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Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense October 2019 - Box Set 2 of 2

By: Dana R. Lynn,Heather Woodhaven,Sarah Varland

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Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense October 2019 - Box Set 2 of 2

By: Dana R. Lynn,Heather Woodhaven,Sarah Varland

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. HIDDEN IN AMISH COUNTRY Amish Country Justice by Dana R. Lynn There’s a bull’s-eye on her back, and Sadie Standings can’t remember why…yet she trusts Amish widower Ben Mast to protect her. But when hiding the Englischer endangers the single dad and his young son, Ben and Sadie must rely on each other and her murky memory to catch a murderer. COVERT CHRISTMAS TWIN Twins Separated at Birth by Heather Woodhaven After discovering she’s a twin, FBI special agent Kendra Parker tracks down her birth mother—and faces a barrage of bullets. Now armed with the knowledge that her mother’s a spy, Kendra must work with FBI analyst Joe Rose to find the government mole threatening her family…before they all end up dead. ALASKAN CHRISTMAS COLD CASE by Sarah Varland For years, a serial killer has eluded authorities—and now Alaska state trooper Erynn Cooper is in his sights. With help from small-town police chief Noah Dawson, can she finally stop the murders before Christmas…or will Erynn become the next victim?

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1488041067

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Citrus County

By: Lynn M. Homan,Thomas Reilly

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Citrus County

By: Lynn M. Homan,Thomas Reilly

Located on Florida's Gulf Coast, Citrus County boasts a rich and diverse landscape, where modern amenities are found side by side the traces of "old Florida" that remain. Opportunities to experience the natural beauty of "the real Florida" are plentiful, and the singular history of the region, including the prehistoric creatures, native cultures, and early settlers who called the region home, is accessible in the county's wide variety of historic sites and public resources. From the countless disappointments of Spanish conquistadors searching for riches in the region to the establishment of Fort Cooper during the Second Seminole War, from the hardy pioneers who carved an existence from the Florida wilderness to the thousands of others who took part in the boom-and-bust of industry, the unique story of Citrus County continues to unfold. Today, newcomers to the area find homes in the county's planned communities, while vacationers are drawn to "Mother Nature's Theme Park." Restored and preserved for future generations, significant historic structures such as the Old Courthouse Heritage Museum are receiving new life and the county's past is becoming recognized as a vital treasure.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738506796

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9780738506791

Dyno

By: Lela Lynn

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Dyno

By: Lela Lynn

Go home, Dyno! Scolded like a child, Dyno leaves the Devil’s Brothers MC Clubhouse and mounts his old Harley Panhead. The hour-and-a-half ride gives him too much time to think. Unable to forget a one-night stand has taken him off the deep end. He should have just forgotten her like every other woman, but there was just something about her that made him break his unspoken rule. Now he heads home to get his shit together before he is successful in trying to hurt himselfall over a skirt.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662468075

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9781662468070

Harlequin Heartwarming November 2022 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Cari Lynn Webb,Shelley Shepard Gray,Julianna Morris,Beth Carpenter

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Harlequin Heartwarming November 2022 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Cari Lynn Webb,Shelley Shepard Gray,Julianna Morris,Beth Carpenter

Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: HER FAVORITE WYOMING SHERIFF The Blackwells of Eagle Springs by USA TODAY bestselling author Cari Lynn Webb Widower and single mom Adele Blackwell Kane must reopen the once-renowned Blackwell Auction Barn—if she can get Sheriff Grady McMillan to stop arresting her on town ordinances long enough to save her ranch. Can love prevail in county jail? THE SERGEANT’S CHRISTMAS GIFT by New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray While manning the NORAD Santa hotline, Sergeant Graham Hopkins gets a call from a boy who steals his heart. When he meets the boy’s mother, Vivian Parnell, will he make room in his heart for both of them? THE SEAL’S CHRISTMAS DILEMMA Big Sky Navy Heroes by Julianna Morris Navy SEAL Dakota Maxwell is skipping Christmas—and not just because his career-ending injuries have left him bitter. But Dr. Noelle Bannerman lives to heal. And she’ll do that with physical therapy…and a dose of holiday magic. AN ALASKAN FAMILY THANKSGIVING A Northern Lights Novel by Beth Carpenter Single mom Sunny Galloway loves her job as activities director of a seniors’ home—then Adam Lloyd shows up, tasked with resolving financial woes. They have until Thanksgiving to save the home. Can working together mean saving each other, too? Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!

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0369723481

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9780369723482

Fashionistas

By: Lynn Messina

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Fashionistas

By: Lynn Messina

Fashionistas by Lynn Messina released on Dec 27, 2010 is available now for purchase.

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Red Dress Ink

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1426885644

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9781426885648

An Ashy Affair

By: Lynn Shurr

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An Ashy Affair

By: Lynn Shurr

Firefighter Ashton Blaise is brave, handsome, kind, and can cook both on the stove and in the bedroom. He routinely saves animals from the flames. Women want him, all except Leah Allain, new director of the local animal shelter, not even after he saves a kitten found in her burning house. Her resistance intrigues him as does the fact that her home was intentionally set afire. Not totally immune to Ash's charms, Leah is determined not to get involved with another guy out of her league like the married man who took advantage of her. Responsible for her senile grandmother, this time she cannot pull up roots and run. Though she picks on Ash's few faults to drive him away, he keeps finding excuses to be part of her life. Can Ash start a fire in Leah's heart and keep it blazing?

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The Wild Rose Press Inc

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150920945X

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Becoming Ms. Burton

From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women

By: Susan Burton,Cari Lynn

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Becoming Ms. Burton

From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women

By: Susan Burton,Cari Lynn

Winner of the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society Awards Winner of the 2017 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Valuable . . . [like Michelle] Alexander's The New Jim Crow.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Susan Burton is a national treasure . . . her life story is testimony to the human capacity for resilience and recovery . . . [Becoming Ms. Burton is] a stunning memoir.” —Nicholas Kristof, in The New York Times Winner of the prestigious NAACP Image Award, a uniquely American story of trauma, incarceration, and "the breathtaking resilience of the human spirit" (Michelle Alexander) Widely hailed as a stunning memoir, Becoming Ms. Burton is the remarkable life story of the renowned activist Susan Burton. In this "stirring and moving tour-de-force" (John Legend), Susan Burton movingly recounts her own journey through the criminal justice system and her transformation into a life of advocacy. After a childhood of immense pain, poverty, and abuse in Los Angeles, the tragic loss of her son led her into addiction, which in turn led to arrests and incarceration. During the War on Drugs, Burton was arrested and would cycle in and out of prison for more than fifteen years. When, by chance, she finally received treatment, her political awakening began and she became a powerful advocate for "a more humane justice system guided by compassion and dignity" (Booklist, starred review). Her award-winning organization, A New Way of Life, has transformed the lives of more than one thousand formerly incarcerated women and is an international model for a less punitive and more effective approach to rehabilitation and reentry. Winner of an NAACP Image Award and named a "Best Book of 2017" by the Chicago Public Library, here is an unforgettable book about "the breathtaking resilience of the human spirit" (Michelle Alexander).

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The New Press

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1620974398

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9781620974391

Forms of Expansion

Recent Long Poems by Women

By: Lynn Keller

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Forms of Expansion

Recent Long Poems by Women

By: Lynn Keller

Expanding the boundaries of both genre and gender, contemporary American women are writing long poems in a variety of styles that repossess history, reconceive female subjectivity, and revitalize poetry itself. In the first book devoted to long poems by women, Lynn Keller explores this rich and evolving body of work, offering revealing discussions of the diverse traditions and feminist concerns addressed by poets ranging from Rita Dove and Sharon Doubiago to Judy Grahn, Marilyn Hacker, and Susan Howe. Arguing that women poets no longer feel intimidated by the traditional associations of long poems with the heroic, public realm or with great artistic ambition, Keller shows how the long poem's openness to sociological, anthropological, and historical material makes it an ideal mode for exploring women's roles in history and culture. In addition, the varied forms of long poems—from sprawling free verse epics to regular sonnet sequences to highly disjunctive experimental collages—make this hybrid genre easily adaptable to diverse visions of feminism and of contemporary poetics.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226429709

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9780226429700

Evelyn Brent

The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook

By: Lynn Kear,James King

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Evelyn Brent

The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook

By: Lynn Kear,James King

Evelyn Brent's life and career were going quite well in 1928. She was happily living with writer Dorothy Herzog following her divorce from producer Bernard Fineman, and the tiny brunette had wowed fans and critics in the silent films The Underworld and The Last Command. She'd also been a sensation in Paramount's first dialogue film, Interference. But by the end of that year Brent was headed for a quick, downward spiral ending in bankruptcy and occasional work as an extra. What happened is a complicated story laced with bad luck, poor decisions, and treachery detailed in this first and only full-length biography.

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McFarland

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0786454687

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9780786454686

"I'm Black and I'm Proud," Wished the White Girl

The Autobiography of Lynn Markovich Bryant

By: Lynn Markovich Bryant

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"I'm Black and I'm Proud," Wished the White Girl

The Autobiography of Lynn Markovich Bryant

By: Lynn Markovich Bryant

After the remarriage of her mother to a Black man and moving to South Carolina during the 1960s, Lynn Markovich Bryant comes face to face with the shocking reality of two worlds--a "White World" and a "Black World." She learns rapidly the unwritten, yet understood, rules that govern the separation of these worlds.

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iUniverse

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0595274668

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9780595274666

The Birthmark: Book Ii Renewal

By: Gloria Lynn

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The Birthmark: Book Ii Renewal

By: Gloria Lynn

Joshua Samuelson continues his journey through life in this second book. He has a birthmark on his right palm that symbolizes his ancestorial relationship to Judas Iscariot. Jesus, the Prince of Light, protects the family as he promised Judas's wife. This birthmark causes money to fall easily into the palm of any family member who wears the mark. Having lost his wife in childbirth he needs to reorganize his life and help his children adjust to living without a mother. He hires a nanny from England to help fill the gap, giving him time to mourn and adjust to being a single parent. Strangely, at a party it becomes known that the Nanny is from an aristocratic family in England. Slowly a relationship blossoms and a wedding relaxes the family. But as life continues, evil raises it's head with problems in Joshua's businesses. Then his new wife's family causes trouble, and finally the world creates havoc with terrorists and the threat of World War III. Joshua has always feared that something would happen to his family with the world in turmoil, so he builds bomb shelters and eventually converts a cave into a massive shelter to withstand a nuclear bomb. He will use his money for loans to people in need during the coming Tribulation, which he has read about in the Bible. Barbara is Joshua's Guardian Angel and she has watched over him since his birth. She has contacted him once to warn of future events. She also watches Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, who covets all the family's souls. He is aware of what is happening and waits in the shadows.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669872750

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9781669872757

America's Family Support Programs

Perspectives and Prospects

By: Sharon Lynn Kagan

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America's Family Support Programs

Perspectives and Prospects

By: Sharon Lynn Kagan

Essays discuss the prevention of child abuse, day care, family education, program funding and staffing, family research, and program evaluation

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Yale University Press

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0300057857

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9780300057850

Exploring Great Leadership

A Practical Look from the Inside

By: R. Lynn Wilson

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Exploring Great Leadership

A Practical Look from the Inside

By: R. Lynn Wilson

Just like you dont have to be a CEO to be a great leader, you dont have to be a great leader to achieve personal success. ... I have said that income, wealth, position, and status are not measures of great leadership. They are not measures of personal success either. Personal success is achieved through honoring and respecting those around you (including family, friends, fellow employees, and others), always being ethical at work and in your personal life, channeling your motivation and desires toward specific career and personal goals (which are compatible with your mental being), and being willing to pay the price of achieving those goals through sacrifice and hard work. Those who do that will find their niche for success and achieve it. Another significant point I want to make is the importance of enthusiasm and a positive attitude to achieve that success, especially when things are not going exactly as you envisioned or planned, which will inevitably happen. Most leadership books share ten steps for success, five things to never forget, and other such formulas. Someone who wants to become a great leader must truly understand the psychology and practice of great leadership. Leadership ability is obtained by having the necessary psychological makeup, knowing ones self, love of work, honoring others, personal sacrifice, and having fun in the workplace. Ignoring, minimizing, or mismanaging the human side of management creates suspicion, fear, and failure in the workplace. Take a practical look at leadership from the inside of an organization, and discover how to build positive and effective relationships. Whether youre a great leader striving to be better, someone wanting to be a great leader, or an individual seeking to achieve your personal and professional dreams in life, you can find the inspiration to accomplish your goals through Exploring Great Leadership.

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1475949103

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9781475949100

Business Associations:

A Systems Approach

By: Lynn M. LoPucki,Andrew Verstein

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Business Associations:

A Systems Approach

By: Lynn M. LoPucki,Andrew Verstein

Business organizations casebook which organizes coverage by business function and integrating coverage of the different business entities"--

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Aspen Publishing

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The Birth of Modern Politics

Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828

By: Lynn H. Parsons

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The Birth of Modern Politics

Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828

By: Lynn H. Parsons

Presents a detailed analysis of the 1828 presidential campaign between southwestern frontiersman Andrew Jackson and New England aristocrat John Quincy Adams that officially established a pattern in which two nationally organized political parties would vie for power against one another.

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Oxford University Press

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0199754241

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9780199754243

Exit Stage Right

Conversations about the Drama of Finishing Strong and Dying Well

By: Darrel Gilbertson,Lynn Anderson

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Exit Stage Right

Conversations about the Drama of Finishing Strong and Dying Well

By: Darrel Gilbertson,Lynn Anderson

Written as a script in a drama, two men, in the senior season of their lives, wrestle with mortality. Their intent is to finish their lives strong and die well ... and help others do the same. Written as a dialog, we get to "eaves drop" on this conversation as each talks about their lives, their faith and faith crisis, and how they face their own mortality. The average Christian will be inspired and uplifted by Exit Stage Right. The minister or Christian counselor will use this book in counseling and preparing sermons. Exit Stage Right is "full of power and encouragement.

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ACU Press

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0891128999

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9780891128991

Family Lies

By: Kathy Lynn Emerson

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Family Lies

By: Kathy Lynn Emerson

Ariadne Palmer, part-owner of an antiquarian bookshop in Maine, doesn’t believe Clay Franklin when he tells her she has a twin sister and grandparents that she’s never known. As a lawyer, Clay has sworn not to tell her the whole truth about her parents, but his immediate and growing attraction to her argues strongly against his promise. Originally published as a Silhouette Special Edition under the title SEPARATED SISTERS and the pseudonym Kaitlyn Gorton

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Belgrave House

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1610841352

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9781610841351

Ouija: For the Record

By: D. Lynn Cain

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Ouija: For the Record

By: D. Lynn Cain

The history of the used Ouija board Mary Cain bought in 1968 is not known, but Mary's family will never be the same. Their two-year odyssey is filled with unexplained and frightening twists and turns as they cede control to the spirits who inhabit the board. Will they survive being chosen for a destiny in Afghanistan?

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Lulu.com

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0557158710

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9780557158713

SULTRY

By: Mary Lynn Baxter

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SULTRY

By: Mary Lynn Baxter

Hot as a Summer Night Since her mother's tragic suicide, Lindsay Newman has watched her wealthy Mississippi family spin out of control. Tired of being a pawn in men's games, Lindsay is determined to become a revel in her own life—and Mitch Rawlins ignites that first white-hot spark. Tanned, shirtless and all-male, he's dangerous, defiant and oh, so tempting…. Reckless as Forbidden Love Mitch won't deny his hunger for Lindsay, but the Newmans' new groundskeeper isn't interested in playing games with a spoiled little rich girl. Lindsay's world is the last thing he wants…yet he wants Lindsay herself more than anything. Something sad and vulnerable in Lindsay's golden eyes invites him to reach out and risk his own heart. But, like everyone else in the Newman household, he's got something to hide. Something that could tear Lindsay away from him forever.

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Harlequin

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1460306279

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9781460306277

TEMPTING JANEY

By: Mary Lynn Baxter

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TEMPTING JANEY

By: Mary Lynn Baxter

When Dillon Reed strolls into Janey Mayfield’s candy shop, the past opens up like a forbidden door. The imposing ex-marine turned high school principal is a shocking reminder of an affair that shattered all their lives. After the scandal that destroyed two marriages, Janey fled to Colorado with her daughter. Now, three years later, she’s come back to South Carolina, determined to make a success of the business she inherited and keep control of her well-ordered life. But it’s an uphill battle, what with her rebellious teenage daughter, a rash of break-ins plaguing the town, and an ex-husband with a grudge. She tells herself she doesn’t want the attraction she feels for Dillon. She doesn’t want to be vulnerable to what his heated glance has put on offer: sweet, irresistible passion. But Janey discovers that the more determined she is to avoid temptation, the more it stands in her way.

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1460306287

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9781460306284

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

A Memoir

By: E. Lynn Harris

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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

A Memoir

By: E. Lynn Harris

For almost a decade, beloved storyteller E. Lynn Harris has welcomed you into his family with his passionate, warm and trail-blazing novels. Now, he invites you into the most intimate world ever--his own. Since his first book Invisible Life was published in the early 1990s, New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn Harris has wowed, charmed and romanced millions of readers. As a master storyteller, E. Lynn Harris has created an intimate and glamorous world centered around his signature themes of love, friendship and family. People all over the world have fallen in love with his characters and laughed and cried with them. Now, in his most daring act yet, E. Lynn Harris writes the memoir of his life–from his childhood in Arkansas as a closeted gay boy through his struggling days as a self-published author to his rise as a New York Times bestselling author. In What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, E. Lynn Harris shares an extraordinary life touched by loneliness and depression, but more important, he reveals the triumphant life of a small-town dreamer who was able through writing to make his dreams–and more–come true.

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Anchor

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0307831140

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9780307831149

The Complete Kay Francis Career Record

All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances

By: Lynn Kear,John Rossman

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The Complete Kay Francis Career Record

All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances

By: Lynn Kear,John Rossman

This book is the definitive guide to the film, stage, radio and television career of Kay Francis, one of the most glamorous stars from the golden age of Hollywood. For each film, the authors provide a thorough synopsis plus cast and crew information (including biographies), opening dates, production notes, behind-the-scenes details, and reviews. In addition, information is provided on her stage, radio, and television appearances, and a section is devoted to collecting Kay Francis memorabilia, including such items as cigarette cards, sheet music and soundtracks. Also covered is the stage and vaudeville career of Kay Francis' mother, Katherine Clinton. A brief biography of Kay Francis is provided, along with an insightful foreword by film scholar James Robert Parish. Truly a treasure trove for Kay Francis fans and anyone interested in classic filmmaking in the 1930s and 1940s, the book includes more than 130 illustrations, many of them rare.

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McFarland

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1476602875

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High-Profile Crimes

When Legal Cases Become Social Causes

By: Lynn S. Chancer

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High-Profile Crimes

When Legal Cases Become Social Causes

By: Lynn S. Chancer

O. J. Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King. These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events that, for better or worse, gave concrete expression to latent social conflicts in American society. In High-Profile Crimes, Lynn Chancer explores how these cases became conflated with larger social causes on a collective level and how this phenomenon has affected the law, the media, and social movements. An astute and incisive chronicle of some of the most polarizing cases of the 1980s and 1990s, High-Profile Crimes shows that their landmark status results from the overlapping interaction of diverse participants. The merging of legal cases and social causes, Chancer argues, has wrought ambivalent effects on both social movements and the law. On the one hand, high-profile crimes offer important opportunities for emotional expression and raise awareness of social issues. But on the other hand, social problems cannot be resolved through the either/or determinations that are the goals of the legal system, creating frustration for those who look to the outcome of these cases for social progress. Guilt or innocence through the lens of the media leads to either defeat or victory for a social cause-a confounding situation that made the O. J. Simpson case, for example, unable to resolve the issues of domestic violence and police racism that it had come to symbolize. Based on nearly two hundred interviews, Chancer's discussions of the infamous Central Park jogger and Bensonhurst cases-as well as the rape trials of William Kennedy Smith and Mike Tyson, the assault cases of Rodney King and Reginald Denny, and, finally, the O. J. Simpson murder trial-provide a convincing, multidimensional and innovative analysis of the most charged public dramas of the last two decades.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226101134

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9780226101132

The Competitive Runner's Handbook

The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks through Marathons

By: Bob Glover,Shelly-lynn Florence Glover

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The Competitive Runner's Handbook

The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks through Marathons

By: Bob Glover,Shelly-lynn Florence Glover

For both runners entering that first neighborhood race and elite marathoners, trainers Bob and Shelly-lynn Florence Glover's completely revised guide is the book on training to compete. A book that's already sold close to 200,000 copies, The Competitive Runner's Handbook will now offer all the latest information needed to design basic training programs; special workouts to increase strength, endurance, and power; schedules and worksheets to develop individual goals; and specifics on preparing for all kinds of races—with an emphasis on the 10K and the marathon. Informed by their over thirty years of coaching experience, the Glovers give winning tips on alternative training, footwear and diet, and common injuries and illnesses, as well as sensible advice on balancing running with work and home life.

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Penguin

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0140469907

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9780140469905

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