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The Last Witness
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The Last Witness     Joseph Barron

ISBN 0-595-32388-X iUniverse

The conflict revolves around a disparate group of scientists, the Roman Catholic Church and a secret cult that deems itself the Guardians of the Second Coming of Jesus of Nazareth. The issue at stake appears to be the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin; but to Father Jessup's horror people are dying mysteriously because the real issue is something far darker than he could have imagined.

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Chipped Beef on Toast, SOS     Charles H. Bertram

ISBN 0-7414-1554-2 Infinity Publishing (keyword 'chipped')

A collection of mostly humorous stories about life in the military. Some are based on the author's adventures, most are the result of interviews with veterans. This is a work of fiction. The story of Stone Bear is different. While it may offend many Japanese, it deals with issues that need to be remembered.

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Stone Bear
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Stone Bear     Charles H. Bertram

ISBN 0-7414-1991-2 Infinity Publishing

An American tale of an Irish Poacher and his struggle against English rule when even the use of their Gaelic language was forbidden. He finds life with the civilized Cherokee Indians better than the life of an Irishman in the big cities. He is called the White Cherokee. His family for generations struggle against race domination, from the White mans demand for land and gold to when Stone Bear, a great-great Grandson is not allowed to speak his native tongue at College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In WWII he fights the Japanese as "Shadow Demon" a guerilla soldier. Gold on the reservation is found by solving the mystery of an old tomahawk, in the 1960's when Indians in New Mexico are not allowed to vote.

 

Stone Bear and the Magic Bullet
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Stone Bear and the Magic Bullet     Charles H. Bertram

ISBN 0-7414-2783-4 Infinity Publishing

District Attorney Martin heard the shot that murdered Judge Foster. He was on the bridge driving to the Judge's cabin. Ballistics experts say the slug that killed the judge came from the .38 Colt owned by D.A. Martin. A gun that was in his briefcase at the time of the shooting.

Martin calls his own private investigator, ex-FBI agent Webster and his companion, Cherokee tracker Stone Bear.

Stone Bear was an ex-marine with a reputation from his days as a guerilla warrior in the Pacific during WWII. With help from Berry, his Cherokee nephew, he figures out how the same bullet was used. Then he joins Webster in tracking down those behind the killing.

 

Escape Into Hell
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Escape Into Hell     Vinny Dee

ISBN 1591135508 Booklocker

It's all here - sadistic murder, nail-biting suspense, love and deception - all with an erotic hint stirred in. It dissolves the banality of normal life into the realm of madness without an escape....or is there?

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The Diamonds of Medina     Herbert A. Gold

ISBN 1-58851-340-8 America House

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A novel of mystery, adventure, and suspense. Harry Gordon is called to investigate his girlfriend's daughter's burglary, finds a pearl choker; he survives a rigged gun; escapes unhurt by a car-bomb. Diamond expert Richie King discovers the pearls are fake but contain 210 ancient diamonds worth $25 million; they just might be the missing DIAMONDS OF MEDINA! Crafty Bobby Green, scheming to be wealthy, had engineered the diamonds' theft from Mohammad's shrine; entrusted corrupt attorney, David Michaels, with the choker. Chapters play out on Grand Cayman Island with bizarre twists and turns.

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The Joke
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The Joke     Herbert A. Gold

ISBN 0-9630610-2-X The Wayne Smith Co.

Paperback

A classic collection of anecdotes, from vignettes or one-liners. A collector's item.

 

The Rainbow
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The Rainbow     Herbert A. Gold

ISBN 1-58851-324-6 America House

Paperback

A novel of intrigue,romance, struggle, heartbreak; memories flood back as Kandy Reneir reflects on her life; a wealthy girl, deceived as to her true identity; raped; beaten; she escapes to an artists' enclave: "The Rainbow"; she gives up her new-born son for adoption; degradation follows; she becomes the star stripper at a sleazy club; later moves to a Kibbutz in Israel and becomes the unlikely heroine of the Israeli Six Day War.

 

The Shot
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The Shot     Herbert A. Gold

ISBN 0-08059-3193-7 Dorrance Publishing Company

Hardcover

One young boys memoir of a time gone by; tranquil family life forever shattered by the Nazis; a chronicle of the effects the Nazi takeover had on the life of a German Jewish boy from age six to ten.

 

Metamorphosis of a Geophysicist
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Metamorphosis of a Geophysicist     John R. Herman

ISBN 1-4137-1327-0 Publish America

This is an autobiography of John R. Herman, a scientist who not only made fundamental contributions in his fields of science but also led an exciting life, ranging from being chased by a moose in Alaska; surviving a plane wreck in Argentina and riots in Washington, DC and Lima, Peru; visiting the King of Greece; climbing Longs Peak in Colorado; to tragically losing a son to suicide.

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Sun, Weather and Climate
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Sun, Weather and Climate      John R. Herman with Richard A. Goldberg

ISBN (Dover Press) 0-486-64769-X

ISBN (US Government Printing Office) Library of Congress Catalog Card 78-606053

Out of print at both publishers.

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Electromagnetic Ambients and Man Made Noise
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Electromagnetic Ambients and Man Made Noise     John R. Herman

Library of Congress Catalog Card 79-84817 Don White Consultants Publishers

Out of print.

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Troublesome Hollow     Kitty Maiden

ISBN 1-58851-626-1 America House Book Publishers

Forced out of the troublesome hollow by an incident of war, Katy, a nurse and single mother seeks happiness for herself and her son in the midst of the worst strife ever encountered on American soil - the War Between the States.

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American Castles
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American Castles     Julie Eberhart Painter

ISBN 1-4137-3652-1

A band of optimistic seniors work together to save their historic hotel from the clutches of city hall and its two-faced environmentalists. While meeting the obstacles hands on, they find time to share travel, the arts, games, and dancing. An old lady finds fulfillment. Couples discover their way back home. A young woman finds independence and everyone achieves respect and the joy of castling in Central Florida. Justice can be illusive, but determined seniors prove no one can steal their American Castles.

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The King Maker
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The King Maker     Julie Eberhart Painter

ISBN 1-56901-536-8

A trap to escape - a romance to relive.

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From the Inside Out     Julie Eberhart Painter

ISBN 1-58749-272-3 Awe-Struck E-books

A volunteer looks at staying motivated.

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www.volunteer-motivation.org

 

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Tahitian Destiny     Julie Eberhart Painter

ISBN 1-4040-7444-8 Xlibris

Legend draws Laura to her ancestral home.

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The World the Flesh and the Devil
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The World the Flesh and the Devil     Julie Eberhart Painter

ISBN 1-4241-3819-1

In 1904, Margaret, the most passionate of the Donovan children, leaves her lumber mill family for a convent. She falls in love with her confessor, who's fullfilling a family obligation. Scandal and guilt drive the lovers apart. Margaret gives up her vocation and leaves her religiously obsessed father's house. She and Lily, here cellmate from the convent, move across the state to work in Lily's father's millinery shop. Margaret marries well, but the Roaring Twenties and subsequent crash of '29 tax her ingenuity. Then coincidence rekindles the earlier scandals, changing Margaret's and Lily's lives again.

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The Second Sequence in Maurice Sceve's 'Delie'
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The Second Sequence in Maurice Sceve's 'Delie': A study of Numerological Composition     Christine Raffini

ISBN 0-917786-62-9 Summa Publications

Clothbound, illustrated

The meaning of the discovery of a hidden structure in a collection of French Renaissance poetry.

 

Marsilio Ficino, Pietro Bembo, Baldassare Castiglione: Philosophical, Aesthetic and Political Approaches to Renaissance Platonism
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Marsilio Ficino, Pietro Bembo, Baldassare Castiglione: Philosophical, Aesthetic and Political Approaches to Renaissance Platonism     Christine Raffini

ISBN 0-8204-3023-4 Peter Lang

Hardcover, Illustrated

The significance and influence of three atypical figures of the Italian Renaissance.

 

The Tangled Maze
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The Tangled Maze     Lois E. Stiner

Nicholas Stiner was reared on a farm in Green Village, New Jersey in the early nineteen hundreds. Hard work was his teacher. He served in the army in World War II and was stationed on the uncivilized island of New Guinea for twenty seven months. The war ended and he returned home. He married and was blessed with three children. Sadly his maritial lifestyle did not include religion.

Everyone will die at sometime. The rich, poor, week, strong, believers and unbelievers. There are no exceptions.

This non-fiction story unveils his encounter with God and unknown spirits that climaxed the final year of his life.