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A settler returns to the town he founded to burn it to the ground
When Tom Quinn first came to the little patch of prairie that would become Stratton, it wasn’t paradise, but it was close. The town he built there was beautiful in a humble way, an honest Western village where hardworking settlers came to make new lives. When Tom moved on, he left a happy town behind him. And then a man called Shelley Peebles came and turned it into...
When Tom Quinn first came to the little patch of prairie that would become Stratton, it wasn’t paradise, but it was close. The town he built there was beautiful in a humble way, an honest Western village where hardworking settlers came to make new lives. When Tom moved on, he left a happy town behind him. And then a man called Shelley Peebles came and turned it into...
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Thunder and lightning (John Varley) volume 3
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The third book in the Thunder and Lightning Series
Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California-and Earth's oppressive gravity. So she's OK with getting called back to Mars even if it's because her great-grandmother is sick and being put into suspended animation.
After a family reunion, Podkayne's next port of call is Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, where she can finally realize...
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Former pro wrestler 'Hammerhead' Jed Ounstead, now a fully-fledged private investigator, is riding high after his first successful case. In this second episode, Jed leaves the wrestling realm to enter a new arena: women's flat-track roller derby. When old acquaintance Stormy Daze seeks his help finding her team's missing coach, Jed discovers that the turnbuckle-and-metal-chair mayhem of the wrestling ring pales in comparison to roller derby's four-wheeled...
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When Maj. Charles Rane (William Devane) returns home to San Antonio, he is given a hero's welcome. He and his friend John Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones) had endured eight years of torture in a POW camp. The adjustment to his old life hasn't been easy-his wife has fallen in love with another man and his son doesn't remember him. But when a group of hoodlums kills his wife and son, he and Vohden team up to get revenge! Quentin Tarantino cites this neo-noir...
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In the eagerly anticipated third installment of the high octane V Plague series the stakes are raised as millions of infected threaten John's escape plan. As the group fights to survive, they begin encountering more of the smarter infected and other survivors that are taking full advantage of the chaos to prey on their fellow humans. The only safety is to the west but at every turn, the small group is thwarted in their efforts to escape.
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Criterion collection volume 1062
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The Criterion Collection
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[2021]
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Martin Scorsese's documentary about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief.
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John Ceepak mysteries volume 6
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In the wake of the suspicious death of a prominent Sea Haven, New Jersey, resident on the opening day of a new boardwalk roller coaster, straight-arrow cop John Ceepak and his partner Danny Boyle discover links between the case and the subsequent death of a beach beauty.
12) Rolling thunder
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c2010
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When Major Charles Rane returns home to Texas, he is given a true hero's welcome. He and his friend Johnny Vohden have endured eight years of physical and mental torture in a POW camp. Charlie's big homecoming includes a Cadillac convertible and a couple of thousand dollars ... and the news that his wife has fallen in love with another man.
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The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing-the thrilling series from Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.
The tracks are faster. The cars, too. But the hunger for speed-and the hunt for the checkered flag-hasn't changed.
Jodell Bob Lee has long since retired from driving, but the love of the sport...
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The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: Road to Daytona, the second book in a thrilling new series by Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing, the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.
On to Talladega by Kent Wright and Don Keith
Every dream has a price. Is Jodell willing to pay?
Stock car racing sure has changed since the dirt track days. The speedways are bigger, and the stakes even higher. The country...
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In the race to glory, only one man can finish first...
For Jodell Lee, it's been an exciting, dizzying climb to the top of the stock car racing circuit. Gone are the days of racing round flat dirt ovals on Sunday afternoons. Stock car racing is big business now. Superspeedways have replaced the dirt tracks. Tens of thousands of fans pack the speedways for every race to watch the likes of Lee Petty, Junior Johnson, Fireball Roberts-and Jodell Lee-thunder...
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The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing-the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.
Inside Pass by Kent Wright and Don Keith
"You ready, kid?"
Rob smiled. "I was ready when I crawled out of the rack this morning."
The guard has definitely changed. Talented but brash young stars like Rocket Rob wilder are...
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The tank is such a characteristic feature of modern warfare that its difficult to imagine a time when its presence wasn't felt on the battlefield in some form or another. Rolling Thunder, from eminent historian and author Philip Kaplan, traces the history of the vehicle from its developmental early days on the battlefields of the Great War, to modern-day uses and innovations in response to the growing demands of twenty-first century warfare.
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The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing-the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.
Hot young rookie "Rocket" Rob Wilder has burst onto the racing scene in a big way, but that first Cup victory has still so far eluded him. But finally, Victory Lane is in sight. Wilder's leading the pack at Indy in one of...
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This SRP examines Operation ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968) bombing campaign in the context of military Principles of War and their applications. It analyzes accomplishment of strategic objectives and future implications for applications of airpower doctrine. It reviews the pre-Vietnam strategic situation, discussing its military, political, social, global, and doctrinal characteristics. It then analyzes Operation ROLLING THUNDER by phases, focusing on...
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