Phil Gigante
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Former Mossad agent Gabriel Allon travels to Moscow to investigate the brutal murder of a journalist. There he uncovers a plot by a successful Russian businessman to provide arms to al-Qaeda in an effort to bring down the U.S. and restore the power and glory of the Soviet Union. Allon must act quickly if he is to have any hope of preventing this disaster.
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Sign of seven trilogy volume 1
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In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a night of pre-pubescent celebration turns into a night of horror as their blood brother oath unleashes a three-hundred year curse. Twenty-one years later, Cal Hawkins and his friends have seen their town plagued by a week of unexplainable evil events two more times - every seven years....
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Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three work to prevent Islamic terrorists from detonating a series of nuclear warheads in the lava tubes and caves of Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma in hopes of prompting a landslip that it has been predicted would send a devastating tsunami rushing for the east coast of the United States.
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Brilliance Audio
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p2010
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English
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Dominic of the Dragonseeker Carpathians is on a desperate mission in the very heart of enemy territory. Solange Sangria is one of the last of the jaguar people. She has long been fighting to save women who are able to shift from her father who slaughtered her family and everyone she loved. They are two warriors who have lived their lives alone. Now, at the end of their time, they find each other, a complication neither saw coming.
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Originally published in Harte's 1875 short-story collection The Tales of the Argonauts, How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar is set in California in the early 1860s and, like the rest of the tales in that collection, features the gold-seeking Argonauts. In this tale, like many of Harte's others, the folly and grit of human existence balance any good intentions, good cheer, or hope, resulting in a more complicated and somewhat bleak ending than is...
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When Mark Twain's daughter Susie wrote a letter to Santa Claus, her father wrote back, signing Santa's name. Charming and heartwarming, this version of the short letter includes humorous descriptions of Santa's efforts to deliver the requested toys to the Twain household, as well as instructions to meet Santa at an appointed time outside for items that can't fit down the chimney. Written in 1875, Twain's daughter would tragically die of spinal meningitis...
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The Gift of the Magi: A Special Christmas Edition - Includes Candle-Making Tutorial and Exclusive Audiobook!
In "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry weaves an exciting and touching narrative that encapsulates the true spirit of Christmas. At a time when one dollar and eighty-seven cents are all that Della has to buy a gift for her beloved Jim, this story takes us on a journey of love, sacrifice, and generosity. Della and Jim are a young couple facing...
8) The Fir Tree
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In "The Fir-Tree" a little tree who is anxious to grow up, fails to appreciate that which happens to him in the moment. After experiencing burning humiliation at being small and insignificant, he is chopped down and decorated for a family's Christmas decorations. Expecting this to be the beginning of a great career, the fir tree is bitterly disappointed when he is discarded after a day and eventually cut into pieces and burned. First published in...
9) Dead Aim
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Dead Aim marks the always welcome return of Joe R. Lansdale's most enduring fictional creations: Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The story begins simply enough when the two agree to provide protection for a woman harassed by her violent, soon-to-be-ex husband. But, when a protracted stakeout ends in a lethal shooting and a pair of moldering corpses turn up in an otherwise deserted trailer, the nature of this "routine" assignment changes dramatically....
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Catch the holiday spirit with this magical collection of beloved Christmas tales. Christmas favorites from Mark Twain, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bret Harte and others are lovingly recorded and presented here in one enchanting volume.
This collection includes: The Fir Tree, by Hans Christian AndersenThe Burglar's Christmas, by Willa CatherThe Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, by Arthur Conan DoyleHow Santa Claus Came to Simpson's...