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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. --Publisher
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G. K. Chesterson reprint volume 2
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"From the creator of the Father Brown mysteries come eight short stories that trace the activities of Horne Fisher, "the man who knew too much," and his trusted friend, political journalist Harold March. Horne is a socialite who uses his keen mind and powerful gifts of deduction to investigate crimes committed on the sprawling country estates of the aristocracy. Much loved for their wit and sense of wonder, these stories offer a fascinating portrait...
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction “with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller”(The New York Times) that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization...
84) Vixen in Velvet
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From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . .
Lethally charming Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker—but Leonie Noirot hasn't time for him. She's obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan.
Leonie's skills can
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The wedding wager
Wildly unconventional orphan Miss Beatrice Fanshaw has one goalto claim back her ancestral home from the devilish Julius Chadwick, Marquess of Maitland, who makes her heart beat quite erratically!
Knowing Julius's weakness for a flutter, she decides to play the distinguished but disreputable Marquess at his own game. A wager is onthe fastest horseman wins! Astride her horsein her breechesshould...
Wildly unconventional orphan Miss Beatrice Fanshaw has one goalto claim back her ancestral home from the devilish Julius Chadwick, Marquess of Maitland, who makes her heart beat quite erratically!
Knowing Julius's weakness for a flutter, she decides to play the distinguished but disreputable Marquess at his own game. A wager is onthe fastest horseman wins! Astride her horsein her breechesshould...
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Who will be the last man standing?
New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander's delicious series about four men desperately trying to avoid matrimony continues...
Lady Cordelia Bannister simply cannot marry a man she has not chosen herself, no matter what her father decrees. So, pretending to be her own companion, she decides to seek out information about her intended by meeting with his secretary-a man who soon beguiles her. But Lady...
87) Roxy
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"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--
88) A perfect groom
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Proud of his reputation as a rogue, Justin Sterling intends to be the first to bed "The Unattainable"--the Season's most luscious debutante. However, he never expected the enchantress in question to be Arabella Templeton, who once stole his heart and owns it still.(.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 15
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Pete the barncat swindles the intrepid cowdog out of his job as Head of Ranch Security.
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The spirited Catherine Malboeuf has just arrived in England to reclaim her ancestral home, Walsley Manor, and a valuable missing heirloom. Nicholas Adair, the attractive and frustratingly inflexible Duke of Boulstridge, however, is quite unwilling to sell the estate back to Catherine. Unless, of course, she accepts a small wager...
Nick will sell Walsley Manor if-and only if-Catherine secures an offer of marriage from an eligible member of the ton...
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For Lord Finley, the London season is supposed to be about pleasure, but every season without fail, his pleasure is disturbed by the harpy, Miss Theodora Sheffield. For nine years the woman with moss-green eyes has turned every season into a battle of wits. This year, Finley is determined to avoid the woman, except he can't seem to evict her from his thoughts, which makes him loathe her even more. He's not tempted by perfect breasts or magical reddish-brown...
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Lupin engages in a series of daring criminal schemes. His activities arouse the interest of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who offers Lupin a challenge: to steal a jewel of great value from a secret hiding place. Should Lupin accept the wager? Starring Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver and O.E. Hasse; directed by Jacques Becker (Casque d'or, Touchez pas au grisbi).
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There's no such thing as luck…
Once a lady, reduced to a governess, Emilia Greene is desperate. The child in her care has been left orphaned and penniless, and Emilia will do anything to protect her-even track down the girl's only relation. That man would be the next Viscount Sydenham, and surely he'll be gentleman enough to take care of his cousin.
Or scruples…
Unfortunately, that man is Nicholas Dashwood, the dangerously attractive owner...
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"A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties -- the Jazz Age -- has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland...
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The Kingdom of Ugh is just like any other on the improbable planet of Morsus: full of unhappy humans and aloof magical creatures, and is ruled by a king who doesn't care much about anything beyond his next meal. So, for a brief moment of happiness, the subjects took matters into their own hands......and beheaded the king.Again.This is a problem for a wizard who can't perform spells properly and a witch who finds being a charlatan easier than magic....
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High-stakes passion.
It was the ultimate gamble.
Laura Spencer had bet herself against tycoon Jackson Hawk's plan to take over her New Orleans hotel. If she failed to raise fifteen million dollars within thirty days, Laura would soon find herself at Jack's mercy. And in his arms.
But had the businessman agreed to the wager because he wanted Laura? Or because if he won, Jack knew no one else would have her?
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Lupin engages in a series of daring criminal schemes. His activities arouse the interest of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who offers Lupin a challenge: to steal a jewel of great value from a secret hiding place. Should Lupin accept the wager? Starring Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver and O.E. Hasse; directed by Jacques Becker (Casque d'or, Touchez pas au grisbi).
99) A Wager of Blood
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When dicing with the devil, the wager is always blood!The Thornton Inn has a past; a bloody and violent past of murder and disappearances. Zach Harper knows that only too well. He also knows that the smell of blood and death fills the air again. And another victim has disappeared -- his wife's best friend. The police blame him. But the Inn itself is to blame.It will all come down to a game of chance -- and a bloody ending for someone.
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A look at the new Hollywood by the longtime editor-in-chief of Variety. The ultimate insider follows the winners and losers of Hollywood's 1998 Summer Season.
Welcome to Hollywood, where gambling is a way of life -- and the wagers run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. But in the summer of 1998 all bets are off. The man who knows every mover, shaker, and faker explains why no one can explain the surprising season. Peter Bart goes behind...
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