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The pope has dies, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals from all over the world gather to choose his successor. Suddenly, the election is concluded--with a surprise result. The new pope is the youngest cardinal of all--and a Russian. This is the story of Kiril Lakota, a cardinal who reluctantly steps out from behind the Irobn Curtain to lead the Catholic Church and to grapple with the many issues facing the contemporary...
62) The Russia house
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Barley Blair suddenly possesses a sheaf of military secrets that could profoundly alter the course of history. British Intelligence wants him to find out who gave him the documents and why.
63) The Endearment
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1983
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Bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories . . .
Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme-to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.
A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation would destroy...
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The Great West, prior to the century's turn, abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen, whose bullets always magically found their mark, of mighty stallions, whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind, of glorious women, whose beauty stunned mind and heart. But, nowhere in the vast spread of the mountain-desert country was there a greater legend told than the story of Red Pierre and the phantom gunfighter, McGurk.
These two...
68) Snow Sky
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Compared to such Western giants as Max Brand, Luke Short, and Louis L'Amour, he has been called the New Voice of the Old West. With over one million of his books in print, Cameron Judd powerfully brings to life, as no one else can, the struggles of a generation of Americans on a harsh and beautiful frontier.
The year-old mining town had a rich vein of silver and a heart of darkness. For in the middle of Snow Sky was a man possessed by hatred and...
69) Wildtrack
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Wounded in the Falklands War, Sandman teaches himself to walk again and heads home. His wife, children, and money are gone. Only his rotting 38-foot ketch remains and TV star Tony Bannister offers to help him restore the boat in exchange for a favor.
70) Expedition!
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In the sequel to "Westward", Jeff Holt seeks out his wife Melissa, who remained in Marietta, Ohio, when Jeff and his brother Clay were forced to go west. At the shocking news that Melissa has left the area with her family, Jeff follows the one clue he has to her whereabouts. Meanwhile, Clay and his Sioux wife encounter danger in the wilds.
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Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits-including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton. A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the stand.... A woman's sixth sense-and a loaded revolver-signal premonitions of doom.... A stranded...
74) Mindbend
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c1985
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Against the advice of his well-wishers, future doctor Adam Schonberg takes up a job with a giant drug firm. Slowly Adam begins to suspect the hideous evil associated with the company which threatens his own wife's pregnancy.
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As long as she can remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont has lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither a slave nor a servant, she has grown into a young woman who has shown promise as a dress designer. But she has also won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons. Then tragedy strikes.
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"Travis McGee could never deny his old friend anything. So before Meyer even says please, McGee agrees to accompany him to Mexico to reconstruct the last mysterious months of a young woman's life--on a fat expense account provided by the father who has lost touch with her. They think she's fallen in with the usual post-teenage misfits and rebels. What they find is stranger, kinkier, and far more deadly."--P. [4] of cover.