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Chapters and Verse - Fiction from Behind the Counter - Bog af Joel Barr - Paperback

\Barr's imaginative, humorous story celebrates the sweetness of literary life, the freshness and promise of the newly printed page.\ -Publishers Weekly \A sweet-tempered, low-key story that has been justly compared to 84 Charing Cross Road.\ -Kirkus Reviews

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Dynasty of Spies - Dan Sherman - Bog - Open Road Media - Plusbog.dk

A saga following three generations of CIA officers from an author who has “considerable skill with espionage fiction” ( Publishers Weekly ). John Dancer, idealistic founding father of the CIA, was the inside man for the Allies during the Russian Revolution. His more cynical son, Allen, carried on the tradition during World War II, eavesdropping on the Kremlin. And his grandson, Jessie, did the company’s work in Vietnam—until he chose to challenge his harrowing heritage . . . Praise for Dan Sherman’s thrillers “Carefully simmered and intriguingly populated.” — Kirkus Reviews on Swann “An artfully constructed and most satisfying read.” — Publishers Weekly on The Traitor “A fast-moving espionage story. . . . Sherman keeps the action taut.” — The New York Times Book Review

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The Secret Vaults of Time - Psychic Archaeology and the Quest for Man's Beginnings - Bog af Stephan Schwartz - Paperback

Secret Vaults of Time is the acknowledged classic in its field. As described by Publishers Weekly: “Schwartz’s compelling and cogent book is new evidence that the thinking and writing on things psychic has . . . attained a maturity that commands the most serious attention.” It covers 100 years of research around the world involving the use of remote viewing in archaeology.

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Night Waking - Bog af Kathleen Snow - Paperback

\Suspense filled psychological thriller.\ -Literary Guild \Will scare the hell out of all but the most lionhearted.\ -Publishers Weekly \A terrifying novel about paranoia.\ -Chicago Sun-Times \Will grab you right by the psyche.\ -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \Continually engrossing.\ -Los Angeles Times \Supremely suspenseful.\ -Doubleday Book Club \Will have those little hairs standing at brittle attention.\ -Post-Gazette (Boston) \Powerful and disturbing.\ -Mystery Guild \Explosive shocker.\..

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Spooks - Bog af JIM HOUGAN - Paperback

“Probably the most eye-opening and engrossing exposé to date of the bizarre ‘power games’ played by multinational corporations and tycoons.” —Publishers Weekly A classic of investigative reporting, Spooks is a treasure trove of who-shot-who research on the metastasis of the US intelligence community, whose practices and personnel have engulfed the larger society. Teeming with tales of wiremen, hitmen, and mobsters; crooked politicians and corrupt cops going about their business of regime-change,..

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Rest You Merry - Bog af Charlotte Macleod - Paperback

A Christmas scrooge discovers a murdered librarian in this holiday novel from an Edgar Award finalist known for her \witty, literate, and charming\ mysteries (Publishers Weekly). Each December, the faculty of Balaclava Agricultural College goes wild with holiday decorations. The entire campus glitters with Christmas lights, save for one dark spot: the home of professor Peter Shandy. But after years of resisting the school's Illumination festival, Shandy suddenly snaps, installing a million-watt..

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The Unruly Life of Woody Allen - Bog af Marion Meade - Paperback

“A psychologically nuanced, tough-minded portrait” of the New York filmmaker and his relationships with Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn (Publishers Weekly). Writer, director, actor, humorist. Woody Allen stands as one of our era’s most celebrated artists. Starting in the 1950s, Allen began crafting a larger¿than¿life neurotic persona that has since entertained and enlightened millions. In his films, widely thought to be autobiographical explorations of his own comic fears and fixations, Allen..

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Coffee Will Make You Black - A Novel - Bog af April Sinclair - Paperback

“A funny, fresh novel about growing up African-American in 1960s Chicago” by an author who “writes like Terry McMillan’s kid sister” (Entertainment Weekly). In this hilarious and insightful coming-of-age novel, author April Sinclair introduces the charming Jean “Stevie” Stevenson, a young woman raised on Chicago’s South Side during an era of irrevocable social upheaval. Curious and witty, bold but naïve, Stevie grows up debating the qualities of good hair and dark skin. As the..

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A Wing and a Prayer - The Bloody 100th Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II - Bog af Harry H. Crosby - Paperb

“Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war against Germany.” —Publishers Weekly They began operations out of England in the spring of ’43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the “Bloody Hundredth” a legend. Harry H. Crosby—soon to..

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Steel Guitar - Bog af Linda Barnes - Paperback

A Boston PI tries to help a musician friend—and find a murderer—in this “gripping” mystery by an Anthony Award–winning author (Publishers Weekly). Six-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is “the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine” (New York Post). She may be Boston’s most tenacious private detective, but by night, Carlotta Carlyle is just another cab driver hustling for an honest buck. When blues..

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Leap of Faith - An Astronaut's Journey Into the Unknown - Bog af Gordon Cooper - Paperback

\An exciting insider's look at Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo . . . NASA's internal politics, disasters, glitches and close calls\ by a pioneering astronaut (Publishers Weekly). Gordon \Gordo\ Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, pilot for Apollo X, head of flight crew operations for the United States' first orbiting space station, and the last American to venture into space alone. Stretching from the dawning days of NASA to the far reaches of the unknown, Cooper's distinguished..

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Lens of the World - R. A. Macavoy - Bog - Open Road Media - Plusbog.dk

A New York Times Notable Book: “A coming-of-age fantasy in a late-medieval alternate world . . . Possibly MacAvoy’s best work since the Damiano trilogy” ( Kirkus Reviews ). “In the absorbing, realistic world depicted in this first volume of a projected series, MacAvoy introduces Nazhuret who, looking back from middle age, tells of the adventures of his youth.” — Publishers Weekly An outcast of small stature and the offspring of unknown parents, Nazhuret is forced out of the military Royal School of Sordaling. He is soon taken under the wing of Powl, a mysterious mentor, madman, and master of optics, who pushes Nazhuret to his mental and physical limits while teaching him the arts of astronomy, languages, swordsmanship, and—most importantly—mind and body control. When Nazhuret take his leave of Powl, he embarks on a journey through war, darkness, and death, rising above his humble beginnings and taking his destiny into his own hands . . . “This is a plot and a theme and a character so rich that revelations would be unforgivable. Add to these one of the most surprising supporting characters and plots in years and a fantasy setting that is always intriguing but never intrusive and you have a book that readers won’t want to end.” — School Library Journal “Patiently and persistently describes the progress of a young man destined by fate to be a hero. Enticing in its careful world-building and graceful writing, this fantasy is highly recommended.” — Library Journal

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Suspicion of Vengeance - Bog af Barbara Parker - Paperback

Attorney Gail Connor is out to save a wrongly convicted man from execution in this “thought-provoking mystery” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). No one in the quiet coastal town of Stuart, Florida, can forget what happened twelve years ago. Notorious local Kenny Ray Clark brutally murdered a young wife and mother, and was righteously sentenced to death for the crime. But Kenny’s grandmother, Gail’s former housekeeper, won’t believe it. So she goes to the..

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A Different Flesh - Bog af Harry Turtledove - Paperback

This novel by the New York Times–bestselling “master of alternate history” explores an America reshaped by a twist in prehistoric evolution (Publishers Weekly).What if mankind’s “missing link,” the apelike Homo erectus, had survived to dominate a North American continent where woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers still prowled, while the more advanced Homo sapiens built their civilizations elsewhere? Now imagine that the Europeans arriving in the New World..

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