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ROYALLY BEDDED, REGALLY WEDDED
Lizzy Mitchell has something that Prince Rico Ceraldi wants: she's the adoptive mother of the young heir to the throne of San Lucenzo, Rico's Mediterranean principality! Lizzy will do anything for her little boy! When Rico demands a marriage of convenience, she says yes. It's a union in name only, as Rico considers her far too ordinary. But a royal wedding means a royal makeover--and then Rico decides to bed his princess bride!
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CAPITAL CRIMES
In Capital Crimes, Lee again finds himself in the middle of a tangled web of intrigue and danger, politics and power. Now at the pinnacle of his career, serving as president of the United States, Lee is faced with a most unusual task—that of marshaling federal law enforcement agencies to catch an assassin who is picking off some of the nation’s high-level politicos. When a prominent conservative politician with a shady reputation is expertly killed at his lakeside cabin, authorities can come up with no suspects and even less hard evidence. But then, within days, two other, seemingly isolated deaths—achieved by very different means—are feared linked to the same ruthless murderer. With the help of his CIA director wife, Kate Rule Lee, Will trails the most clever and professional of killers before he can strike again. From a quiet D.C. suburb to the corridors of power to a deserted island hideaway, Will, Kate, and maverick FBI agent Robert Kinney track their man and set a trap with extreme caution and care—and await the most dangerous kind of quarry, a killer with a cause to die for.
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GETTING BACK
Stifled and frustrated by company policy, Daniel jumps at the chance to go on a wilderness challenge in the Australian Outback. However, when he arrives he realises that the corporation does not intend for him to survive the trip.
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YOU CAN'T HIDE
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM. Terror has forever changed the life of psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli. Someone is tormenting her patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But Tess can't break her oath to protect her patients' privacy at all costs. Even when detective Aidan Reagan demands a list of everyone she's treating. Even when the mounting danger threatens Tess herself. YOU CAN'T STOP WHAT I'M DOING. Aidan doesn't like anyone who stalls his cases. Still, he can't help but admire Tess's fierce loyalty to her patients, especially when it becomes clear that a nameless, faceless enemy is set on destroying her career, her family, and finally, Tess herself. As Aidan's heart softens, the killer's will hardens, and one thing becomes clear--the noose is tightening around Tess's neck.
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The POWER BROKER
Exposing high-level governmental corruption, conspiracy, and murder has garnered plenty of attention for Christian Gillette, the young dynamo chairman of the famous New York private equity firm Everest Capital. Now the reputation he has built taking Everest to the top has been noticed beyond the boardrooms of high finance–by powerful people with potentially devastating agendas. Christian’s own attention is on Las Vegas, where he means to stake out a piece of the action by opening a new casino and launching an NFL franchise. But Sin City didn’t get its nickname for nothing, and the mob soon makes it clear that Christian’s company will have to pay if it wants to play in the nation’s gaming capital. Christian has already taken on corporate pirates and cold-blooded assassins and lived to tell about it, but crossing the underworld could do more than just kill his brilliant career. It could crush his chance to fulfill his late father’s political legacy. Dynamic U.S. senator Jesse Ford is the odds-on favorite to make history as the first black president. And the man he wants beside him in the red-hot race for the White House is Christian Gillette. But Samuel Hewitt, a Texas mogul with billions to burn, has another fate in mind for Christian: to be part of a shadow organization, powered by wealth and bound by dark secrets that has manipulated the course of American history for generations. As the pieces of Hewitt’s plot fall into place, and a twisted chain of intrigue, treachery, blackmail, and death gets tighter and tighter, Christian realizes–maybe too late–that in a grudge match between kingmakers hell-bent on victory at all costs, he may be the last pawn sacrificed.
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TRANCE STATE
A promising young research fellow for a venerable think tank in Zurich has just filed his last report, as he is forced into a ghastly experiment... A seductive young woman travels to Florida and from her hotel room coolly sharpshoots a dying old man in a wheelchair... A psychologist who helps patients confront and dispel past trauma through hypnosis battles his own silent but emergent demons... In Trance State John Case combines these elements into a pulse-pounding, mind-twisting new thriller. Just what is the connection between the research fellow, the young assassin and the psychologist? And, after the young woman kills herself, why should her sister trust anyone who might have been involved with her? And when unknown assassins burst into the psychologist's office, who is their target - him or the young woman's sister? And where is the deadly trail into the CIA's mind-control experiments leading them? Could this be another trap? Or could they be about to unearth a great and secret conspiracy at the heart of the Intelligence communities around the world and the deadly, dangerous people in their employ.
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ECLIPSE A Desperate Race Against Time…….
The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case--the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murder Damon Pierce's life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he's being divorced by his wife and his work often seems soulless. Then he receives a frantic e-mail from Marissa Brand Okari--a woman he loved years ago--and decides to risk everything to respond to her plea for help. Marissa's husband, Bobby Okari, is the charismatic leader of a freedom movement in the volatile west African nation of Luandia, which is being torn apart by the world's craving for its vast supply of oil. Bobby's outspoken opposition to the exploitation of his homeland by PetroGlobal--a giant American oil company with close ties to Luandia's brutal government--has enraged General Savior Karama, the country's autocratic ruler. After Bobby leads a protest rally during a full eclipse of the sun, everyone in his home village is massacred by government troops. And now Bobby has been arrested and charged with the murder of three PetroGlobal workers. Still drawn to Marissa, Pierce agrees to defend Bobby, hoping to save both Bobby and Marissa from almost certain death. But the lethal politics of Luandia may cost Pierce his life instead. Culminating in a dramatic show trial and a desperate race against time, Eclipse combines a thrilling narrative with a vivid look at the human cost of the global lust for oil. Here is Richard North Patterson at his compelling best, confirming his place as our most provocative author of popular fiction.
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STORM TRACK
In North Carolina at the end of August it is the height of hurricane season. Stan Freeman is working on a school project. He wants to track one via the weather radio from its beginning through to when it dwindles back to a mild tropical storm. The weather isn't cooperating, though. The storms build, then dwindle away before they become destructive. Judge Deborah Knott is at home in Colton County. She is hearing cases in her home courtroom before and after the Labor Day break. On Saturday she joins the softball game between the sheriff's department and the local lawyers. She is sitting on the bench beside Jason Bullock when he receives a phone call from his wife. Lynn tells him she is up in Virginia shopping with her sister. The next morning, Lynn Bullock is found strangled in a local hotel. Some clues are found around the body. They lead to men who have been part of Lynn's life in the past year or so. One of them is Deborah's cousin and ex-law partner, Reid Stephenson. The Judge tries to stay out of the case, but the sheriff is a childhood friend. She is able to be kept up on the findings and gossip. Meanwhile, Hurrican Fran is coming up the coast.
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THE BLOOD TREE
Independent Edinburgh: a tourist's paradise, a citizen's paradox. It's 2026. The birth-rate is down in the Council's "perfect city" and gangs of disaffected kids roam the streets. A break-in at the former Scottish Parliament archive is rapidly followed by two gruesome murders. Renegade investigator Quintilian Dalrymple is called in to establish a pattern and to stop the roots of violence spreading. But Quint's investigation is driven in a different direction when Edinburgh's brightest teenagers are abducted to the much-feared democratic city-state of Glasgow. What Quint finds there will change his life forever..
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HOW TO TALK TO ANYONE
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King "The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of “How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive” What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?" What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people. The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you’ll find: 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!) 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive
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HOW TO MAKE ANYONE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
Hard to believe anything other than luck and maybe fate, never mind a book, can make someone fall in love with you, but oddly enough, Leil Lowndes seems to offer the advice that can do just that in How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You. The sensation of falling in love comes from a chemical secreted by the nervous system, phenylethylamin e (or PEA, as Lowndes calls it, as in "Scientists tell us only PEA-brained people fall in Love"), and the trick is to trigger the manufacture of PEA in your potential love partner, giving him or her the sensation of being in love. Lowndes offers 85 techniques for "Hunters and Huntresses" to capture their "Quarry." Much of what the book offers is common sense--the power of eye contact and compliments--but it's presented in a new way and with such detail that it seems that it can't help but work.
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FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
This book is a wake-up call for those whose conscience has gone to sleep, but is not yet dead. It is a call to action for those whose hearts beat and weep for India....This book is a result of the author's anguish and refusal to tolerate injustice, corruption and oppression any further. He calls upon the common man to stand up and fight for principles, so that all Indians can be led to dignity and prosperity.
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Guide To Becoming Rich Without Cutting Up Your Cre
Why cutting up your credit cards won't make you rich A popular TV personality often says, "Take out your credit cards and cut them into pieces." While that is sound advice for people who are not financially responsible, it is inadequate advice for anyone who wants to become rich or financially free. In other words, just cutting up your credit cards will not make you rich. What does make you rich is financial education...unfortunately a type of education we do not receive in school. If a person has a solid financial education, they would know that there are two kinds of debt.
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THE WINNING WAY
The Winning Way deals with what sporting champions do and what constitutes a winning team. Two renowned IIMA alumni, one a sports commentator and writer and the other an advertising and communication consultant dig into examples from the world of sports to see how they can help promote managerial skills. The Winning Way gives a clear picture of winning teams, good leadership and why some teams continue to perform well while others decline with time. Anita and Harsha Bhogle reiterate the importance of perseverance and the right attitude to attain success. If an individual combines ability with the right attitude, he is bound to excel and become the best he can be. The writing is contrary to the popular belief that ability is the major distinguishing factor for success. This principle is particularly important as the levels of competition increases. For the distinguished authors, this book marks the completion of 300 successful corporate workshops of The Winning Way that they run.
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OSAMA BIN LADEN KING OF TERROR OR SAVIOUR OF ISLAM
The man who has struck terror in the hearts of Americans, the man who has dared to take on the might of the greatest super power, remains a mystery and an enigma for the world today! Who is this Osama Bin Laden? Osama Bin Laden is a dissident Saudi businessman who has amassed a fortune in oil and construction business with his family fortune estimated at $5 billion of which he has access to an estimated $300 million. A graduate of Riyadh University's management economics department, he sees himself as a model businessman. But since last one decade or so his products have been terrorists around the globe. He enjoys the unenviable position of being hated by one part of the world and at the same time being worshipped by another part. Osama is one who has declared jihad - a holy war - on America! This book is an expose of the background and history of Osama Bin Laden, his family and fortunes, his thinking and ideology and what led to it - and above all about his extensive network Al-Qaeda (the base) that's spread over 35 countries. The exhaustive and comprehensive research is supported by the most influential sources, including CIA and FBI records, international coverage and media reports.
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THE JURY
Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect that he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher and principal in mapping the human genome, is charged with the murder of a young colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan, an African American research physician whose dismembered body was found in a nearby bay. Forensic evidence links her murder with items discovered in Crone's garage. Madriani takes Crone's case, but his defense is hindered by the secrecy surrounding Crone's current research. As the trial unfolds, a scandal from Crone's past, involving his controversial use of genetic racial profiling, is revived. The murdered woman had filed charges of sexual harassment against Crone, and taken secret documents from his files. Paul is left to try to piece together a defense while Crone and his colleagues are hiding parts of the puzzle. When a key witness for the prosecution ends up dead, leaving an incriminating note behind, Crone's acquittal at trial is all but assured. Yet Paul is left with nagging questions concerning his client, doubts that are answered with a stunning revelation and a shattering climax.
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TEXAS BORN
Jenny and Elizabeth-Anne. They both grew up in the same small Texas town. Jenny was the dark one, conscious of her sexual power from an early age. Elizabeth -- Anne was the angelic one, melting hearts with her delicate beauty even as she wielded her iron strength. They were opposites in every way--except in the fiery force of their business ambitions, and their overwhelming desire for the same man. Theirs was a struggle in which the winner would take all--and the loser would be stripped of everything....
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PRAYERS for the DEED
The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon’s death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker. Why, for example, would the family of a man so beloved respond to his slaying with more surprise than grief? And what linked a celebrated doctor with strict fundamentalist beliefs to a gang of outlaw bikers? But the most unsettling connection of all is the one that ties the tormented Sparks family to Peter Decker’s own — and the secrets shared by a renegade Catholic priest…and Decker’s wife, Rina Lazarus.
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WRIT OF EXECUTION
Critics call Perri O’Shaughnessy’s legal thrillers “terrific...will keep you turning the pages into the night” (USA Today) and “gripping” (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review). Now the New York Times bestselling author ratchets up the suspense yet again...with an electrifying novel that plunges Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly into a shadowy world of high-stakes money and cold-blooded murder. . . . An attorney and single mother, Nina Reilly sees other people’s ups and downs as clearly as she sees her own. But she’s never seen anything like the fierce, terrified young woman who comes to her in the middle of the night, trailing a computer geek who was a stranger a few hours before. Their problem: they just won seven million dollars at the slot machines. Within hours, her client’s good fortune has plunged Nina into a battle that will be waged in court and on the streets. The young woman’s past—and the mysterious death of her husband in Hawaii—has triggered a powerful man’s crusade of revenge. But a moment of chance and enough money to save two troubled lives has done something worse: it’s brought a killer into their midst. . .
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The Fourth War
The Fourth War by Chris Stewart A WORST-CASE SCENARIO The nightmare has come true: As Pakistan's government crumbles, a cryptic message from an Islamic terrorist spy is deciphered to read "Darkhorse" --the Apocalypse. And Pakistan's twenty-four nuclear warheads--each small enough to fit in the trunk of a car--are simply gone. AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK CIA paramilitary agent Peter Zembeic knows the problem isn't twenty-four warheads--it's one. In Boston. Or London. Or downtown Washington. Under deep cover in Afghanistan, he'll do whatever it takes to find them. But how do you find the needle...if you don't know where the haystack is? A WORLD ON THE BRINK With Israel on a hair trigger and the U.S. president's green light to use any and all means necessary, Zembeic and the nation's most elite pilots and high-tech soldiers must navigate a maze of tribal warlords, hostile airspace, Islamic torture experts -- even a temporarily uncooperative French president--to recover the warheads. Because the president has had it with "allies" who watch from the sidelines...and he will retaliate...