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45) Cliff hanger
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Despite the dangers of a thunderstorm, Axel and his father make a difficult climb to rescue Axel's stranded dog.
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Packed with information and copiously illustrated, Wyoming's Wealth should appeal to all ages. Here are the Indians, the cowboys, the traders, the trappers--all dealt with in lively but accurate fashion. Young readers and adult history buffs alike will find here fascinating and little-known facts about Wyoming's colorful past.
47) Free fall
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Mark Beamon volume 3
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Government bureaucrat Tristan Newberry discovers a file code-named "Prodigy" buried in an obscure Department of Agriculture box. What the file reveals about presidential candidate David Hallorin could swing the election. Soon Tristan is dead, and the file lands in the hands of Darby Moore, his former lover. Renegade FBI agent Mark Beamon is hired by Hallorin's team to find the elusive young woman. He eventually switches sides, joining Darby in an...
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It's 1909, and Teddy Roosevelt is not only hunting in Africa, he's being hunted. The safari is a time of discovery, personal and political. In Africa, Roosevelt encounters Sudanese slave traders, Belgian colonial atrocities and German preparations for war. He reconnects with a childhood sweetheart, Maggie, now a globe-trotting newspaper reporter, sent by William Randolph Hearst to chronicle the safari adventures and uncover the former president's...
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Michael J. Murray's powerful memoir chronicles his difficult battle to conquer his undiagnosed pain. Murray confides his emotional torment and near collapse as numerous doctors;most of whom don't actually take the time to truly listen to their desperate patient; promise relief but only deliver ineffective treatments, contradicting diagnoses, and often dispassionate care. In the end, Murray's chance discovery in a book on back pain leads to a dawning...
58) Rising Phoenix
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Mark Beamon volume 1
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On learning that his son is hooked on drugs, a rich evangelist declares war on drug dealers. John Hobart hires an ex-DEA agent to poison their supplies. As thousands die and society applauds, both the FBI and the drug dealers go after Hobart.
60) Burn factor
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Bright, young, and ambitious, Quinn Barry desperately wants to be an FBI agent, even as she programs databases in the basement of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. But Quinn's career -- and her life -- are about to change wildly. Testing a new program, Quinn's computer savvy turns up a mysterious DNA link among five gruesome murders. A link that the old FBI system had been carefully programmed to miss. A link that nearly costs Quinn her job, and soon,...