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Sep.20.2012
Al Pennyback learns that a cousin he hardly knew has died and left him property in his will. The problem is, he has to go to Houston, Texas, near where he grew up, to settle the matter. Along with the trauma of going back to a place he swore he'd never return to, he has to deal with the...
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Sep.16.2012
“Andrew Porter is a born storyteller . . . He makes his own space instantly and invites you in. Hats off!” —Barry Hannah From a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an American family trying to cope in our world today, a story...
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Jan.23.2012
After the Civil War, Ben Carter walked from east Texas to New Orleans to enlist in the 9th (Colored) Cavalry Regiment. A good field soldier, he gets into trouble when he can't deal with the prejudice of white settlers. His commander gives him a last chance to save his army career when he puts him...
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Jul.29.2011
Hannah Payne’s life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes—criminals whose skin...
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Mar.20.2011
The past clashes with the present, and one woman finds herself fighting for her own identity in the past so that she can have a future with the man she loves--but with her ancestor's hold over her--Lisa Welsh and Jack Stanton only have a ghost of a chance at love.
Lisa Welsh...
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Nov.06.2009
Murder, mayhem, and family secrets abound when some beneficiaries of an insurance magnate's last will and testament plot to get their money early. During a week of togetherness orchestrated by her not-quite-departed uncle's will, headstrong heiress McKenna Sutherland has to team up with resort...
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Sep.24.2009
The Virgin's Guide to Mexico tells the story of seventeen year old Alma Price, who crosses the border in the opposite direction: from wealthy, suburban Texas into the wild heart of Mexico. Alma is searching for her grandfather, who lives in Mexico City, she thinks, although it’s hard to know what’...
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Nov.06.2008
The incredible true story of the Cabeza de Vaca's 1528 expedition to North America. Four hundred landed near Tampa, Florida in 1528 and promptly disappeared into the swamps. All were assumed to be dead, but eight years later three Spaniards and an African, the only survivors, appeared on the...
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