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Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, The Confessions of Saint Augustine has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and ultimate conversion -- the first such spiritual memoir ever recorded -- Saint Augustine traces a story of sin, regret, and redemption that is both deeply personal and, at the same time, universal.
Starting with his early life, education, and youthful indiscretions,...
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When a cop snaps, he threatens to take a building full of people with him Bernie Shepard comes home with a shotgun. He opens the door to his bedroom, and sees what he expected-his wife in bed with another cop. Two pumps of the shotgun take care of them, and Shepard carries out the rest of his plan. Accompanied by his nameless dog, this half-mad young detective goes to the roof of his apartment building, where he has built a small fortress stocked...
83) One Police Plaza
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A hardened New York cop risks everything to solve an impossible murder The precinct house at 19 Elizabeth Street is one of the oldest in New York, and some things about it never change. Overworked cops interrogate suspects, complain about their wives, and peck out reports on battered old typewriters. Steel mesh covers the windows and the garbage cans overflow. And as Lt. Dan Malone climbs the steps, nursing a hangover, he's certain that no matter...
84) Turnback Creek
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THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW
When legendary gunfighter John Locke is hired to ride shotgun on a fat payroll wagon bound for Turnback Creek, Montana, it's more than a job. It's a chance to reunite with his old riding partner, ex-Marshal Dale Cooper. The pair go back a ways, and though Coop no longer wears a badge, he wants to hit the trail one more time. But the going is not easy. There are sidewinders in the shadows, ready to pilfer the loot for themselves.
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85) Lieberman's Day
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When his nephew is killed by a mugger, Lieberman will do anything to bring his family justice In a posh part of Chicago's North Side, two Trinidadian men look for someone to jump. Waiting outside an apartment building, they see a couple shivering in the cold as they make their way to their car. The Trinidadians draw guns, demand money-and quickly go too far. Shots ring out, and the muggers run. Behind them, the man is dead, and his pregnant wife lays...
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A #1 New York Times best-selling author, Conn Iggulden has garnered both critical and popular acclaim for his compelling novels about Genghis Khan. Iggulden's riveting Empire of Silver-the fourth in his Khan dynasty series-highlights the incredible story of Ogedai, son of Genghis Khan.
88) Ghostwriter
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In Ghostwriter by Travis Thrasher-the Stephen King of Christian fiction-a successful horror writer becomes trapped in a web of inexplicable evil. Grief-stricken and desperate, Dennis Shore mails his publisher a novel he didn't write. But after his plagiarized submission receives high praise, he encounters its aggrieved author. And as this vengeful soul threatens his career, his sanity, and even his life, Dennis begins to experience all the horrors...
89) Dark Secret
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New York Times best-selling author Christine Feehan has thrilled countless readers with her Dark series. In Dark Secret, stubborn cowgirl Colby Jansen has spent five years toiling to maintain the ranch her stepfather willed to her and her step-siblings. But suddenly her stepfather's family appears from Brazil to take custody of Colby's sister and brother, with the aid of the powerful De La Cruz brothers. Colby doesn't trust Rafael De La Cruz, but...
90) Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion
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For nearly 40 years, both the US and Soviet governments have continued to cover up the facts of the sinking of the USS Scorpion. It was no accident but rather reprisal for the sinking of the Soviet missile sub K-129, which had gone down in the Pacific just ten weeks previous. But both sides quickly realized that the sinkingif publicly knowncould have turned the Cold War into a very hot war. Scorpion Down is a grippingly told story of war, politics,...
91) Deepwater
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Reminiscent of best-selling authors James M. Cain and Jim Thompson, Matthew F. Jones' erotic psychological thriller begins on a desolate, mountain road. There a relationship begins that will ultimately change the lives of the players involved forever. Deepwater leads the reader down a steep cliff of terror with three masterfully written characters.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are perhaps the most important archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. These lectures set before the public the real Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Jewish texts from the centuries before the rise of Christianity. Only through efforts to understand what the scrolls can teach us about the history of Judaism is it possible for us to learn what they have to teach us about the history of Christianity...
93) Fire of Heaven
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A best-selling author and award-winning director, Bill Myers thrills fans with his novels portraying the end times. Fire of Heaven follows Brandon and Sarah Martus as they are called to become Revelation's prophets. Filled with stunning suspense and intense spiritual examination, this work spans the globe as followers of both Satan and Christ prepare for a showdown.
94) Curry
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It might be said that both Jim Currys were the victims of fate. Jim Curry the elder had an unsavory reputation, but he only got into bad trouble when, demonstrating a slick piece of gun play to Dad Jackson, he accidentally killed him. Wanting to do the right thing, Jim Curry the elder rode into town to explain what happened to Sheriff Mason, and though the sheriff accepted his explanation, he insisted Jim be locked up to await trial. Then the real...
95) Scavenger Reef
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On best-seller lists all over the country with his witty cynicism and delightfully dark humor, Laurence Shames writes thrillers that his fans endearingly classify as great "Florida noir." In the tradition of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen, he gives character to the inhabitants of Florida's steamy underbelly. Artist Augie Silver's friends are ostensibly grief-stricken when he drowns in a shipwreck off Scavenger Reef, but most of them are nervous because...
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Benjamin Franklin's celebrated autobiography, published after his death, is one of the greatest autobiographies of all time-but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, when he was only fifty-one. He lived another thirty-three full, eventful, and dramatic years, some of the most dramatic years in American history-years in which Franklin was America's advocate in London, represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, and was...
97) Dark Demon
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Publishers Weekly calls the Dark Carpathian novels a "sex- and magic-filled treat." Dark Destiny and the dozen other books in this New York Times best-selling series sizzle with superhuman passions and paranormal powers. With Dark Demon, the realm of the mighty Carpathians is shaken by a powerful and perilous union. A shape-shifter, Natalya hunts those who kill by night. Searching for vampires and Carpathians high in the mountains, she is as deadly...
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New York Times bestselling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that...
99) Threshold
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Threshold is a compelling page-turner that combines elements of science, the paranormal, and Bible prophecy into an intricate maze. Brandon Martus is a troubled young man, haunted by apocalyptic visions he cannot control. His experiences draw the attention of a psychic research institute where self-serving scientists push him further and further. Before long, heaven and hell are battling for control of Brandon, and he is on his way to understanding...
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Best-selling author Meagan McKinney brings Victorian-era New York alive in this sensuous tale of secret identities. Rafe Belloch, a powerful railroad baron, is accustomed to being in control. When a masked young woman steals his valuables and leaves him naked in the street, he vows to find her and get even. Two years later he meets demure debutante Mystere Rillieux, a woman unlike any he has ever met. But something about her is hauntingly familiar....