The Lone Ranger and Tonto

The Lone Ranger and Tonto

Fran Striker; Francis Hamilton Striker

Fran Striker; Francis Hamilton Striker

Jailbreak!The young Dave Walters was being held in jail at Snake River for a murder he did not commit. Egged on by the infamous Steve Delaney, a group of men was heading out to the jail - to lynch young Dave.The Lone Ranger, suspicious of a possible lynching, headed swiftly toward Snake River with Tonto in a race to beat the mob to the jail and free Dave...Soon Delaney has the townfolk looking for both the Lone Ranger and Walters. Can the Lone Ranger keep the boy out of sight, protect himself, and find the real murderer?
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Saturn 3

Saturn 3

Steve Gallagher

Steve Gallagher

TETHYS . . . The long-dead, deserted third moon orbiting Saturn. Codename: SATURN 3 A lonely chunk of ammonia ice with two sole inhabitants. A self-exiled earth-traveller and Alex, the beautiful space-born, working together at the isolated research station. Until Saturn beams news of an approaching alien craft with a secret cargo aboard—a cargo comprising eight feet of computerized renegade robot, a technical space-age wonder, with a deadly self-imposed mission. And on Saturn 3 the nightmare begins . . .
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Second Tomorrow

Second Tomorrow

Anne Hampson

Romance / Mystery & Thrillers / Nonfiction

When Clare's fiancée dies, she's devastated, and she vows to keep his memory alive. But then, on the warm, sunny beaches of the Caribbean, she meets handsome and arrogant Luke Mortimer--a man determined to win her heart. Luke pursues Clare relentlessly, but she's torn between holding on to the memory of the man she once loved and allowing herself to fall again. Will she stay faithful to a long-dead lover, or give in to the man who pursues her? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anne Hampson is a veteran romance writer with over 125 titles under her belt. Born in England, she always dreamed of teaching and writing; however, after World War I, poverty forced her to leave school at age 14 to sew blouses for Marks & Spencer's. Later in life, she attended school at Manchester University. Anne Hampson has a long line of number-one sellers for Mills & Boon, Silhouette, and Harlequin, including the Harlequin Presents line of titles. Many of her books have been reprinted, some as many as 16 times, and some have been classified as rare collector's items. Combining contemporary romance with timeless appeal, her work has delighted generations of fans.
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Teddy (The Pit)

Teddy (The Pit)

John Gault

John Gault

SUCH A SWEET LITTLE BOY. SUCH A DEAR TEDDY. WHY IS EVERYONE SO AFRAID? Sandy isn’t afraid. She’s the babysitter. And she and Jamie are going to be great pals. But Sandy should never tell Jamie she loves him, not even teasing. Maybe most boys Jamie’s age don’t know much about sex . . . but Teddy does. And Jamie does whatever his Teddy tells him. TEDDY A bright smiling boy and his Teddy. The lure of carnal evil. And a wave of sickening violence that sweeps through a terrified town. What fiend in their midst could do such hideous things? Teddy knows . . .
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Hermione

Hermione

Hilda Doolittle

Hilda Doolittle

"H. D's wit, sense of rhythm, and control of language prove the inadequacy of the imagist label that is so often applied to this writer." —Library JournalThis autobiographical novel, an interior self-portrait of the poet H. D. (1886-1961) is what can best be described as a "find,' a posthumous treasure. In writing HERmione, H.D. returned to a year in her life that was "peculiarly blighted." She was in her early twenties––"a disappointment to her father, an odd duckling to her mother, an importunate, overgrown, unincarnated entity that had no place... Waves to fight against, to fight against alone...'I am Hermione Gart, a failure'––she cried in her dementia, 'l am Her, Her, Her."' She had failed at Bryn Mawr, she felt hemmed in by her family, she did not yet know what she was going to do with her life. The return from Europe of the wild-haired George Lowndes (Ezra Pound) expanded her horizons but threatened her sense of self. An intense new...
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RoboCop 2

RoboCop 2

Ed Naha

Ed Naha

CAN A SAVAGE DRUG LORD DESTROY ROBOCOP? JUST SAY NO. The death drug NUKE has sparked a full-scale war in the streets of Old Detroit. The man behind the mayhem is named Cain—a cold and ruthless drug dealer who’ll stop at nothing to satisfy his hunger for power and wealth. For Cain, money is the only thing that matters. Human life is cheap. But Cain has a problem: RoboCop. He’s half man, half machine and all cop.
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Living Together

Living Together

Carole Mortimer

Romance / Contemporary / Fiction

Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book! Unlocking her buried desire Successful actor Leon Masters is completely entranced when he meets beautiful, shy Helen West and is shocked when she rebuffs his advances. He can see the desire in her eyes yet she's so emotionally shut off... Living together soon opens Leon's eyes to Helen's fear about men. What could have possibly happened to make this lovely creature so terrified of intimacy? Leon doesn't know, but he's determined to show Helen that if there's only one man she can trust, it's him... Originally published in 1980
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Daddy King

Daddy King

Martin Luther King Sr.

Martin Luther King Sr.

First-person account and rarely heard life story of the man known as "Daddy King," the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.Born in 1899 to a family of sharecroppers in Stockbridge, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Sr., came of age under the looming threat of violence at the hands of white landowners. Growing up, he watched as his family was crushed by the weight of poverty and racism, and he resolved to escape to Atlanta to answer the calling to become a preacher. Before he engaged in acts of political dissent and stepped to the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he would preach for more than forty years, King Sr. strove to earn high school and college diplomas while working double shifts as a truck driver, and fought to win the heart of his future wife, Alberta "Bunch" Williams.Originally published in 1980, this poignant memoir chronicles the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. Here, King Sr. recalls the joys and struggles of his journey: the pain of leaving his...
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The Mind Game

The Mind Game

Norman Spinrad

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Down on his luck Hollywood director's down on her luck actress wife gets taken over by a mind game cult like Est or Scientology called Transformationalism. She disappears into the bowels of Transformationalism, he's determined to "rescue" her to the point where pretends to be taken over too. Is he or isn't he? As he delves deeper and deeper (or higher and higher depending on what who believes), he's no longer sure either. A novel about the power of cults, show biz and cults, and just maybe the nature of "reality" assuming there is one. One of the real such cult took a certain offense with the author, there was a mysterious burglary with nothing of value taken, a few other such mind games. Long out of print in English though still around in a few other languages. Que pasa?Quien sabe?Save to read about it in a novel than publish one.  
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Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf

Ann Arensberg

Ann Arensberg

Marit Deym, an eccentric young woman whose large plot of land is a refuge for a diverse collection of wild animals, passionately surrenders to a young schoolteacher of blind adolescents before turning violently jealous.
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