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Consumed by her pursuit of a Theory of Everything, a brilliant California scientist struggles to deal with life in and outside the labDoctor Esme Charbonneau Tallichs passion is cosmology, the science of the origin of the universe; specifically, she is searching for a TOE, or a Theory of Everything. Esme is a feminist maverick, a rogue thinker. Hired as a professor of molecular biology at the University of Greater California, she prefers the bench science of organic chemistry at one extreme and walking out into space at the other. Her marriage to a TV director and aspiring stand-up comedian is rocky. Esmes five-year-old daughter, Ollie, the sun in her galaxy, seems an enigma. Too readily diagnosed by professionals as challenged, even possibly autistic, she is, like Esme, a renegade thinker and creative mind. Her use of language is poetic, not deficit driven or conventional.As her marriage dissolves, Esmes struggle to maintain custody of Ollie and autonomy for herself and her work is set against the backdrop of the beckoning cosmos. Her tantalizing closeness to discovery of a grand unified theoryas psychiatric professionals, lawyers, and Esmes estranged husband also close in on Ollie, seeking to medicate and restructure herheightens tension while also offering hope. The discovery that Esme seeks is twofold: enlightenment and equilibrium in the troubled universes of her personal and professional lives. Saving St. Germ is a provocative, dramatic look at a single mothers life at the edge of the universeand the center of the human heart.

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A con man takes to the road with a blond drifter, trying to stay one step ahead of a vengeful killer in this chilling thriller from New York Timesbestselling author John LutzLou Roebuck couldnt tell the truth if his life depended on it. If he could, he might not have lost his job and his wife, or ended up driving over his old nemesis, Ingrahm, in his Thunderbird. Now Roebucks a thief and a murderer on the run with nobody to listen to his tall tales but Ellie, a pretty blonde whos looking for excitement. Theyll have to keep moving, though, because not only are the cops dangerously close behind, but Ingrahms cold killer friend, Gipp, is coming after them as well. Roebucks going to have to do some pretty fast talking if he and Ellie want to keep breathing. And if he cant lie his way out of this one, hes going to find himself lying in an early grave.A true master of suspense, John Lutz dazzles with a breakneck thriller that has more twists and turns than a winding country road. The Truth of the Matter is a bravura display of Lutzs justifiably acclaimed storytelling prowess.

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The Objective Behind-the-Scenes Account of the Shocking Attempted Murder Case

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The true story of heiress Sunny von Bulows coma and the attempted-murder trial of her husband, Clausthe case that inspired the film Reversal of Fortune. On December 21, 1980, millionaire socialite Sunny Von Bulow was found unconscious on her bathroom floor. She would remain in a coma for twenty-seven years. Although her condition appeared to be the result of hypoglycemia, Sunnys children suspected their stepfather, the debonair Claus Von Bulow, of attempting to murder his wife and abscond with her fortune. Claus went on trial for attempted murder in 1982, initiating a legal circus that would last for years. In the greatest society trial of the twentieth century, the opulence of Newport and New York provides a backdrop for one of the most intriguing family feuds of all time. In this comprehensive account of the trial and its aftermath, Wright draws on court transcripts and interviews with those involved to present an unparalleled behind-the-scenes look into the legal proceedings as well as the Von Bulows private lives. This ebook contains photos.

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The Civil War alters life for a Louisiana plantation mistress and a poor seamstress in this novel by the New York Timesbestselling author of Jubilee Trail.   Corrie May Upjohn stands on the levee, watching men unload the riverboats and wishing she could travel far away. A poor preachers daughter, she is only fourteen and her life is already laid out for her: marriage in a year or two, and then decades of drudgery.   At nearby Ardeith Plantation, Ann Sheramy Larne lives in luxury, but feels just as imprisoned as Corrie May. Their lives could not be more different, but when the horrors of war and Reconstruction come to Louisiana and the Old South begins to fall, these two women will band together to survive.   From the bestselling author of Calico Palace, this is the second novel in the poignant Plantation Trilogy, which also includes Deep Summer and This Side of Glory.

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Two award-winning masters of crime fiction, Bill Pronzini and John Lutz, join forces for a chilling tale of a serial killer who targets the residents of a single city block on Manhattans Upper West Side Lewis Collier watches the people living on West 98th Street through his telescope, the Eye of God, ready to mete out the ultimate punishment for every perceived sin. Those who transgress must suffer and die, and no one is safenot the building superintendent or his junk collector friend, not the musician or the brave and beautiful woman who has struggled back from a nightmare of pain and brutality.   Detective E. L. Oxman of the NYPD is assigned to investigate the bloody horror that has descended on the frightened residents of the terrorized neighborhood. But Oxmans adulterous attraction to Jennifer, an abuse survivor, has caught Colliers attention. And all sin is punishable by death.   Separately, Bill Pronzini and John Lutz have won numerous prizes for their acclaimed mystery and suspense novels, including the coveted Edgar and Shamus Awards, two of crime fictions most prestigious honors. With The Eye, these giants of the mystery genre have combined their remarkable talents in a truly unforgettable collaboration.  

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A wife and mother grapples with love and loss in World War IIera Hollywood in a New York Timesbestselling authors emotional tour de force. For two decades, Elizabeth Herlong has been a devoted wife, supporting her husband as he built an empire in Hollywoods budding motion picture industry. But far from the bright glamour of her current life, World War II rages in Europe, forcing Elizabeth to remember her past, awakening feelings and longings she thought she would never experience again. Most of all, she fears for her eldest son, who will turn eighteen in less than a year and have to enlist in the army.   Then one night, Elizabeths husband introduces her to a German screenwriter hes been working with. Erich Kessler is a disabled veteran of World War I attempting to make a new life for himself. Something in his face stirs Elizabeths heartsetting her on a journey of discovery about the meaning of true love and the things that war cannot destroy.   Made into a film starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, this is a novel of a woman haunted by the shadows of war both past and present, from the New York Timesbestselling author of Jubilee Trail, Deep Summer, and other acclaimed novels.  

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A uniquely witty novel exploring sex, freedom, and the process of growing upSydney Skate considers himself shockproof. For as long as he can remember, hes known that his fashionable Manhattan mother is secretly a lesbian, although hes never let on that he knows. He spends his summer days caring for snakes at the local pet shop before leaving for college at Cornell, shrugging off his fathers demands that he skip college and join the exciting world of swimming pool sales for suburbanites.Far from throwing himself into work, Sydney cant seem to keep his thoughts from wandering to women. He has memorized the sex scenes of every book hes ever read in order to better seduce the opposite gender. When hes called to help remove a snake from a bathtub that belongs to the gorgeous and sophisticated Alison Gray, everything changes. But nothing could prepare him for his glamorous mother sweeping the girl of his dreams off her feet.This hypnotizing coming-of-age story captures the timeless ecstasies and struggles of adolescence, and has been a classic of lesbian literature since it was first published in 1973. Hailed as the Catcher in the Rye of the seventies, Shockproof Sydney Skate exposes the confusion of its time and remains keenly relevant to the sexual absurdities of today.This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Marijane Meaker including rare images from the authors collection. 

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A vanished corpse leads a hard-drinking PI on a madcap chaseMore than forty corpses fill the cold Chicago basement, but no crime has been committed here. After all, there are supposed to be bodies in the city morgue. Tonight, one is attracting particular attention: a beautiful young woman whose apparent suicide captured the imagination of every newspaper editor in town. Learning how and why she died is too great a task for any cub reporter. Only Detective Bill Crane is up to the job.A few minutes after Crane wakes from a nap in the morgue, the mysterious womans body has disappeared. With the howls of the mental patients as a soundtrack, Crane leads the police on a wild search through the hospital and across Chicago, stopping for a nap or a cocktail whenever the situation demands. It may be a matter of life and death, but that is no reason to rush.

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In sun-soaked Florida, Crane pursues a kidnapper in between drinksIt does not take much to lure Bill Crane to Florida in the wintertime. The weather would be temptation enough, but the fact that there is money to be made and gin to be drunk makes a trip to Key Largo irresistible. His ever-soused companion, Doc Williams, at his side, Crane sets out south to find out who has been threatening millionaire playboy Penn Essex with blackmail notes, first on his pillow, then in his wallet, demanding $50,000or else. But as Crane soon learns, the threat is not to Penn, but to his sister.When beautiful young Camelia is kidnapped, Crane and Doc look for traitors inside the family circle. Lurching from cocktail hour to cocktail hour, they will do everything they can to find the missing girl, knowing that murderersand hangoverscould strike at any moment.

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The Danger Guys find themselves in a real-life scary movie, and the ending is up to them Its Halloween, and best friends Noodle and Zeek have decided to make a horror movie in honor of the holiday. To show the boys how real films are made, Zeeks family takes them to Paragon, the oldest studio in Hollywood. During the tour, a huge lightning storm separates Noodle and Zeek from the rest of the group. The two boys suddenly find themselves in a world of famous sets and exciting props. Its the perfect location for their own movie! But it turns out that Paragon Studio has more than a little dangerand not just the staged kind. The lightning damaged the studios central control center, and all the electronic props are now going crazy. Noodle and Zeek must battle an evil robot, a sneezing dinosaur, and a deadly mummy in order to find and warn Zeeks family. Little do they know that Zeeks family is also under attack! With some luck and a lot of movie drama, the Danger Guys show Paragon Studio what real heroes look like. Danger Guys: Hollywood Halloween on Ice is the 3rd book in Danger Guys, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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Crazy toymakers, disappearing houses, and shrinking boys: Just another day in the Weird Zone!A blast of strange purple light zaps Sean Vickers while he is riding his bike in Grovers Mill. His sister Holly assures him that nothing is wrong, but Sean is not so certainand the creepy new toy-store owner in town is not making him feel any better. When Sean rapidly starts shrinking, he knows the purple light is to blame, But how can he save himself when he is only four inches tall?Holly and her friend Jeff must snap into action and figure out how to reverse the process before Sean disappears forever and becomes part of the evil toymakers permanent collection! 

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Liz and her friends battle a prehistoric dinosaur with a craving for junk food 

Everyone knows W. Reid Elementary has the grossest lunchesand the strangest problems. When piles of junk food start disappearing from the school's cellar, Liz Duffey and her friends brush it off as another unexplainable mystery of life in the Weird Zonetheir nickname for the zany town of Grover's Mill. But when a scaly beast bursts out from underneath the cafeteria, they realize that what they thought was a mystery is a real monster with major hunger pangs!


The kids must stop the creature from eating their entire schooland everyone in it. Is there anything this animal won't eat? Liz has an idea, but she may not have time to put her plan into action before becoming a meal herself!

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It's time for the W. Reid Elementary science fairhome to the weirdest inventions ever, and a lot of trouble! 

Mike is sure he's going to win the school science fair with his potato-powered radio, "Potadio." But when his contraption is electrocuted to life, Mike suddenly has more to worry about than winning first prize. Potadio has a bad attitude, and he now controls the minds of the teachers and students. With his army of minions, Potadio plans to take over the world!


Mike must figure out how to beat this spud before becoming a brain-dead zombie himself. Luckily, he has access to a science fair full of crazy inventions that just might help him defeat his creation!

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Winner of the 1990 Spur Award for Best Western Novel: An unlikely hero arrives in a hard towncan the wandering preacher bring justice to Sanctuary?A hungry Indian boy waits by the train tracks, hopping back and forth to keep warm, praying that someone passing through the forgotten town of Sanctuary will throw him a scrap of food. A preacher gets off the train, thin and tan, and tells the boy to follow him. The preacher gives the child money and a meal, then sends him on his way. This is the first life Mordecai will save in Sanctuary. It will not be the last.A hardscrabble town far from civilization, Sanctuary is lorded over by a hypocritical reverend and a cruel rancher. They see no threat in the preacher, but they underestimate him. A religious man hardened by life on the frontier, Mordecai is not afraid to thrash a sinner with his belt. He will remake this town in Gods image, or leave Sanctuary to burn.

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In a small Montana town, a poor boy gets a chance at being a lawmanMac McPherson shivers beside the open grave, taking notes for a newspaper story for which he has been promised twenty-five cents. When he files his piece, the editor gives him only two dimes, but Mac is not too proud to take it. Only fourteen years old, he has his mother to think of and his own hungry belly to feed. One night, town sheriff Frank Drinkwalter gives Mac a better offer: an apprenticeship in riding and shooting that may one day lead to a deputys star. The sheriff will need Macs help sooner than either of them realizes.The devil lies behind the eyes of blacksmith Jack Galt, whom Drinkwalter suspects of savagely murdering a series of innocent women. But without proof, there is nothing Drinkwalter can do but watch and wait. When the blacksmith threatens the woman he loves, Drinkwalter has no choice but to call on Mac. In Montana, a boy must grow up fast if he wants to wear a deputys star.

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In frigid Montana, a boy tracks a killer wolf and learns to be a manIt is the worst winter anyone in Montana can remember. If the cold doesnt let up soon, the Brue family farm may be done for goodand the Brues along with it. Young Nashua Brue is shivering over his breakfast one morning when his father announces that Nash will be taking the week off school. A great wolf has been savaging the local cattle, and the cattlemens association has offered a $500 reward for the beasts head. Nash and his father will risk death to get that prize, for their lives depend on it.Father and son saddle up and ride into the frozen countryside with an eccentric gang of hunters. But as they track the majestic animal, Nash begins to doubt their mission. Who is the real villain of the prairiethe men compelled by greed to kill, or the wolf that, like Nashs family, simply does whatever it takes to survive?

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After sending for a mail-order bride, a rancher struggles to win her loveMax Bass fidgets as he scans the horizon for the stagecoach. His mail-order bride from back east is on that stage, but he feels no joy at the prospect of meeting her. A wannabe rancher, Max exaggerated his financial standing when he advertised for a wife; he fears that she will be disappointed or even angry, but he has no idea what he is actually in for.Catherine ODowd has long dreamed of being a lady, and she expects Max to make one of her. But instead of the riches Max described, she finds a hardscrabble bit of prairie that demands every drop of sweat the two of them have to give. A crooked banker wants to steal Maxs land, and the weather threatens to forever erase any hope he has of raising cattle. But the most powerful force of nature in Montana is Maxs new wife. If he is not careful, she will bring him down, and take the entire state with her.Originally published as Incident at Pishkin Creek.

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Searching for a home on the range, a rancher finds death under the cottonwoodsSamuel Wilders tried to love farming. But after years of roping cattle, this cowboy found it impossible to settle down on the Nebraska plains. With his young wife and children in tow, Wilders sets out for Montanawhere the sky stretches farther than the eye can believe, and a man needs only a little water to ranch. One day, he leaves his family behind under the shelter of a cottonwood and rides toward town, hoping to do some trading. Before Wilders can get there, a gang of bandits mistakes him for a horse rustler and strings him up from the nearest tree.Abandoned on the range, the Wilders family waits for a husband and father who will never return. A wandering Indian must protect them from Samuel Wilderss killersmen who are still hungry for blood.

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In search of a kidnapped boy, a gunslinger takes a young girl along for the rideRain looms over the prairie when Matt Holiday sees a gang of horsemen abduct the boy. The only man who could have kidnapped young Will Waverly is his father, an outlaw who rightfully belongs in prison. Holiday agrees to rescue Will, but the family demands he take something along: Wills spirited sister Serenity, whose beauty disguises one of the fastest guns in the west.Although the girls presence irritates him, Matt cannot deny shes a crack shot. But can he trust her? The boy isnt the only thing missing: $20,000 in gold is gone, too, and there is no telling what the outlaws daughter will do to get her hands on it.

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While searching for his cousin, a cowpuncher uncovers a dark family secretAfter a hard drive from Texas, cowhand Tracy Keyes finds himself in Abilene, Kansas, with money to burn. A telegram waits from his mother, begging him to go to Wyoming to learn how his cousin, Joe Savage, died. Tracy buys a heavy coat, saddles up, and ventures into the frigid winter to search for truth on frozen ground. The first thing he learns is that Joe Savage was a killer, pursued by lawman and bounty hunter alike. The second is that Joe may not be dead after all.Tracking the desolate countryside for his sinister relation, Tracy finds that everyone in Wyoming had a reason to hate Joe Savage. As he gets closer to unraveling the mystery of his vanished cousin, Tracy knows that he and Joe will be reunited soondead or alive.