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1) Our War
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Imagine a small county where an hour's drive takes you from rural Amish country covered with grape vineyards through once-proud small towns now rampant with crime ending in an impoverished Native American Reservation. Imagine the plight of the law-abiding residents of the small towns suffering through having to pay for a metropolis 450 miles away as well as political tyrants failed policies. Imagine safe neighborhoods once full of beautiful, well-maintained...
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Losers ; 13
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International action and intrigue explode in the new title that inspired the 2010 Warner Bros. movie. THE LOSERS BOOK TWO finds the hard-luck black-ops band flying from Qatar to Turkmenistan amid oilydealings and flying bullets. Includes a new introduction by Ian Rankin and new cover by Jock.
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Losers ; 1
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This collection introduces The Losers, formerly an elite U.S. Special Forces unit that served as the covert bloody hand of America until they stumbled across a C.I.A. secret they couldn't ignore. The C.I.A. tried to kill them, but they're about tolearn that it takes more than one try to eliminate The Losers.
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There's a murderer on the loose on a storm swept island cut off from the Scottish mainland. It's down to Losers Club, a quirky weight loss group led by the intrepid Penny Moon, to catch the culprit.
When Old Archie the postman is shot and ends up in Mrs Hubbard's ice cream freezer, the whole island is aghast. Especially Mr Hubbard, who objects strongly to having to move all the ice lollies into the other freezer. Newly divorced and desperate to make...
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Tensions are rising in the run up to the island event of the year - the Vik Show. Not only has the secret recipe for Mrs Hay's peppermint slices been stolen, but someone has had the bad manners to leave a dead body in the distillery. And what does any of this have to do with the disappearance of Elsie the librarian?
A perfect storm of past secrets and political conspiracy is brewing, and it's up to the local weight-loss group, Losers Club, to save...
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Oh dearie me, the remote Scottish island of Vik is overrun with treasure hunters, Hollywood has arrived to film the next big blockbuster and Mrs Hubbard has accidentally poisoned Police Scotland. What a stramash!
When Colin the curator is found bludgeoned to death in the museum, it's down to the island weight-loss group, Losers Club, to investigate. Following in the footsteps of Colin, the Losers Club friends find themselves hunting a lost Jacobite...
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The adventures of Sergeant and his cat continue! The human Beast Catcher has been forcibly separated from his furry girlfriend Shelly, but our hero's character level is too low to follow her into the wider world or take proper vengeance. All he can do now is gain strength, level up his character and skills, and add to his ever growing list of enemies to one day be punished ... or leave that to his ginger kitten Whiskers, fast becoming an expert in...
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When our protagonist Andrei discovers that his girlfriend has cheated on him, he finds himself with an unexpected choice to make: a quick death, or a new life in another world he knows absolutely nothing about.
Andrei chooses life, and sets off alongside his pet, a ginger cat with a limp, for a primeval world fraught with danger. The trouble is ... who is whose pet becomes entirely unclear; the man's consciousness is split between both creatures,...
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The small, weak League of Losers has truly lived up to its name-after all, it managed to make a slew of powerful, very dangerous enemies right from the start. It is now time for Sergeant and Whiskers, his ginger kitten, to leave the sandbox for the big world. The players have leveled up enough to pass through the barrier enclosing the sandbox, but, as luck would have it, it isn't the best time to make their escape. A bitterly cold winter is drawing...
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Loser list ; 2
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"Danny Shine might have gotten his name off the Loser List in the girls' bathroom, but he's still got problems -- like the new kid, Ty Randall. Ty seems perfect: handsome, serious, committed to worthy causes -- everything Danny's not. Will out-of-control jealousy wreck Danny's life, or can he undo the damage before it's too late?"--Amazon.com.
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John Williams, is on the run from a possible double murder during a Minnesota winter blizzard. John Williams, as always, out of luck and low on bucks. John Williams, trying to slide by, and on the sly. Faced with an ever growing list of calamities, illegal gambling, drug use, manslaughter, ticked o_ pimps, and pissed off bookies, to say nothing of an angry crowd of young, old, and anything in between girls/ladies whose hearts have been broken, innocence...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid watch out -- Danny Shine and the other kids of Thorn Underwood Middle School aren't bestsellers yet, but they're on their way!When Danny gets caught trying to cross his name off the "Geek" list in the girls' bathroom, he's sent to detention. Bullies torment him mercilessly -- until they discover that Danny can draw. He enjoys his new "bad boy" status, supplying tattoos and graffiti, until he's unknowingly drawn into a theft. Turns...
13) Killing Silence
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Loser washes up in gas station restrooms, wears Salvation Army giveaways, and eats what she can find, beg, or filch. Life on the streets of Richmond, Virginia, is hard, but it's better than facing her demons. That is, until she meets Bryn, a little girl who steals her heart. When Bryn's daddy is accused of murder, there's no one willing to help except Loser. Penniless, almost mute, and terrified of failure, Loser attempts to gather her resources and...
14) Killing Memories
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Hailed as the "Homeless Hero" after her adventures in Book #1, Loser, also known as Beth Lousiere, needs to recuperate from the stress and her injuries. She returns to West Virginia, where her foster mother left Beth her home and property. When another of Marta's foster daughter's shows up, Loser is drawn back into danger, with a teenage boy to rescue and a criminal operation, to uncover and defeat.
Loser has people, who want to help: her lawyer Bert,...
15) Killing Despair
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Killing Despair (Book #3): When Loser receives word that new evidence has been uncovered in the murders she has long been suspected of committing, she returns to Richmond to investigate. What she finds is renewed suspicion and deadly peril, but if she can survive, she'll find the answers she's wanted for so long: Who hated her enough to kill her husband and daughter?
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Loser List ; 4
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Danny's gotten revenge and broken his JINX. He might finally shed his loser status once and for all ... but where would be the hilarity in that?
Danny Shine is just trying to avoid wrestling Bruiser Pekarsky in gym -- that's why he goes to the info session about running for class president. Even when he's forced to put his name on the ballot, Danny isn't worried. With Chantal Davis running, no one will even know he's there.But when Chantal gets disqualified,...
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Barry Heller was a banker. Weeks after he's admitted to hospital for psychiatric care his wife Theresa moves to a holiday home with their children. First her son disappears; then her daughter disappears.
When an oddball criminal defence lawyer is called in to advise the person suspected of kidnapping and murdering Theresa's son, events begin to take their own stranger twists and turns.
18) The loser list
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Loser list ; 1
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Scholastic Press
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[2011]
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When Danny gets caught trying to cross his name off the "Geek" list in the girls' bathroom, he's sent to detention. Bullies torment him mercilessly -- until they discover that Danny can draw. He enjoys his new "bad boy" status, supplying tattoos and graffiti, until he's unknowingly drawn into a theft. Turns out the bullies took a comic book from Danny's favorite store. Can he steal it back before they get caught -- and break off with the bullies before...
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Loser list ; 4
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Scholastic Press
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[2013]
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English
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Danny Shine is just trying to avoid wrestling Bruiser Pekarsky in gym -- that's why he goes to the info session about running for class president. Even when he's forced to put his name on the ballot, Danny isn't worried. With Chantal Davis running, no one will even know he's there. But when Chantal gets disqualified, she decides to throw her support behind Danny. Now he might actually have to step up and lead the 7th grade ... and find out that sometimes,...
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Loser list ; 3
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Scholastic Press
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[2013]
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Danny Shine is a 12 years old boy. He loves comic books. But people in school believes that he is a jinx and brings bad luck, because everywhere he goes, bad things happen.
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