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1) Mustang man
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The Sacketts volume 15
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English
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Nolan Sackett could outride and outshoot any five men, but he was a fool for a lady in distress.
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Texas heroes volume 1
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English
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Single father Duel McClain has more than enough on his plate when woman-on-the-run Jessie Foltry stumbles into his life...and into his heart.
Duel McClain has lost everything he's ever loved: his wife, his son, his sense of self. But when a strange twist of fate—and a poker game he'll never forget—leaves an innocent little girl in his care, Duel vows to defend his new family to his very last breath. If only he knew a
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"The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner John Sandford. They call them Travelers. They move from city to city, panhandling, committing no crimes-they just like to stay on the move. And now somebody is killing them. Lucas Davenport's adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman Traveler she'd befriended in San Francisco. The woman thinks...
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"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they...
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Kanopy Streaming
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Français
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Jean-Claude (Gerard Depardieu, in the role that made him an overnightstar) and Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere) are two crude drifters who travel theFrench countryside in pursuit of petty crimes and wanton sex. But when their abduction of a frigid young beautician (Miou-Miou) becomes an exercisein frustration, they find sordid solace in a sex-starved ex-convict (the legendary Jeanne Moreau). Can two lovable but amoral brutes survive anincreasingly strange...
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Edition
2-disc collector's edition
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English
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A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang. He accepts both offers, setting in motion a plan to destroy the criminals.
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Shaye Areheart Books
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English
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Carlisle McMillan, a traveler and master carpenter, seeks a place of quiet in small-town South Dakota. There he finds two very different, independent women, as well as an elderly Indian man known as Flute Player. But McMillan's contentment is shattered by bulldozers and the beginning of a county war.
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"Alison Marshall has drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. When she reaches Palmetto Island, she thinks it could be the right place to settle down. She contacts the island's only realtor, and learns that an old beach house is on the market. It's in her budget, and Alison takes it as another sign that she's in the right place. As days turn into weeks, she uncovers a...
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Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots in any one place--and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily--until she discovers he may be promised to someone else.
10) The master
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post-World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master unfolds the journey of a naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
11) Sidewinders
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Sidewinders volume 1
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English
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In frontier literature, the name "Johnstone" means big, hard-hitting Western adventure told at a breakneck pace. Now, the bestselling authors kick off a rollicking, dramatic new series--with the first novel about a pair of not-quite-over-the-hill drifters winding their way across the American west--mostly on the right side of the law...but sometimes, if the situation calls for it, on the wrong side...
Meet Scratch Morton and Bo Creel, two amiable...
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Have brides will travel volume 1
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English
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"Bo Creel and Scratch Morton aren't the settling down types. They're lifelong drifters who keep one eye on the horizon, one finger on the trigger, and one foot out the door. Roaming the West is what keeps them young, or so Scratch tells Bo. But when they save the life of Cyrus Keegan--the owner of a matrimonial agency--they receive an unexpected proposal that's hard to resist. Keegan needs to deliver five mail order brides to a mining town in New...
14) Sutter's Cross
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Bethany House
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English
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When a disheveled outcast wearing stolen clothes shows up at the church's annual spring picnic, the comfortable citizens of a southern Appalachian resort town find their placid, predictable existences challenged.
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Sidewinders volume 4
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English
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Drifters Bo Creel and Scratch Morton accept jobs working for the sheriff of Mankiller, Colorado, and when the townspeople are terrorized by a cunning clan of killers, Bo and Scratch decide to step in.
16) Deadwood Gulch
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Sidewinders volume 5
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English
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When they take a job guarding gold shipments from the mining camps--shipments that keep getting hijacked by a gang called the Devils of Deadwood--Scratch Morton and Bo Creel have to go after missing gold and the Devils.
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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"It was a summer like any other in this sleepy southern town, until a mysterious drifter named Eli Cottonmouth charms the townsfolk with a simple proposition for their upcoming anniversary celebration. But behind this picture-perfect community, two boys will now discover a secret world of mysteries, lies and tragedy that will change their lives forever"--Container.
18) Till death
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Have brides will travel volume 3
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
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English
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"If anyone can get a shipment of brides to the church on time, its Bo Creel and Scratch Morton. But this time, theyll have to cross hell and high water to escort four marriage-bound beauties to a remote gold mining town in Alaska. The brides-to-be include a dangerously attractive widow, her sweet-hearted niece, and two of their friends. The roadblocks to the altar include a lecherous saloon owner, a lovesick sailor, and a gang of hired guns. And thats...
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"The Secret of Chimneys" by Agatha Christie is an enthralling mystery novel that takes readers on a captivating journey through a world of political intrigue, royal secrets, and unexpected twists. Published in 1925, this classic work showcases Christie's masterful storytelling and her ability to craft intricate plots that keep readers eagerly turning the pages.
Set against the backdrop of the grand English country estate known as Chimneys, the...
20) One wish
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New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller gave readers "a gift to treasure" (Romantic Times) with her acclaimed Springwater Seasons novels. Now, once again capturing the spirit of early America, she delivers a marvelous tale of love, family loyalty, and passionate desire on the Western frontier -- where fairy tales sometimes do come true. She was the only child of a rich and powerful rancher. He was the son of a drunken ne'er-do-well. But...
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