Jeff Edwards
1) Legacy
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Jade Green has done what she had previously thought impossible. The infamous madam has emerged from obscurity and dared to use her legendary videos to sway Toby Brown's court case in his favor. Prime Minister Foster knows reputations will be ruined and his government could fall if those tapes were to be released. So too, do other foreign governments as well as far more sinister organizations. John Thorpe and his agents at Inland Security are ordered...
2) Watching
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How does a young woman of wealthy parents and high birth become the owner of one of the most famous bordellos in London? We follow the life of Jade Green; a jealous husband murders the infamous Madam of The Garden of Eros, from her birth in Shanghai to her imprisonment after one of her girls. Upon her release, she takes up residence in the quiet English town of Walton Village and seeks anonymity. However, fate decrees that she must revisit her past...
3) The Iceman
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Team spirit is the vital element that can turn a well-trained crew into champions. The crews of the Henswytch Rowing Club know all about team spirit and how powerful it can be, but how far should they go? What lengths are they willing to go to for their fellow crewmen? Former commando Tom Briggs is introduced to the fanatical spirit of the club and must decide whether to submit or rebel, while property developer Jim Sutton, with his 'green' ideas,...
4) The Fund
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For generations the Soh family have done whatever they felt necessary to expand their manufacturing business in Hong Kong. Harry Soh is the latest in a long line of obsessed businessmen with no respect for the law. When the murder of a pair of fishermen in Jersey, and an inferno in his factory in China fails to stop Soh's relentless efforts to expand, he finally comes to the attention of the British authorities. Unfortunately, the Soh family has become...
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Genocide in the African country of Sontaria causes a surge of escaping refugees to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Namola. In Namola, The Fund uses all its resources to build a state-of-the-art facility and to move the refugees from their disease ridden camp on the border. However, President for Life Joseph Lattua has other plans for the new encampment and evicts the refugees, moving his brother's army into the quarters. Justine Small and her fellow...
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Throughout the ages the possession of an unremarkable sword has seemingly been the magic that allowed dynasties to flourish. When a modern tyrant seeks to find the sword and use its power, The Fund find themselves in a race to locate this treasure and keep it safe from despotism.
7) Choices
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When Dan Travers is faced with the prospect of losing his job in humiliating circumstances, and possibly going to jail, he makes a desperate choice. A choice that will affect not only his future but will have dire repercussions for all those around him. How did this dedicated surfer and family man find himself in such a dilemma? Why would he contemplate such a wild scheme? Bombings and murders in Bali combine with drug wars on the streets of Sydney...
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CIVILIZATION HAS AN OFF SWITCH...
The Russians call it Lunnaya Pesnya. Moon Song. They bring the device aboard the International Space Station disguised as an experimental electromagnetic propulsion system. Just a harmless EmDrive prototype, ferried into space for testing in microgravity. But the device is not what it appears to be and it's far from harmless.
When military cosmonauts hijack the ISS, Russia's plans of global conquest are revealed....
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"On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. He went out onto his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders, carrying the legendary American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and the British 1st Airborne Division. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period
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Reycraft Books
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2022.
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"Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Accelerated Reader
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Walter Dean Myers Award Winner
International Literacy Association Book Award Winner
Whippoorwhill Award Winner
Reading the West Book Awards Shortlist
BEST OF THE YEAR
Washington Post · Booklist Editors' Choice · Publishers Weekly · Horn Book · New York Public Library
Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls.
Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her...
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Syphon volume 1
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When fast-living EMT Sylas is entrusted with the power to sense and siphon pain from others, he finds a new purpose: easing the misery of those around him. But the more he uses this gift, the more he is cursed to carry the burden of others' pain, and before long, he attracts the attention of mysterious forces who covet the power for themselves. Will Sylas continue on his noble mission, or will he fall back into his old impetuous ways?
Comic book...