Tom Wright
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"The dust had yet to settle on the global financial crisis in 2009 when an unlikely Wharton grad was setting in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. Billion Dollar Whale will become a classic, harrowing parable about the financial world in the twenty-first century." --
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Book 3 of Dino Squad...WARNING: This book contains action. Lots of action. Dinosaur-fighting action. Jurassic Park meets Transformers.The countdown ticks away as the raptor menace seeks to end the war on their terms, once and for all.Dino Squad mounts a rescue mission, but even if they succeed, will they be too late to stop the raptor threat? The fate of the world hangs in the balance as the two primal foes clash one last time.
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It was one of the most unpopular wars in history, raging halfway around the world. Yet as the body bags were mounting during the turbulent 1970s, one soldier, a mechanic-turned-helicopter crew chief, found the powerful hand of God even closer than the enemy fire. These stories of courage and faith under fire will strengthen your own faith, and touch the heart.
4) The State
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The State is the complete collection of all three books in the trilogy, action-packed sci-fi dystopian novellas.The resistance fights the state on every hand, trying to gain a foothold against their military might. Kara, a young soldier, reunites with Matt, her childhood friend. For several years, he's been indoctrinated by the state. Kara must work to turn him back while fighting to stop the force that captured him so long ago. Orem, the leader of...
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Eine abgelegene tropische Insel mit einem geheimen Raketentestgelände mitten im Pazifik—das ist der Ort, an dem Matt Anderssen arbeitet, als eines Tages der Kontakt zur Außenwelt abbricht. Die letzten Nachrichten, die ihn noch erreichten, sprachen von einem Terrorakt und einer Seuche, welche die Welt an den Rand der Zerstörung bringen könnte. Nun trennen ihn fünftausend Meilen Ozean von seiner Frau und seinen Kindern, und Matt muss zu ihnen...
6) T-Rex Attack
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Book 2 of Dino Squad...WARNING: This book contains action. Lots of action. Dinosaur-fighting action. Jurassic Park meets Transformers.
The raptor war continues full throttle. Dino Squad struggles to repel the raptor invaders, but the absence of two members hurts their efforts.
The two missing dinosaurs wake up to find themselves stranded. They must reunite with the team. At stake? The safety of the world.
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Alliances shift as Kara teams up with Andrew, the leader of the Academics. Each are motivated by the death of a close friend, and each must face their own personal demons before they can work together effectively.Matt, now separated from Kara, has to make a decision: Does he trust Kara's judgment about the state's atrocities, or does he return to the life he's known for so long as a soldier of the state? Friends fight against friends as a cobalt-bomber...
8) Dino Squad
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This is the complete trilogy collection of the Dino Squad novella series.
WARNING: This book contains action. Lots of action. Dinosaur-fighting action. Jurassic Park meets Transformers. Raptors wage war with their dinosaur foes across the galaxy, and they've set their sights on Earth. If they can't take the planet for themselves, they plan on destroying it like they did 65 million years ago.
Human-friendly dinosaurs team up with the United States...
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With a foreword by The Who's Pete Townshend, Raising Hell is a compilation of Wright's groundbreaking photography and the true stories behind the captivating pictures.
Over the years, Wright has allowed almost no commercial access to his work; his photographs have been available to only the musicians he's worked with and a handful of record company executives… until now.
10) Blackbird
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In a small town in Ark-La-Tex, Detective Jim Bonham has been assigned to a new case. On the outskirts of the town, a woman has been found brutalized and nailed to a cross. Bonham recognizes her immediately: it is Dr. Deborah Gold, one of the town's psychologists. The questions pile up quickly. How many perpetrators would it have taken to commit this atrocity? Why was a Roman coin found at the foot of the body? And why a murder as gruesome and cruel...
11) The Archivist
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In 2052, Artificial Intelligence surpasses humans, and global technology collapses overnight.Thirty years later, primitive communities struggle to survive. Throughout this broken world, a secret organization called The Archives seeks to preserve what knowledge and technology has been left in the ashes. However, a technophobic cult - The Disciples of The Earth - is just as determined to ensure there will be no technological rebirth for humankind.Retrieval...
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Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios).
Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young social...
Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young social...
15) Honeydripper
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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[2008]
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1950, rural Alabama. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint and away from the rival club across the way. He lays off his regular talent and hires the famous electric guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig. When the train arrives, Guitar Sam is no where to be found....
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This is the complete trilogy collection of Blood for Blood. In a world where men and women teleport using air, dirt, and water...Kidnapped as an infant, Hakon is raised by the earth-empowered Terra people. Considered less than beasts, the clawed-hand warriors plot revenge against the air-empowered Alem that invaded their land centuries before. Hakon grows up with the knowledge that he is an Alem prince, tempered by the love he feels for the family...
19) Walkaway Joe
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In the tradition of American classics, Walkaway Joe is the story of an unlikely friendship between a young boy searching for his father, and a wandering loner hiding from his past. In each other they experience the power of a second chance, and a shot at redemption.
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Gun volume 1
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An overprotective airport security guard named Walter (James Gandolfini) picks up the night shift to earn more money for his family. He decides to give his bored and restless housewife, Lily (Rosanna Arquette), a gun for her safety, unaware that this gun can be used as evidence against a terrorist. Meanwhile, Lily begins a lustful affair with a struggling writer who uses her as his muse.