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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A disturbing chronicle of the US government's mistreatment of American soldiers and veterans throughout history, with a new introduction by Charles Sheehan-Miles Time and time again, the sacrifices made by veterans and their families have been repaid with scorn, discrimination, lack of health services, scant financial compensation, and other indignities. This injustice dates back as far as the American Revolution, when troops came home penniless and...
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Publisher
RosettaBooks / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Michael Phillips has done the impossible--written a thriller on hell:" The final book in the spiritual fantasy trilogy, following Heaven and Beyond (C. Baxter Kruger, author of The Shack Revisited ). A prominent atheist dies unexpectedly and goes to hell. Or so it appears, but nothing is what it seems in this engrossing allegorical novel about the afterlife. In the tradition of C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ,...
Publisher
Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Thank You for Your Service tells you what you need to know--before or after you read David Finkel's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Thank You for Your Service includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter overviews Profiles of the main characters Important...
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Language
English
Description
In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Treasured family recipes from veterans past and present, plus heartfelt stories from Civil War soldiers to military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Food brings families and friends together, providing not only nourishment for our bodies, but also the glue that holds our families and society together. It is around the dinner table that we interact and important announcements are made--it was chow time in the foxholes when soldiers came to know each...
Author
Series
Sullivan's Crossing volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Look for Robyn's new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life!
An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the emotionally charged, complex dynamics that come with being part of any family. Readers will laugh and shed a few tears as they discover what it means to be loved, supported and accepted by the people who mean the most.
Having left...
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English
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"The unforgettable tale of an American soldier's return home from WWI by the Nobel Prize -- winning author of The Sound and the Fury. Lt. Donald Mahon served as a fighter pilot in the Great War. After suffering a terrible head injury, he was released from the hospital with lost memories and a disfiguring scar. Now, back in America, he makes his way home to Georgia with the help of a fellow veteran and a young war widow. But as his health continues...
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English
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Powerful chemistry that makes this a winning page-turner. -- Publishers Weekly for Must Love Babies Where do you go when you're at the end of your rope? Former Marine Tucker Wylder wants nothing more than to work with his brothers in their vintage car restoration business and be left alone with his nightmares and regrets. The last thing he needs is to take on someone else's troubles ... Then Elisa Danvers and her young daughter arrive in Misty Bottoms,...
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Series
Greenway Range volume 1
Language
English
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Book one of Greenway Range Retired marine Sawyer Cain can't forget all he's seen and lost, but he can try to start over. Opening a gun range with his closest friends is the first step toward a new life one where he finally buries the guilt he can't seem to shake. So much depends on the property he needs to buy and the gorgeous but completely frustrating woman who refuses to sell it. Hailey Thorne is done with loss and with anything military, after...
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Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The fighting has long since ended. But the conflict is far from over…
Twenty years after the Second World War, five tough veterans return to the Sahara in a desperate search for bomb-buried bullion. But twenty years can change a man.
Young ideals have been replaced by greed. Comradeship has vanished along with innocence. And treachery and murder are rife among them.
This exciting adventure is set against the backdrop of the Western Desert and...
11) Cold Moonlight
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense. Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. In this emotional Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling writer Carla Neggers delivers an intense, emotional read. Navy SEAL Ryan “Grit” Taylor survived the war in Afghanistan but lost a limb. Now, at her brother’s urging, Grit is on a mission to save the life...
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English
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A Wyoming snowstorm races in Bringing buried secrets to the surface A stray dog just dropped a bone at animal control officer Allan Carstairs's feet -- a human bone. K-9 cop Kelly Noveno is certain it's connected to a recent disappearance, but with a snowstorm bearing down on Conard County, the two must hunker down in Allan's cabin to continue the search. But their long-held feelings are rushing to the surface, making this search more complicated...
13) Smooth Moves
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
He may be all brawn But when it really counts ... His heart is all gold Former Marine Cash Griffith is a brawny beacon for trouble, always finishing a fight that someone else starts. Working at his family's moving company, he does his best to keep a low profile, but he can't help but tangle with the newest employee, Jordan Fleming. When Jordan joins Vets on the Go! she has her hands full with her new job and her rebellious teenage brother, not to...
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English
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"Tromp weaves a complex historical tale incorporating love, suspense, hurt, and healing--all the elements that keep the pages turning." --Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Perennials Charlotte Anne Mattas longs to turn back the clock. Before her husband, Sam, went to serve his country in the war, he was the man everyone could rely on--responsible, intelligent, and loving. But the person who's come back to their family...
15) Home for a Hero
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Best friends in need Reluctant Hometown Hero by Heatherly Bell Former army officer Ryan Davis doesn't relish the high-profile role of town sheriff, but when duty calls, he responds. Even if it means helping animal rescuer Zoey Castillo find her missing dog. When Ryan asks her out, Zoey is wary of a relationship in the spotlight -- especially given her past. If the sheriff wants to date her, he'll have to prove that he's as good a bet as man's best...
16) Dog Tags
Author
Publisher
Pelican Book Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When disabled ex-Marine Mark Graham reconnects with his best friend's sister, he finds himself falling in love. But Beth Martindale's presence is a constant reminder of events he'd rather forget. Mark wants to move forward, but the secrets surrounding her brother's death, as well as his own confinement to a wheelchair, threaten to tear them apart. When a psychopath who calls himself The Knight fixates on Beth, Mark is determined to give her the protection...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Her destiny was certain but love had other plans ... Lieutenant Kate Russell 's post-war life was all mapped out. According to her upper class parents' wishes, she planned to marry a man with a pedigree like her own. But fate had other ideas in the form of Robert Campbell , a mere staff driver. Kate is irresistibly drawn to him and they decide to wed. Her family, initially outraged by the proposal, agree to accept their marriage but only if Robert...
18) One Dark Wish
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twisty plots, fantastic characters, and pitch-perfect pacing. Fabulous! - ALLISON BRENNAN New York Times bestselling author Her life must be forfeit for his to be redeemed Historian Sarah Munro is not used to being shot at, but that's just what happens while she's poking around cemeteries on Georgia's Isle of Grace, searching for the key to a centuries-old cipher. Her quest has unwittingly drawn the attention of two deadly enemies intent on destroying...
19) Mountain Rescue
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Series
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A woman on the run. A wounded SEAL who wants to become invisible. Two strangers, one mountain cabin. The sole witness to a murder, stuntwoman Rachel Denning thought she’d found the perfect hideout in a remote cabin just outside Asheville, North Carolina. Until a strange man appears in her bedroom. After a few terrifying moments, she realizes it’s a mix-up--he’s not there to kill her--and Rachel finds herself with an unexpected protector in the...
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English
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This Side of Paradise chronicles the coming of age of Amory Blaine, born to a wealthy midwestern family. It begins with Amory as a spoiled youth, doted on by his eccentric mother Beatrice. It follows him as he attends preparatory school and Princeton, and then briefly attempts but quickly abandons at a career in advertising. His service in World War I is mentioned but mostly glossed over. Covered in much more detail are his various romances:
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