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1) Avarice
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In the Free City of Pyrrh, murders and other serious crimes are investigated by the Cordonates of the Considerable Crimes Division. Struggling with his grief over losing his last partner, the last thing Cordonate Parshan Koury wants is someone else. Zhivana Nedrogovna, his new partner, is fresh out of the City Watch and not even human, and unsure she wants to work with the broody, angry Par. As Parshan and Zhivana rush to solve a case of mugging gone...
2) Avarice
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In the broken city of Risteys, leaving was never an option, and a local, pickpocket named Penn has become accustom to never knowing what was on the other side of the guarded fences. But when three mysterious students from the neighboring city of Avarice come through the gates, everything begins to change for the worst for Penn. That is until he meets Sennett. Penn must choose between his home and his family, or the inevitable destruction that comes...
3) Avarice
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Traumatized trio plays tag in the Feylands. Will the hunters find him before she does? When a vampire attacks Azana in her own home, she's certain death is the only outcome--until the legendary Wyraj hunter, Lavanya, saves her. With Lavanya's help, Azana begins to piece her life back together, but she soon uncovers dark family secrets. A runaway named Talos has the answers she seeks. Tracking him down is a risk she must take for the truth. As if life...
4) Avarice
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When a body is found in a remote Scottish glen, DI Munro comes out of retirement to investigate. The Police chief wants everything wrapped up before the upcoming regatta, but the locals are remarkably unforthcoming with helpful information. Sassy and quick, London detective sergeant Charlotte West is roped in by DI Munro to help solve what is now a murder case. It is good police work that will unravel the truth behind the crime, but not without ruffling...
5) Avarice
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How far will you go to find the truth?
Balancing her time between a missing woman and a missing pet should be simple for Charity Deacon. Nothing is ever easy when it comes to investigation. Things turn complicated when she gets a threatening call. Now, the dog's owner won't answer her calls and hasn't been home.
Someone follows her from a stakeout. Is it connected? Or does every case come with death threats?
If you love tangled clues and deep secrets,...
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S erena Gelsomino is about to attend her first courting, hopefully her only. She is shocked to discover she is being taken to a yellow ceremony. Does this mean her caretaker had not lied to her? She was a true orphan, not an abandoned fiorriee? The moment she slips into her yellow dress, questions about her true identity take her on a whirlwind of discovery. Will her limited knowledge of her own identity wind-up killing her? Will she be able to survive...
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Missing students, hellbent sorcerers, and hicks in the woods. Just another day on the job for Azorin Academy's best detective, Isabel Reeves.
Students are safe within the wards which keep the magical academy hidden from Sapiens. But keeping their secrets from the non-magically inclined is not the only reason for the protection from the outside world. Dangers lurk in the paranormal.
When first-year student Felix Archer leaves campus with his mother,...
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Serena Gelsomino's life changed the moment she stepped into a yellow dress. Quickly she discovers that she is the Queen of the fifi orriee and that her subjects are victims to Prytore suppression. She embraces her destiny to save them, but how?
Deadly plots are in motion all around her. In order to save herself and those she loves, she decides to make her way home to the Trorain moon. But getting there from Artthemis proves to be extremely dangerous....
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THE MIRACLES AND MILLIONS SAGA
Two minds, two bodies, two hearts, one soul.
Avarice: Welcome to the first nibble of the giant cookie that is the extraordinary journey of Dorothy Lyle from unknown single parent to household name. A journey in ten parts that propels her out of her self-imposed lonely state into a love affair that defies all human limits.
About Book 1:
On the day that Dorothy Lyle turns forty she is still single and living a boring,...
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WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU PAY TO KNOW YOUR ENEMIES?
"A storm is coming, and it will not be long before it claims you also."
"There had been a time when the sword had seemed the best way to confront an enemy. Now, even his father's blade could do little."
Four years have passed since the fall of Skreon, the Murderer. Now with Gwyndel nearing the end of her Stewardship and the rebuilding of Castle Asdale, Eyoés comes closer to establishing the peace and...
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Hailed by The New Yorker as "wickedly enjoyable," Nicholas Coleridge's newest novel is a sharp comedy of manners about two powerful men engaged in a bitter rivalry. Their feud rages from the boardroom to the bedroom as old money takes on the new
Gazing from his magnificent Chawbury Manor, Miles Straker has it all. But when noveau riche Ross Clegg buys and builds on the land adjoining his country estate, ruining his perfect view, Miles is irate. Even...
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Originally published in 1895, a dying man instructs his son to reject their family fortune because of its evil origins and his grandfather's unsavory past. Yet, his son is enamored by the riches and its potential for good. John Calvert was a successful engineer and heir to a large fortune. While on his deathbed, he tells his son, Dr. Lucian Calvert, the truth about their family's money and how it was acquired. His dying wish is that Lucian never touches...
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Damien Callaughan was an ambitious man. Rich, handsome, and very successful, he had the world in his hands and was willing to do anything to stay on top of power.
Sweet young Gabrielle Clark moved to Raleigh looking for a new life, away from the sad memories of her past.
When Damien and Gabby crossed paths, desire and passion surrounded them, even though they both knew their worlds were very different. Contrary to all expectations, they built an intense...
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Avarice gets top billing in "The Adventure of the Priory School," "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," three masterfully crafted cases from one of the greatest mystery writers of all, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring that most celebrated sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. In "The Adventure of the Priory School," a wicked scheme to kidnap a young lord results in a greater tragedy. In "The Adventures of the...
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How far will you go to find the truth?
Balancing her time between a missing woman and a missing pet should be simple for Charity Deacon. Nothing is ever easy when it comes to investigation. Things turn complicated when she gets a threatening call. Now, the dog's owner won't answer her calls and hasn't been home.
Someone follows her from a stakeout. Is it connected? Or does every case come with death threats?
If you love tangled clues and deep secrets,...
16) Rob Roy
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1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When a harsh winter threatens the majestic Scottish Highlands, Rob Roy MacGregor is forced to borrow money from the less-than-noble Marquis of Montrose to provide for his clan. When Montrose's evil henchmen conspire to take the wealth for themselves, they thrust Rob into the most challenging battle of his life.
17) The pearl
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"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems" -- P. 4 of cover.
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At the center of Martin Chuzzlewit is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of his close and distant relations, now converging in droves on the country inn where they believe he is dying, will stop at nothing to become the inheritor of his great fortune. Having unjustly disinherited his grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl...
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Have you ever wondered from just what gospel our political leaders, who proudly proclaim they are devout Christians, get their inspiration when they espouse hate and intolerance and seek revenge on anyone who disagrees with them? How about those self-proclaimed devoted Christian business leaders who work hard to increase profits by suppressing their workers' wages and denying them benefits? What about those fiery evangelical preachers, who are complicit...
20) Gold
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the not too distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his fate....
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