Books from Island Books
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A Year and a Day
By Virginia HenleyThe slaughter was both easy and terrible in its scope. Before the afternoon light began to leave ... He ordered them to stand and fight, but the clan chiefs were reluctant in light of the slaughter. And when the Bruce army poured out of ...
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The Marriage Prize
By Virginia HenleyThe unexpected attack made it a one-sided slaughter. The sleeping enemy emerged from their tents and either scattered before the onslaught or died where they stood. In the mad foray, coals from the campfires set the tents ablaze, ...
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Legacy of Secrets
By Elizabeth AdlerAnd from then on he followed the advice of his fellow actor Harrison Robbins, to keep his sex life outside the Players and save himself a lot of grief. “Because, old friend, 'a woman scorned is a fair demon,'” Harrison warned him ...
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The Coalwood Way
By Homer HickamContinuing the story of the Rocket Boys of Coalwood, West Virginia, the author recounts his senior year in high school, while the forces of change bring Coalwood to a difficult crossroads and strain threatens to tear apart the Hickam home.
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Now or Never: A Novel
By Elizabeth AdlerThe duty officer was McMahan. He and Gavel are over there now, but this is our baby, Harry. I knew you'd want in on it.” Harry remembered the brutally mutilated young bodies of the two previous victims. “I'll be there in ten,” he said ...
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Back to the Moon: A Novel
By Homer Hickam“I thought you were my security, not my boss.” “I'm not your boss, just a conveyor of a message. This comes straight from the top. The very top.” Grant shook her head. She didn't have the strength to probe further. “This scheme is nuts.
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The Coalwood Way: A Memoir
By Homer Hickam“Hey, boss's boy,” he squeaked. “You think you're a big shot, don't you? Your old man's stupid going down 11 East!” When I ignored him and started to get on my bike, he threw his rock. He was a good pitcher, and it hit me square in the ...
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Enslaved
By Virginia HenleyWhen they returned, one carried in scented water and towels; another brought a plain brown linen toga and matching head cloth. A female slave stripped the bed of its fine covers while another remade it with coarse-ftbered sheets.
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Losing Julia
By Jonathan HullJonathan Hull. her for the children she burst into tears and screamed and told me she would fight . So I stayed up all night thinking and ... I visited Sean and Kelly three times a week up until the day they moved to Fort Lauderdale .
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Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law
By Harry N. MacLeanRecounts George Franklin's 1990 trial in a California courtroom for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, after his daughter testified she had witnessed the crime but had repressed the memory for twenty years. Reprint.
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Heartwood
By James Lee BurkeIn Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains ...
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Bravo Two Zero: The Harrowing True Story of a Special Forces Patrol Behind the Lines in Iraq
By Andy McNabGordon Turnbull, the RAF psychologist and counselor, had arrived in Cyprus to oversee the recuperative phase. “What have you got there?" he asked Mugger as he spotted him heading for the library. “Videos for the lads.
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Potent Pleasures
By Eloisa JamesI'm not saying that she won't take your head off. ... forcing his horse to walk off toward Buffington. ... They plodded their way into the Queen's Ankle, Buffington's best inn, ate squirrel stew (the only food available), and fell into ...
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The Uncanny: A Novel
By Andrew Klavanmount the crumbling steps, a faint noise drifted down to them, becoming audible as the howling storm without was muted by the impenetrable thickness of the tower's walls: Tink-tink, tink-tink. “Sweet merciful heavens,” gasped Theresa, ...
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A Woman of Passion: A Novel
By Virginia HenleySweeping us into glittering, intrigue-riddled Elizabethan England, bringing to vivid life an actual heroine in the queen's court, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley blends rich historical detail with sumptuous romance in her ...
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Midnight Pleasures
By Eloisa JamesAnd Patrick learns the ultimate lesson in love. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Eloisa James's Paris in Love.
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Sea Change
By James PowlikA thriller that draws on the science of oceanography explores what could happen when science forces nature to work against itself.
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Seduced: A Novel
By Virginia HenleyShorn of her glorious raven tresses and dressed as a man, Lady Antonia Lamb became Lord Anthony Lamb, desperate to keep the property entailed to her twin brother, who is missing at sea.
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The Raven and the Rose
By Virginia HenleyHer beauty was the spark .
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Obstruction of Justice
By Perri OʼShaughnessyWhen two violent deaths are ruled to be accidents, Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly discovers a connection between them and a third death, but as she faces her most difficult legal challenge ever, she is tempted to obstruct justice to obtain ...