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161) Burning desire
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Turn up the heat volume 2
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When things heat up between him and Bree Gilchrist, his boss's daughter, firefighter Tex McGovern decides some rules are made to be broken, until they are both forced to decide if the sparks between them are worth risking everything.
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The author of An Embarrassment of Mangoes offers "a mouthwatering slice of Caribbean culture" in this blend of travel memoir and cookbook ( New York Post ). While sailing around the Caribbean, Ann Vanderhoof and her husband Steve track wild oregano-eating goats in the cactus-covered hills of the Dominican Republic, gather nutmegs on an old estate in Grenada, make searing-hot pepper sauce in a Trinidadian kitchen, cram for a chocolate-tasting test...
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All of aviation's dangerous, exciting, and most courageous moments are featured within this stunning compendium on flight. Packed with stories of heroic and innovative pioneers, fascinating profiles of remarkable planes from Spitfires to space shuttles, and how-to instructions for making everything from origami helicopters to bottle rockets-all accompanied by sensational photographs, illustrations, and diagrams-Cleared for Takeoff promises to astonish,...
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"When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma--newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage--rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, 'I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road.' Packing what she needed, Norma took off on an unforgettable cross-country journey with...
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"Writing about music is hard--and this book proves it 101 times over. It's happened to all of us who read about rock music: you come across a piece about a hot music scene and the writer thinks they're being clever be exclaiming, 'There must be something in the water!' Or maybe a couple of musicians have started a new project that's 'risen from the ashes' of their previous band. There's a million of those dumb things that rock critics say. Well, OK,...
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Famed documentary producer Sheila Nevins is the one person who always tells it like it is, and who will say, "Learn from my mistakes and my successes. Because you don't get smarter as you get older, you get braver." An astonishingly frank, funny, poignant book about the real-life challenges of being a woman in a man's world; what it means to be a working mother; what it's like to be an older woman in a youth-obsessed culture; the sometimes changing,...
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IQ novels volume 2
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"Isaiah Quintabe has, against many odds, built a proper life for himself: a respected detective in his hometown of East Long Beach, a well-kept home, a growing library, and even a rehabilitated horse-sized pit bull (courtesy of his previous client). But something is wrong: the death of his older brother nearly a decade ago has sent him down a dark path, one that he's never truly been able to escape. RIGHTEOUS is the story of Isaiah's investigation...
168) D-Day girls: the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
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"The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special...
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Stand-up comedian and family man Tom Papa explores how we deal with our inescapable relatives and their bizarre behavior. A warm, hilarious book that saws deep into every branch of the family tree and uncovers the most hysterical and surprisingly meaningful aspects of our lives.
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