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Confessions of a Candy Snatcher

By: Phoebe Sinclair

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Confessions of a Candy Snatcher

By: Phoebe Sinclair

A night of Halloween fun gone wrong has Jonas wondering if he’s really a wolf in disguise in this fast-paced fiction debut delving into accountability, relationships . . . and zines. For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can grab from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one’s supposed to get hurt, just lose their treats. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his snatching attempt. He’s even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who knows what happened that night. Jonas already has enough on his plate, between his parents’ ill-defined separation and his own guilt—guilt his friend Concepción challenges him to confront in a zine she’s creating around the prompt “What’s the worst thing you ever did?” It’s a complicated question, one that touches on issues of identity, maturity, physical boundaries, and safety. Featuring zines crafted by award-winning illustrator Theodore Taylor III, Phoebe Sinclair’s debut novel relates an emotive, reflective story about the wonder—and mess—of growing up.

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Candlewick Press

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1536231673

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The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences

A Corpus and Discourse Approach

By: Phoebe Lin

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The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences

A Corpus and Discourse Approach

By: Phoebe Lin

To apply the same approaches to analysing spoken and written formulaic language is problematic; to do so masks the fact that the contextual meaning of spoken formulaic language is encoded, to a large extent, in its prosody. In The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences, Phoebe Lin offers a new perspective on formulaic language, arguing that while past research often treats formulaic language as a lexical phenomenon, the phonological aspect of it is a more fundamental facet. This book draws its conclusions from three original, empirical studies of spoken formulaic language, assessing intonation unit boundaries as well as features such as tempo and stress placement. Across all studies, Lin considers questions of methodology and conceptual framework. The corpus-based descriptions of prosody outlined in this book not only deepen our understanding of the nature of formulaic language but have important implications for English Language Teaching and automatic speech synthesis.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441132511

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9781441132512

How Schools Worked

Public Education in English Canada, 1900-1940

By: Robert Douglas Gidney,Winnifred Phoebe Joyce Millar

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How Schools Worked

Public Education in English Canada, 1900-1940

By: Robert Douglas Gidney,Winnifred Phoebe Joyce Millar

A richly textured study of educational developments in English-speaking Canada from the close of the Victorian Age to the eve of World War II.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773539530

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9780773539532

No Rest for the Wicked

By: Phoebe Darqueling

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No Rest for the Wicked

By: Phoebe Darqueling

Other people just think they’re “haunted by the past.” In Vi’s case, it’s true. Clairvoyant Viola Thorne wants to forget about her days of grifting and running errands for ghosts. The problem? Playing it safe is dull. So when a dead stranger begs for her help, Vi jumps at the chance to dust off her hustling skills. The unlikely companions are soon tangling with bandits, cheating at cards, and loving every minute. Then she finds out who referred him, and Vi has to face both a past and ex-partner that refuse to stay buried. Though she betrayed Peter, his spirit warns her of the plot that cost him his life. Vi’s guilty conscience won’t let her rest until she solves his murder. Though she’s spent her whole life fighting the pull of the paranormal, it holds the key to atoning for the only deception she’s ever regretted—breaking Peter’s heart.

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Black Rose Writing

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1684332451

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9781684332458

Lucian Freud

Eyes Wide Open

By: Phoebe Hoban

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Lucian Freud

Eyes Wide Open

By: Phoebe Hoban

A riveting life of the brilliant British artist, one of the greatest figurative painters of the 20th century.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544114590

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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

By: Phoebe Darqueling

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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

By: Phoebe Darqueling

There are many types of monsters; Vi just hopes she isn’t one of them. Now that medium and con woman Viola Thorne has been flushed out of hiding, she must dodge old marks and protect new allies while grappling with her ever-growing psychic abilities. On her way south to root out the clandestine organization that murdered her partner, she and her traveling companions (both living and dead) are drawn into a mystery surrounding a burlesque troupe aboard an old flame’s steamship. To get close to the suspects, Vi joins the show and is thrust back into the spotlight. Solving this case might be her next step toward redemption, but both mundane and supernatural forces are working against her at every turn. All aboard for wily women, fractured friendships, and ghosts galore in this paranormal adventure down the mighty Mississippi.

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Black Rose Writing

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1684335582

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Let My People Go!

A Biblical and Cultural Study of Women in the Church in Central Malawi

By: Phoebe Chifungo

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Let My People Go!

A Biblical and Cultural Study of Women in the Church in Central Malawi

By: Phoebe Chifungo

Let My people go and serve Me regardless of sex" is the ultimate appeal from God. Unfortunately, some cultural practices and wrong interpretations of the Bible have excluded some, especially women, from attaining key leadership roles. Culturally, women are considered second class and men's property, source of evil and "weaker vessels." A wrong interpretation of the scriptures has sidelined women from obtaining decision making positions. This is the result of what may be called, "a One-Dimensional Approach," and a recommendation is made to "re-read" the biblical texts as well as Chewa culture and the history of the synod with a "Multi-Dimensional Approach" in which the literary, theological-rhetorical and historical-cultural aspects are all considered, because this approach liberates the oppressed and the marginalized.

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African Books Collective

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9996066843

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Globalisation and Labour Struggle in Asia

A Neo-Gramscian Critique of South Korea's Political Economy

By: Phoebe Moore

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Globalisation and Labour Struggle in Asia

A Neo-Gramscian Critique of South Korea's Political Economy

By: Phoebe Moore

How has South Korea's development influenced and been influenced by world events? What light can it shed on the way that international struggles for hegemony affect local environments? Phoebe Moore seeks to address these questions critically, from the perspective of International Political Economics, and so provides important insight into one of the fastest growing Asian economies. She examines the neo-Gramscian school theories that world history reveals specific periods of hegemonic stability, such as during the post World War II period of 'Pax Americana' and refutes this position through an original account of Korean development. Instead, she observes that all economic development in this country has been carried out through 'passive revolution' driven by an elite, frequently supported by external forces, against the will of a large part of the population, namely the working classes. Moore draws out the relationships between socio-economic change, passive revolution, hegemony struggles and global politics, making this a key resource for Asian political economics, labour relations and international politics.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857712969

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9780857712967

Scotland Film Locations

By: Phoebe Taplin

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Scotland Film Locations

By: Phoebe Taplin

This beautifully illustrated guide reveals the cities, towns and windswept landscapes that have formed the backdrop to some of Scotland's most famous films. Colour photographs and detailed descriptions of each location allow you to follow in the footsteps of some of cinemas most famous characters. Among the films covered in the book are Gregory's Girl, the Harry Potter films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, One Day, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rob Roy, Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and The Wicker Man. TV series include Taggart, Outlander and Game of Thrones. Scotland Film Locations takes in some of the most popular and beautiful sites in Scotland, from the streets of Edinburgh and the famous train journey over Glenfinnan Viaduct that inspired Harry Potter to Doune Castle, which featured in Game of Thrones, and the Isle of Skye, which formed a backdrop to The BFG and Macbeth. With this indispensable guide you will be able to step into some of your favourite films and discover the locations that created movie magic.

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Batsford Books

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1841658847

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Passionate Publishers

The Founders of the Black Star Photo Agency

By: Phoebe Kornfeld

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The Founders of the Black Star Photo Agency

By: Phoebe Kornfeld

Passionate Publishers traces the lives of the German Jewish refugee-émigré founders of the Black Star photo agency—Ernest Mayer, Kurt Safranski, and Kurt Kornfeld—whose expertise helped ignite a revolution in photojournalism. The first half of the book lays the groundwork for understanding how Black Star’s founders could play such a key role in photojournalism. The author reconstructs their history in Germany before and during World War I and details their accomplishments in Berlin’s dynamic Weimar-era publishing industry. The journey into exile of Safranski, Mayer, and Kornfeld, their influence on the editors of Life, the first decade of Black Star, and the most notable post-World War II experiences of the photo agency’s founders are the focus of the second half of the book. Family and governmental archives provide extensive new information about the three men and reveal harrowing investigations by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI, which believed Black Star’s founders to be spies or agents of a foreign government. The author argues that the refugee-émigrés successfully contested the never substantiated allegations on account of their strong views relating to the freedom of the press and the malevolence of discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or national origin.

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Archway Publishing

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1665709057

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The Forbidden Room

By: Phoebe Allen

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The Forbidden Room

By: Phoebe Allen

BOYS AND GIRLS, AND ALL SORTS" "WHO'S WHO" NOTES AND QUERIES "IN THE ROSY SUMMER WEATHER" BOAR HUNTING "IN THE CUCKOO COPSE" COMING TO BLOWS OGRES "QUITE 'STRORDINARY FUN" "YOU'VE NEVER BEEN QUARRELLING" "TARRY THE BAKING" "LIVE PURE, SPEAK TRUTH, RIGHT WRONG" "NO, NO, IT IS NOT JUST" "A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION" "FIRST CATCH YOUR BIRD" "A COWARD'S TRICK" EXECUTING A SENTENCE "WE'RE AWFULLY SORRY NOW" "THEY HAVE NOT GONE YET" THE KING OF MUFFS "A VERY SAD LITTLE BOY" "NOW THESE BE SECRET THINGS" "TOUCH YOU!" "HURRAH! HURRAH!" A TRAGICAL AFTERNOON "WHATEVER WILL THE MASTER SAY?" WHAT THE MASTER DID SAY "A PRETTY PICTURE" "WHERE'S GASTON" "THE BESTEST BEST

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anboco

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3736410298

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A Virtual Chinatown

The Diasporic Mediasphere of Chinese Migrants in New Zealand

By: Phoebe H. Li

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A Virtual Chinatown

The Diasporic Mediasphere of Chinese Migrants in New Zealand

By: Phoebe H. Li

What role does diasporic Chinese media play in the process of Chinese migrants' adaptation to their new home country? With China's rise, to what extent has the expansion of its "soft power" swayed the changing identities of the Chinese overseas? A Virtual Chinatown provides a timely and original analysis to answer such questions. Using a media and communication studies approach to investigate the reciprocal relationship between Chinese-language media and the Chinese migrant community in New Zealand, Phoebe Li goes beyond conventional scholarship on the Chinese Diaspora as practised by social historians, anthropologists and demographers. Written in an accessible and reader-friendly manner, this book will also appeal to academics and students with interests in other transnational communities, alternative media, and minority politics.

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BRILL

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9004258620

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9789004258624

Alienation and Theatricality

Diderot After Brecht

By: Phoebe von Held

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Alienation and Theatricality

Diderot After Brecht

By: Phoebe von Held

Alienation (Vefremdung) is a concept inextricably linked with the name of twentieth-century German playwright Bertolt Brecht - with modernism, the avant-garde and Marxist theory. However, as Phoebe von Held argues in this book, 'alienation' as a sociological and aesthetic notionavant la lettre had already surfaced in the thought of eighteenth-century French philosopher and writer Denis Diderot. This original study destabilizes the conventional understanding of alienation through a reading ofLe Paradoxe sur le comedien, Le Neveu de Rameau and other works by Diderot, opening up new ways of interpretation and aesthetic practices. If alienation constitutes a historical development for the Marxist Brecht, for Diderot it defines an existential condition. Brecht uses the alienation-effect to undermine a form of naturalism based on subjectivity, identification and illusion; Diderot, by contrast, plunges the spectator into identification and illusion, to produce an aesthetic of theatricality that is profoundly alienating and yet remains anchored in subjectivity.

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Routledge

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1351577034

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9781351577038

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

By: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

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The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

By: Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Asey Mayo, the “Codfish Sherlock Holmes,” investigates the murder of a traveling performer. When the Cape Cod Players roll into towns along the lower Cape, the locals expect a great show, replete with games, magic, and merriment. Of course, they usually have an audience, too. When Boston widow Victoria Ballard, visiting the Cape to recover from a near-fatal bout with pneumonia, comes upon the troupe near her rural convalescent home, she ascertains that someone has played a nasty trick on the players, sending them to a remote destination in the wild backcountry in search of a paying gig. Sympathetic to the plight of the ragtag group, Vic invites them to stay the night with her, but when day breaks to find the lead magician with a bullet in his head, she realizes the cruel trick that brought the travelers to her home may have been part of a deadly plot—and that she may have been an unwitting participant. Enter Asey Mayo, Cape Cod’s answer to Sherlock Holmes. Armed only with folksy wisdom, Cape Cod dictums, and plenty of common sense, the jack-of-all-trades is quick to tackle the puzzling case of the murdered performer. But in order to solve the case, he’ll have to confront a curious assortment of clues and suspects odder than any he’s encountered in his long career. An amusing and atmospheric mystery set in early 1930s Cape Cod—a region still struggling to reemerge from the Great Depression and at the same time carefully guarding itself against the burgeoning tourism industry—The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players is a delightful Golden Age whodunnit that glimmers with period detail. Anyone interested in classics of the era, or in Cape Cod history in general, will find plenty to enjoy herein.

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1613164947

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Dynamics of a Social Language Learning Community

Beliefs, Membership and Identity

By: Jo Mynard,Michael Burke,Daniel Hooper,Bethan Kushida,Phoebe Lyon,Ross Sampson,Phillip Taw

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Dynamics of a Social Language Learning Community

Beliefs, Membership and Identity

By: Jo Mynard,Michael Burke,Daniel Hooper,Bethan Kushida,Phoebe Lyon,Ross Sampson,Phillip Taw

This book provides an in-depth exploration of psychological phenomena affecting language learning within a social learning space. Drawing on the literature from identity in second language learning, communities of practice and learner beliefs, in conjunction with other individual difference factors, it uncovers perceptions and assumptions that language learners have of the space and how they affect their relationship with it and the people within it. Readers will gain a greater understanding of how psychological phenomena shape a space and how a learning space can contribute to a wider learning ecology. This book will appeal to researchers interested in language learning beyond the classroom and psychological aspects of language acquisition, as well as to practitioners and professionals who are supporting learners outside the classroom.

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Multilingual Matters

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178892892X

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9781788928922

Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty

By: Phoebe Hoban,Alice Neel

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Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty

By: Phoebe Hoban,Alice Neel

“Neel emerges as a resolute survivor who lived by her convictions, both aesthetically and politically.” —Publisher’s Weekly Phoebe Hoban’s definitive biography of the renowned American painter Alice Neel tells the unforgettable story of an artist whose life spanned the twentieth century, from women’s suffrage through the Depression, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, and second-wave feminism. Throughout her life and work, Neel constantly challenged convention, ultimately gaining an enduring place in the canon. Alice Neel’s stated goal was to “capture the zeitgeist.” Born into a proper Victorian family at the turn of the twentieth century, Neel reached voting age during suffrage. A quintessential bohemian, she was one of the first artists participating in the Easel Project of the Works Progress Administration, documenting the challenges of life during the Depression. An avowed humanist, Neel chose to paint the world around her, sticking to figurative work even during the peak of abstract expressionism. Neel never ceased pushing the envelope, creating a unique chronicle of her time. Neel was fiercely democratic in selecting her subjects, who represent an extraordinarily diverse population—from such legendary figures as Joe Gould to her Spanish Harlem neighbors in the 1940s, the art critic Meyer Schapiro, Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, Andy Warhol, and major figures of the labor, civil rights, and feminist movements—producing an indelible portrait of twentieth-century America. By dictating her own terms, Neel was able to transcend such personal tragedy as the death of her infant daughter, Santillana, a nervous breakdown and suicide attempts, and the separation from her second child, Isabetta. After spending much of her career in relative obscurity, Neel finally received a major museum retrospective in 1974, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York. In this first paperback edition of the authoritative biography of Neel, which serves also as a cultural history of twentieth-century New York, Hoban documents the tumultuous life of the artist in vivid detail, creating a portrait as incisive as Neel’s relentlessly honest paintings. With a new introduction by Hoban that explores Neel’s enduring relevance, this biography is essential to understanding and appreciating the life and work of one of America’s foremost artists.

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Simon and Schuster

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1644230623

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9781644230626

Confessions of a Candy Snatcher

By: Phoebe Sinclair

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Confessions of a Candy Snatcher

By: Phoebe Sinclair

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Arizona Angel

By: Phoebe Conn,P Conn

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Arizona Angel

By: Phoebe Conn,P Conn

Handsome Southerner Lance Garrett thought his job at the MacDowell spread was taming broncos, not teaching the boss's high-spirited daughter manners. But what vivacious MaLou MacDowell lacked in social graces she made up for in feminine charms. And MaLou had vowed to become Lance's student in love as well.

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Zebra Books

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0821723251

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9780821723258

Tender Savage

By: Phoebe Conn

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Tender Savage

By: Phoebe Conn

The beloved author of Emerald Fire and Savage Storm, Conn takes flight again with a scorching Indian romance. When innocent Erica Hanson fled to Minnesota to escape the Civil War, she had no idea she was trading the flames of war for the fires of passion with a virile Indian brave named Viper.

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0821725726

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9780821725726

No Sweeter Ecstasy

By: Phoebe Conn

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No Sweeter Ecstasy

By: Phoebe Conn

When Marc Aragon spotted the scantily-clad blonde beauty climbing out of the second-story window of a San Francisco brothel, he was happy to catch her in his arms, and he made her a proposition that would benefit them both: he would be her protector--if she would be his lover!

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0821730649

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9780821730645

Love Me 'Til Dawn

By: Phoebe Conn

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Love Me 'Til Dawn

By: Phoebe Conn

Destiny brought together Jesse Lambert, a fugitive masquerading as a lawman, and Victoria Crandell, sentenced to die for a crime committed in self-defense. Now nothing can separate them--the shadows of the past, the uncertainty of the future, not even the killers hot on their trail.

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