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Love Letters From a Duke Love Letters From a Duke Elizabeth Boyle He's at her service . . .Though she can't afford the coal to heat her drafty Mayfair mansion, Felicity Langley still clings to her dream of marrying a duke—one she's had since her very first curtsy. … OL1000063W
Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud Thomas Fox "William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieut… OL11874639W
Perplexing people Perplexing people Gary L. Blackwood "Discusses the mysteries surrounding history's most perplexing people"--Provided by publisher. OL121027W
The Best Man The Best Man Grace Livingston Hill Cyril Gordon, a handsome government agent, possesses vital information that, in the wrong hands, would threaten national security. And he is being pursued by desperate men who will stop at nothing to… OL14848626W
A Loving Scoundrel A Loving Scoundrel Johanna Lindsey (The seventh book in the Malory Family series) Jeremy, the son of gentleman pirate James Malory, falls in love.... When Danny, a young woman who grew up on the streets of London with no memory… OL15672W
Double Double Jenny Valentine When sixteen-year-old Chap is mistaken for a missing boy, he leaves the home where he has been living temporarily and takes on this new identity, not knowing that it is as dangerous and uncertain as … OL15941415W
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a great pretender Sarah Emma Edmonds was a great pretender Carrie Jones A picture book biography of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who served as a spy in the Union Army during the Civil War. OL15975599W
Seduced by the rich man Seduced by the rich man Maureen Child There was little left that could surprise Janine Shaker--except for billionaire Max Striver's suddenly proposing a fake marriage. Max's need for a temporary wife and his desire for Janine seemed to c… OL16033872W
Can I see your I.D.? Can I see your I.D.? Paul Hoppe,Chris Barton True crime, desperation, fraud, and adventure: From the impoverished young woman who enchanted nineteenth-century British society as a faux Asian princess, to the sixteen-year-old boy who "stole" a s… OL16139788W
The Martians have landed! The Martians have landed! Robert E. Bartholomew "This book presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th to the 21st century, including hoaxes perpetrated via newspapers, radio, television and cyberspace. It explores hoaxes … OL16184079W
First phone call from heaven First phone call from heaven Mitch Albom The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? As news o… OL17074962W
The Honorable Imposter (The House of Winslow #1) The Honorable Imposter (The House of Winslow #1) Gilbert Morris An unforgettable saga of a small band of colonists, and a man on the brink of destiny. Book 1 from the bestselling House of Winslow series. The volume that launched the blockbuster House of Winslow s… OL17666230W
Long lost Long lost David Morrell From the bestselling author of "First Blood" and "The Brotherhood of the Rose" comes this fast-paced novel of suspense about a man struggling to reclaim his wife and son apparently abducted by his lo… OL17730612W
Burning Sky (Codename Quicksilver #3) Burning Sky (Codename Quicksilver #3) Allan Frewin Jones Zak Archer is a spy. He works for Project 17 -- a government agency so secret, it officially doesn’t exist. To protect national security, Zak must pose as teen piano prodigy, Alexi Roman. It sho… OL17904653W
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Seek Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Seek Anthony O'Neill Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde, a stylish gentleman shows up in foggy London claiming to be Dr. Henry Jekyll. Only Mr. Utterson, Jekyll's faithful lawyer and confidant, knows that he must… OL19763769W
Last of the blue and gray Last of the blue and gray Richard A. Serrano "In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota, hospital, his mem… OL19974413W
Pranksters Pranksters Kembrew McLeod Profiles the most notorious mischief makers in Western culture from 1600 to the present day and explores how pranks are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. OL19976258W
Groundless Groundless Gregory Evans Dowd "Why did Elizabethan adventurers believe that the interior of America hid vast caches of gold? Who started the rumor that British officers purchased revolutionary white women's scalps, packed them by… OL20020293W
L'homme de l'aube L'homme de l'aube Daniel Mativat Angleterre, 1908. Depuis le décès de sa mère, Mabel Kenward, treize ans, habite le Barkham Manor avec son père et sa tante. Si cette dernière aimerait faire d'elle une véritable lady et une petite fé… OL21539683W
A Life in Pieces A Life in Pieces Blake Eskin "In 1997, Binjamin Wilkomirski arrived in New York to read from his prize-winning book Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood, his memoir of an early childhood lost to the concentration camps at … OL2691850W
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