Will Damron
1) Nightwork
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English
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When Harry Booth started stealing at nine, it was to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head and pay her medical bills. At night, in darkness, he'd slip into rich people's empty homes, opening drawers and safes filled with luxuries he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer after a long, valiant battle, he left Chicago - but kept up his nightwork. From leaving a party at a Savannah mansion with a diamond bracelet...
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English
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"Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land in this electrifying tale from the author of The Night Agent-a propulsive political thriller reminiscent of the best early Baldacci and Grisham novels"--
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 9 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Don't Go in the Basement
In a brutal spasm of bad luck, Tom and Jenny Decker lose both their cheap Manhattan apartment and their barely-above-minimum-wage jobs. Their luck runs hot when they stumble upon a surprisingly affordable house in the suburbs, an old friend of Tom's offers him an amazing opportunity, and Jenny discovers that she's pregnant. But, there are dark secrets galore in the Deckers' new/old house. The place has a violent past. There's...
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English
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"Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible...
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Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 compact discs (approximately 10 hr.) :
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English
Description
"Gabriel's angel: All Gabriel Bradley wants is solitude. But when a very pregnant -- and very beautiful -- woman ends up at his remote cabin during a blizzard, desperate, alone, and on the run, the modern-day Scrooge can't bring himself to turn her away. Despite her intrusion, Laura brings Gabriel the gifts of passion, hope, and life -- he just needs to find the courage to reach for them"--
"Home for Christmas: After years spent abroad, reporter...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies... and war. As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. Yet not all promises can be kept.
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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A new romantic thriller—with a dash of horror—from Natalie D. Richards, the New York Times bestselling author of YA psychological thriller books.
Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And it's time. Tonight. At the party on the riverbank, under the old walking bridge, site of so many tales of love and death.
Paige has had a crush on Theo since they first
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
McPadden recounts his experiences as a Ranger Officer during the war in Afghanistan. He writes about growing up, leadership, the nature of war, and war's aftermath.
10) Lent
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles. It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo "the Magnificent," the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII...
11) Luck of the draw
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sure, winning the lottery allows Zoe Ferris to quit her job as a cutthroat corporate attorney but no amount of cash will clear her conscience about the way her firm treated the O'Leary family in a wrongful death case. So she sets out to make things right only to find gruff, grieving Aiden O'Leary doesn't need or want her apology. He does, however, need something else from her. Something Zoe is more than willing to give, if only to ease the pain in...
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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 272 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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"United Airlines Flight 93, which took off from Newark Airport the morning of September 11th, 2001, is perhaps the most famous flight in modern American history: We know of the passenger uprising, but there's so much more to the story besides its harrowing and oft-told climax. Amazingly, the definitive account of this seminal event has yet to be written. The book offers the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 - from...
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English
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of "Shakespeare's Sonnets" (1609). Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for classical poetry enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Shakespeare's collection of 154 sonnets beautifully explore the age-old human themes of love and beauty, time and mortality, and contain some of the most revered lines in poetry such as, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's...
15) Beginner's luck
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A scientist with a quiet, steady job at a university, Kit's focus has always been maintaining the acceptable status quo. A sudden windfall doesn't change that, with one exception: the fixer-upper she plans to buy, her first and only real home. It's more than enough to keep her busy, until an unsettlingly handsome, charming, and determined corporate recruiter shows up in her lab-and manages to work his way into her heart"--