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"Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse:...
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Dark tide volume 1
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Sixteen-year-old Lina Kirk sacrifices herself to her sinking island's Witch Queen, Eva, to save her brother and her secret crush, but when she and Eva fall in love, everyone is in danger.
Every year on St. Walpurga's Eve, Caldella's Witch Queen lures a boy back to her palace. An innocent life to be sacrificed on the full moon to keep the island city from sinking. Lina Kirk is convinced her brother is going to be taken this year. To save him, she...
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Virgil Flowers novels volume 9
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"Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist) The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those...
5) Extreme prey
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"The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. After the events in Gathering Prey, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation--no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff. "Should be fun!" he says, and it kind of...
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Virgil Flowers novels volume 12
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"At the local state university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of PC culture. Each carries their views to extremes that may seem absurd, but highly educated people of sound mind and good intentions can reasonably disagree, right? Then someone winds up dead, and Virgil Flowers is brought in to investigate ... and he soon comes to realize he's dealing with people who, on this one particular issue, are functionally crazy....
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In the summer of 1776, Washington's army in Brooklyn and New York City faced one of the largest invading forces ever assembled by the British Empire. After suffering a series of devastating defeats, Washington's vulnerable and dejected troops were forced to evacuate the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Three weeks later, however, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite and most talented generals accomplished a tactical miracle by stalling the...
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Learn how to ace your job search with tips from the experts behind theSkimm, the brand that equips millions of users with essential tools and information to live smarter lives.
Searching for a job is never easy, but there are tricks you can learn to stand out from the crowd and land a new gig. Here to teach you are the experts behind the mega-popular brand, theSkimm. In this audio course, theSkimm shares their pro tips on how to ace your job search,...
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"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...
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Tristan Strong volume 1
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Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
12) Brian's winter
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Hatchet volume 3
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Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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Learn the basics of how to achieve financial independence and retire early, from Grant Sabatier, founder of MillennialMoney.com and author of Financial Freedom.
Wish you had the money to quit your job and retire sooner to focus on what you really love doing? It's not as unrealistic as you think. In this audio course, learn some of the fundamental rules for making the money you need more quickly to live the life you want. Find out the financials of...
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Pandava novel volume 3
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After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandavas's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper and stopping war between the devas and the demons.
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"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium. Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a...
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Explore strategies to grow your customer base by using talk triggers and word-of-mouth marketing.
It seems like everyone is talking about digital marketing these days, as if the entire consumer landscape had suddenly changed. But the fact is, word-of-mouth marketing is still one of the most powerful ways for you to reach your customers. Why then aren't more companies investing in scaling their word-of-mouth campaigns? Why aren't they prioritizing...
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Learn to identify, assess, and leverage your motivation code to create positive, productive change.
Have you ever wondered what it is that drives you to work in the particular way you do? Motivation-therein lies the answer, the hidden force that's unique to you. And if you can figure out how to better identify and assess the power of your own motivation, you can also leverage it to great effect and make positive changes at work and in your personal...
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Explore sales strategies to grow your market share and scale your business by winning customers from the competition.
It's no secret that sales can be a messy enterprise. Growth all but requires that you take market share directly from your competitors. And you have to think fast and act now, or else they'll do the same thing to you. But how do you execute a successful sales displacement, especially when the stakes are high? Eat Their Lunch lays...
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Discover a powerful, easy-to-use framework for identifying and addressing your most important business needs.
If you're new to business management, one of the biggest challenges you're likely to face is not knowing what's what. That includes your business problems and various pain points, many of which you can't even see, let alone identify, assess, or solve-so what are you going to do? If you've ever started your own business, you probably learned...
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Explore proven, science-based strategies for closing deals, driving enterprise sales, and building a successful business.
If you've ever blundered a sales deal or lost a client just before closing, then you know exactly what it feels like when something goes wrong with your pitch. But how do you pinpoint what you were missing? What changes could you have made to close that deal? In this audio-only course, best-selling author and sales expert David...