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This is a story of love and courage in the face of unrelenting terror as four men in the Lodz Ghetto struggle to document the tightening of the noose under Nazi rule. Written by the son of Holocaust survivors, this stunning novel based on events described in the Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto (Yale University Press, 1984), asks what you would have sacrificed to be one of the few to survive.

The terrors of the Lodz Ghetto and the tales of survival continue in this sequel to The Devil’s Bookkeepers.

Nature is an unforgiving mistress, taking life as well as giving it. Author Lane R Warenski tells a tale full of danger, suspense, intrigue, and love in this sixth novel in the bestselling Grizzly Killer series. Through the winter of 1830-31 Zach Connors and the Shoshone people he is living with, face a brutal force that can end one’s life so suddenly. As life is lost, it is also replaced with a new generation that will grow and learn to survive the dangers of the Rocky Mountain wilderness.

The winter of 1837-38 in the Rocky Mountain wilderness was the worst in memory. Deep snow and brutal cold lasted well into the spring. Zach and his partners were desperate to find food; their horse herd decimated from starvation. Star had dreamed of the birth of a white buffalo, a sign of hope and prosperity.

The book serves as a reflection on how two musical forces—George Gershwin and The Beatles—shaped his life, interspersed with the personal story of his marriage to his late wife, Peg Rimler.

It is a long and treacherous journey to the mountains, some braved the dangers to escape the sure death from a rich and powerful man, while others were looking for the freedom they have never known. For some it was a job, a job that paid much better than working in Saint Louis, as others hoped to find their riches in the fur trade.

A world-class scientist goes missing while consulting on a high-stakes project, the construction of an electric storage battery in the deserted pits of the old Kaiser Iron mines. Did this eccentric world-renown hydrologist simply wander off? Or was his fate more ominous? FBI Supervisory Agent Janice Hooper assigns Zack Tolliver, FBI, to the investigation. When someone plants a bomb in his Jeep the day he arrives, Zack realizes there is more at stake than anyone knew. Soon, he finds himself in a desperate duel with an unknown assassin who may very well be more than his match.

Never again to anyone. A human story of love, friendship, and courage in the Nazi ruled Lodz Ghetto. Of the nearly 250,000 people banished there, less than 5,000 survived. This is a story of love and courage in the face of unrelenting terror as four men in the Lodz Ghetto struggle to document the tightening of the noose under Nazi rule. Desperate people do desperate things...A thrilling and touching novel everyone needs to listen.

Early in July, Northern Nevada’s senior Internal Revenue Service agent, Ronald Soranden - disliked by every agent in the Reno IRS office - vanished without a trace. In September, he makes a dramatic reappearance, of sorts. His skull - stripped clean and white - is dropped through the slashed top of a Mustang convertible. The vehicle belongs to Lucy Landry, PI Mortimer Angel’s gorgeous young assistant now working with him on a seemingly unrelated embezzlement case. But Mort is a former IRS field agent in Reno.

The CIA's most valuable assassin, Agent J.D. Mikel, wasn't supposed to fall in love with anyone - especially not Kate Morningside, a woman coveted by another powerful world player. When Kate is kidnapped, J.D. is pulled into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, and one false move could cost him everything. Indeed, there are players - and then there are the masters who make the rules, only to break them.

Sensible Redhorn by Tim Holter Bruckner collects four adventures of the title character, a six-foot-six, 300-pound crime reporter for the Flashburn. Redhorn has seen evil like no other. And when that evil wrenches its way into the lives of the people closest to him, he'll do whatever it takes to keep them safe, even if it means putting his own life in danger. A colorful cast of eccentric characters bring humor, intrigue and passion into each compelling tale.

Swimming to Jerusalem is the story of Bram Goodman; his family, friends, colleagues, and demons told in alternating time periods over 35 years. Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Israel and moved to Brooklyn as a teenager. When he flunks out of college, Bram returns to Israel in an effort to find a sense of purpose. He enlists in the Army with Yoni, his cousin and best friend. Their tour of duty is uneventful until, nearing the end of their service, they find themselves on the Lebanon frontier confronting the horrors of war.