Something weird is going on!It's Presidents' Day! And Mr. Macky, the reading specialist, actually expects A.J. and his friends to read stuff about the presidents! Not only that, but he lives in a log cabin and thinks he's Abraham Lincoln! Is he for real? Views: 18
Rainy Days and Mondays may get some people down, but for Linn and Peter, a little rain leads to a lot of fun in 'Rainy Day Frolics'. Who knew exploring an attic could be this naughty? Views: 18
Gotta Love a Guy Who Comes with His Own Handcuffs!Harley Miller has always fantasized about having sex with a cop. So, when hunky Royce Barlowe comes to her rescue after her car breaks down, she can’t resist flirting with him. One thing leads to another and soon she’s kissing him. Going further than that right there on the side of the road is crazy and impulsive, not to mention reckless, but neither one can help themselves and soon he’s cuffing her hands behind her back and fulfilling her wildest fantasy—which turns out to be hotter than anything she’s ever imagined. Views: 18
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse.When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into "the Metropolis of the World." But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city's highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them in the first place.It began on a balmy Monday afternoon when a blimp in flames crashed through the roof of a busy downtown bank, incinerating those inside. Within days, a racial incident at a hot, crowded South Side beach spiraled into one of the worst urban riots in American history, followed by a transit strike that paralyzed the... Views: 18
The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morocco by O.S.S. agents in the trunk of a Chevy, were drafted into service in WWII -- and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa. The largest amphibious invasion force ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean set sail from Virginia for North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the true beginning of the liberation of Europe since control of Northwestern Africa -- Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia -- gave the Allies a base on the Mediterranean for the coming invasion of southern Europe. The prime objectives of the Moroccan invasion, headed by General George Patton, were the port city of Casablanca and an airfield 60 miles northeast of the city, which had the only... Views: 18
A Terran Times Tale
Seeing the key
factor in dangerous situations takes a weird turn when she is suddenly pointing
at herself.
Jianne has survived
despite being in the wrong place at the right time. With one injured eye
replaced with a cybernetic enhancement, she lives her life in solitude, hidden
from the very Guardians that she dispatches to help their world.
A new batch of Guardians brings a
surprising blend of talents and one man who wants her for what she doesn’t do.
Cowl’s race can lock people in their tracks
with just a flash of skin. Jianne’s mix of mechanical and physical sight allows
her to see him and not fall under his thrall. His talent will not mesmerize
her, but his charm, grace and persistence will soon have her under his spell
and into his bed.
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Former British police detective Charlie Hunter knows how cold cases can claw
at your gut. His mother's unsolved murder was why he joined the force. Now
he's reluctantly taking on cases as a P.I.—though what he really wants is to be
left alone. When a young woman asks for his help, he can't say no. Cleo Kendall is
convinced that her father, who's serving a life sentence for murder, isn't
guilty. Everyone thinks the case is closed, but Charlie doesn't agree. Especially
when his investigation leads him to his difficult stepbrother, who may be involved with
his mother's murder and Cleo's family. With the deputy chief inspector
watching his every move, Charlie delves deeper and deeper into dangerous territory. But
someone doesn't want Charlie getting to the bottom of this case—
ever. Views: 18
When Judge Rosswell Carew makes the gruesome discovery of two corpses on a river bank in the Missouri Ozarks, he's plunged into a storm of deadly secrets that threaten both him and his fiancée, Tina Parkmore.Unsatisfied with the way the authorities are conducting the investigation, Rosswell, who's always nurtured a secret desire to be a detective, teams up with an ex-con, Ollie Groton, to solve the case before the killer can murder again. Rosswell uncovers a maze of crimes so tangled that he must fight his way to a solution or die trying. Views: 18
An affectionate, often hilarious, memoir of growing up in London in the 1970s in an Indian household, and avoiding an arranged marriage.'From the age of fourteen, I was aware my parents expected me to have an arranged marriage, a big Bollywood wedding. There was just one hitch: nobody asked me.'For Sushi Das, growing up in 1970s London was a culturally messed-up time. Feminists were telling women they could be whatever they wanted, skinheads were yelling at dark-skinned foreigners to go home and The Boomtown Rats were singing about 'Lookin' after Number 1.'While Sushi was fabricating intricate lies and plotting harebrained schemes to get to the pub and meet 'undesirable elements' -- boys -- her parents were on the hunt for a respectable Indian doctor for her to marry. But how do you turn your back on centuries of tradition without trashing your family's honour? How do you break free of your parents' stranglehold without casting off their embrace? And how do you explain to... Views: 18
2011 Re-release Edition! Same great book. New Publisher!!! Lor Mandela - Destruction from Twins is the story of a mystical dying world, the little girl preordained to save it, and the (previously) bored teenager from Iowa who somehow gets tangled up in it all. Book #1 in the Lor Mandela Series Views: 18
