Books Published in July 1978

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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Sidonie Graham got married and allowed her husband Frank to be the center of her universe -- until the day she suddenly realized she was overweight, unhappy, and desperate to be free. At the urging of her bold, outspoken Aunt Claudia, Sidonie begins ...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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THE CLIMAX TO AN EPIC STORY OF LOVE AND CONQUEST ON A GALACTIC SCALE The Second War of Energy is over, but hurtling toward Cluster is a million-ship spacefleet from the enemy galaxy of Amoeba -- and only Herald the Healer can stop it! From the Wor...

• Jul-1978
• / Thriller
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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Fate seemed about to change her life-style And Christine couldn't have been happier about it. But that was before she arrived in New Zealand and saw Glendene, the large property her uncle had left her. Only then did she discover that her un...

• Jul-1978
• / Amateur Sleuth
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At a routine teeth-cleaning Bernie Rhodenbarr discovers a few things. One, he's got a nasty cavity. Two, his dentist is unhappily married. Three, his dentist knows Bernie's a burglar. Seems good old Dr. Sheldrake is in need of a burglar to steal back...

• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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IN THE FUTURE, EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT. BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. The Earth has been poisoned by pollution, choked by overpopulation, and ravaged by the mindless greed of power-hungry corporations. A fragile peace is threatened by landless revoluti...

• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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The hunters were fair by their standards... but their standards were utterly inhuman. They kidnapped intelligent beings from many far-off planets as prey for their hunt. They gave them their choice of the best weapons available, allowed them plenty o...

• Jul-1978
• / Mystery
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Bravery and Betrayal in the Bomber Squadrons of World War II Mack Norton was one of a seasoned bomber crew - and they were scared. Losses were suddenly incredibly high. It seemed the enemy knew their every move in advance. Was it back luck, bad p...

• Jul-1978
• / Amateur Sleuth
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Charles Paris is a part-time detective and professional actor, drawn into the affairs of an amateur theater company. Charles's friend Hugo's wife is murdered, and Hugo is charged with the crime. Now, Paris takes on the case personally. The solution t...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Gothic
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In the eye of the storm. A terrible hurricane threatened Thirteen Towers. Eve was marooned in the ancient house and was surrounded by the strangely silent St. Amand family and their equally eccentric guests. Despite the outward politeness, Eve cou...

• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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PANAMA-A TOWERING NOVEL OF A MAN'S EXPLOSIVE PASSION FOR A WOMAN HE DARED TO LOVE AND THE CHALLENGE OF A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE HE COULD NOT RESIST...

• Jul-1978
• / Private Investigator
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MONGO CASTS A LONG SHADOW Can a dwarf be the super-sleuth of the decade? If his name is Dr. Robert Frederickson, formerly Mongo the Magnificent... if a search for a missing circus strongman leads him on a blood-slick trail from the dressing roo...

• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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Lovely, dark-haired Mallory Tolgarth was only a few years older than her two young charges. Shed been hired by letter by their brother, wealthy Charles Portman. Mr. Portman had neglected to tell her that the girls were twins. They were an impossib...

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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Lovely Sybil Lawson was fresh from college, afraid she would never find a fulfilling job, when she was offered a post as private secretary-translator to the brilliant international tycoon Felipe Talbot. Almost before Sybil knew it she was aboard his ...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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No force of land, sea, or sky ever equalled Claudine! Yet the Palm Beach jet-setters and spoiled rich, the con men and the careless lovers, make jokes about the raging fury headed straight for them. Then Claudine hits. Water rises at an astounding ra...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Delderfield goes to war-World War II at home in England-and the result is a typically genial but some what half-hearted nostalgia-farce-satire that falls somewhere between Evelyn Waugh and No Time for Sergeants....

• Jul-1978
• / Thriller
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Lod Airport, Israel: Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignitaries--and a b...

• Jul-1978
• / Epic Fantasy
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THOMAS COVENANT, UR-LORD He called himself Covenant the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself. The magic of the Land could not be real. Loremasters could not draw fire from wood...

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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She wanted a life without tyrants! Sophy's father had dominated her until his death. She had finally broken with her equally possessive boyfriend. Now she was free to live her own life! Moving to the Yorkshire village where she bought a pot...

• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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A FRAGILE ENGLISH BEAUTY POISED ON THE BRINK OF BOTTOMLESS DESIRE Ripe, captivating, innocent Victoria Castledon was too young to know the power of her dark beauty--or the secret of her own voluptuous longings. When aristocratic Charles Stanford ...

• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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PASSION'S SPELL Rome under Claudius Caesar. A city of intrigue and depravity where in the shadow of the throne a raging human inferno seethed. A city where Serena's vows as a Vestal Virgin set her apart as a symbol of inviolable purity. But a...

• Jul-1978
• / Gothic
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Valhalla a secluded mansion in Maine, the home of the Richter's, wealthy refugees from war-torn Germany. It is here that beautiful young Lorna Mitchell is summoned by Johann Richter to help in the translation of his autobiography -- the memoirs of a ...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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A mesmerizing novel of faith, passion, and murder by the author of The Civil War: A Narrative. Drawing on themes as old as the Bible, Foote's novel compels us to inhabit lives obsessed with sin and starving for redemption. A work reminiscent of both ...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Published in 1977 to great critical acclaim, this remarkable novel is set in the 1930s within a small community of Jews in Peru. Don Jacobo Lerner, an immigrant from czarist Russia, lies on his deathbed trying to piece together his life. Told through...

• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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In fourteen years with the Terran Intelligence Agency, Alain Cheney had been as exemplary agent. An accomplished telepath, he had never disobeyed an order, never failed an assignment, never performed at anything less than a level of supreme competenc...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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The attractive redhead at the A&P checkout counter opens her checkbook and begins writing a check, unaware that she’s signing her own death warrant. The man behind her in the dark overcoat memorizes the address on her check. When she leaves the A&P...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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"Women need a little rough treatment!" Renny listened to her husband's uncompromising statement in silence. Carl's angry cynicism was hardly surprising. Eight years before, she had responded to his kindness by deserting him on their wedding day...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Gossip and suspicions concerning the citizens of a small Norwegian coastal town center on Oliver Andersen, his wife, and the large family they raise despite his having been flattened by a barrel of whale oil...

• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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PASSION'S At the mercy of a cruel, rapacious captain, beautiful Jennifer VanDerLind is about to be assaulted before the leering crew when a sailor springs to the bridge, holds a dagger to the officer's throat, and orders the girl released....

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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The days of the Third Reich are numbered … but on an isolated island outpost in the middle of the English Channel, the German army has vowed to fight to the death. Under a brilliant, ruthless S.S. commander, the Nazi invades have turned the once-pe...

• Jul-1978
• / Historical
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• Jul-1978
• / Gothic
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To Janet deMaury it seemed an interesting but uncomplicated assignment, to write her famous father’s biography. After all, as her publisher pointed out, she was the obvious person to do it. But before she could begin, she had to travel to Tenton Ha...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Suspense
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• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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A TOWERING NOVEL OF LOVE AND WAR We all remember certain sweeping novels we hated to see come to an end; it was almost like breaking up with someone we love. You will feel that way about The Far Pavilions. From the foothills of the Himalayas, thro...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Fantasy
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Meg Murry O'Keefe and her family are just sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner when her father gets a phone call from the White House about a madman's threat of nuclear war. Only an old Irish rune seems to hold a clue to averting worldwide disaster. W...

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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"Our marriage was a total disaster!" That was Sara's description of her life with Luke Elliot. A busy tycoon carving out an empire, he had no time left for his young bride. In desperation she fled back to her father who needed her. ...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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It had seemed like the best solution! Robert Colby was gravely ill when his brother, Trent, sent for the girl Robert loved. So it was too late to tell them they had the wrong girl --that Lucy Miles had written to Robert using Vivienne's name a...

• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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A PASSION WORTH WAITING FOR Aspiring actress Alex Godfrey, beautiful and innocent, escaped London's hustle and bustle to spend a quiet summer on the fabulous French Rivieria. It wasn't long before Leon Panos, a Greek shipping tycoon, spot...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Traditional Regency
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Dashing. Debonair . . . Deadly? Drew Jamison steels himself for yet another frivolous evening of dancing at his sociable sister's soiree. But when an enchanting young lady catches his eye, he realizes that this will be no ordinary night... As L...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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"I can't go through with the wedding!" Helen's announcement a few hours before she was due at the church stunned her family--especially since she gave no reason. But how could she explain that a man she'd known less than a w...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Mystery
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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From the back: Hey Clinton! When you take on the CIA and the KGB you have to be pretty smart, or pretty stupid - or both. Didn't you know what you were in for when you fished that damned sub tracking device out of Moroccan waters? Or when you tried ...

• Jul-1978
• / Traditional Regency
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MISS CONSTANCE OSBORNE DESPISED THE EVIL EARL OF CHIEVELY. She couldn't understand how any woman could be attracted to this notorious rake, with his horrifying history of mistresses and mayhem. When this monstrous man set out to seize Constance...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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A black woman lawyer, civil-rights activist, and Episcopal priest comes to terms with her origins as she tells of the miscegenation, slavery, and struggles that are integral parts of her family's past...

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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The desert can hold you prisoner forever Lauren wasn't sure about the truth of the old prophecy. But she did know that coming to work for the oil company in Arabia marked a turning point in her life. Pity she'd got off to a bad start wi...

• Jul-1978
• / Horror
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When Lynn Morley's mother plans to move her writing studio into old Mrs. Tuggle's house for the winter, Lynn and her best friend, Mouse, are terrified for Mrs. Morley's safety--because Mrs. Tuggle is a witch. Lynn and Mouse are sure of that. But no o...

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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"I know that we will meet again" That was the promise of the arrogant stranger who'd disrupted the hospital's casualty ward late one night-- but Octavia promptly forgot him. She was off on an exciting Mediterranean cruise and he...

• Jul-1978
• / Suspense
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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There was no hope. The rumor was true! Desperation flooded over Lucinda. Bruce Lamont's confirmed intention to convert his castle into a hotel spelled financial ruin for her. For three years she'd worked hard to establish her own little...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Indo-China 1941, and cruising somewhere off Saigon is the world's largest, most dangerous submarine, the French Soufriere. The British navy must capture and use her in the defence of Singapore before she is used against them. For Commander Robert Ain...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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WHICH IS SWEETER--TENDER, YEARNED-FOR LOVE, OR REVENGE THAT HAS WAITED A LIFETIME? In her veins mingled the blood of noble African chiefs and fiery Irish poets. Sold into cruel slavery, beaten by a harsh mistress, she escaped into a dazzling world...

• Jul-1978
• / Gothic
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Across the British Empire she fled ... Love's Runaway. Casting off the violent embrace of an Indian prince. Escaping the marriage bed of a lecherous English lord. Trying to subdue the passionate love she feels for a man she cannot have. To India ... ...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Something of Value is a novel based on events that took place in Kenya Colony during the violent Mau Mau insurrection of the 1950s, an uprising that was confined almost exclusively to members of the Kikuyu tribe. It is a powerful, gripping, and somet...

• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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Never before in Nancy Colburn's young life had she been forced to prove her innocence. Now she had become the target of Army's jealousy, while her own sister, Gayle, saw her path blocked by a rival. Two men loved Nancy. Two women hated her. And t...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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New York Times Bestseller: A provocative novel about one man’s struggle with courage and his conscience at the height of McCarthyism.  Clement Archer, head of a popular radio show, faces a profound dilemma: Five of his employees stand accu...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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THE LADY OF TARN Perched on the American-Canadian territorial border, Tarn Island owed allegiance to no one but its Lady. The seemingly uninhabited island had long been a secret haven for a few select families, and as long as people had lived ther...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Devil's Gamble is the newest and most electrifying novel yet written by the man whose magnificent blockbusters - Doctor's Wives, Plague Ship, and others - have consistently topped bestseller lists and have sold over 50,000,000 copies worldwide. Utter...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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Anne Durham is a sophisticated widow who manages and antique silver shop. Her next-door neighbor, Charles, is a teacher whose male lover dies unexpectedly. When no one comes to call, she bakes a cake and rings his bell.....So begins their relations...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Historical Romance
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Jeanette Verlaine--lovely, passionate, unfulfilled--fleeing a Santo Domingo slave uprising and a cruel marriage with her handsome black maidservant, Bliss, meets a bold privateer with whom she discovers the deep tides of her sensuality. Bizarre ev...

• Jul-1978
• / Horror
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THE VATICAN, 5TH CENTURY A.D. Pope Gregory has ordered to be sealed forever the ninth Gregorian chant -- a profane, unholy invocation to the devil. SAN FRANCISCO, 1977 Emily Blake has begun to hear strange disembodied voices calling to her i...

• Jul-1978
• / Science Fiction
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The Painting was dramatic, passionate, a work of genius. But Earl Dumarest was blind to its power.For there, in the background, were the features of cratered Luna, satellite of Earth, the fabled planet that Dumarest had sought through countless galax...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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"You can't marry an engineering firm!" Perdita's godmother had said in shocked tones. "Good heavens, the whole idea is preposterous!" Yet Perdita had been quite content to fall in with her grandfather's wishes. He ha...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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Aided by resourceful young Wilson Catchner, Frances Crawford, a physician's aging widow with a great love for nature, wages battle against the powerful oil company that obtains drilling rights to her land...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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This is the shocking true story of a New York City cop caught in a web of paranoia, guns, a distorted sense of good and evil, and impending disaster…an actual case study with chilling psychological implications.His name was Pete Bon Viso, a poor ci...

• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1978
• / Contemporary Romance
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• Aug-1978
• / General Fiction
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This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Tristan and Yseult in a distinguished prose translation. Alan S. Fredrick summarizes missing episodes and includes a translation of 'The Tale of Tristan's M...

• Aug-1978
• / General Fiction
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