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To kill a mockingbird volume 1
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The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
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Five years ago, she was sabotaged by her half - sister, filmed in indecent videos and kicked out of the house by her father. What is sadder is that she did not know who was the man who took her. Five years later, she returned home with her mother's ashes and vowed to seize the family property. But suddenly, she fell from heaven to hell. It turns out that the plot started five years ago...
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In the spring of 1865, America's Civil War finally comes to an end, In the midst of the patriotic celebrations in Washington, D.C., John Wilkes Booth - charismatic ladies' man and impenitent racist - murders Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. A furious manhunt ensues, ending in a fiery shootout and several court-ordered executions. With an unforgettable cast of characters, vivid historical detail, and page-turning action, this is history that reads like a...
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"Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally...
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Five years ago, she was sabotaged by her half - sister, filmed in indecent videos and kicked out of the house by her father. What is sadder is that she did not know who was the man who took her. Five years later, she returned home with her mother's ashes and vowed to seize the family property. But suddenly, she fell from heaven to hell. It turns out that the plot started five years ago...
8) To Die For
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Former soldier and ex-boxer Joe has always invited violence. But now Hackney's most vicious gangs all want to kill him. Why? As he tries to unravel the knot of events that have made him a target, Joe is drawn back into his past, back to the memory of the only woman he ever loved, Brenda, whose unsolved murder still haunts him. Then a twelve year old runaway enters his life. Kid is traumatised, mute, and sees Joe as her saviour. Life has made Joe a...
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To kill a mockingbird volume 2
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Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout"--Returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and...
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Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world? Killing Reagan reaches back to...
11) To Kill For
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She died for him. Now he will kill for her... Ex-boxer and ex-paratrooper Joe once had meaning in his life. Then he lost everything, and now he is a hit-man for London's most vicious criminals. Brenda was the only woman who ever loved him. The only woman who believed he could escape the underworld. She died protecting others; now Joe wants revenge on her killers. With nothing left to lose, Joe prepares for the fight of his life...A poignant thriller...
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Harper Lee beschwört den Zauber und die Poesie einer Kindheit im tiefen Süden der Vereinigten Staaten: Die Geschwister Scout und Jem wachsen im Alabama der 1930er Jahre auf. Jäh bricht die Wirklichkeit in ihre behütete Welt ein, als ihr Vater, der Anwalt Atticus Finch, einen wegen Vergewaltigung angeklagten Schwarzen verteidigt. Finch lehrt seine Kinder Verständnis und Toleranz, allen Anfeindungen und Angriffen ihrer "ehrbaren" Mitbürger zum...
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2016
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When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally—the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant...
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer volume 4
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Uncle Massimo has an idea to turn thhings around: he wants to sell the land at Rocca Busambra, which belongs to his father, Tore.
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer volume 3
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Anti-Mafia journalist Mario Francese goes to Salvatore's school to explain what his work involves.
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer volume 1
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Salvatore is a 10-year old boy. One day a new classmate, Alice, arrives and he falls head over heels in love with her.
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer volume 9
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All Palermo is anxiously awaiting the match which could change the city's fortunes.
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer volume 8
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Massimo has ended up in prison because the person he asked for a 'favor' to help his sister Pia was actually being investigated.
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer volume 10
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The political elections make an impact on the daily lives of the citizens of Palermo.
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