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Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives whose twin sister, Patty, also followed in their father's footsteps, there's nothing Billy won't give up for the job, including his life. Left for dead alongside his tempestuous former partner and a hard-charging assistant district attorney out for blood, Billy miraculously survives. But he remembers nothing about the events leading up to the shootout. Charged with...
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The Great War is over. The Robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices--they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created or be banished to the Reserve, a desolate, unforgiving landscape where it's a crime to be human. And the robots aren't content--following the orders of their soulless leader, they're planning to conquer humanity's last refuge. With nothing left to lose, Six, a feisty, determined young woman whose family was...
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"Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America." For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or even get gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, department stores, gas stations, recreational destinations, and other businesses...
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Rachel is the daughter of an affluent Rotterdam Jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into Allied territory. She alone survives, and ends up in the Dutch Resistance, transformed into blond Ellis de Vries, playing Mata Hari to high-ranking German officer Ludwig Müntze. The officer can feel the Allies closing in, and is eager to forge a separate peace with the resistance fighters who may soon become the Dutch government, and keeps...
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ACTIVIST THE BLACK BOOK THE 14 CHAMBERS
"Activist: The Black Book - The 14 Chambers" by Lyric Hawkins is a compelling exploration of social injustice, police brutality, and the fight against racism. It is more than a book; it is a call to action, an anthem for those who refuse to be silent in the face of injustice. an anthem for change that echoes across generations.
Lyric Hawkins paints a vivid portrait of a world in need of transformation...
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The classic look of a great black and white photo has an undeniable elegance and a lasting effect. Master the power of monochrome images with the new Black and White Photography Book, and learn how to best approach various principles in photography for better black and white. We teach you the necessary kit, such as cameras, lenses and filters, that will transform your images. We then provide expert advice from the professional photography field
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A sinister, hooded figure with a mysterious past lurks in the grounds of Wolf Manor; watching silently as Alex Wolf returns home from boarding school to his grandparents' lavish estate. Oblivious to the many dangers that now surround him, Alex soon finds himself thrust into the centre of an unwelcome adventure, guided only by his wayward granddad Henry - the one member of his family he knows that he can trust. With Henry's help, Alex must try to unravel...
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Loving Tessa Psalm isn't an issue, Danish has been doing that since the woman walked into The Black Crows Club House without an once of fear. What is the problem are the walls she's placed around her not only to hide herself but a past he's determined to protect her from. An past which is slowly creeping towards her. No worries, as the Sargent At Arms for the Black Crows its his job to protect his club, his family, which includes the woman he loves....
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First Nations women around the world have survived cruel, exploitative and abusive practices at the hands of many post-colonial governments and communities. This biographical account set during post WWII Australia, describes the challenges faced by many First Nations women aspiring for self-betterment through employment.
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Circle volume 1
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Enter the adrenaline-laced story that started it all: the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of one man's choices as dreams and reality collide.
Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes mysterious assailants only to encounter a silent bullet that clips his head . . . and his world goes black. He awakens in an alternate reality and soon finds himself pulled between two worlds. In one, Thomas is an average guy working in a coffeehouse.
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When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.
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Black Panthera nation under our feet volume 2
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"As Zenzi and the people poison Wakanda's citizens against the Black Panther, a cabal of nation-breakers is assembled. And Ayo and Aneka, the Midnight Angels, are courted by Tetu to help raise their land to new glory! His allies dwindling, T'Challa must rely on his elite secret police, the Hatut Zeraze, and fellow Avenger Eden Fesi, a.k.a. Manifold! And with T'Challa's back truly against the wall, he even calls in some old friends to lend a hand:...
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Nora Blackbird may have been to the manor born, but these days money is so tight she can't afford to lose her job as a society columnist. So when her new boss at the Philadelphia Intelligencer - Australian tabloid editor Gus Hardwicke - tells her to work the celebrity gossip beat or start checking the want ads, the choice is easy. Now Nora's writing a profile on billionaire fashion designer Swain Starr, who recently retired to build a high tech organic...
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"Klaw stands supreme! The Black Panther's greatest foe has returned, ready for war! Can T'Challa finally defeat Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father, while his country threatens to rip itself apart? To make matters worse, Wakanda's gods disappear - and the Originators return! The former gods are back, but what are their intentions for a land that has forgotten them? And all this is only the beginning, as a cadre of villains returns, monsters...
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THE BLACK BILLIONAIRE AND HIS FRIENDS ARE MARKED FOR ASSASSINATION - AND THE NOTORIOUS TRIGGER WOMAN, MADAME HOT TEMPER, IS BACK.
THESE ARE DEADLY TIMES IN GOTHAM. NO ONE IS SAFE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WHITE SUPREMACISTS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO THE BIG CITY WITH A MISSION. THEY'VE COME TO TERRORIZE GOTHAM AND END THE ERA OF BLACK CAMELOT.
Black Camelot's Dawn is the sequel to The Publisher's Dilemma and the second novel in the Black Camelot series.
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"Brooklyn and her hunky husband, security expert Derek Stone, have just returned from a delightful trip to Dharma, where the construction of their new home away from home is well underway, when a little black book arrives in the mail from Scotland. The book is a rare British first edition of Rebecca, and there's no return address on the package. The day after the book arrives, Claire Quinn shows up at Brooklyn and Derek's home. Brooklyn met Claire...
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Jack Henry adventure volume 5
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Comic misadventures ensue when seventh-grader Jack tries to write the great American novel.
19) The black book
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As over-the-top as it is inventive, Durrell's breakthrough novel is a series of sordid vignettes drawn from the lives of decadent artists, doomed bohemians, and continental rascals inhabiting a shabby London hotel, narrated in turns by the unforgettable Lawrence Lucifer and Gregory Death. Together, these characters seek to escape the absurdity of a Europe haunted by devastating war, yet beginning to pitch toward another apocalypse. First published...
20) The black book
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Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective-novel-loving Rüya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband, Celâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps...
