When the 1973 Chicago Cubs needed a first baseman, they called up a little known 21 year old from one of their farm teams--Joe Castle, from the small town of Calico Rock, Arkansas. Calico Joe’s debut with the Cubs made him an instant celebrity when he homered 3 times in his first major league game. As the season progressed Joe broke record after record and garnered respect from baseball fans nationwide for his raw talent and unfailing good sportsmanship. One ardent admirer was 11 year old Paul Tracy, son of Mets pitcher Warren Tracy. Warren Tracy was everything that Calico Joe wasn’t. Warren was an aging, mediocre, mean-spirited,
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Imagine a government hit man, tops in his trade, who has a moment of doubt and aborts his mission before killing a mother and innocent child. When he hesitates to make the kill he finds himself the target of a backup shooter and is forced to run. His escape plan puts him on a bus where he befriends an extremely bright, precocious 14 year old girl who is also trying to evade killers. Having just witnessed her parents’ assassination, she is trying to escape from the gunmen who are pursuing her. Sensing danger,
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In the scope of fewer than 24 hours, Clare Morehouse, wife of a British diplomat in Paris, endures more life-altering situations than most experience in a decade. From flower shop to police station, encountering aristocrats and terrorists, Clare plays her role as dutiful helpmate and patriot with dignity and grace. In the course of preparing for a last-minute, but very important dinner party that could lead to a new and prestigious posting in Ireland for her husband, Clare selects the menu, cajoles a petulant chef, supervises housekeeping tasks, reassures insecure staff, agonizes over
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Texas Ranger Tyler Steele never realized that literally bumping into Samantha and her daughter, Hope, on a foggy highway would change all of their lives. With no gas, no money, a broken-down car and a sick daughter, Sam’s predicament is not one that the honorable cowboy can ignore. Fierce independence and her desire to protect her child from strangers, makes Sam resist his assistance initially, but an attack by a deranged and violent ex-boyfriend leaves her no choice but to go with him. With a strong sense of right and wrong, Tyler has always been a man to aid the innocent and the unprotected, so helping Sam is not out of character for him. His own life in chaos, he’s at least able to rescue
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An indefinite stay in a French prison is not the expected culmination of any girls’ getaway weekend, no matter how “Gone Wild” the girls are, and it is certainly not something these privileged women anticipated. Four beautiful and well to do women are on a four day holiday in Monaco, compliments of the wealthiest woman, Serena, whose husband Simon is a billionaire. The other friends are Winnie, an English woman, Bryah, a copper-skinned South African and Abby, an American. All are on this trip without their husbands and plan to spend the four days partying and enjoying every moment of their holiday. To ensure that everyone experiences the thrill of high
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"Grief is the price we pay for love." It may seem out of character for these words to have come from the lips of Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning monarch who is seen by the world as reserved and formal, but Sally Bedell Smith’s impressive biography offers new insight that presents Her Majesty as being kind, warm, witty and loving. Told as a chronological narrative, the book re-counts intimate details in the life of Elizabeth from her childhood upbringing to her present situation as she prepares to
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"Being dead takes the fun out of living." This is just one of the dozens of humorous truisms spoken by the unforgettable characters in this unique story set in a bottomland region of East Texas in the 1930’s. The storyteller is 16-year old Sue Ellen, who with her two best friends, Terry and Jinx, embarks on an adventure that is at times terrifying, at times humorous, but always entertaining. Terry is a “pretty” boy who is called a sissy by the ignorant rural townspeople and Jinx is a “colored” girl with a quick wit and sharp tongue. While fishing in the river, Terry and Sue Ellen, discover a body which
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