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Dark Canyon [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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 Gaylord Riley once rode with the notorious Colburn gang. He did what he had to do, and was handy with a gun, but the outlaw life led nowhere, and the young man from Texas knew his luck was bound to run out. So he headed for the rugged land near Dark Canyon, determined to set up a ranch and settle down--only to find himself in the middle of a deadly feud between an arrogant cattleman and a ruthless saloonkeeper. And when Riley's outlaw past came back to haunt him, it was only a question of who wo...
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Sharpe's Sword [Secure Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to the imprisonment of Sharpe. Caught in a web of political intrigue for which his military experience has left him fatally unprepared, Sharpe becomes a fugitive--a man hunted by both ally and enemy alike.
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The Jester [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by James Patterson
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Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh discovers his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted by knights in search of a relic worth more than any throne in Europe. Only by taking on the role of a jester is he able to infiltrate his enemy's castle where he thinks his wife is captive. With the unstoppable pace and plot of a page turning Alex Cross novel, The Jester is a breathtakingly romantic, pulse-pounding adventure--one that could only be conjured by the mind of James Patt...
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Sharpe's Escape [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
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 It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal--and push the British back to the sea--he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border and Napoleon's seemingly certain victory are twoobstacles--a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. The captain of the Light Company is threatened from inside and out: First by an incompetent British officer, who by virtue of family c...
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The Druid's Curse [Book 3 of the Knights Trilogy] [MultiFormat]
by Vaughn Heppner
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When Sir Cord wed the Lady Alice, he gained a ruined, borderland castle and a fief on the verge of invasion. For the Welsh Highlanders had gone mad with greed for ancient treasure buried somewhere on his land. Even worse, a maniacal earl who passionately hated Cord's father decides this is the perfect time to burn out Cord. To survive, Cord will need all his stubborn valor and the wit of his lady wife. (Published: 2003)
Words: 66815 - Reading Time: 190-267 min.
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Keeper of the Dogs [Book 1 of the Knights Trilogy] [MultiFormat]
by Vaughn Heppner
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13th Century Wales: At the beginning of the civil war (1263) between Earl Simon de Montfort and King Henry the Third of England. Cord, the keeper of dogs, lives in the castle of the men who hung his father. Old Sloat, the Wild Boar, almost slays a little peasant girl and only Cord's quick action saves the girl's life. For having dared to wound the boar, however, the Baron declares that Cord will lose his hand. Unless, that is, the hunters slay the boar that same day. If the boar is slain Cord wi...
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The Outlaw Knight [Book 2 of the Knights Trilogy] [MultiFormat]
by Vaughn Heppner
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Unless Cord learns the knightly art of wooing as well as combat, all his dreams will end as he swings from a hangman's noose. (Published: 2002)
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Spartacus [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today mostly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by the author himself, after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day because of Fast's blacklisting for his communist party sympathies. The story of Spartacus, born a slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a slave revolt that was eventually put down by Crassus, was immens...
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The Cherokee Trail [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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It was no work for a woman. That's what they told Mary Breydon when she came to manage a rundown stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. But Mary had no choice. Her fine Virginia home burned to ashes in the Civil War and her husband was brutally shot down on the way to Colorado. She needed to make a new beginning for herself and her young daughter on the raw frontier. Isolated in an untamed land, their life at the station was achingly hard and they faced the constant danger of attacks by outla...
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Flint [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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He came out of Malpais, the terrible volcanic badlands where nothing can live, riding a giant red stallion no other man could put a hand to.
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The Confusion [The Baroque Cycle Volume 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
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Continuing the epic adventure begun in the bestselling Quicksilver! In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves--including one Jack Shaftoe, a.k.a. King of the Vagabonds, a.k.a. Half-Cocked Jack, lately and miraculously cured of the pox--devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues, rife with battles, chases, hairbreadth escapes, swashbuckling, bloodletting, and danger--a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold that...
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Emperor: The Death of Kings [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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"Brilliant--stunning," raved the Los Angeles Times about Conn Iggulden's first novel, Emperor: The Gates of Rome. "Iggulden is a grand storyteller," declared USA Today. Now Iggulden returns to the landscape of ancient Rome and the life of Julius Caesar in a new novel filled with all the sumptuous storytelling that distinguished his first book. Sweeping from the windswept, pirate-ruled seas to the stifling heat of the Roman senate, Iggulden takes us further down the path to glory as Julius Caesar...
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Pompeii [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii. But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring [Secure Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. Girl with a Pearl Earring is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.
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Emperor: The Field of Swords [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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With his acclaimed Emperor novels, author Conn Iggulden brings a dazzling world to life--the rich, complex world of ancient Rome as seen through the eyes of one extraordinary man: Julius Caesar. Now Iggulden returns to the story of Julius Caesar and a realm that stretches from the sands of North Africa to the coast of Britain. Against this magnificent backdrop, Caesar, his first victories under his belt and a series of key alliances in place, makes his move toward power and glory--and commands h...
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Sharpe's Company [Secure Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress--where his wife and infant daughter are trapped--while protecting himself from a fellow officer determined to destroy him.
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Reilly's Luck [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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Val Darrant was four years old. It was a cold, snowy night as he was hustled away on a buckboards to be abandoned. But he did not die; he met Will Reilly. A gentleman, a gambler, and the best rifle shot in the West. Reilly was a man who knew the odds and played them. But what were the odds on taking in a frightened young boy?
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The Scarlet Pimpernel Omnibus: The Scarlet Pimpernel; [MultiFormat]
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Baroness Orczy
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The greatest romantic adventures ever penned--love scenes, swordplay, masquerades, danger, heroes and heroines, villains and villainesses! You will find it all in the first three adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel--collected complete and unabridged in one convenient eBook. If you've seen the movies, the television miniseries or the musical, but you've never read The Scarlet Pimpernel--download this great book now! Move over Zorro and Dr. Syn--here is the first ever costumed-hero with a secret i...
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Words: 234075 - Reading Time: 668-936 min.
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High Mountain Winter: A Novel of the Trail West [MultiFormat]
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Based on a True Story of a Pioneer Woman's Courage! Written by Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist, Ardath Mayhar, High Mountain Winter is a gripping novel with the ring of truth, because it actually happened. Left alone in a covered wagon in the most desolate, snow-bound mountains in the US, a young woman survives all that nature can throw at her. Here is how the author describes the genesis of this stunning novel. "With the westward journey of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in 1836, ex...
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The Source [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
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 In The Source, in his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, James Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish...
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Sharpe's Triumph: India 1803 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
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It is India, 1803. In the four years since he earned his sergeant's stripes, young Richard Sharpe has led a relatively peaceful existence. But Sharpe's reverie ends when he barely survives a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, determined to drive the British from the continent. Vowing to hunt down the turncoat, Sharpe plunges headlong into the white-hot battle of Assaye alongside Sir Arthur Wellesley--the future ...
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Quicksilver [The Baroque Cycle Volume 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
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Set against the backdrop of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Quicksilver tells the intertwining tales of 3 unforgettable main characters (descendants of characters from Cryptonomicon) as they traverse a landscape populated by mad alchemists, Barbary pirates, and bawdy courtiers, as well as historical figures including Ben Franklin, William of Orange, Louis XIV, and many others. This breathtaking story ranges from the American colonies to the Tower of London to the glittering palace at Ver...
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Emperor: The Gates of Rome [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawlessly capturing the essence of a land, a people, a legend. Conn Iggulden is just such a writer, bringing to vivid life one of the most fascinating eras in human history. In a true masterpiece of historical fiction, Iggulden takes us on a breathtaking journey through ancient Rome, sweeping us into a realm of tyrants and slaves, of dark intrigues and seething passions. What emerges is both a grand rom...
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Ahab's Wife or, The Star-Gazer [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
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The famous international bestseller is now a special-features-packed eBook. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby-Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an entirely new universe--an epic-scale, enthralling, and deliciously readable saga, spanning the full, rich, eventful, and dramatic life of one Una Spenser, for whom "Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last." Illustrated throughout by world-renowned artist Christopher Wormell. [eBook extras: ONE: An Interview with Sena Jeter Naslund: ...
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Last Car to Elysian Fields [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Palm Reader]
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For Dave Robicheaux, there is no easy passage home. New Orleans, and the memories of his life in the Big Easy, will always haunt him. So to return there--as he does in Last Car to Elysian Fields--means visiting old ghosts, exposing old wounds, opening himself up to new, yet familiar, dangers. When Robicheaux, now a police officer based in the somewhat quieter Louisiana town of New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has b...
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