As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, TV cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from...
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Author: Koppel, LilySummary: -
Author: Winspear, JacquelineSummary:Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as "the Bore War," Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a...
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Author: Harbison, Elizabeth M.Summary:A story about the secrets we keep, the friends we make, and the food we cook.
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:John Puller's Aunt Betsy has been found dead in her Florida apartment, drowned in her backyard pool. The local police have ruled the death an accident, but Puller isn't so sure. Before she died,...
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Author: Winspear, JacquelineSummary:Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, "one of the great fictional heroines" (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-...
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Author: Winspear, JacquelineSummary:Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, Masie Dobbs will monitor any activities "not in the interests of His Majesty's government." When the college's pacifist founder...
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Author: Winspear, JacquelineSummary:August 1914. Michael Clifton is mapping the land he has just purchased in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, certain that oil lies beneath its surface. But as the young cartographer...
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Author: McKee, RobertSummary:From Macbeth to Breaking Bad, McKee deconstructs key scenes to illustrate the strategies and techniques of dialogue. This book applies a framework of incisive thinking to instruct the prospective...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:There's something going on in Baronville, Pennsylvania, that might be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country. Decker and Jamison must pull out all the stops to solve their...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:Edgar Roy--an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like federal supermax facility--is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the US government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst. No one else can match Robie's talents as a hit man,...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:It's the night of a state dinner honoring the British prime minister. As assassin Oliver Stone watches the prime minister's motorcade leave the White House, a bomb is detonated in Lafayette Park,...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:When Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters, he and his team find absolutely no connection between the shooter and his victim. Enter Harper Brown. An agent of the Defense...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:When John Puller's older brother, Robert, escapes from a high security prison, he becomes the most wanted criminal in the country. Puller takes on the burden of bringing his brother in to face...
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Author: Baldacci, DavidSummary:The president knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain...