have been looking for a suitable spouse for at least 15 years as of the time this book is being published with no luck. Its very hard to find a decent moral woman with the current state of our society and general lack of moral values in the United States of America. I honestly feel that had I been born in Russia I would have been married long ago. I had much better luck finding women there that were interested in my qualities and that were decent human beings. However I have only managed to make it to Russia once as it is beyond my current financial means to go there a lot until I find a wife. Since I refuse to lower my very high standards Ive lived out my life alone. It is better to die alone than to marry a wicked woman. You can read the book to find where the codename Lehi comes from.

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1469114585

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9781469114583

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