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  Brewster's Millions

  George Barr McCutcheon

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  The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch - he has to spend every penny within 30 days, and end up with nothing at that time. Should he make the deadline, he stands to gain an even larger sum; should he fail, he remains penniless.Brewster finds that spending so much money is more difficult than he first thinks, especially when the lawyers are trying to make him fail so that they can claim the money. What makes it worse is that he starts to be a little too successful with some ventures, actually making money from them.Can Brewster empty his pockets in time for the deadline, or will he end the book as he started it, with nothing?

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  Marius' Mules XIV: The Last...

  S.J.A. Turney

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  The war in Africa is over and the rebel cause hangs by a thread. With opposition to Caesar now led by Labienus and by Pompey’s sons in Hispania, Caesar is one step from ending the civil war that has plagued Rome for years. 
   
  Before the war can be pursued, though, Caesar has matters to attend to in Rome. And against a backdrop of glorious triumphs and civil friction, the general’s old warhorse Marcus Falerius Fronto begins to uncover a series of events that may have a cause in common. Investigation, however, is sidelined as necessity finally draws everyone across the sea to the crucible of war once again. 
   
  In Hispania the clouds gather, for though the rebels may have been pushed into a corner, they are far from beaten. With the great name of Pompey and the tactical genius of Labienus on their side, Caesar must fight hard to win the day. Fronto and his friends must give all they have now, for the prize for this campaign is the ultimate one: the republic itself.

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  Fire Demon Dawn

  Alfred Wurr

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  He vowed to protect the Institute against all threats…even supernatural ones. 
  Harland hasn’t had a week this bad since his time in the CIA. The Bodhi Group’s biggest secret escaped custody a few days ago, and research sites studying ancient relics have been attacked by molten lifeforms, hurling fire. No one seems to have a clue what they want or where they’re coming from, and the things aren’t talking. 
  Whatever they’re after, it’s Harland’s job to end their rampage…or die trying.

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  Tibor: Winter's Rage - A Byron...

  Sean Black

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  Winter's Rage, West Virginia: population one more than last month. 
  That one is Byron Tibor, a man running from his past and the government that wants him dead. 
  When Wayne Cardiman's prodigal daughter returns home with dangerous men on her tail, Byron's carefully crafted anonymity crumbles. 
  As a blizzard bears down on the isolated town, Byron must choose between exposing his true identity or watching innocent people die. 
  With his enhanced abilities pushing him to the edge of humanity, Byron becomes Winter's Rage's unlikely guardian. But in a town where everyone has secrets, who can he trust? 
  In this pulse-pounding thriller, one man's quest for redemption collides with a family's desperate bid for survival, igniting a powder keg of violence that will change Winter's Rage forever. 
  The first book in the series, Post, was nominated for an International Thriller Writers Award, an honor previously bestowed upon authors such as S.A. Cosby, Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, Robert Harris, and Stephen King. 
  Sean Black is the bestselling author of the Ryan Lock and Byron Tibor thriller series. With over a million copies sold, his work has been nominated four times for the International Thriller Writers Award, winning in 2018 for Second Chance. His novels have been translated into multiple languages, reaching readers worldwide. In 2023, he made history as the first amputee to become both European Champion and Pan-American Champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, competing against able-bodied fighters.

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  The Warden

  Anthony Trollope

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  Amongst the great popular novelists of the nineteenth century who are still read today, Anthony Trollope stands alongside his contemporary, Charles Dickens. His two series of novels, the political (The Pallisers) and the clerical (The Barsetshire Chronicles) are the best known. This book is the first of the Barsetshire series and was also Trollope’s first really successful novel.    In the mid nineteenth century there were a number of financial scandals in the Church of England including those of Rochester, where the endowments which should have supported the King’s School Canterbury had been diverted to the Dean and Chapter; and of the hospital of St Cross at Winchester where the Rev. Francis North, later the Earl of Guildford, had been appointed to the mastership of the hospital by his father the bishop. The revenues of the hospital were very considerable, the work involved minimal. The scandal soon broke.    Trollope based ‘The Warden’ on the St Cross case, but in the novel the Warden is a kindly, devoted, priest, beloved by all that knew him and is racked by fear that he is accepting money to which he is not entitled. His antagonist is his prospective son-in-law John Bold and his (somewhat unwelcome) ally is one of Trollope’s strongest characters, the Archdeacon of Barchester, Dr. Theophilus Grantly. (summary by Andy Minter)

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  Reining Cats and Dogs

  William Mangieri

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  Empress Isabella continues to increase her hold on power with the help of her Slobberer allies. It’s up to our Champion of the Empire and his friends to do something about it. 
  “Reining Cats and Dogs" is a speculative fiction novelette, and is the seventh of the Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire tales.

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