It's 1939. Carl and his sister Helen, farm kids in the midwest, throw a birthday party. They're both in love. Good hearts, but too smart for their own good. Bloody consequences. This edgy American literary epic of adventure, romance, humor, and human tragedy will keep you up late, guaranteed. The surgeon general suggests you adjust your pacemaker before reading. |
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Book two, the immediate sequal to Straws. The saga doesn't skip a beat. Carl and Helen are in real trouble - the sheriff is on to them. All the while, the show goes on. Slowly they realize something must change. Is redemption even possible? Or w |
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Meet WWII vet Milo. Kicked out of New Mexico, he meets Pandora, a murder suspect starving to death in the Nebraska mud and snow. He makes the mistake of doing her a favor. What else should a gentleman have done, after all? |
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Milo by James R. Muri  |
Tacoma Skipper Randy 'Hoot'n' Haller needed crew to help him deliver a high-tech yacht to American Samoa. What he got was Cherry, her son, and mostly Makah Palemoons Swenson. He fished the fair mermaid out of the sea, a victim of pirates and her burning, sinking boat. Piracy, sea chases, storms, mal-de-mer, personality clashes, romance, destruction and death. A read suitable for young teens and sailing adults. |
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The first manned mission to Mars is probably suicide. That's why the crew is all volunteers. They can each bring a companion, so long as the companion understands. But Jesse doesn't have anyone. Meet Mary. She wants to end it all, and for good reason. Jesse intervenes: You want out? he asks. Why not go in style? Ho, hum. Just another passage. |
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