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  Washington Irving: Classic Short...

  Washington Irving

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  Washington Irving is, arguably, one of America's greatest writers. He spent many years in Europe and kept records of his observations, which formed the basis of such classics as "Old Christmas," "Bracebridge Hall" and "Tales of a Traveler." This volume is the latest entry in a series of collected essays written during these early years. The fragility of the heart forms the basis of many of these short stories. Irving handles the issues of love, heartbreak and death in a caring and compassionate way.

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  Brownsville - Stories

  Oscar Casares

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  These nine stories follow a collection of unforgettable characters trying to get by while living in the South Texas border town of Brownsville.

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  The Milk of Almonds - Italian...

  Edvige Giunta, Louise DeSalvo

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  “A vast, thoroughly wonderful assortment of poetry, memoirs and stories . . . that defines today’s female Italian-American experience” (Publishers Weekly).   Often stereotyped as nurturing others through food, Italian-American women have often struggled against this simplistic image to express the realities of their lives.   In this unique collection, over 50 Italian-American female writers speak in voices that are loud, boisterous, sweet, savvy, and often subversively funny. Drawing on personal and cultural memories rooted in experiences of food, they dissolve conventional images, replacing them with a sumptuous, communal feast of poetry, stories, and memoir.   This collection also delves into unexpected, sometimes shocking terrain as these courageous authors bear witness to aspects of the Italian American experience that normally go unspoken—mental illness, family violence, incest, drug addiction, AIDS, and environmental degradation.   As provocative as it is appetizing, “this collection of verse and prose pieces . . . reveals the evocative and provocative power of food as event and as symbol, as well as the diversity of these women’s lives and their ambivalence regarding the role of nurturer” (Library Journal).

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  Rogue Wave

  Christopher Cartwright

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  The offer – $20 billion split between four leading scientists on alternative energies to purchase and then squash their research lines, which include the recent discovery of a powerful new energy source capable of replacing mankind’s reliance on fossil fuels. 
  There’s no doubt their discovery is worth ten times that much. But will any one of them live if they refuse? 
  At the same time, the greatest technological advancement in warfare since the creation of the Atomic bomb has been discovered, and is being offered to the highest bidder. 
  There is just one problem though; the seller might no longer have any control of the weapon. 
  Can Sam Reilly weave his way through the web of industrial and political espionage before the human race loses its greatest fight for survival?

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  Bridging Worlds - Stories of...

  Luigi Pascal Rondanini, Pascal...

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  Traverse the psyches of figures grappling with existential questions, like the reality-doubting schizophrenic in “Shattering Reality” or the dimension-defying friendship between two boys centuries apart in “Bridging Yesteryear.” These dramatic scenarios serve not just as thought experiments but also as profiles of courage depicting outcasts struggling to reconstruct meaning amidst life’s harshest limiting walls. 
  Additionally, speculative scenarios allow us to reexamine norms from provocative angles, whether we’re rooting for discovered cryogenic humans to integrate with androids in “The Discovery” or unlocking the motivations of a vigilante psychiatrist thief in “Behind the Mask.” By becoming immersed in these atypical fictional landscapes, it’s my hope you’ll return from the journey with refreshed eyes towards the intricacies, contrasts, and profound magic still embedding the world immediately around us each new day. 
  So, without further ado, let your imagination take flight! 
  The worlds awaiting behind these pages overflow with surreal transformations, psychedelic visions, whimsical quests, and characters courageously chasing redemption who might inspire us in turn. 
  Let's reconstruct Reality with a capital “R” by first shattering limiting assumptions—then inviting you, fellow traveller, to help gather the pieces into new mosaics alive with awe and possibility! Let our shared journey begin now...

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  The Bin Laden Plot

  Rick Campbell

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  A US destroyer is torpedoed by an Iranian submarine and Captain Murray Wilson of the USS Michigan is flown to the Pentagon to meet with the Secretary of the Navy (SecNav). There Wilson learns that the Iranian submarine is just a cover story. One of the United States' own fully automated unmanned underwater vehicles has gone rogue, its programing corrupted in some way. Murray is charged with hunting it down and taking it out before the virus that's infected its operating system can infect the rest of the fleet.At the same time, the head of the SEAL detachment aboard the USS Michigan is killed and Lonnie Mixell, a former US operative, now assassin for hire, is responsible. And that is only the first SEAL to be hunted down and killed. Jake Harrison, fellow SEAL, discovers that these SEALs had one mission in common—they were all on the team that killed Bin Laden. Or so the world was told.As Wilson discovers that his mission is actually meant to cover up dangerous acts of corruption, even treason, Harrison discovers that the assassin is out to protect the same forces. Forces too powerful for either of them to take on alone.

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