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Goliath : Richard Turner
Goliath
In the summer of 1931, the British Airship Goliath on her maiden flight vanishes without a trace over West Africa, taking with her a secret that people are willing to kill and die for.
In the present, a team of mercenaries attempt to kidnap historian Jennifer March from a dig site in the Philippines; setting off a deadly chain of events that could threaten millions. Drawn into the race to find the Goliath and her hidden secret, Ryan Mitchell, a former special operations soldier, and his team must try to protect Jennifer March from a deadly and well-financed group that intends to change the world.
From the deserts of Africa, to the snow-covered forests of Alaska to a rocky island off Iceland the hunt for the truth is on.
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Fine-Tuning Hanna : Tiina Walsh
Fine-Tuning Hanna
Would saying the magic words ‘I love you’ in time have stopped it all going so wrong for Hanna? Or was some other power at play? Finnish piano-tuner Hanna Suvanto loves her new life and friends in Dublin. And the icing on the cake is meeting Ireland’s premium bachelor, the personal development guru, Sebastian O’Reilly.
But their whirlwind romance hits a serious obstacle when Hanna’s stay is unexpectedly cut short. Sebastian seems strangely unconcerned about her departure – and then Hanna makes a shocking discovery about the man she thought she knew. Heartbroken and disillusioned with love, she returns to Finland, resolving to rebuild her life.
Back in Ireland, Sebastian can’t get Hanna out of his mind. Surely there is more to her abrupt departure than meets the eye?
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Conspiracy to Assassinate : John P. Roach Jr.
Conspiracy to Assassinate President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy
This book is about grasping power and once achieving it, using that power to assassinate all challengers to the power gained.
The Warren Commission Report concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and was not part of a conspiracy, and went on to say that there is no evidence of a conspiracy. This report pacified the American public for the last 50 years.
Logic and Reason dictates otherwise. Each of us has the ability to use our own logic to determine who had the most to gain from the President John F. Kennedy assassination. However it seems unreasonable that he could do it alone and get away with it. So it doesn’t pass the reason test.
Therefore, logic again comes into the equation that would require a co-conspirator capable of providing a complete cover-up, so the conspirators will never be caught.
The co-conspirators need only patsies to take the blame with promises of a fee or fame or whatever satisfies their weaknesses.
With the Kennedy assassination completed and blamed on Lee Harvey Oswald, who is murdered before he can utter more that “I’m just a patsy” the American population seems satisfied that he paid for his crime, while the conspirators remain free.
Using the same procedure of patsies to take the rap, the logical conspirators assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, a leading Democratic Candidate for President in 1968, and got away with it.
Your use of logic and reason may lead you to the same conclusion that a conspiracy of the highest magnitude took the lives of these three idealists.
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Moonlight Dancer : Deb Atwood
Moonlight Dancer
A doll…a ghost…a love that transcends time.
Light filtering through a warehouse casement draws Kendra JinJu MacGregor to an old Korean doll. As she climbs to look, she topples into Hiro Peretti’s arms.
Kendra can resist neither the antique doll nor the handsome Hiro who sells it to her.
Once she brings the doll home, Kendra pays little attention to misplaced objects or her beloved dog’s fear. That is, until one terrifying night forces her to question her very sanity. She enlists Hiro’s help, and in their quest to unlock the doll’s mysteries, they form a romantic relationship. Yet Kendra discovers Hiro fights his own demon; namely, a killing for which he blames himself. Will Hiro’s guilt undermine their blossoming love?
Soon, the ethereal, brooding NanJu manifests herself and reveals haunting memories of Japanese atrocities—including one against her sister who bore a samurai’s baby. Guided by NanJu, Kendra begins her travels through time to 16th century Korea into a history of conflict and intrigue where Kendra is about to discover the dark past of her ghostly visitor.
Now it’s up to Kendra, with Hiro by her side, to interpret the past and prevent murder. Everything depends upon Kendra’s success, even—she discovers to her horror—her own life.
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Cool Boss : Can Akdeniz
Cool Boss: Master 11 Qualities of Today’s Greatest Leaders
One of the most groundbreaking leadership guidebooks of all time
Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, James Dyson, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Ben Chestnut, Jim Sinegal,Tony Hsieh, Jim Goodnight, Sergey Brin, Ursula Burns. We have all seen the new generation of leaders blazing trails into new areas of thought, altering cultural identity through innovative products, and selflessly giving back to the world in a wide variety of ways. On top of that, they look cool doing it, which is a growing trend in modern business theory that is paying off in a big way for. The qualities that define the careers and mentality of the cool, new generation of leaders are specifically designed to fit within the modern world, leaving the obsolete and antiquated modes of leadership behind.
In Cool Boss, Can Akdeniz shows how the leadership mentality has changed forever. He explains the new leadership paradigm and provides you with the tools and techniques you need to evolve your business strategy and leadership style for the modern global marketplace. The book contains in-depth explorations of real world examples and case studies from some of the coolest business figures of today that continue to change the world with their unique, industry-dominating styles of leadership.
Cool Boss will teach you:
- The difference between enabling and controlling
- How to lead by example and be an active participant
- Increasing accessibility and communication with employees
- Building unique connections between departments and projects
- Treating employees as people, not assets
- Staying humble and aware of the impact your leadership has on the world
- Being seen as a global leader and an agent of positive change
- Properly choosing when to risk and when to stay safe
- Pushing forward entire industries and societies through innovation
- How to inspire, motivate, and lead from the center
- The reasons why the hierarchical structure of the past is broken
- Improving your reputation as a cool leader
- Efficient restructuring of company vision and function
- How the old approach to business can still be damaging
- Increasing passion through enabling and energizing your workforce
- Balancing strong leadership and selfless humility
- Understanding the future, and the perpetual nature of change
- The best way to leave a legacy for the world
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Unclaimed Legacy : Deborah Heal
Unclaimed Legacy
The olden days aren’t all they’re cracked up to be . . .
“I call it time-surfing,” Abby said.
“It’s like being there,” Merri said, “except no one can see or hear us.”
“Whatever you call it,” John said, “that was crazy—beyond realistic. I mean, I was inside that guy’s head.”
Those who have read Time and Again know that Abby Thomas is a college student on a summer service project with 11-year-old Merri. And they know that the summer is not going the way Abby had expected—but in a good way. For one thing, she meets a very nice guy named John Roberts. And for another, she discovers a strange computer program called Beautiful House that lets her fast-forward and rewind life. Not her own, of course, but those of the people who lived in Merri’s old house.
And now Beautiful House comes in handy when Abby, John, and Merri agree to help the “Old Dears” next door with their family tree.
Except Abby and John learn more about one of the ladies’ ancestors than they ever wanted to know. Convicted in 1871 of murder and arson, Reuben Buchanan is a blight on the family’s reputation. But was he really guilty? Abby and John must get inside the mind of a murderer to find out.
And while they’re rummaging around in the Old Dears’ family history, they also find Nathan Buchanan, a heroic relative connected to the Lewis and Clark Expedition—and a legacy waiting to be reclaimed.
But the most important discovery they make is that God’s promise to bless a thousand generations is true.
“In this sequel to Time and Again Deborah Heal has taken pieces of real life history and woven them [into] a fantastic story geared to keep the reader entertained and on the edge of their seat… I adored every single bit of this. It has the perfect blend of history and action-packed suspense to keep young adults glued to the pages… I think she has mastered a home run here. This one easily rates a 5 out of 5 stars for me…and I hope it will work its way to the top of the best seller lists for young adults.” – Pirate2240 “Kat” Amazon Reviewer
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In a Bit of a Hole : Mike Sleater
In a Bit of a Hole
A group of old golfers who spend as much time at the bar of their club as they do on the course, are enraged to find out that the club is in serious financial difficulties, possibly leading to a serious threat to its survival.
They usually amuse themselves by racing their remote controlled golf trolleys around the course and taking the Mickey out of whoever’s ‘mishap of the day’ was the most amusing or spectacular, but their conversations become more serious when they are made aware of a plan to sell their golf club.
Their investigation begin to unearth a plot to deceive the members into thinking that the club had made a massive loss, the two plotters planning to embezzle the club to the tune of £300,000. The plotters also have also found a property developer willing to pay them a large bribe to enable a consortium to buy the club in order to create a golf and country club.
In the following days the body of one of the committee members is discovered in a copse on the course by a small, short sighted dog and his strangely dressed owner, Keith. The murder sparks the appearance of an incompetent Detective Inspector, a competent Detective Sergeant and an unruly Detective Constable who are all set the task of finding the killer. The victim is a man who has his fingers in a number of pies, one being the distribution of imported Chinese counterfeit golf equipment, another being a potential slice of a large cannabis drug ring.
The investigation is chaotic and incompetent, complicated by the discovery of a stash of drugs, its subsequent disappearance and the inability of the police to locate some of the main suspects.
Accidental as well as deliberate arson, involving Paddy McDermott, a professional firebug, and more murders spice up the plot further and red herrings point to many of the cast, as does numerous clandestine visits of some of the members to a local pole/lap dancing club called ‘Pole Cats’.
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A Perfect Evil : EC Sheedy
A Perfect Evil
Old sins leave lasting scars…
Hannah Stuart thinks she’s safe within the dark and private rooms of Kenninghall, her friend Milo’s rambling and secluded Washington estate. Here she hides from the outside world, nurturing her depression, and lost in a past and painful tragedy she can’t let go. To hold on–to survive–she lives her days by rote, each day the same as the one before.
But change, for good or ill, is relentless and inescapable.
Milo dies, leaving Hannah a fortune and three letters. Letters telling of old sins and ugly lies, now tangled anew in shocking depravities. Letters the rich and powerful will kill to suppress. Letters Hannah is driven and honor bound to expose–and time is running out.
When Milo’s long-lost relatives and former business partners start showing up at Kenninghall, Hannah doesn’t know who to trust. In desperation she turns to the mysterious Yates Lang.
Yates has the experience to help her, but he also has secrets of his own–and a dangerously compelling reason to destroy the letters.
He may be falling for the reclusive beauty of Kenninghall, but when love is twisted by existing loyalties, bad blood, and a perfect evil, it can get you killed.
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Convince Me : B. L. Blair
Convince Me (Holton Series#1)
A woman afraid of love. A man searching for love. Convince Me (Holton Series #1) is the story of two people with opposite views toward love and forever after.
As the only child of a mixed race couple, Anna West watched her father abuse her mother all in the name of love. She never wanted to fall into the same trap as her mother, loving a man who did not truly love her. Anna didn’t believe in forever. She moved to Holton, Texas to start over, to begin a new life where no one knew about her past, where no one cared about her parents. It was the perfect situation until she met Steven.
Steven Carson spent his childhood in a secure, loving home where his father cherished his wife and his children. Steven wanted the same type of relationship his parents’ enjoyed, a relationship with a woman who would love him as he loved her. Steven wanted forever. He had lived his whole life in Holton, Texas and never wanted to live anywhere else.It was the perfect place for him but he did not have anyone to share his life. And then he met Anna.
Come visit Holton, Texas to see if Steven can convince Anna to take a chance on him, to take a chance on love.
Notice Me (Holton Series #2) is also available. Trust Me (Holton Series #3) coming October 2013.
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Blood of the Scarecrow : Pamela Morris
Blood of the Scarecrow
The sleepy, little town of Barnesville, New York seldom sees much in the way of excitement, until one morning a body is found in the village cemetery. Authorities deem it an unfortunate accident but Angela Jennings, assistant to the detective in charge of the case, doesn’t agree with the ruling and despite not yet being officially on the police force, she takes it upon herself to investigate.
She finds more than she sets out to as she digs deeper into the victim’s life and the role his family played in the founding of the town. Barnesville’s past is full of secrets, secrets the town librarian, a self-proclaimed witch, seems reluctant to reveal.
It is a history laced with blood, witchcraft and at least one scarecrow that refuses to stay where it should. Angie eventually must face one of her darkest fears to unravel the mystery and break the spell that has been cast in order to solve this case and put the unsettled spirits of Barnesville and Peter Wakeley to rest.
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