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  The Winner - A strange love...

  Alfred Lichtenstein

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  Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer.  He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria.   
   
  A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but beautifully honed works.  His tragically curtailed life allowed only a small part of his talents to rest with us.  Undoubtedly a full life would have given the world a very gifted literary force. 
   
  Alfred Lichenstein volunteered for duty in the German Army for World War I.  He died on the front at the Somme in the early months of combat on the 25th September 1914.  He was 25

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  Death on the Half Shell

  Donna Walo Clancy

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  Winter in Anchor Point is quiet. Most businesses are closed in the off season, so when Jay organizes a Saint Patrick's Day party at the Shipwreck Café, the locals jump at the chance to attend. 
   
   
   
  The party is going great when it is brought to Jay's attention that his brother, Robbie, has disappeared. The celebration is shut down a short while later when Phil Cook, the local jeweler, drops dead on the floor in front of the bar. 
   
   
   
  Days pass and there is still no sign of Robbie. Can Jay find his brother while also saving his café from financial disaster? Old enemies reappear and new clues are discovered in the search for Roland's treasure. 
   
   
   
  Come visit Anchor Point where ghosts roam freely and family is everything.

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  Bat Wing

  Sax Rohmer

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  "Bat Wing" is a mystery novel filled with deep, dark secrets and vividly memorable characters. It has an explicit tone of voodoo and the supernatural, all held together in an air of impending disaster. Private detective Paul Harley is hired by Cuban Colonel Menendez to investigate a strange occurrence: someone has left a bat wing nailed to his door. When Harley and his colleague Knox arrive at the Colonel's estate, they are in for an unpleasant surprise.

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  The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

  Shida Bazyar

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  A captivating, polyphonic tale of one family’s flight from and return to Iran. 
  1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid. 
  1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power. 
  1999. Laleh returns to Iran with her mother, Nahid. Between beauty rituals and family secrets, she gets to know a Tehran that hardly matches her childhood memories. 
  2009. Laleh’s brother Mo is more concerned with a friend’s heartbreak than with student demonstrations in Germany. But then the Green Revolution breaks out in Iran and turns the world upside down … 
  A topical, moving story about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.

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  Saddle Up for Murder - A Carson...

  Leigh Hearon

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  At first, horse trainer and Carson Stables owner Annie Carson blames the random losses of local livestock on feral animals stalking Olympic Peninsula county’s farms and ranches. But when one of her own flock is found savagely slaughtered, it gets personal. Then it turns dangerous, when Annie discovers the body of a young woman hanging in her new hay barn. Suddenly, she’s up to her neck in complicated mysteries—one involving her private life. But her sleuthing skills aren’t exactly welcome by the sheriff. And as she uncovers a clue to the killer’s identity, Annie fears she’s leading a deadly trail straight to her door.   Praise for Leigh Hearon:   "Here's a new heroine after my own heart. Plan to stay up all night with this one because this mystery is a winner right out of the gate!" —Fern Michaels, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Reining in Murder "This strikingly polished first mystery is, quite simply, remarkable. Reining in Murder has it all: rounded characters, likeable protagonist, thrilling, perfectly paced plot and impeccable narrative style . . . Leigh Hearon masterfully maintains the suspense to the very finish line." —Mystery Scene Magazine on Reining in Murder “Leigh Hearon seems destined for high marks with what is shaping up to be a delightful new series in the mystery genre.” —Colorado Daily News on Reining in Murder “This murder mystery will be enjoyed by anyone who likes chewing hay and wearing riding boots.” —Fresh Fiction on Reining in Murder “The action-packed scenes are stellar, as well as the descriptions of the gorgeous and dangerous Washington wilderness. This third in the series presents a unique heroine, one whose devotion to horses is as admirable as her wit and intelligence.” —Kings River Life Magazine on Unbridled Murder

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  The Secret of the Growing Gold

  Bram Stoker

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  In the small county of Delandre, scandal is brewing as a forbidden love affair between a Spanish peasant heiress, Margaret Delandre, and the notorious womanizer aristocrat Geoffrey Brent, comes to light. Margaret finds herself seeking refuge in the Brent mansion after a heated argument with her brother Wykham, who vows revenge against them both.

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