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MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur

Poetic approaches to surviving adversity and loss.

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SAFE AND SOUND by Fern Michaels

Isabelle Flanders Tookus calls on a group of women known as the Sisterhood to save a millionaire's genius grandson.

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A DOG'S WAY HOME by W Bruce Cameron

A dog sets out across 400 miles of wilderness to find the man who rescued her as a puppy.

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ONE DAY IN DECEMBER by Josie Silver

A woman spends a year searching for a man in London she believes — after a single glance — is her true love.

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OF BLOOD AND BONE by Nora Roberts

While the people of New Hope face threats, Fallon Swift goes on three quests to discover her powers.

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SOMEONE TO TRUST by Mary Balogh

The widowed Lady Overfield falls for the younger Lord Hodges during a white Christmas at Brambledean Court.

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TOM CLANCY: OATH OF OFFICE by Marc Cameron

President Jack Ryan must contain the fallout of a flu epidemic, an undermining senator and two hijacked Russian nuclear missiles.

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THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah

A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.

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KINGDOM OF THE BLIND by Louise Penny

While on suspension, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is made an executor of a stranger’s will and tries to keep a deadly narcotic off Montreal’s streets.

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THE OTHER MISS BRIDGERTON by Julia Quinn

Can Captain Andrew James Rokesby win the kidnapped Poppy Bridgerton’s heart during a voyage to Portugal?

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BEAUCHAMP HALL by Danielle Steel

Winona Farmington leaves behind the disappointments in her Michigan hometown to visit the English town where her favorite television show is filmed.

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TARGET: ALEX CROSS by James Patterson

Alex Cross returns for the 26th book in the series bearing his name.

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FIRE AND BLOOD by George RR Martin

Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

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LONG ROAD TO MERCY by David Baldacci

Atlee Pine, an F.B.I. agent who is haunted by the childhood kidnapping of her twin sister, must choose between protecting her career or the United States' democracy.

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LOOK ALIVE TWENTY-FIVE by Janet Evanovich

The 25th book in the Stephanie Plum series. When several managers of a deli in Trenton disappear, a bounty hunter and her detective boyfriend look for clues.

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THE NOEL STRANGER by Richard Paul Evans

A newly divorced woman develops a friendship with the owner of a Christmas tree lot.

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THE COLORS OF ALL THE CATTLE by Alexander McCall Smith

The 19th book in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

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HEADS YOU WIN by Jeffrey Archer

When his father is assassinated by the K.G.B., Alexander Karpenko makes an irreversible choice based on a coin toss.

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YOU DON'T OWN ME by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke

A television producer investigates the murder of a physician and whether it was his wife who killed him.

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LEOPARD'S RUN by Christine Feehan

A leopard shifter sniffs out the new barista working in his sister-in-law’s bakery.

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SEA OF GREED by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

The 16th book in the NUMA Files series.

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NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty

A romance writer becomes fascinated by the owner and director of a health resort.

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PAST TENSE by Lee Child

Jack Reacher explores the New England town where his father was born and a Canadian couple now find themselves stranded.

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OATHBRINGER by Brandon Sanderson

The third volume of the Stormlight Archive. The War of Reckoning ends and the Voidbringers return.

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RESCUING MARY by Susan Stoker

The ninth book in the Delta Force Heroes series.

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WYOMING LEGEND by Diana Palmer

As her body heals, the champion ice-skater Karina Carter helps Micah Torrance look after his ranch and his daughter.

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ARCHANGEL'S PROPHECY by Nalini Singh

The 11th book in the Guild Hunter series.

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ELEVATION by Stephen King

A man who is losing weight without getting thinner forms an unlikely alliance with his neighbors who are dealing with prejudices.

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DARK SACRED NIGHT by Michael Connelly

Detective Renée Ballard teams up with the retired detective Harry Bosch, who is working on a cold case.

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REVELING IN SIN by Meghan March

The final book in the Sin trilogy. A man determines to prove he is worthy of Whitney Gable.

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LOOSE ENDS by Kristen Ashley

An anthology of three short stories and two novellas.

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VENDETTA by Iris Johansen

An attraction develops between Jude Brandon and Rachel Venable as they take on the head of a terrorist group.

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NOT QUITE OVER YOU by Susan Mallery

The fourth book in the Happily Inc. series. Silver Tesdal must reveal a secret she has been keeping from Drew Lovato.

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THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

President Jonathan Duncan, a Gulf War veteran and widower, takes on adversaries at home and abroad.

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THE RECKONING by John Grisham

A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.

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Haalim Episode 18 By Nimra Ahmed , We can’t give a final date as yet. Stay tuned to our page to get the updates, Halim Episode 18 It’s a long novel with episodes and each episode will have a separate title, like Namal. I would say no more and ask you to keep your fingers crossed for Halim and Halim’s dreams.

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ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman

A young woman’s well-ordered life is disrupted by the I.T. guy from her office.

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THE CONSUMING FIRE by John Scalzi

As humanity's interstellar empire nears collapse, Emperox Grayland II faces resourceful adversaries.

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DESPERATE MEASURES by Stuart Woods

The 47th book in the Stone Barrington series.

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UNSHELTERED by Barbara Kingsolver

Intertwined stories of two families who live in different centuries on the same street corner in Vineland, N.J.

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EVERY BREATH by Nicholas Sparks

Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town.

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KILLING COMMENDATORE by Haruki Murakami

The discovery of an unseen work in an artist’s attic unleashes a series of bizarre occurrences that a painter must navigate.

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WINTER IN PARADISE by Elin Hilderbrand

Irene Steele uncovers her husband’s secret life on a Caribbean island following his death.

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THE CLOCKMAKER'S DAUGHTER by Kate Morton

A century-old mystery at the Birchwood Manor on the Thames connects the lives of an archivist and artist.

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THE WITCH ELM by Tana French

After Toby Hennessy retreats to his family’s ancestral home, a skull discovered in the backyard exposes his family's past.

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THE NEXT PERSON YOU MEET IN HEAVEN by Mitch Albom

The sequel to "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" follows Annie on her heavenly journey.

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AMBUSH by James Patterson and James O Born

Michael Bennett discovers that an assassin is targeting him and his family.

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HOLY GHOST by John Sandford

Virgil Flowers investigates shootings in a Minnesota town following an attempt to revive its ailing economy.

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WAR OF THE WOLF by Bernard Cornwell

The Saxon Tales series continues as Uhtred of Bebbanburg fights a new foe who controls an army of wolf-warriors and wants to rule Northumbria.

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BLOOD COMMUNION by Anne Rice

The latest in the Vampire Chronicles series details Prince Lestat’s reign over the vampire world.

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CONSUMED by JR Ward

Anne Ashburn teams up with fireman Danny Maguire to track down a serial arsonist.

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UNCOMPROMISING HONOR by David Weber

The Star Kingdom’s Grand Fleet commander takes on the Solarian League’s corrupt leaders and its navy. The 19th book in the Honor Harrington series.

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ALASKAN HOLIDAY by Debbie Macomber

A Seattleite cook stuck in remote Ponder, Alaska, grapples with her feelings for the local swordsmith.

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A SPARK OF LIGHT by Jodi Picoult

The lives of patients, doctors and activists intersect when a gunman holds them all hostage in a woman's health center in Mississippi.

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CHRISTMAS CAKE MURDER by Joanne Fluke

While on the verge of opening her bakery, Hannah Swensen gets sidetracked by a mystery she discovers in an elderly local’s notebooks.

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HOT WINTER NIGHTS by Jill Shalvis

Things get complicated between Molly Malone and Lucas Knight after he gets shot on the job and she is assigned her first case.

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CROSS BREED by Lora Leigh

A woman who is a mix of wolf, coyote and human sacrifices herself to save her sister.

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TRANSCRIPTION by Kate Atkinson

Ten years later, figures from a BBC radio producer’s past as an M15 recruit in 1940 confront her.

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AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING by Hank Green

After posting a video that goes viral, April May must deal with the pressures of becoming an internet sensation.

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VINCE FLYNN: RED WAR by Kyle Mills

When the Russian prime minister plots to invade the Baltics, only Mitch Rapp can stop him.

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VAMPIRES LIKE IT HOT by Lynsay Sands

Will Jess give up her current life for the chance to be with Raffaele forever?

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WHY NOT TONIGHT by Susan Mallery

The cheerful Natalie Kaleta begins an affair with the brooding glass artist Ronan Mitchell during a mudslide.

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TIME'S CONVERT by Deborah Harkness

During his lover's journey to immortality, a vampire's past returns to haunt them both.

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LETHAL WHITE by Robert Galbraith

The fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Detectives Strike and Ellacott investigate a crime a young man may have witnessed as a child; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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ROBERT B. PARKER'S COLORBLIND by Reed Farrel Coleman

Police chief Jesse Stone works to solve racially motivated crimes and to clear the department's first black female deputy.

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THE FALLEN by David Baldacci

Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town.

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THE FORBIDDEN DOOR by Dean Koontz

Jane Hawk, a former F.B.I. agent, must stop a secret group using mind-control technology.

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SHADOW TYRANTS by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison

Juan Cabrillo and his crew fight two destructive adversaries.

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JUROR #3 by James Patterson and Nancy Allen

Ruby Bozarth defends a college football star charged in a felony case complicated by a second murder.

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CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan

A New Yorker gets a surprise when she spends the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore.

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A SIMPLE FAVOR by Darcey Bell

A single mother's life is rattled when her best friend disappears.

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THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

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FIELD OF BONES by JA Jance

Sherriff Joanna Brady oversees the complex investigation of a multiple homicide.

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DEPTH OF WINTER by Craig Johnson

Sheriff Longmire takes on the head of a drug cartel in a remote area of the northern Mexican desert.

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DARK SENTINEL by Christine Feehan

The 32nd book in the Carpathian series. Andor Katona tries to convince Lorraine Peters of their immortal bond.

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IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS by Danielle Steel

The successful son of two Holocaust survivors struggles to become his own person after his marriage falls apart.

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LEVERAGE IN DEATH by JD Robb

Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a mysterious act of terror.

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THE AFFAIR by Lee Child

For Jack Reacher, an elite military police officer, it all started in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A cover-up.

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ENEMY OF THE STATE by Kyle Mills

Vince Flynn's character Mitch Rapp leaves the C.I.A. to go on a manhunt when the nephew of a Saudi King finances a terrorist group.

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STYGIAN by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The 29th book in the Dark-Hunter series. A trained slayer forms alliances with enemies.

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THE GOVERNESS GAME by Tessa Dare

The second book in the Girl Meets Duke series. Alexandra Mountbatten tries to tame the infamous rake Chase Reynaud.

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THE FALL OF GONDOLIN by JRR Tolkien

Thousands of years before the events of “The Lord of the Rings,” a hero named Tuor visits a secret city. Edited by Christopher Tolkien.

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MAGIC TRIUMPHS by Ilona Andrews

The 10th book in the Kate Daniels series. After starting a family with a former Beast Lord, Kate faces the threat of war from an ancient enemy.

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AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE by Tayari Jones

A newlywed couple's relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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DESOLATION MOUNTAIN by William Kent Krueger

An independent investigation into a deadly plane crash in a remote part of a Native American reservation faces a menace.

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YEAR ONE by Nora Roberts

When a pandemic strikes and the world spins into chaos, several travelers head west to find a new life.

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INVISIBLE by James Patterson and David Ellis

Searching for her sister’s killer, a former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of unsolved cases.

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SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult

A medical crisis entangles a black nurse, a white supremacist father and a white lawyer.

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PIECES OF HER by Karin Slaughter

When a violent incident reveals her mother’s secret past, Andrea Oliver searches for clues to save her.

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RICHER THAN SIN by Meghan March

Despite a family feud, a Riscoff is attracted to a seemingly single Gable.

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RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS by Kevin Kwan

The final book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Rivalries and jealousies arise among privileged families.

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FEARED by Lisa Scottoline

Mary DiNunzio and Bennie Rosato must solve a murder and handle a reverse sex discrimination suit against their firm.

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TEXAS RANGER by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle

Rory Yates's job and reputation are at risk when he is accused of killing his ex-wife.

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YOU WILL PAY by Lisa Jackson

Detective Lucas Dalton investigates the discovery of human remains at a camp where girls went missing decades ago.

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CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND by Kevin Kwan

The second book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. As her wedding draws near, Rachel Chu discovers her birth father.

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THE CHASE by Elle Kennedy

A college student becomes involved in a love triangle with her two male roommates.

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THE MONEY SHOT by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall

A movie star is blackmailed and Teddy Fay, disguised as an actor and stuntman, investigates.

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SERPENTINE by Laurell K Hamilton

The vampire hunter Anita Blake goes to a Florida island where women suddenly disappear and members of a family turn into a mass of snakes.

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TAILSPIN by Sandra Brown

A pilot navigates treacherous situations when he attempts to deliver a mysterious black box to a doctor in Georgia.

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DR. STRANGE BEARD by Penny Reid

The fifth book in the Winston Brothers series. Ex-lovers Simone Payton and Roscoe Winston have unfinished business.

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PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee

In the early 20th century, a Korean fisherman's daughter has a wealthy stranger's child, marries a pastor and moves to Japan.

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BORN TO BE WILDE by Eloisa James

While attempting to set her up with a prince, Parth Sterling finds himself attracted to Lavinia Gray.

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WILD LIKE THE WIND by Kristen Ashley

An associate of the Chaos Motorcycle Club and a single mother of two both realize past mistakes.

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PARADOX by Catherine Coulter

In the 22nd book in the F.B.I. Thriller series, agents Sherlock and Savich look for an escaped psychopath.

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GHOSTED by Rosie Walsh

When Eddie disappears, Sarah realizes they did not share the truth with each other.

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THE NAKED TRUTH by Vi Keeland

An employee on tenuous ground must make a pitch to a former lover.

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THRAWN: ALLIANCES by Timothy Zahn

A Star Wars saga. Darth Vader and Grand Admiral Thrawn join forces to serve Emperor Palpatine.

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TRIPLE HOMICIDE by James Patterson

Three short detective stories: "Detective Cross," "The Medical Examiner" (written with Maxine Paetro) and "Manhunt" (written with James O. Born).

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ALL YOUR PERFECTS by Colleen Hoover

Quinn and Graham’s marriage depends on past promises.

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ORIGIN by Dan Brown

A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.

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COTTAGE BY THE SEA by Debbie Macomber

Annie Marlow forms new relationships in the Pacific Northwest as she tries to recover from tragedy.

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THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS by Clint McElroy et al

Based on the podcast from the McElroy family, a graphic novel featuring an elf wizard, a dwarf cleric and a human fighter who go on a journey.

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THE OTHER WOMAN by Daniel Silva

Gabriel Allon, the art restorer and assassin, fights the Russians to decide the fate of postwar global order.

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SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik

Miryem goes to collect debts owed to her father and winds up on a dangerous quest.

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THE SUMMER WIVES by Beatriz Williams

In the 1950s, a high-society schoolgirl falls for the son of a lighthouse keeper and, years later, tries to help undo his wrongful imprisonment.

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CLOCK DANCE by Anne Tyler

A window into Willa Drake’s life over 50 years and how she adjusts to some of life's surprises.

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THE GOOD FIGHT by Danielle Steel

Meredith McKenzie embraces and eschews the values of her family of lawyers during the tumultuous 1960s.

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THERE THERE by Tommy Orange

A multigenerational story exploring the plight of the urban Native American.

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SPYMASTER by Brad Thor

The 18th book in the Scot Harvath series. As a war looms, a counterterrorism operative takes on a new role his own way.

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MURDER IN PARADISE by James Patterson

Three suspense stories: “The Lawyer Lifeguard,” “The Doctor’s Plot” and “The Shut-In.”

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IRON AND MAGIC by Ilona Andrews

Hugh d’Ambray and Elara Harper join forces to take on their enemies.

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TRUTH OR DARE by Fern Michaels

The fourth book in the Men of the Sisterhood series. Joe Espinosa discovers children are in danger.

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THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by AJ Finn

A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

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ALL WE EVER WANTED by Emily Giffin

A scandal sends members of two Nashville families into chaos.

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Haalim Episode 15 By Nimra Ahmed

Haalim Episode 15 Halim Episode 15 It’s a long novel with episodes and each episode will have a separate title, like Namal. I would say no more and ask you to keep your fingers crossed for Halim and Halim’s dreams.

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WICKED AND THE WALLFLOWER by Sarah MacLean

Lady Felicity Faircloth makes a dangerous deal with the bastard son of a duke.

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MISTER TONIGHT by Kendall Ryan

A couple of surprises shake up a one-night stand.

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SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn

After a stay at a psychiatric hospital, a reporter returns (reluctantly) to her hometown to cover the murders of two girls.

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THE COTTAGES ON SILVER BEACH by RaeAnne Thayne

The eighth book in the Haven Point series. Elliot Bailey comes back into Megan Hamilton's life.

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THE ROOSTER BAR by John Grisham

Three students at a sleazy for-profit law school hope to expose the student-loan banker who runs it.

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THE PERFECT COUPLE by Elin Hilderbrand

A body is found in Nantucket Harbor hours before a picture-perfect wedding.

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TWO BY TWO by Nicholas Sparks

A man who became a single father after both his marriage and his business collapsed learns to take a chance on a new love.

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BEFORE THE STORM by Christie Golden

An impending war may destroy Azeroth. Based on the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

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LESS by Andrew Sean Greer

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. To avoid an ex-boyfriend's wedding, a failed novelist attends literary events around the world.

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THE BLACK BOOK by James Patterson and David Ellis

After a raid on a brothel that serviced Chicago’s elite, two people are dead and the madam’s black book has disappeared.

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THE PHARAOH KEY by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Gideon Crew and Manuel Garza go on a mission to solve the mystery of a centuries-old stone tablet.

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TOM CLANCY LINE OF SIGHT by Mike Maden

Jack Ryan Jr. risks his life to protect a woman in a country on the brink of civil war.

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ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman

A young woman’s well-ordered life is disrupted by the I.T. guy from her office.

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SOMETHING IN THE WATER by Catherine Steadman

A documentary filmmaker and an investment banker must decide whether they should protect a secret.

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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LULULEMONS by Lauren Weisberger

Emily Charlton plans a comeback from the suburbs. From the author of "The Devil Wears Prada."

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BRIEF CASES by Jim Butcher

A dozen stories about Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard.

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TURBULENCE by Stuart Woods

The 46th book in the Stone Barrington series.

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THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

President Jonathan Duncan, a Gulf War veteran and widower, takes on adversaries at home and abroad.

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FADE TO BLACK by Heather Graham

When Marnie Davante's co-star is murdered, the private investigator Bryan McFadden tries to protect her.

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USE OF FORCE by Brad Thor

The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is called in when a missing terrorism suspect drowns off the Italian coast.

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BEYOND CONTROL by Kat Martin

Victoria Langford and her 4-year-old daughter flee from her abusive ex-fiancé to a Texas ranch run by a veteran who fought in Afghanistan.

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TO THE MOON AND BACK by Karen Kingsbury

A man whose mother died in the Oklahoma City bombing seeks to reconnect with a woman also affected by the tragedy.

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TOO WILDE TO WED by Eloisa James

The second book in the Wildes of Lindow Castle series. Despite a scandal, Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde still yearns for Miss Diana Belgrave.

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THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn

A pregnant American college student and a French spy join together on a mission in London in 1947.

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THE DEATH OF MRS. WESTAWAY by Ruth Ware

A tarot card reader mistakenly receives an inheritance letter and attends the funeral of the deceased.

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THE GRAY GHOST by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell

Sam and Remi Fargo search for a Rolls-Royce prototype that has vanished for a second time.

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SHADOW KEEPER by Christine Feehan

A follow-up to "Shadow Rider" and "Shadow Reaper."

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SHELTER IN PLACE by Nora Roberts

Survivors of a mass shooting outside a mall in Portland, Me., develop different coping mechanisms and face a new menace.

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ROGUE ROYALTY by Meghan March

The final book in the Savage trilogy.

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REBEL HEART by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland

A sequel to "Rebel Heir." The summer fling between Rush and Gia continues.

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BEACH HOUSE REUNION by Mary Alice Monroe

Three generations of a family gather one summer in South Carolina.

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THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King

A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found in a town park.

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BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate

A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.

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THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The story of a love triangle is told from several points of view.

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PRINCESS by James Patterson and Rees Jones

Princess Caroline calls on Jack Morgan when her friend goes missing.

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BY INVITATION ONLY by Dorothea Benton Frank

Two families are brought together when the daughter of a Chicago power broker and the son of a Southern peach farmer decide to wed.

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THE CAST by Danielle Steel

A magazine columnist meets an array of Hollywood professionals when a producer turns a story about her grandmother into a TV series.

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THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR by Shari Lapena

A couple’s secrets emerge after their baby disappears.

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RESCUING WENDY by Susan Stoker

The eighth book in the Delta Force Heroes series. A soldier and a telemarketer take their relationship to the next level.

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WARLIGHT by Michael Ondaatje

In Britain after World War II, a pair of teenage siblings are taken under the tutelage of a mysterious man and his cronies who served during the war.

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THE OTHER LADY VANISHES by Amanda Quick

Adelaide Blake escapes a private sanitarium and takes refuge in a 1930s seaside resort town where Hollywood players vacation and a psychic is murdered.

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INTO THE WATER by Paula Hawkins

In this psychological thriller by the author of “The Girl on the Train,” drowned women are found in an English river town.

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THE HIGH TIDE CLUB by Mary Kay Andrews

An eccentric millionaire enlists the attorney Brooke Trappnell to fix old wrongs, which sets up a potential scandal and murder.

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THE CROOKED STAIRCASE by Dean Koontz

The rogue F.B.I. agent Jane Hawk is on the lam from the government and a secret group causing a rash of murder-suicides.

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Wikipedia article of the day for May 13, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for May 13, 2018 is Banksia aculeata.
Banksia aculeata, the prickly banksia, is a plant of the family Proteaceae native to the Stirling Range in the southwest of Western Australia. A bushy shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) tall, it has fissured grey bark on its trunk and branches, and dense foliage and leaves with very prickly serrated margins. Its unusual pinkish, pendent (hanging) flower spikes, known as inflorescences, are generally hidden in the foliage and appear during the early summer. Unlike many other banksia species, it does not have a woody base, or lignotuber. Although it was collected in the 1840s by the naturalist James Drummond, it was not formally described until 1981, in Alex George's monograph of the genus. A rare plant, B. aculeata is found in gravelly soils in elevated areas. Native to a habitat burnt by periodic bushfires, it is killed by fire and regenerates from seed afterwards. In contrast to other Western Australian banksias, it appears to have some resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi, a soil-borne water mould.

READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline

It’s 2044, life on a resource-depleted Earth is grim, and the key to a vast fortune is hidden in a virtual-reality world.

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WORTH DYING FOR by Lee Child

In the corn country of Nebraska, Jack Reacher cannot let go of a decades-old case of a missing child.

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ROBERT B. PARKER'S OLD BLACK MAGIC by Ace Atkins

New clues send a private investigator on a hunt for art stolen from a Boston museum over two decades ago.

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THE PERFECT MOTHER by Aimee Molloy

A missing baby unnerves a group of new mothers who meet in Prospect Park twice a week.

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DARK QUEEN by Faith Hunter

The 12th book in the Jane Yellowrock series. An enforcer must protect New Orleans when a blood challenge between vampires is issued.

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SOMEONE TO CARE by Mary Balogh

The fourth book in the Westcott Novel series. The former Countess of Riverdale runs away with the Marquess of Dorchester.

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THE 17TH SUSPECT by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The latest installment in the Women’s Murder Club series. Detective Lindsay Boxer searches for a killer in San Francisco.

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

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CRAZY RICH ASIANS by Kevin Kwan

A New Yorker gets a surprise when she spends the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore.

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WILD IN LOVE by Bella Andre and Jennifer Skully

The fifth book in the Maverick Billionaires series.

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IRON PRINCESS by Meghan March

The second book of the Savage Trilogy.

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SHATTERED MIRROR by Iris Johansen

A forensic sculptor receives a mysterious package containing a skull she reconstructs to discover its identity.

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ONE LAST BREATH by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush

A couple reunites uneasily five years after a gunman opened fire on their wedding party.

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THE MIDNIGHT LINE by Lee Child

Jack Reacher tracks down the owner of a pawned West Point class ring and stumbles upon a large criminal enterprise.

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TWISTED PREY by John Sandford

The 28th book in the Prey series. A federal marshal looks into the actions of a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Wikipedia article of the day for May 1, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for May 1, 2018 is Standing Liberty quarter.
The Standing Liberty quarter was a 25-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1930. It succeeded the Barber quarter, which had been minted since 1892. Featuring the goddess of Liberty on one side and an eagle in flight on the other, the coin was designed by sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil. In 1915, he submitted a design that showed Liberty on guard against attacks. The Mint required modifications, and his revised version included dolphins to represent the oceans. In late 1916, Mint officials made major changes, but MacNeil was allowed to create a new design, which included a chain mail vest covering Liberty's formerly bare breast. In circulation, the coin's date wore away quickly, and Mint engravers modified the design to address the issue in 1925. The Standing Liberty quarter was discontinued in 1931, a year in which no quarters were struck. The Washington quarter was introduced the next year to celebrate the bicentennial of George Washington's birth.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 30, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 30, 2018 is Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition dollar was a commemorative gold coin series dated 1903. The coins were designed by Charles E. Barber, Chief Engraver of the United States Bureau of the Mint. The pieces were issued to promote the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in 1904 in St. Louis. They were struck in two varieties at the urging of exposition authorities, including numismatic promoter Farran Zerbe: one depicted former president Thomas Jefferson, and the other, the recently assassinated president William McKinley. The price for each variety was $3, the same cost whether sold as a coin, or mounted in jewelry or on a spoon. Although not the first American commemorative coins, they were the first in gold. They were intended to help fund the Exposition, originally scheduled to open in 1903. Congress authorized the coins in 1902, but they did not sell well, and most were later melted. They regained their issue price by 1915, and are now worth between a few hundred and several thousand dollars, depending on condition.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 29, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 29, 2018 is Subfossil lemur.
Subfossil lemurs are primates from Madagascar, especially the extinct giant lemurs, represented by subfossils (partially fossilized remains) dating from nearly 26,000 to around 560 years ago. Almost all of these species, including the sloth lemurs, koala lemurs and monkey lemurs, were living around 2,000 years ago, when humans first arrived on the island. The extinct species are estimated to have ranged in size from slightly over 10 kg (22 lb) to roughly 160 kg (350 lb). The subfossil sites found around most of the island demonstrate that most giant lemurs had wide distributions. Like living lemurs, they had poor day vision and relatively small brains, and developed rapidly, but they relied less on leaping, and more on terrestrial locomotion, slow climbing, and suspension. Although no recent remains of giant lemurs have been found, oral traditions and reported recent sightings by Malagasy villagers suggest that there may be lingering populations or very recent extinctions.

THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell

Ten years after her daughter disappears, a woman tries to get her life in order but remains haunted by unanswered questions.

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NOIR by Christopher Moore

In the summer of 1947, a woman and an Air Force general attract the attention of a San Francisco bartender while a suspicious flying object is spotted near the coast.

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THE FAMILY GATHERING by Ron Carr

The third book in the Sullivan’s Crossing series. Four siblings try to accept one another as adults.

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THE FALLEN by David Baldacci

Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town.

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Wikipedia article of the day for April 24, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 24, 2018 is 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake.
The 1867 Manhattan earthquake struck Riley County, Kansas, in the United States on April 24. The strongest earthquake to originate in the state, it measured 5.1 on a seismic scale based on reports of how strongly it was felt in the area. Its epicenter was near the town of Manhattan. On the Mercalli intensity scale, its maximum perceived intensity was VII, "very strong". There were reports of minor damage in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was felt as far away as Indiana and Illinois, and perhaps Ohio, though the latter reports have been questioned. Manhattan is near the Nemaha Ridge, a long anticline structure that is bounded by several faults. A 2016 hazard map from the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a 1% or lower risk for a major earthquake in Kansas for the following year, though the nearby Humboldt Fault Zone continues to pose a threat to the city, and scientists from the agency think an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 remains possible.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 23, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 23, 2018 is The Destroying Angel and Daemons of Evil Interrupting the Orgies of the Vicious and Intemperate.
The Destroying Angel and Daemons of Evil Interrupting the Orgies of the Vicious and Intemperate is an oil painting by English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1832. With this openly moral piece, Etty hoped to respond to critics who found his nude paintings indecent and in poor taste. It depicts a classical temple under attack from a destroying angel and a group of daemons. Some of the occupants are dead or unconscious; others flee in terror or struggle against the daemons. When first exhibited The Destroying Angel was widely praised for its technical brilliance, but critics were divided on the subject matter. Some praised its vividness and ability to mix fear and beauty without descending into tastelessness; others criticised its theme as inappropriate, and chastised Etty for wasting his talents. Joseph Whitworth donated the painting in 1882 to the Manchester Art Gallery, where it remains.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 22, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 22, 2018 is Gloucestershire Regiment.
The Gloucestershire Regiment (1881–1994) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed from two regiments originally raised in 1694 and 1758, which first saw action in the Second Boer War. During the First World War, 16 battalions fought under the regiment’s colours, winning 72 different battle honours. In the Second World War, the 2nd and 5th Battalions fought in the Battle of France. Most of the 2nd Battalion soldiers were taken prisoner in the Battle of Dunkirk, but the rebuilt unit returned to France on D-Day at Gold Beach. The 1st Battalion saw action during the Japanese conquest of Burma, and the 10th Battalion fought in the Burma Campaign 1944–45. During the Korean War, the 1st Battalion held out for three nights against overwhelming Chinese forces in the Battle of the Imjin River, and received the American Presidential Unit Citation. The stand was described by the commander of the United Nations forces as "the most outstanding example of unit bravery in modern war".

Wikipedia article of the day for April 21, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 21, 2018 is Neferirkare Kakai.
Neferirkare Kakai was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the third king of the Fifth Dynasty. The eldest son of the previous pharaoh, Sahure, he reigned for eight to eleven years, sometime in the early-to-mid 25th century BCE. His contemporaries viewed him as a kind and benevolent ruler, willing to intervene on behalf of his courtiers. During his rule the number of administration and priesthood officials increased, and they used their expanded wealth to build sophisticated mastabas (tombs) where they recorded their biographies for the first time. He was the last pharaoh to significantly modify the royal naming conventions, separating the throne name from the birth name, in front of which he added the "Son of Ra" epithet. In the royal necropolis of Abusir he started a pyramid for himself conceived as a step pyramid, a form not seen since the Third Dynasty about 120 years earlier. A modified plan represented the monument as a true pyramid, the largest in Abusir, but this pyramid was never completed.

REBEL HEIR by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

A summer fling in the Hamptons between a boss and an employee goes awry.

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CIRCE by Madeline Miller

Zeus banishes Helios' daughter to an island, where she must choose between living with gods or mortals.

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THE CUTTING EDGE by Jeffery Deaver

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs track a killer who targets engaged couples.

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AFTER ANNA by Lisa Scottoline

A woman marries a widower and reunites with her teenage daughter who is murdered soon after, and the husband is put on trial for it.

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THE SIXTH DAY by Catherine Coulter and JT Ellison

The fifth book in the A Brit in the F.B.I. series. After the German vice chancellor dies, special agents investigate one of Dracula’s descendants.

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SHOOT FIRST by Stuart Woods

Stone Barrington searches for the person who plotted to kill the woman behind a cutting-edge software startup.

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THE THIEF by JR Ward

The 16th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Sola Morte falls for a man who sells weapons to a group of vampire warriors.

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Wikipedia article of the day for April 17, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 17, 2018 is Murder of Yvonne Fletcher.
Yvonne Fletcher was fatally wounded on 17 April 1984 by a shot coming from the Libyan embassy on St James's Square in London. She had been deployed as a constable of the Metropolitan Police to monitor a demonstration against the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. During the protest, two unknown gunmen opened fire with Sterling submachine guns, killing Fletcher and wounding eleven Libyans. The inquest found that she was "killed by a bullet coming from one of two windows on the west side of the front on the first floor of the Libyan People's Bureau". After an eleven-day siege of the embassy, those inside were expelled from the United Kingdom, and diplomatic relations with Libya were severed. In 1999 a warming of diplomatic relations with Britain led to the payment of compensation and a statement from the Libyan government admitting culpability in Fletcher's shooting. British police continued their investigation until 2017, but no one has been convicted of Fletcher's murder.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 16, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 16, 2018 is William T. Stearn.
William T. Stearn (16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge in 1911, he was largely self-educated. He was librarian at the Royal Horticultural Society in London from 1933 to 1952 and then moved to the Natural History Museum as a scientific officer in the botany department until 1976. After retirement, he became President of the Linnean Society and taught botany at Cambridge University. He is known for his work in botanical taxonomy, botanical history, and botanical illustration and for his studies of the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus. He is the author of Botanical Latin, as well as the Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners, a popular guide to the Latin names of plants. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957. Considered one of the most eminent British botanists of his time, he is the botanical authority for over 400 plants that he named and described. An essay prize in his name from the Society for the History of Natural History is awarded each year.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 15, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 15, 2018 is Sinking of the RMS Titanic.
The sinking of the RMS Titanic in the early morning of 15 April 1912, four days into the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history, killing more than 1,500 people. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The ship had received six warnings of sea ice but was travelling at near maximum speed when the lookouts sighted the iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a glancing blow that buckled the starboard (right) side and opened five of sixteen compartments to the sea. The disaster caused widespread outrage over the lack of lifeboats, lax regulations, and the unequal treatment of the three passenger classes during the evacuation. Inquiries recommended sweeping changes to maritime regulations, leading to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (1914), which continues to govern maritime safety.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 14, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 14, 2018 is Urse d'Abetot.
Urse d'Abetot (c. 1040 – 1108) was a Sheriff of Worcestershire and royal official under Kings William I, William II and Henry I. Urse's lord in Normandy was present at the Battle of Hastings, and Urse moved to England shortly after the Norman Conquest, where he was appointed sheriff around 1069. His castle in the town of Worcester encroached on the cathedral cemetery there, angering the Archbishop of York. He helped to put down a rebellion against King William I in 1075, and quarrelled with the Church in his county over the jurisdiction of the sheriffs. He continued in the service of William's sons after the king's death, and was appointed constable under William II and marshal under Henry I. He earned a reputation for extortion, and during the reign of William II, he was considered second only to the king's minister Ranulf Flambard in his greediness. Through his daughter, Urse is an ancestor of the Beauchamp family, who eventually became Earls of Warwick.

ALL BY MYSELF, ALONE by Mary Higgins Clark

On a luxury cruise ship, a wealthy aristocrat is found murdered, and her emerald necklace has disappeared.

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THE RIGHT TIME by Danielle Steel

The author Alexandra Winslow, writing under the pseudonym Alexander Green, creates a double life that isolates her.

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GOLDEN PREY by John Sandford

Lucas Davenport, now a U.S. Marshal, pursues a thief who robbed a drug cartel and killed a child in Biloxi, Miss.

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SCOURGED by Kevin Hearne

The ninth book in the Iron Druid Chronicles series.

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THE FEMALE PERSUASION by Meg Wolitzer

The relationship between a college freshman and a famous feminist reveals the challenges of intergenerational feminism.

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CAVE OF BONES by Anne Hillerman

Tribal police officers search the Navajo Nation for a missing instructor and investigate a troubled girl’s story of finding human remains.

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I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU by Mary Higgins Clark

A high school guidance counselor tries to uncover the identity of her sister’s murderer.

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Wikipedia article of the day for April 12, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 12, 2018 is Imogen Holst.
Imogen Holst (12 April 1907 – 9 March 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher and festival administrator. In the 1940s she helped to establish Dartington Hall as a major centre of music education, and for the next 20 years was the joint artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. The only child of the composer Gustav Holst, she attended the Royal College of Music, but was unable for health reasons to follow her ambitions to be a pianist or a dancer, and became a full-time organiser for the English Folk Dance and Song Society. In the early 1950s she became Benjamin Britten's musical assistant. In later years she concentrated on the preservation of her father's musical legacy, and wrote several books on his life and works. The music she wrote is not widely known and has received little critical attention. She received numerous academic honours, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1975.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 11, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 11, 2018 is Washington State Route 520.
State Route 520 (SR 520) is a 13-mile (21 km) state highway and freeway in the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. Connecting Seattle to the Eastside region of King County across the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge on Lake Washington, it intersects Interstate 5 (I-5) in Seattle, I-405 in Bellevue, and SR 202 in Redmond. It was designated as a freeway in 1964, but was not fully constructed until the late 1970s. Increased traffic on the corridor, spurred in part by expansion of the Microsoft headquarters in Overlake, led to the addition of high-occupancy vehicle lanes and new interchanges in the 1990s. In April 2016, the original floating bridge was replaced by a wider one as part of a multibillion-dollar expansion program that is scheduled to be completed in the 2020s. The program includes the construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian path, bus stations, and interchanges.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 10, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 10, 2018 is Æthelstan A.
Æthelstan A is the name given by historians to an unknown scribe who drafted charters (example pictured) for land grants made by King Æthelstan of England between 928 and 935. Providing far more information than other charters of the period, they contain the date and place of the grants and an unusually long list of witnesses, including kings of Wales and occasionally Scotland and Strathclyde. The charters commence shortly after Æthelstan conquered Northumbria in 927, making him the first king to rule the whole of England. They give him titles such as "King of the English" and "King of the Whole of Britain", reflecting his claim to a higher status than previous West Saxon kings. The charters are written in the elaborate hermeneutic style of Latin, a hallmark of the English Benedictine Reform; the style became dominant in Anglo-Latin literature in the mid-tenth century. The scribe stopped drafting charters after 935, and his successors returned to a simpler style, suggesting that he was working on his own rather than as a member of a royal scriptorium.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 9, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 9, 2018 is Lesser Antillean macaw.
The Lesser Antillean macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) was a parrot of the Guadeloupe islands. There are no conserved specimens, but this macaw is known from several contemporary accounts, and the bird is the subject of some illustrations. Austin Hobart Clark made a species description based on these accounts in 1905. A phalanx bone from the island of Marie-Galante confirmed the existence of a similar-sized macaw predating the arrival of humans, and was correlated with the Lesser Antillean macaw in 2015. According to contemporary descriptions, the body was red, the wings were red, blue and yellow, and the solid red tail feathers were between 38 and 51 cm (15 and 20 in) long; apart from the tail feathers and its smaller size, this description matches the scarlet macaw. These accounts also said that it ate fruit (including the poisonous manchineel), nested in trees and laid two eggs once or twice a year. Although it was said to be abundant in Guadeloupe, by 1760 it was becoming rare and was soon eradicated, probably by disease and hunting.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 8, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 8, 2018 is Withypool Stone Circle.
Withypool Stone Circle is a Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age ring of thirty small gritstones near the village of Withypool, in Exmoor in the south-western English county of Somerset. It is one of many stone circles built across Britain, Ireland and Brittany as part of a megalithic tradition between 3300 and 900 BCE. Archaeologists speculate that they may be prehistoric religious sites with supernatural associations. Although many monuments were built on Exmoor during the Bronze Age, only one other stone circle survives in this area, at Porlock. The Withypool ring sits in an area of heathland on the south-western slope of Withypool Hill. It is about 36.4 metres (119 feet 5 inches) in diameter. There may originally have been around 100 stones; there are conspicuous gaps on the northern and western sides of the monument. The site was rediscovered in 1898 and surveyed by the archaeologist Harold St George Gray in 1905.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 7, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 7, 2018 is Drama dari Krakatau.
Drama dari Krakatau (Drama of Krakatoa) is a 1929 vernacular Malay novel written by Kwee Tek Hoay, first published as a serial in his magazine Panorama between 7 April and 22 December 1928. Inspired by Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii and the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, the book centres on two families in 1920s Batam with siblings who were separated in 1883. The brother becomes a political figure, while the sister marries a Baduy priest-king who ultimately sacrifices himself to calm a stirring Krakatoa. Before the final instalment had been published, the novel had already been adapted for the stage. Although Kwee was known as a realist and researched the volcano before writing, Drama dari Krakatau is replete with mysticism. Thematic analyses have focused on the depiction of indigenous cultures by Kwee (himself ethnic Chinese), as well as geography and nationalism. As with other works of Chinese Malay literature, the book is not considered part of the Indonesian literary canon.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 6, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 6, 2018 is 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season was unusually active, with tropical cyclone activity both before June and after November for the first time in 50 years. There were three major hurricanes, and the sixteen named storms tied for the sixth highest total on record. The strongest hurricane of the season was Isabel, which reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale northeast of the Lesser Antilles, and later struck North Carolina at Category 2, causing damage worth $3.6 billion and 51 deaths across the Mid-Atlantic United States. In early September, Hurricane Fabian struck Bermuda as a Category 3 hurricane, the strongest since 1926; it caused four deaths and $300 million in damage (example pictured) on the island. Hurricane Juan wreaked considerable destruction on Nova Scotia, particularly Halifax, as a Category 2 hurricane, the first of significant strength there since 1893. The minimal hurricanes Claudette and Erika struck Texas and Mexico, respectively.

SAVAGE PRINCE by Meghan March

The first book in the Savage trilogy.

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TWICE BITTEN by Lynsay Sands

The immortal Elspeth Argeneau tracks vampires and seeks romance after moving away from her mother.

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TO DIE BUT ONCE by Jacqueline Winspear

In the months after Britain declared war on Germany in 1940, Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of an apprentice working on a government contract.

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RED ALERT by James Patterson and Marshall Karp

The fifth book in the NYPD Red series. Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald investigate the death of a documentary filmmaker and an explosion at a charity benefit.

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THE DISAPPEARED by CJ Box

A Wyoming game warden teams up with his daughter to find a missing British businesswoman.

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Wikipedia article of the day for April 5, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 5, 2018 is On the Mindless Menace of Violence.
"On the Mindless Menace of Violence" was a speech given by United States Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. He delivered it at the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel on April 5, 1968, in the wake of riots and chaos following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American civil rights leader. Speechwriters worked early into the morning on a full response to the assassination. After revising the draft, Kennedy spoke for only 10 minutes in front of 2,200 people at the City Club of Cleveland, outlining his views on violence in American society. He faulted both the rioters and the white establishment who, from his perspective, were responsible for the deterioration of social conditions in the United States. He proposed no specific solutions, but admonished the audience to seek common ground and cooperation. Journalist Jack Newfield framed the address as a suitable epitaph for the senator, who was himself assassinated two months later.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 4, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 4, 2018 is 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.
The 2014 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 October 2014 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie. It was the 15th race of the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship, and the 30th Japanese Grand Prix of the Formula One era. The 44-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, increasing his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to ten points over his teammate, Nico Rosberg, who finished second. Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel came in third. Heavy rain from Typhoon Phanfone soaked the track surface and reduced visibility. Jules Bianchi lost control of his Marussia on the 43rd lap and collided with a tractor crane that was tending to Adrian Sutil's car, which had spun off on the previous lap. Bianchi sustained severe head injuries and died nine months later, the first death caused by a Formula One race since Ayrton Senna's in 1994. Formula One's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, investigated and found that the crash had no single cause.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 3, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 3, 2018 is Banksia sphaerocarpa.
Banksia sphaerocarpa, the fox banksia, is a shrub (occasionally a tree) in the family Proteaceae. Generally 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) high, this banksia has narrow green leaves and, from January to July, brownish, orange or yellow round flower spikes. The species is widely distributed across the southwest of Western Australia, growing exclusively in sandy soils. A dominant plant in scrubland or low woodland, it is pollinated by, and is a food source for, birds, mammals, and insects. First described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown, the species has a complicated taxonomic history, and several taxa once classified as part of a broadly defined B. sphaerocarpa have since been named as species in their own right. Most authorities recognise five varieties; the largest, B. sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla (ironcap banksia), is sometimes given species rank as B. dolichostyla. According to the Wildlife Conservation Act of Western Australia, B. sphaerocarpa is not threatened. None of the varieties are commonly seen in cultivation.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 2, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 2, 2018 is The Boat Races 2017.
The Boat Races 2017 took place on 2 April. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the second time in the history of the event, the men's, the women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day. In the men's reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie were beaten by Oxford's Isis, and in the women's reserve race, Cambridge's Blondie defeated Oxford's Osiris. In the women's race, Cambridge won by a large margin following a disastrous start by the Oxford boat. This win, their second in ten years, took Cambridge's advantage in the overall standings to 42–30. The Oxford men's boat won their race after leading from the start, their fourth victory in five years, taking the overall record in the event to 82–80 in Cambridge's favour. The races were watched by around a quarter of a million spectators live, including, for the first time, on YouTube.

Wikipedia article of the day for April 1, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for April 1, 2018 is RAF Uxbridge.
RAF Uxbridge (1 April 1918 – 31 March 2010) was a Royal Air Force station in the London Borough of Hillingdon. In the Second World War, it was the headquarters of No. 11 Group RAF, responsible for the aerial defence of London and south-east England during the Battle of Britain. Hillingdon House served as the group's headquarters. What is now called the Battle of Britain Bunker was built nearby to house the 11 Group Operations Room, which was also responsible for air support during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 and the D-Day landings in 1944. It was here that Winston Churchill first said, "Never in the history of mankind has so much been owed by so many to so few", repeating the sentiment to Parliament in a speech four days later. When the Uxbridge station closed in 2010, many of its units moved to nearby RAF Northolt. Much of the land around the River Pinn has been designated as greenbelt. All listed buildings on the property were retained after redevelopment, including the bunker, which is now a museum.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 31, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 31, 2018 is Awake (TV series).
"Nightswimming" is the eighth episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on NBC in 2012. Written by Leonard Chang and co-executive producer Davey Holmes, and directed by executive producer Jeffrey Reiner, the episode received mixed reviews. Awake stars Jason Isaacs (pictured) as Michael Britten, a detective living in two separate realities after a car crash. In one reality, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) survived the crash; in the other, his son Rex (Dylan Minnette) survived. In this episode, Michael helps accountant Marcus Ananyev (Elijah Alexander) and his wife Alina (Ayelet Zurer) start a new life in the Witness Protection Program after a gang member attempts to kill Marcus in Rex's reality. In the other reality, Michael and Hannah prepare for a new life in Oregon, and go swimming at a college pool to celebrate their love. During filming, a woman who was near the swimming pool confronted Isaacs about his nudity. The episode featured Otis Redding's "Pain in My Heart". "Nightswimming" drew 2.8 million viewers on its debut.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 30, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 30, 2018 is DJ AM.
DJ AM (A. M. Goldstein; March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009) was an American disc jockey (DJ). Obsessed with deejaying as a child, Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. His drug problems worsened until a failed suicide attempt in 1997. He became sober, and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous. He began deejaying and joined the band Crazy Town in 1999 before focusing on a career as a solo DJ. In 2006, he accepted a million-dollar contract to perform weekly at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. In 2008, Goldstein and Travis Barker formed the duo TRV$DJAM. They were the only two survivors of a Learjet 60 crash later that year. Goldstein hosted the 2009 drug intervention television series Gone Too Far, and appeared to be struggling with his addiction during filming. In August 2009, he was found dead from a drug overdose. The DJ AM Memorial Fund was launched that year for people recovering from drug addiction.

THE TEMPTATION OF FORGIVENESS by Donna Leon

The 27th book in the Commissario Guido Brunetti series.

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COVERT GAME by Christine Feehan

Gino Mazza must save an artificial intelligence expert who tampered with a crime lord's computer network.

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THE BISHOP'S PAWN by Steve Berry

Cotton Malone discovers revelations about the day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

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THE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES by Elizabeth George

Detectives Havers and Lynley investigate the death of a deacon accused of a serious crime in a historic medieval town in England.

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ACCIDENTAL HEROES by Danielle Steel

Strangers pull together to avert a disaster involving two flights from New York to San Francisco.

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Wikipedia article of the day for March 29, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 29, 2018 is Casey Stengel.
Casey Stengel (1890–1975) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder, and a manager for the New York Yankees championship teams of the 1950s and for the New York Mets in the early 1960s. He was an outfielder for the 1912 Brooklyn Dodgers, and played on their 1916 National League championship team. After serving in the navy during World War I, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the New York Giants and the Boston Braves. In 1925 he began a career as a manager, with mostly poor finishes for the next twenty years, especially with the Dodgers (1934–1936) and Braves (1938–1943). In 1948 he was hired as Yankee manager. In his twelve seasons, his teams garnered ten pennants, winning seven World Series, including a record-setting streak of five in a row (1949–1953). He was known for his humorous and sometimes disjointed banter. His showmanship helped the Mets, an expansion team, when they hired him in late 1961, but the team finished last for four years in a row, and he retired in 1965. Remembered as one of the great characters in baseball history, Stengel was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 28, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 28, 2018 is Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga (born March 28, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to prominence in 2008 with her debut album The Fame and its singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". Her EP The Fame Monster followed the next year, and featured the successful singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". The title track from her second album Born This Way (2011) became the fastest selling song on iTunes at the time of its release. With this as well as Artpop (2013), Cheek to Cheek (2014), and Joanne (2016), Gaga became the first woman to have four albums reach number one on the US Billboard 200 during the 2010s. In television, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work in American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016). Gaga is known for her unconventionality, provocative work, and experimentation with her appearance and image. She supports a variety of activist causes, and created the Born This Way Foundation to empower youth and combat bullying.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 27, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 27, 2018 is Coalhouse Fort.
Coalhouse Fort is an English artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the lower Thames from seaborne attack. It stands at Coalhouse Point in Essex on the north bank of the river, at a location near East Tilbury that was vulnerable to raiders and invaders. It was the last in a series of fortifications dating back to the 15th century and was the direct successor to a smaller mid-19th century fort on the same site. It was initially a front-line fortification, supported by Shornemead Fort and Cliffe Fort on the Kent shore. Over time, as batteries and forts further downriver became the front line of the Thames defences, its main weapons were replaced with smaller quick-firing guns intended for use against fast-moving surface and aerial targets. Its last military use was as a training facility after the Second World War. Decommissioned in 1949, the fort fell into dereliction, despite its historical and architectural significance. Its restoration has been funded in part by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Warner Bros. film studio, which used it as a location for the opening scenes of the 2005 film Batman Begins.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 26, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 26, 2018 is Fulvous whistling duck.
The fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a tropical and subtropical bird in the family of ducks, geese and swans. It breeds in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern US, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It has mainly reddish brown plumage, long legs and a long grey bill, and shows a distinctive white band across its black tail in flight. Like other members of its ancient lineage, it has a whistling call. The preferred habitat is shallow lakes, paddy fields or other wetlands with plentiful vegetation. The nest, placed among dense vegetation or in a tree hole, typically holds around ten whitish eggs, which hatch in 24–29 days. The downy grey ducklings leave the nest within a day or so of hatching, but the parents continue to protect them until they fledge around nine weeks later. The fulvous whistling duck feeds in wetlands by day or night on seeds and other parts of plants. It has a huge range and is not threatened, despite hunting, poisoning by pesticides and natural predation by mammals, birds and reptiles.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 25, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 25, 2018 is Walt Disney World Railroad.
The Walt Disney World Railroad is a 3-foot (914 mm) narrow-gauge American heritage railroad and attraction that encircles most of the Magic Kingdom theme park of Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. Constructed by WED Enterprises, it has three train stations along 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of track, and four historic steam locomotives, originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. On a typical day, two or three locomotives will complete round trips in 20 minutes on the main line. The railroad's development was led by Roger E. Broggie. The attraction's locomotives were acquired from the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán, a narrow-gauge railroad system in Mexico, and altered to resemble locomotives built in the 1880s. The passenger cars were built from scratch. The railroad opened to the public for the first time on the theme park's opening day, October 1, 1971. Since then, it has become one of the world's most popular steam-powered railroads, with about 3.7 million passengers each year.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 24, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 24, 2018 is Jessica Chastain.
Jessica Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and film producer. She has earned critical praise for her portrayals of strong-willed women in films with feminist themes. Born and raised in Sacramento County, California, Chastain studied acting at Juilliard. She made her film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained wide recognition in 2011 for starring roles in half a dozen films, including The Help, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she won a Golden Globe Award for playing a CIA agent in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty. Her highest-grossing releases were the science fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015). She continued to draw praise for her performances in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017). Chastain is the founder of the production company Freckle Films, which promotes diversity in film. She is vocal about mental health issues, and gender and racial equality.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 23, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 23, 2018 is The Age of Reason.
The Age of Reason is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine (pictured), arguing for the philosophical position of Deism. Following in the tradition of eighteenth-century British deism, it challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible. It was published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, and became a best-seller in the United States, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. Fearing its revolutionary ideas, the British government prosecuted printers and book-sellers who tried to publish and distribute it. The Age of Reason highlights what Paine saw as corruption among Christian churches and criticizes their efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason over revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as "an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely inspired text". He promotes natural religion and argues for the existence of a creator-God. Most of Paine's arguments had long been available to educated people, but his engaging, irreverent and inexpensive pamphlets made deism appealing and accessible to a mass audience.

CARIBBEAN RIM by Randy Wayne White

The 25th book in the Doc Ford series. The marine biologist searches for a state agency official and rare Spanish coins.

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THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT by Chris Bohjalian

After waking up next to a dead man in a hotel room in Dubai, a binge drinker pieces together the previous night's events.

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DEAREST IVIE by JR Ward

A novella set in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

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THE RISING SEA by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

A scientific team searches the globe for the threat causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate.

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Wikipedia article of the day for March 22, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 22, 2018 is Thaddeus McCotter presidential campaign, 2012.
The Thaddeus McCotter presidential campaign of 2012 began when he filed papers on July 1, 2011, to run for the Republican Party's 2012 nomination for President of the United States. He officially announced his candidacy the next day at a rock festival near Detroit. McCotter, who had been a congressman from Michigan since 2003, was first mentioned as a potential presidential candidate on an April 2011 episode of the Fox News show Red Eye. During the campaign, he focused on reform of government and Wall Street. Commentators noted that McCotter's lack of name recognition hindered his chances for nomination. When included in Republican presidential preference polls, he regularly received less than one percent support. Following a last place finish in the Ames Straw Poll and the lack of any invitation to presidential debates, he dropped his candidacy on September 22, 2011, and endorsed Mitt Romney. He resigned from Congress in July 2012 amid a fraud investigation surrounding his congressional re-election campaign.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 21, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 21, 2018 is Capella.
Capella is a star system of four stars in the constellation of Auriga, appearing as a single star to the naked eye. It is the third-brightest star or star system in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus and Vega. Always above the horizon for observers north of 44°N, the Capella system is only 42.9 light-years from the Sun. Its two largest stars are Capella Aa and Capella Ab, bright yellow giant stars in a binary pair, both around 2.5 times as massive as the Sun. They are in a very tight circular 104-day orbit, some 0.76 astronomical units (au) apart. Capella Aa is the cooler and more luminous of the two, with around 79 times the Sun's luminosity. An ageing red clump star, it is fusing helium to carbon and oxygen in its core. Ab is slightly less massive, smaller and hotter, about 73 times as luminous as the Sun. The Capella system is one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the sky, thought to come primarily from the corona of the more massive giant. The other two stars, a binary pair around 10,000 au from the first two, are faint, small and relatively cool red dwarfs.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 20, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 20, 2018 is Barry Voight.
Barry Voight (born 1937) is an American geologist, volcanologist, author, and engineer. He was a professor of geology at Pennsylvania State University from 1964 until his retirement in 2005. He still conducts research on rock mechanics, plate tectonics, disaster prevention, and geotechnical engineering. In April 1980, Voight's publications on landslides, avalanches and other mass movements convinced Rocky Crandell of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to ask him to look at a growing bulge on the Mount St. Helens volcano in the state of Washington. Voight predicted the collapse of the mountain's north flank as well as a powerful eruption. After his predictions were realized in May 1980, he was hired by the USGS to investigate the debris avalanche that initiated the eruption. His work at St. Helens brought him international recognition, and he continued researching and guiding monitoring efforts at several active volcanoes, including Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia, Mount Merapi in Indonesia, and Soufrière Hills, a volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 19, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 19, 2018 is Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction action horror film filmed in Toronto, Canada, directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the second installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the video game series of the same name. Milla Jovovich (pictured) reprises her role as Alice, and is joined by Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine and Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliveira. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is set directly after the events of the first film, where Alice escaped from an underground facility overrun by zombies. She now bands together with other survivors to escape the zombie outbreak which has spread to the fictional Raccoon City. The film borrows elements from several games in the Resident Evil series, including the characters Valentine and Oliveira and the villain Nemesis. While it received mostly negative reviews from critics for its plot, the film was praised for its action sequences. Of the six films in the series, it has the lowest approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Earning $129 million worldwide on a $45 million budget, it surpassed the box office gross of the original film.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 18, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 18, 2018 is Elcor, Minnesota.
Elcor is a ghost town in the U.S. state of Minnesota that was inhabited between 1897 and 1956. It was built on the Mesabi Iron Range near the city of Gilbert in St. Louis County. At its peak around 1920, Elcor had two churches, a post office, a mercantile, a primary school, a railroad station and its own law enforcement, and housed a population of nearly 1,000. Elcor was a mining town, built by the mining company to house its workers. People were allowed to own their homes, but the land on which the houses stood belonged to the company. In the early days, houses were made of wooden boards and surrounded by a four-board-high fence fronted with a boardwalk. Most of the streets were dirt roads. The townspeople were pioneers and immigrants, largely Croatian, Slovenian, Finnish, Italian, German, Scandinavian and English (especially Cornish). After the last mine closed in 1954, the residents were ordered to vacate the property; by 1956, Elcor was completely abandoned.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 17, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 17, 2018 is Freedom Planet.
Freedom Planet is a two-dimensional platform video game developed and published by independent developer GalaxyTrail, a studio set up for the project by designer Stephen DiDuro. The player controls one of three anthropomorphic animal protagonists: the dragon Lilac, the wildcat Carol, or the basset hound Milla. Aided by the duck-like Torque (concept art shown), the player attempts to defeat Lord Brevon, who plans to conquer the galaxy. While the game focuses on fast-paced platforming, its levels are interspersed with slower action scenes. Freedom Planet began development as a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame, but DiDuro lost interest in creating a derivative work and reconceived the project as his own intellectual property. Developed in Denmark and the United States, the game and its art have East Asian influences: its background visuals were inspired by medieval Chinese art, and its title is written in katakana. Critics praised its gameplay, aesthetics, and balance of Sonic elements with original content, but were mixed on its pacing and length.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 16, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 16, 2018 is Hurricane Marie (2014).
Hurricane Marie is tied as the seventh-most intense Pacific hurricane on record, attaining a barometric pressure of 918 mbar (hPa; 27.11 inHg) in August 2014. At its peak, the hurricane's gale-force winds spanned an area 575 miles (925 km) across. Although its center remained well away from land, its large size created dangerous surf from Southwestern Mexico to southern California. Off the coast of Los Cabos, three people drowned after their boat capsized in rough seas. In Colima and Oaxaca, heavy rains and flooding from outer bands caused two fatalities. Toward the end of August, swells of 10 to 15 ft (3.0 to 4.6 m), the largest seen from a hurricane in decades, battered coastlines in southern California, with structural damage on Santa Catalina Island and in the Greater Los Angeles Area. A breakwater near Long Beach sustained $10 million worth of damage, with portions gouged out. One person drowned in the surf near Malibu. Hundreds of ocean rescues, including over 100 in Malibu alone, were attributed to the storm, and overall losses reached $20 million.

HIGH VOLTAGE by Karen Marie Moning

The 10th book of the Fever series.

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THE WOMAN LEFT BEHIND by Linda Howard

An on-site drone operator for a paramilitary organization is tested when a congresswoman works to destroy the unit.

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STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI by Jason Fry

An adaptation of the film, written with input from its director, Rian Johnson, which includes scenes from alternate versions of the script.

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CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham

A search for stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida island.

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THE ESCAPE ARTIST by Brad Meltzer

Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini.

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BURN BRIGHT by Patricia Briggs

The fifth book in the Alpha and Omega series. Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham answer a call of distress.

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Wikipedia article of the day for March 15, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 15, 2018 is Ferugliotherium.
Ferugliotherium was a mammal of the Late Cretaceous, around 70 million years ago. The genus was first described in 1986 but misidentified as a member of Multituberculata, an extinct group of rodent-like mammals, on the basis of a single tooth, a low-crowned molar. It is thought to have had a small body mass, about 70 g (2.5 oz), and may have eaten insects and plant material. Its remains have been found in two geological formations of present-day southern Argentina, where it is part of a mammal fauna that includes the sudamericid Gondwanatherium and a variety of dryolestoids. The upper and lower incisors were long and rodent-like, with enamel on only one side of the crown. A fragment of the lower jaw shows that the tooth socket of the lower incisor was very long. Although Ferugliotherium had much lower-crowned teeth than the sudamericids, they shared the same backward jaw movement during chewing and essentially similar patterns in their incisors and on the chewing surface of their molar-like teeth, with small enamel prisms.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 14, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 14, 2018 is Thomas R. Marshall.
Thomas R. Marshall (March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925) was a Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. As the 27th Governor of Indiana, he proposed a new, controversial state constitution and pressed for other Progressive Era reforms. His popularity as governor, and Indiana's status as a critical swing state, helped him secure the vice presidential nomination on a ticket with Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and win the general election. During World War I, after a small number of anti-war senators kept the Senate deadlocked by refusing to end debate, Marshall led the body to adopt its first rule allowing filibusters to be ended by a two-thirds majority vote. After a stroke incapacitated Wilson in October 1919, many cabinet officials and Congressional leaders urged Marshall to become acting president, but he refused to forcibly assume the presidency for fear of setting a precedent. Well known for his wit and sense of humor, he once quipped during a Senate debate, "What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar".

Wikipedia article of the day for March 13, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 13, 2018 is Winter War.
The Winter War (30 November 1939 – 13 March 1940) began when the Soviet Union (USSR) invaded Finland three months after the outbreak of World War II. The USSR had sought to annex Finnish territory, including land near Leningrad, 32 km (20 mi) from the border. After Finland refused, the USSR attacked with more than twice as many soldiers, thirty times as many aircraft, and a hundred times as many tanks as the defending forces. The Red Army had been crippled by Joseph Stalin's Great Purge and the Finnish Defence Forces repelled the invasion in temperatures down to −43 °C (−45 °F) for much longer than expected. A reorganized Soviet offensive broke through in February 1940 and forced the Finns to seek peace. Finland ceded 11 percent of its territory, but retained sovereignty. Soviet casualties have been estimated at 321,000 to 381,000, compared to Finnish casualties of 70,000. The poor performance of the Red Army encouraged Adolf Hitler to consider an attack on the USSR. After a 15-month lull called the Interim Peace, the Continuation War and Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 12, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 12, 2018 is Family Trade.
Family Trade is an American reality television series broadcast by Game Show Network (GSN). The show premiered on March 12, 2013, and continued to air new episodes until April 16, 2013. Filmed in Middlebury, Vermont, the series chronicles the daily activities of G. Stone Motors (pictured), a GMC and Ford car dealership that employs the barter system in selling its automobiles. The business is operated by its founder, Gardner Stone, his son and daughter, Todd and Darcy, and General Manager Travis Romano. The series features the shop's daily interaction with its customers, who bring in pigs, maple syrup, collectable dolls and other items for resale to make a down payment on a vehicle they are leasing or purchasing. Family Trade was part of GSN's attempt to broaden their programming beyond traditional game shows. The series was given unfavorable reviews by critics, and its television ratings fell over time, losing almost half of its audience between the series premiere and finale.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 11, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 11, 2018 is Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines.
Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines during World War II began on 11 March 1942, after U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered him to withdraw. MacArthur left Corregidor Island and traveled in PT boats with his forces through stormy seas patrolled by Japanese warships, reaching Mindanao two days later. Arriving in Australia, he declared, "I came through and I shall return". MacArthur, a well-known general who had a distinguished record in World War I, had retired from the army in 1937 to become a defense advisor to the Philippine government. He was recalled to active duty in July 1941, a few months before the outbreak of the Pacific War with the Empire of Japan, to become commander of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, which included Philippine forces. By March 1942, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines had compelled him to withdraw his forces on Luzon to Bataan. The doomed defense of Bataan captured the imagination of the American public, and MacArthur became a living symbol of Allied resistance to the Japanese, at a time when the news from all fronts was uniformly bad.

Wikipedia article of the day for March 10, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 10, 2018 is Amazing Stories Quarterly.
Amazing Stories Quarterly was a U.S. science fiction pulp magazine published from 1928 to 1934. Launched by Hugo Gernsback as a companion to his Amazing Stories, the first science fiction magazine, it premiered with a reprint of H.G. Wells' When the Sleeper Wakes in the Winter 1928 issue. Over the next five issues only one more reprint appeared: Gernsback's own novel Ralph 124C 41+, in the Winter 1929 issue. He went bankrupt in early 1929, and lost control of both publications; his assistant, T. O'Conor Sloane, took over as editor. The magazine began having financial difficulties in 1932, and the schedule became irregular; the last issue was dated Fall 1934. Authors whose work appeared in Amazing Stories Quarterly include Stanton A. Coblentz, Miles J. Breuer, A. Hyatt Verrill, and Jack Williamson. Critical opinions differ; Everett Bleiler considers few of the stories to be of acceptable quality, but Milton Wolf and Mike Ashley regard the work Sloane published in the early 1930s to be some of the best in the new genre.