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  Abject Authority

  J. Clifton Slater

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  Some skills need to remain relevant. 
   
   
   
  Everybody starts at the bottom when they change careers. Alerio Sisera understood the concept. He even recognized the difference between being a military man who lived by the gladius and a politician who used a pen to craft agreements. 
   
   
   
  But the theory went to Hades when a series of brutal robberies required Lictor Sisera to investigate the crimes. Bringing fresh eyes to the scenes, a different perspective to the questioning, and postulating a hypothesis ended when blades were drawn. 
   
   
   
  In Abject Authority, Alerio is forced to fight for his life while trying to enforce the laws of the Republic. It seems even as a politician, Alerio Sisera needs to keep his blades sharp because some skills are never truly retired. 
   
   
   
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  My Doggie and I

  R. M. Ballantyne

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  My Doggie and I by R.M. Ballantyne is a charming autobiographical tale narrated by a young boy and his beloved dog, Tottie. Set in the Scottish countryside, the story follows their joyful adventures and everyday escapades, from exploring woods and streams to encountering wildlife and farm animals. Through simple, heartfelt narration, the bond between boy and dog shines, emphasizing loyalty, companionship, and innocence. Ballantyne weaves gentle lessons about kindness, responsibility, and nature, capturing childhood wonder with warmth and humor. Aimed at younger readers, this tender, episodic tale celebrates the purity of friendship and the joys of rural life in a touching, accessible style.

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  A Hand To Hold

  Seconde Nimenya

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  Life is always a little easier when we have a listening ear, an understanding heart, and a hand to hold.  
   
  A Hand to Hold is the tale of a young Ethiopian orphan, adopted at five years old and brought to the United States of America. Under her new parents' love and care, she blooms and tries to assimilate to her new home, but she also finds herself longing to know her biological parents, and what happened to them. As she experiences life from childhood to adulthood, Adina always feels a piece of her soul is missing. Then through an unexpected encounter, Adina begins to heal her past and is offered a hand to hold for her life forward.  
  Throughout Adina’s story, we learn about one woman’s failures and triumphs as she swims against the currents and, in the end, finds that all she needs is to peel back the layers of her own complexities, trust her inner voice, and allow her soul to evolve.

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  Remembering Laughter

  Wallace Stegner

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  Margaret Stuart, the proud wife of a prosperous Iowa farmer, sets high standards for herself and others. Happy in her marriage, she tries to look the other way when her genial husband, Alec, takes to the bottle. When Elspeth, Margaret’s sister, comes to live with them, the young woman is immediately captivated by the beauty and vitality of the farm and by the affection she receives from those around her. But as summer turns into fall and the friendship between Alec and Elspeth deepens, Margaret finds her spirit tested by a series of events that seem as cruel and inevitable as the endless prairie winters. 
  Remembering Laughter marked Wallace Stegner’s brilliant literary debut.

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  The Dreaming

  Andre Bagoo

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  These stories have the virtue of taking the everyday lives of gay Trinidadian men utterly for granted in their searches for adventure, pleasure, self-realisation, loving contact and sex. Written with a sharpness of perception and in a variety of engaging personal voices, these narratives find room for humour, tragic haircuts, and a connection between tattoos and terrible poetry. But they also acknowledge very real fears in a society where there is still prejudice, discrimination and homophobic violence. The narrator of several of these pieces is a writer who wants to focus on the pleasures and inner dramas of these lives as the truth about gay experience. But there are also the stories of brutal murders reported with coy innuendo in the press. If he is tempted to see his lovers as characters in a witty fiction of manners, is this the novel that can be written in Trinidad? And since this is Trinidad, could the conflicted, self-hating Dorian really be a serial killer? But then when one of Bagoo's writer narrators unwittingly alarms his writing buddies by the freedom of his gothic imagination, who knows what might be true. Not for nothing does the author include the singer Kate Bush with her Wuthering Heights in his acknowledgements. Bagoo's stories offer a witty and incisive portrait of contemporary Trinidad in all its intersections of race, class and gender politics. Not least, they have a strong sense of place – Bagoo's gay Woodbrook offers a fine sequel to V.S. Naipaul's Woodbrook in his classic Miguel Street.

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  Resort Two Murder

  Joanna Campbell Slan

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  A Florida vacation. A glittering fashion show. A chilling discovery that turns paradise upside down.Kiki Lowenstein arrives on the Treasure Coast expecting sunshine and family fun—but when a young model is found floating in the resort pool after a dazzling Mermaidcore fashion show, her spring break becomes Kiki's most thrilling adventure yet! 
  As her detective husband is pulled into the investigation, Kiki teams up with her best friend, Cara Mia Delgatto, to uncover what's really happening behind the scenes. Frightened young models, a suspicious agency, and whispers of a high-stakes party circuit point to dangers far beyond broken heels and catwalk drama.A timely cozy mystery inspired by issues all over today's headlines—handled with warmth, compassion, and Kiki's trademark heart—this story weaves Florida sunshine, family bonds, gentle humor, and real-world relevance into a page-turner that stays firmly cozy.

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