Promises to the Dead

Promises to the Dead
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 0547258380
ISBN-13 : 9780547258386
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Promises to the Dead by : Mary Downing Hahn

A white boy helps a black child escape slavery in the midst of the Civil War

Promises Left for Dead

Promises Left for Dead
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ISBN-10 : 1732383901
ISBN-13 : 9781732383906
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Promises Left for Dead by : Beckham Lawre

Promises in Death

Promises in Death
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780425228944
ISBN-13 : 0425228940
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Promises in Death by : J. D. Robb

#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb takes us to the New York City of 2060, where Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces down a cop killer... Amaryllis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she’s been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she’s taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon, for Eve the victim isn’t just “one of us.” Eve starts questioning everyone while her husband, Roarke, digs into computer data on the dead woman’s life back in Atlanta. To their shock, they discover a connection between this case and their own painful, shadowy pasts. The truth will need to be uncovered one layer at a time, starting with the box that arrives at Cop Central addressed to Eve, containing Coltraine’s guns, badge, and a note from her killer: “You can have them back. Maybe someday soon, I’ll be sending yours to somebody else.” But Eve Dallas doesn’t take too kindly to personal threats, and she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And that’s a promise.

Promise Not to Tell

Promise Not to Tell
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780061827488
ISBN-13 : 0061827487
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Promise Not to Tell by : Jennifer McMahon

“McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory.” –Entertainment Weekly A woman’s past and present collide in terrifying ways in this explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon. Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother, who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as "Potato Girl"—was brutally slain. Del's killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Now, as this new murder investigation draws Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unexpected ways. Because nothing is quite what it seems . . . and the grim specters of her youth are far from forgotten. More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon's extraordinary debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal—tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.

False Promises

False Promises
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 524
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ISBN-10 : 0822311984
ISBN-13 : 9780822311980
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis False Promises by : Stanley Aronowitz

This classic study of the American working class, originally published in 1973, is now back in print with a new introduction and epilogue by the author. An innovative blend of first-person experience and original scholarship, Aronowitz traces the historical development of the American working class from post-Civil War times and shows why radical movements have failed to overcome the forces that tend to divde groups of workers from one another. The rise of labor unions is analyzed, as well as their decline as a force for social change. Aronowitz’s new introduction situates the book in the context of developments in current scholarship and the epilogue discusses the effects of recent economic and political changes in the American labor movement.

Before We Were Strangers

Before We Were Strangers
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781501105784
ISBN-13 : 1501105787
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Before We Were Strangers by : Renée Carlino

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

Dark Promise

Dark Promise
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Publisher : Talia Jager
Total Pages : 171
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Dark Promise by : Talia Jager

Rylie has it all - great friends, dream boy, loving family. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her perfect little world shatters. A stranger claiming to be her real mother appears with a secret: Rylie is a faery whose powers will be unleashed on her birthday. Captured and forced into a new life, Rylie struggles to keep everything she loves and discovers a terrifying truth: some promises cannot be broken.

No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST)

No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST)
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781101142202
ISBN-13 : 1101142200
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis No Promises in the Wind (DIGEST) by : Irene Hunt

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression. “A powerfully moving story.”—Chicago Daily News In 1932, American's dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. At fifteen years of age, Josh has to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of a young man’s struggle to find a life for himself in the most turbulent of times.

Threats and Promises

Threats and Promises
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Publisher : Open Road Media Romance
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1504084888
ISBN-13 : 9781504084888
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Threats and Promises by : Barbara Delinsky

She has a new look, a new man, and a past that's not her own. The New York Times-bestselling author delivers a chilling romantic thriller. After her estranged brother dies, Lauren Stevenson inherits his substantial legacy, allowing her to finally fix a medical condition that's plagued her all her life. The results of the plastic surgery are nothing less than astounding. In the mirror, Lauren sees a whole new person. But that's just the beginning. The shop Lauren has opened in Boston with her best friend is an instant success, and she's even bought a farmhouse that she can't wait to renovate. The only thing missing in her life is romance--until Matt Kruger shows up outside of her shop. A friend of her late brother, Matt is in town on business. The rugged builder is everything Lauren has ever dreamed about, and they embark on a whirlwind romance. Only, strange things begin happening to Lauren--a garage door misses her by inches, a vicious dog appears out of nowhere, and things in the house seem to have been moved. With danger appearing around every corner, Lauren is convinced she's being stalked. Driven by vengeance, someone has set their sights on Lauren--or who they think she is--and they're getting closer and closer . . . Praise for Barbara Delinsky "One of today's quintessential authors of contemporary fiction . . . Delinsky is a joy to read . . . Women's fiction at its very finest." --Romantic Times "[An author] of sensitivity and style." --Publishers Weekly "Delinsky is truly an author for all seasons." --Rave Reviews

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
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Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 578
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ISBN-10 : 9780307433848
ISBN-13 : 0307433846
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book Thief by : Markus Zusak

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.