Joan Brady
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The transformation of Christine Moore, 37, from a morose fatty without a man, no family and no future, into the happiest woman in the world. It is brought about by a motorcyclist she meets on a beach who gives her six commandments for achieving happiness. A spiritual fable by the author of Bullets & Booze.
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A clear-eyed investigation into what is probably the biggest, longest cover-up in American history.
As a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Richard Nixon led the investigations that first drew attention to Alger Hiss and his purported ties to the Soviet regime. These investigations eventually led to the discovery of "proof" that Hiss was a mole in the State Department and precipitated a trial that would eventually ruin him and...
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[2005]
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Even after Hugh Freyl lost his sight he was invincible. But late one night, in the library of the elite law firm that bears his name, he was beaten to death. The obvious suspect is David Marion, a convicted killer from the inner city. Hugh, the scion of the richest and most influential family in Springfield, Illinois, had orchestrated David's release from prison and outraged his family and friends by making the young man his protege. Now, in the eyes...
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Delve into the uncharted course of being a mature older woman on the open sea with Deana, a sixty-year-old, recently-retired adventurer whose new role as a paid travel companion embroils her in an art theft and murder aboard a cruise ship.
Like many women entering the second half of their life, Deana's journey has been marked with personal pain-sexual abuse, workplace harassment, and marital infidelity. Now newly retired, newly single, and wholly...