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Richard Sharpe novels volume 12
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the twelth installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam.
Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe's, and suffer heavy losses.
The army's high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military...
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 1
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When he goes undercover in India to overthrow the Tippoo of Mysore, Richard Sharpe is forced to take up arms against his true comrades to protect his false identity.
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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 two obstacles -- 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...
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 11
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From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the eleventh installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty's Army at the siege of Seringapatam. In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz, now the Spanish capital and itself under siege. Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces...
5) Saint's gate
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When Emma Sharpe is summoned to a convent on the Maine coast, it's partly for her art crimes work with the FBI, partly because of her past with the religious order. At issue is a mysterious painting depicting scenes of Irish lore and Viking legends, and her family's connection to the work. But when the nun who contacted her is murdered, it seems legend is becoming deadly reality.
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A Richard Sharpe short story, featuring scenes of action and adventure at Christmas.
'You'll like Irati,' Colonel Hogan said. 'It's a nothing place, Richard. Hovels and misery, that's all it is and all it ever will be, but that's where you're going for Christmas.'
Sharpe was sent to Irati because maybe the French were going there. The garrison planned to march at Christmas in the hope that their enemies would be too bloated with beef and wine to fight,...
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Tony Edwards, A dock neighbor of Peter's is a suspended police officer with a known dislike for people who are the color of his alleged victim. He's also the subject of many citizen complaints for using excessive force in the minority community At Suzi's request, Tony taught her how to help him re-load his target practice ammunition, also giving the little girl a basic course in ballistics. When a local black movie producer who Tony was working for...
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"When small-time heroin dealer Jai McDiarmid turns up dead one fine Glasgow morning, no one is that surprised. A heroin dealer openly sleeping with a big-time drug trafficker's girlfriend, Jai had made a lot of enemies in a city with little patience for those stirring up trouble. As a result, Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod has no shortage of early leads on the case when she is assigned to investigate it. Meanwhile, out-of-work actress Jasmine...
9) Heron's Cove
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FBI art-crimes expert Emma Sharpe and deep-cover agent Colin Donovan are recuperating in Heron's Cove when they learn of a rare set of Russian jewelry that's about to be stolen. Their best chance of stopping the theft is splitting up, but with a powerful enemy lurking in the shadows, can Emma and Colin cheat death and be reunited a second time?
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When missing persons investigator Dan Sharp attends a wedding, he finds himself investigating more than one murder. Dan Sharp, a gay father and missing persons investigator, accepts an invitation to a wedding on a yacht in Ontario's Prince Edward County. It seems just the thing to bring Dan closer to his noncommittal partner, Bill, a respected medical professional with a penchant for sleazy after-hours clubs, cheap drugs, and rough sex. But the event...
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Détective privé cherche affaires...
14 ans, alors services bon marché
Mickey Sharp est un détective privé pour adolescents.
Il se dit que, si les adultes ont tous ces problèmes, alors les ados doivent en avoir aussi. Tout un tas.
Après avoir résolu quelques affaires, Mickey se sent très confiant...
jusqu'à ce que l'entraîneuse des Amazones, une équipe de soccer, l'embauche pour retrouver leur trophée disparu.
Elle est très exigeante...
12) Declan's Cross
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For marine biologist Julianne Maroney, two weeks in tiny Declan's Cross on the south Irish coast is a chance to heal her broken heart. But from the moment Julianne sets foot on Irish soil, everything goes wrong. The well-connected American diver who invited her to Ireland has disappeared. And she didn't expect to attract the attention of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan -- especially since a Donovan is the reason for her broken heart. Emma...
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Mickey Sharp est un détective privé pour adolescents. Il se dit que si les adultes ont tous ces problèmes Alors les ados doivent en avoir aussi. Des tas. Il y a des élections à l'école de Mickey et un des candidats soupçonne son adversaire de mener une campagne malhonnête. L'affaire est difficile. Mickey doit éviter d'être expulsé, échapper aux cinglés de l'école et se montrer plus malin que sa pire ennemie, Katie Pierce. Peut-il y parvenir?...
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Mickey Sharp est un détective privé pour adolescents. Il se dit que, si les adultes ont tous ces problèmes, alors les ados doivent en avoir aussi. Plusieurs parmi ceux-là. Sa première affaire concerne une superbe fille dont seul Mickey peut résoudre le problème. Elle pense que son petit frère est victime de harcèlement. Mickey peut-il vraiment découvrir la vérité? Peut-il faire cesser le harcèlement? Peut-il découvrir la vérité, faire...
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The freedom fighters of the Heaven Federation have recovered the Death Scales gem scales. Now they have a new enemy, Brain Tentacles and his mutant-mixed aliens. They are in alliance with the Sharp Empire. The aliens want to conquer the galaxy by using the galactic ghost gem. Artidector has revived Nala Boomer and a new recruited, revived crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin, to join the others in battle with the empire.
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Tyler McKenzie Johns is an excellent story creator. He is a true man of genius. He created this story with monsters and villains that he made up in his past like somebody evil killing the purple dinosaur on TV, Barney, evil knights fighting the dragons of the PBS Kids show Dragon Tales, and monsters abducting the puppet lions of another PBS Kids show called Between the Lions. For this story, he created characters as animals only he would know things...
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Après avoir résolu plusieurs affaires, Mickey est prêt à accepter n'importe quoi. Mais quand le groupe le plus populaire de Hanford, la Bande des vrais durs, l'embauche pour retrouver sa chanteuse disparue, il pourrait bien avoir été trop ambitieux. Peut-il vraiment se mesurer à cinq aspirantes vedettes pop, à un chien nommé Gandhi et au plus féroce garde du corps que le monde ait connu? Mickey devra user de tous ses pouvoirs de persuasion...
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Actress-turned-private investigator Jasmine Sharp is used to clients looking for long-lost relatives. When a woman hires her to find her missing sister, Sharp assumes the case will be straightforward. Instead, it pulls her back into the world of professional drama-and the warnings to mind her own business are coming on cue.
Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod's interest in theater is rising as well. She's just been called to the scene of a...
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The Sharp sisters volume 2
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The Sharp sisters are bold, bright, sassy, stylin', and fierce. As the daughters of mayoral candidate Stanley Sharp, all eyes are on them as they attend high school. Every choice they make can make or break their father's campaign-and make or break their own chances for success.
Ansli has a photographer's gift for seeing beauty in the world, but she's begun to doubt whether her own face really belongs in the Sharp family portrait. When she discovers...
20) Bred in the Bone
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Glasgow Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod should be smiling: She has a gangster in the mortuary and another, Glen Fallon, behind bars for allegedly taking him out. But fighting for conviction isn't going to be easy. McLeod's real motives might be more personal than she's letting on. And Fallon might not even be guilty. Private investigator Jasmine Sharp has a stake in Fallon's future, too. That's because the gangland enforcer is part of her...
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