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Getting the white picket fence isn't the end of the story. Chandler has her fairy tale happily ever after. House in the country, two kids, white picket fence, the whole nine. It hasn't always been easy, but her marriage has weathered every storm that's come their way. Until a Category 5 in the form of a vindictive mother-in-law roars through and leaves a trail of lies, misunderstandings, and broken trust in her wake. A raging summer storm destroyed...
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When Caroline's car is mistakenly stolen in a prank gone wrong, love is the last thing on this single mom's mind. She's on her way to meet the birth mother who gave her up thirty-five years ago, and she needs to reach her destination as soon as possible. She wants nothing to do with Levi, the handsome prankster responsible for her delay, but his offer to make amends by driving her seems the quickest option.
Unexpected circumstances further delay...
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A piece of history revealed.
A friendship mended.
A life at stake.
Rachel spends time with Joe's mom and learns some area history, but doesn't know just how big a part it will play in her life.
Abby and Rachel rebuild the burned bridges, and their friendship is rekindled. Misunderstandings are forgiven and they put the past behind them.
Life isn't without challenges, and Tray finds himself fighting for his life. After an initial assumption, an...
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Laura Toivo's never been a success at love. The high-powered exec has always been better at dealing with clients than family or friends. When she's called home to Michigan to care for her ailing mother, she finds herself in uncertain territory. Then handsome widower Jack Stahl moves in next door. Jack has realized that life is too short and wants to focus on his kids and his faith, not a woman who's as career-hungry as he used to be. Can Jack show...
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Listing this as fiction, or nonfiction ...actually, it is both. The first 5 chapters are about questions friends andfamily have brought up about the Bible. I also consideryou a 'friend', so hopefully you can join others in theconversation too. Many people like to start a conversation, then theytell me they don't like to talk about those things.I respect that and usually just leave it at that, but I laugh to myself, thinking, "You just don't want 'me'to...
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Come home to Shelter Valley where love lasts and families matter....
Miranda Parsons is content with her life. She has a great job, a wonderful family, a lovely house. She has good friends. And she lives in a town where people know her, care about her. So what's missing?
Passion--as she finds out when she meets Zack Foster.
Zack's a veterinarian who's recently moved to Shelter Valley after the failure of a marriage he'd considered perfect. He still...
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Border fixity-the proscription of foreign conquest and the annexation of homeland territory-has, since World War II, become a powerful norm in world politics. This development has been said to increase stability and peace in international relations. Yet, in a world in which it is unacceptable to challenge international borders by force, sociopolitically weak states remain a significant source of widespread conflict, war, and instability.
In this...
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First published in 1999, Mary Pattillo's Black Picket Fences explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. Nearly fifteen years later, this book remains a groundbreaking study of a group still underrepresented in the academic and public spheres. The result of living for three years in "Groveland," a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Black Picket Fences explored...
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The Shocklosers head to the baseball field for a little league matchup against an opponent that hasn't lost a game all year. They don't see much hope of winning-until Caleb suggests science might provide an answer. Can the gang use Newton's Laws of Motion to hit a game-wining home run?
This exciting adventure also includes real science facts and a bonus activities section!
Super Science Showcase. Smart Adventures for Smart Kids.
10) Fence: Issue #4
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Fence volume 4
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Nicholas begins to overthink everything as he struggles to prove he deserves his place at Kings Row.
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Fence Redemption volume 1
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THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN RESET… EN GARDE!
Return to the thrilling world of high-stakes, competitive fencing, with a brand new story featuring the beloved cast of characters from the original hit series.
Are Seiji and Jesse really through? The rumors around Halverton, the prestigious fencing training camp, have spread like wildfire, but it's not long before a mystery fencer arrives–one who may finally pose a threat to the #1 spot. Will Seiji's...
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Fence Redemption volume 4
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In the FINAL ISSUE of The GLAAD Media Award-nominated sports comic's latest chapter, Seiji gets an up close and personal look into Nicholas' past, and a clearer picture of just how much determination it took for Nicholas to overcome adversity and a rocky start.
While preparing for the difficult road ahead and the State Championships, and (especially) while spending some hometown time together, they're faced with a tempting thought…
Is this…...
13) Fence Jumper
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When James Ford, a philandering Secret Service agent suspended for his involvement in an international sex scandal, stumbles upon the purportedly kidnapped wife of a senator running for the presidential nomination, the Washington socialite reveals her husband's plan to have her killed. The unlikely duo soon uncover a web of insider intrigue involving conniving senators, murderous Russian agents, and the subversive machination of the Washington elite...
14) Fence Jumpers
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Straddling opposite sides of the law, three best friends try to keep their cool-and stay alive Jimmy Burns has always been the slickest guy around. On the streets of Queens, he struts like a king-until he crosses 101st Street. That's Paradiso territory, and Jimmy wouldn't go near it if it weren't for his best friend, JoJo, the half-crazed son of mob kingpin Salvatore Paradiso. Along with their buddy Dante O'Donnell, Jimmy and JoJo are inseparable,...
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A haunting novel of the American West about an accidental murder that springs from the best intentions.
Stepping his horse through the lush, beaver-worked draw looking for stray cows, Mike Arans never imagined that, moments later, he'd find himself swinging a nylon loop around Merriweather Snipes and pulling until his neck snapped. Once Snipes was dead, Mike fished a notepad and a stub of pencil from his pocket, wrote "I did this," signed his name,...
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Back Part 1: Across the Fence follows a covert 1968 Special Forces (SOG) mission to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the jungles of Laos, led by Spike Miller.In alternating chapters it also follows the modern-day story as Spike, now dying of cancer, gives his grandson, Mark, a combat journal and asks him to go back to find something he left in the jungle before he was extracted at the end of that mission.Mark, his friend Brad (an ex-US Marine) and a group...
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"Fence Rows" and "The Price of Change" come from the writing collection, Essays & More Straight from the Pen, available in print and as an eBook. These essays captivate the readers attention to carry them through movie worthy events. "Fence Rows" first appeared in the ICONOCLAST magazine, as did "Fences." Inside of "The Price of Change," read about the event published by the ICONOCLAST, which concerns exciting scenes from a prison escape and other...
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What would you do?Jack Carber was in a bad spot. Betrayed and thrown in prison, he had to figure out fast how to survive, and with no idea who to trust and who not to trust. To make matters worse, he had already gotten on the bad side of The Kennel on day one. But his biggest threat was the vacant psychopath named Adder, whose cell he found himself sharing. And with this one, his best tools for survival, his skills as a con man, had no effect at all.How...
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The situation between Deputy Brock Guthrie and Daphne Decker is complicated. Can he get past his hatred of Indians and accept Daphne for the woman she is within instead of seeing only her Comanche heritage? Will he take a chance and come down from the fence he sits on, or will he turn away from the possibility of a lifetime of happiness with Daphne?