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The Quantum Revolution

A Historical Perspective

By: Kent A. Peacock

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The Quantum Revolution

A Historical Perspective

By: Kent A. Peacock

Quantum mechanics is one of the great success stories of modern physics, making sense of the very small just as Einstein's theory of relativity made sense of the very large. But, for most students, the ideas that make quantum mechanics powerful can be confusing and counterintuitive. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science series provides a history of quantum mechanics from the early breakthroughs of Planck and Einstein, at the beginning of the 20th century, to the present frontiers of quantum computing and quantum gravity. The approach is entirely non-technical, and is aimed at the general reader who may not have much mathematical background but who has a strong curiosity about some of the most important developments in modern science. Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective traces the history of this powerful theory, including: ; The early discoveries by Max Planck and Albert Einstein regarding the quantization of radiation ; The early quantum theory, including Neils Bohr's theory of the atom ; The birth of modern quantum mechanics through the work of Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Born, Dirac and others ; Applications of quantum mechanics in chemistry, nuclear physics, electronics, and many other areas ; Recent work in quantum computation and quantum information theory The book emphasizes the fact that despite the great success of quantum mechanics, many exciting intellectual frontiers remain open for further researchers to explore. It includes a glossary, a timeline, and a bibliography of accessible resources for further research.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313088357

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Atria Book Club Bites

A Free Sampling of Ten Books Guaranteed to Feed Your Discussion

By: Randy Susan Meyers,M. J. Rose,Ronlyn Domingue,Sarah Pekkanen,Jodi Picoult,William Kent Krueger,Amy Hatvany,Raquel Cepeda,Christina Schwarz,Katherine Preston

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Atria Book Club Bites

A Free Sampling of Ten Books Guaranteed to Feed Your Discussion

By: Randy Susan Meyers,M. J. Rose,Ronlyn Domingue,Sarah Pekkanen,Jodi Picoult,William Kent Krueger,Amy Hatvany,Raquel Cepeda,Christina Schwarz,Katherine Preston

Find your group’s next great read with Atria Book Club Bites: a free sampling of ten books guaranteed to feed your discussion. Great books, dear friends, and fascinating conversation are the key ingredients in any book club. To help you decide what to read next, dip into Atria Book Club Bites: a free sampling of ten books guaranteed to feed your discussion. You’ll find excerpts from: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose The Mapmaker’s War by Ronlyn Domingue The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Heart Like Mine by Amy Hatvany The Edge of the Earth by Christina Schwarz Bird of Paradise by Raquel Cepeda Out With It by Katherine Preston Whether your club enjoys contemporary women’s fiction, stories with moral and ethical dilemmas, or a fascinating memoir, we’ve got a great book guaranteed to get you talking.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476751269

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Lightning Strike

A Novel

By: William Kent Krueger

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Lightning Strike

A Novel

By: William Kent Krueger

An instant New York Times bestseller, this prequel to the acclaimed Cork O’Connor series is “a pitch perfect, richly imagined story that is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and an evocative, emotionally charged coming-of-age tale” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about fathers and sons, small-town conflicts, and the events that shape our lives forever. Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O’Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. Cork’s father, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff and it is his job to confirm that the man’s death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father’s official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. In this “brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author), beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982128690

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9781982128692

Commentaries on American Law

Vol. 3

By: James Kent

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Commentaries on American Law

Vol. 3

By: James Kent

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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3368742051

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9783368742058

William Kent Krueger Collection #5

Tamarack County, Windigo Island, and Manitou Canyon

By: William Kent Krueger

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William Kent Krueger Collection #5

Tamarack County, Windigo Island, and Manitou Canyon

By: William Kent Krueger

“Mystery fans can count on William Kent Krueger for an absorbing book with lots of twists and turns” (Denver Post) and now you can enjoy three absorbing and suspenseful Cork O’Conner mysteries in one stunning collection. Tamarack County: As a blizzard swells in Tamarack County, a car belonging to the wife of a retired local judge is discovered abandoned on the side of the road. Early on in the investigation of her disappearance, Cork O’Connor, ex-sheriff of Tamarack County, notices small details that tell a disturbing story. When a neighbor’s dog is found beheaded and Cork’s son is attacked, he realizes these ominous incidents throughout the area have a pattern: someone is spinning a deadly web, and Cork has only hours to stop it before his family and his friends will be forced to pay the ultimate price. Windigo Island: When the body of a teenaged Ojibwe girl washes up on the shore of an island in Lake Superior, the residents of the nearby Bad Bluff reservation whisper that it was the work of a deadly mythical beast, the Windigo. Such stories have been told by the Ojibwe people for generations, but they don’t explain how the girl and her friend, Mariah Arceneaux, disappeared a year ago. At the request of the Arceneaux family, Cork O’Connor takes on the case and he learns that the old port city of Duluth is a modern-day center for sex trafficking of vulnerable women, many of whom are young Native Americans. As the investigation deepens, so does the danger. Yet Cork is resolute in his vow to find Mariah, with only the barest hope of saving her from men whose darkness rivals that of the legendary Windigo, Cork prepares for an epic battle that will determine whether it will be fear, or love, that truly conquers all. Manitou Canyon: Cork O’Connor is uneasy when his daughter chooses November as the month to set the date for her wedding. Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous Novembers, Cork O’Connor has always considered it to the cruelest of months. His concern comes to a head when a man camping in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area goes missing. Although the wedding is fast approaching and the weather looks threatening, Cork ventures into the vast wilderness to search. With an early winter storm on the horizon, it is a race against time as Cork’s family struggles to uncover the mystery behind these disappearances. Little do they know, not only is Cork’s life on the line, but so are the lives of hundreds of others.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501190288

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9781501190285

Retreat from Gettysburg

Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign

By: Kent Masterson Brown, Esq.

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Retreat from Gettysburg

Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign

By: Kent Masterson Brown, Esq.

In a groundbreaking, comprehensive history of the Army of Northern Virginia's retreat from Gettysburg in July 1863, Kent Masterson Brown draws on previously untapped sources to chronicle the massive effort of General Robert E. Lee and his command as they sought to move people, equipment, and scavenged supplies through hostile territory and plan the army's next moves. Brown reveals that even though the battle of Gettysburg was a defeat for the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee's successful retreat maintained the balance of power in the eastern theater and left his army with enough forage, stores, and fresh meat to ensure its continued existence as an effective force.

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UNC Press Books

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0807869422

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9780807869420

The Sussex Beekeeper at the Dawn of Time

By: Thomas Kent Miller

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The Sussex Beekeeper at the Dawn of Time

By: Thomas Kent Miller

The Sussex Beekeeper at the Dawn of Time is an unconventional and breath-taking tour de force that flirts with the crossover and steampunk genres. The book knits together a transcribed oral memoir, newspaper clippings, and myriad letters and journal pages from across two millennia, much of it held together by the pithy comments (in the form of short notations on the edges of a quarter-century-old yellowed journal) of a certain elderly beekeeper residing in Sussex, England. While comparatively few, these notes are nonetheless the essential marble skeleton on which the whole denouement and structure of the book hangs. In a sense, much of the book comprises a straightforward objective record of the excavation of "historical" minutiae and “forgotten” manuscripts. But then those mildewed scraps of parchment, paper, and scrolls are assembled into something far greater than the sum of their parts. The objective reportage plus the finished assemblage comprises the novel.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1787051641

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9781787051645

TENNESSEE WILDFLOWERS

By: J. Kent Preyer

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TENNESSEE WILDFLOWERS

By: J. Kent Preyer

At last! The Southern Romantic Comedy we've been waiting for! It has all the right spicy ingredients: saucy fearless women, rugged cowboys, Country-Western legends, jaw-dropping gossip and sinfully funny Southern wit. Bold comedy and contemporary political controversy meet in the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. It's a heartwarming comedy in the classic Southern tradition of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and the movie Steel Magnolias. The colorful characters are audacious and unforgettable. Weaved through generations, this inspiring story explores the universal need to belong and the transformative power of family and love. Discovering this book is like running into an old friend. Slip off your shoes and sit a spell. You're in for a mighty fine story, some scandalous mud-slinging, and the promise of some hearty good laughs. This heavenly Tennessee tale is a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon with a Mint Julep or a glass of sweet tea.

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Lulu.com

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0990385051

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9780990385059

The Clone Redemption

By: Steven L. Kent

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The Clone Redemption

By: Steven L. Kent

Earth, 2516 A.D.: The Unified Authority has spread human colonies across the Milky Way, keeping strict order with a powerful military made up almost entirely of clones. But now the clones have formed their own empire, and they aim to keep it...no matter who they must defeat.

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Penguin

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1101545267

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9781101545263

Din Din Book of No-Nonsense Poetry # 2

By: Diane Sytarchuk-Kent

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Din Din Book of No-Nonsense Poetry # 2

By: Diane Sytarchuk-Kent

This book is meant to be a pleasure for all to read. It is meant to be a help for both people with cognitive difficulties and their caregivers. There may be useful ideas to caregivers. The people with impairments will finally have something they can readily understand (the pictures or social stories). The poetry may or may not make sense. The ideas are brought forth in a way as to give understanding to the social aspect behind the words. The author is trying to give back to the world for all the help she has received in this area.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543442390

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9781543442397

The New Book of Knowledge

By: Donna M. Lusardi,Rosemarie Kent

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The New Book of Knowledge

By: Donna M. Lusardi,Rosemarie Kent

An illustrated encyclopedia with articles on history, literature, art and music, geography, mathematics, science, sports, and other topics. Some articles include activities, games, or experiments.

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Grolier

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0717205827

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9780717205820

The Dark Stuff

Selected Writings On Rock Music Updated Edition

By: Nick Kent,Iggy Pop

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The Dark Stuff

Selected Writings On Rock Music Updated Edition

By: Nick Kent,Iggy Pop

Rock journalism on: Brian Wilson, Guns' N' Roses, Roky Erickson, The New York Dolls, Sid Vicious, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, The Smiths, Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Miles Davis, The Pogues, Lou Reed, Syd Barrett, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain

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Da Capo Press

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0786730749

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9780786730742

Black Taj

By: Mohini Kent

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Black Taj

By: Mohini Kent

Set against a background of monsoons and heat waves, shanty towns and expensive bungalows, rich old women and angry young men, love and tradition, lives will change forever. As an only child, Simi a well born Hindu young woman grew up with comforts and certainties. Then suddenly, many things change. Her country is convulsed by the riots that have periodically gripped India since Britain’s abrupt withdrawal and the bloody Partition of 1947, tearing society apart along lines of religion, caste and community. To the horror of her grandmother and the outrage of their friends Simi falls deeply in love with Muslim doctor...‘Mohini Kent explores the effects of Partition and the social unrest, resentment, and religious conflicts in 1947 India. This is an important and provocative novel’ (Mark Tully) ‘Black Taj takes forbidden, unbiddable love, the staple of romantic fiction and uses it to tell a much deeper and terrible tale of communal hatred still burning and destroying lives and hopes in India today. We are carried away by the love story between two strong characters and also pulled down into the depths of hell by the author who wants us to know, to feel the agonies of a tragically divided land. The novel is both deeply pessimistic and highly optimistic’ (Yasmin AlibhaiBrown) ‘This is a beautifully realised story for the new Indian century’. (Andy Marino) ‘A riveting read set against an intricate tapestry of love and religion in postIndependence India’ (Anita Raghavan, author of, The Billionaire's Apprentice ) ‘Mohini Kent’s novel sensitively explores the effects of the partition and the social unrest, resentment and religious conflict of 1947 India. She writes with care, honesty and commitment that this important subject deserves. This book is a valuable addition to the growing literature of the partition’ (Sudeep Sen, author) ‘A deeply moving and sensitively written novel exploring the intercommunal violence in India, a subject often ignored or poorly examined. It adds greatly to our understanding of how human relations are structured and identities composed’(Lord Bhikhu Parekh) ‘Fascinating, poignant, thrilling – a brilliant read! Provides an excellent and moving insight into social history’. (Royina Grewal author of Babur Conqueror of Hindustan). ‘Mohini Kent is a gripping storyteller, Before you know where you are, you are deep into her novel’. (Amit Roy, Telegraph India and Eastern Eye UK).‘Brilliantly dramatises. This is no period romance but an ambitious and brilliantly realised attempt to trace through the tangled and compromised net of religious and social relationships the trajectory of India itself since Independence. This is a beautifully realised story for the new Indian century’. (Andy Marino, biographer of Narendra Modi).‘A thundery tale told with all the brilliance, force and fury of a Monsoon rainstrom as it pelts down towards its torrential climax. To be in bondage to the past as so many Indians still are, is only one of many curses that some as yet unknown god needs to free us from’. (Roshan Seth)‘Gripping, humorous and ultimately a profoundly humane story about human frailty and prejudice. Mohini Kent creates marvellous characters that inhabit a broad canvas which elegantly chronicles relationships in India, where the past can eclipse the future. A must read for anyone interested in understanding the mind of modern India’. (Shomit Mitter).

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HopeRoad Publishing Ltd

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190844651X

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9781908446510

Manitou Canyon

A Novel

By: William Kent Krueger

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Manitou Canyon

A Novel

By: William Kent Krueger

Cork O'Connor disappears days before his daughter's wedding while searching for a missing grandfather.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476749272

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9781476749273

Pop the Plug

The Sort of American Returns

By: Michael Kent

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Pop the Plug

The Sort of American Returns

By: Michael Kent

In Pop the Plug we find the iconoclastic Albert "Big Jiggety" Nostran about to graduate from a diminutive rural New England college. He has extricated himself from a thorny patch of a year all but tethered to a 97.5 percent incompatible roommate. While his lady quest has remained fraught, as he clutches his hard-earned diploma, a certain dark English professor reemerges, inviting him out to dinner to celebrate a new commencement. It is a pivotal moment for all the Nostrans: Back in France, where his immediate family has sought exile for 20 odd years, his tempestuous father, Quentin, has retired. His younger brother, Simon, has finished high-school. Upon his return, Albert becomes something of an organizer/conductor as the whole family gradually empties the grand old house, the home where he grew up, destination: America. In this second Nostran installment, the protagonist grapples with more the New World's many idiosyncracies, no longer alone. Hobbled by an aging husband and difficult to fathom circumstances, his mother asserts herself now as she seldom has in the land of Meaux mustard and Brie cheese. After exploring some of his old college haunts, attempting to rekindle the friendship Albert once enjoyed with brother Simon, the latter is whisked off himself to the world of higher education. The recent graduate must contend with his father's exponential barrage of venom. And find a job, a mountain he never had to climb living overseas as a non-citizen. Pop the Plug explores the chiasm pried open as the neurotic world of school no longer extends its safety net. It also relates the many sparks that flicker and sear within a complex father-son relationship. Angst-ridden though it may sound, the novel is also perforated with humor. Pointed observations, pithy dialogue give the reader ample reason to forge ahead and delight in the protagonists' tribulations which include a trial. Literally.

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209

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479725099

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9781479725090

Leander

Chronicles of Mishboden - Book One

By: Hayden Kent

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Leander

Chronicles of Mishboden - Book One

By: Hayden Kent

The land of Mishboden has long been isolated, protected by impassable mountains and sun-scorched deserts. It is a land that has not known war in thousands of years. Now, an ancient threat catapults the people of that land into a darkness no one saw coming. Some men will be made, some will be torn down, but all will feel the effects of an inescapable fate.

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484

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Hayden Kent

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1087878381

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9781087878386

The Regular Guys

By: Gaylon Kent

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The Regular Guys

By: Gaylon Kent

The Regulars Guys are the comedy team of Lenny and Larry who start out plaing dives before ultimately hitting it big. Really big. A warm, funny story that takes place everywhere, from small towns in the Midwest to the French Quarter to the Las Vegas Strip to the vice-president's residence, The Regular Guys is a funny book about people trying to make something good happen for themselves.

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Gaylon Kent

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145376450X

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9781453764503

Christmas in Kilts

A Highland Holiday Box Set

By: Bronwen Evans,May McGoldrick,Lecia Cornwall,Lavinia Kent,Terri Brisbin

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Christmas in Kilts

A Highland Holiday Box Set

By: Bronwen Evans,May McGoldrick,Lecia Cornwall,Lavinia Kent,Terri Brisbin

Tis the season to fall in love! These five bestselling authors bring you great tiding of highlanders and romances this holiday season! A HIGHLANDER'S HOPE by Terri Brisbin A village harlot who would never dream she could have a different life meets a Highlander who visits for the holidays and brings with him an offer and hope. A HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS WAGER by Lecia Cornwall When a snowstorm forces a charming lass hiding a broken heart to take shelter in a castle with three fine Highland lairds just days before Christmas, there’s a game afoot—who will be the first to win a kiss and maybe her heart. A SCOT FOR CHRISTMAS by Bronwen Evans She's ready to embrace her life and future as a spinster, he's trying to have one last hurrah before he gives into his family's wishes and proposes marriage to his neighbor, but fate has other ideas when the lady and the Scot meet at a holiday house party in the wilds of Scotland. LEFTOVER MISTLETOE by Lavinia Kent What happens when a highlander finds himself stranded, maybe kidnapped, with an English lady around Christmas... maybe the mistletoe will help answer that question. SWEET HOME HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS by May McGoldrick An encounter between an English officer and a desperate aunt trying to keep custody of her young niece leads to a little magic during the holidays.

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Swerve

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1250179327

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9781250179326

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