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Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 2
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English
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The second installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police: When a bevy of winemakers descend on Saint-Denis the idyllic town finds itself the center of an intense drama, with suspicious fires at the agricultural research station that is working on genetically-modified crops.
Two young men—Max, an environmentalist who hopes to make organic wine, and Fernando, the...
Two young men—Max, an environmentalist who hopes to make organic wine, and Fernando, the...
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A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America’s Western wilderness in this “wildly funny, infinitely wise” classic (The Houston Chronicle).
When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved...
When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved...
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A New York Times–bestselling series: A murder mystery set on Italy's secretive island of Murano, renowned for its world-famous glass.
On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Brunetti and his assistant play hooky from work to help a friend, Marco Ribetti, arrested during an environmental protest. They secure his release, only to be faced by the fury of the man's father-in-law, Giovanni De Cal, a cantankerous glass factory owner who has...
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Conan Flagg mysteries volume 6
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English
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In the sixth novel in the Conan Flagg series, the Oregon detective is investigating the mysterious, untimely death of his friend Corey Benbow. It seemed to Flagg that the police were asking too few questions about the fatal automobile accident that claimed the young woman's life-especially since it was common knowledge in the town of Holiday Beach that more than one person stood to gain from her death. It wasn't long before Flagg began unraveling...
5) Slick
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In an effort to prove her mother's boyfriend is not a good person, thirteen-year-old Liza sets out to expose his oil company's evil actions in Guatemala and forms a group named "GRRR! Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!"
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Philip Mercer novels volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
Description
When the U.S. tries to lessen dependence on foreign oil by exploiting reserves in Alaska, Arab sheiks hire terrorists to blow up the Alaska pipeline. Geologist Philip Mercer and oil heiress Aggie Johnston join forces to defeat them.
7) Sweetgrass
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"Sweetgrass is a historical tract of land in South Carolina that has been home to the Blakely family for eight generations. But Sweetgrass, named for the indigenous grass in the area, is in trouble ... And the Blakelys could be forced to sell the one thing that holds their disintegrating family together."--Page 4 of cover.
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As a single mom of a special-needs boy, Angela is happy for any work she can get, even if it means returning to the West Virginia hometown she left in disgrace. But when her new boss turns up dead, Angela discovers that her own secrets aren't the only ones her mountain hometown has kept buried
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"Young couples gather to participate in an annual "chainsaw party," cutting down trees for firewood in anticipation of the winter. A group of men spend a weekend hunting for mushrooms in the wilderness where they grew up, and where some still find themselves trapped. An aging environmentalist takes out his frustration and anger on a singular, unsuspecting target. A woman helps another get revenge against a man whose crime extends far beyond him to...
11) Chasing midnight
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Doc Ford novels volume 19
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English
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Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketeer's fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketeer's private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met
12) Forever
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For Lydia Susi, there is no sweet sorrow in saying goodbye to the man she loves ... As an operative for a clandestine arm of the United States government, Daniel Joseph always expected to die an early death. He just assumed it would be out in the field--not in a laboratory hospital bed. With his time running out, he refuses a potentially lifesaving treatment to focus on making sure that Lydia finds her wolven clan ... Marshaling his strength, he must...
13) Mine
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English
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In the conclusion to the series, Lydia and Daniel brace themselves for his inevitable decline, but must first go on a dangerous rescue mission.
14) Medusa
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Venus Diamond mysteries volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 22 cm
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English
15) K Falls
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 22 cm
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English
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Claire Sharples mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
327 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
18) Claimed
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English
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"Lydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. When a hotel chain develops a tract of land next to the preserve, Lydia is one of the most vocal opponents of the project--and becomes a target. One night, a shadowy figure threatens Lydia's life in the forest, and a new hire at the Wolf Study Project comes from out of nowhere to save her. Daniel Joseph is both mysterious, and someone she intrinsically wants to trust. But...
20) Wildcrafters
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Venus Diamond mysteries volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
xii, 308 p. ; 22 cm
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English
Description
Fish and Wildlife agent Venus Diamond investigates the kidnaping of an Indian baby in Washington State. The probe takes her to a nature preserve and the world of wildcrafters, people illegally harvesting wild plants for the manufacture of anti-aging aids
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