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The High Life


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By 2098, the rise in sea level has flooded low-lying areas along the Southern California coast. The flooding has created a patchwork of march islands where the displaced "dung people" live, subsistence fishermen and farmers, the future's untouchables. The affluent live high above the marshland, in condominiums bolted to the underside of old freeway flyovers. Jacque lives in a posh end unit and is the CEO of an international trading company. She discovers Desmond, a handsome dark-skinned "dungee," tryhing to steal crops grown on her balcony. She helps him escape from the murderous Security Forces. When they meet again on a moonlit night, their attraction leads to passionate lovemaking. But can love and lust overcome their differences?




Retribution


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A small vigilante team comes together in Bel Air, California to right some of the wrongs that are threatening the very fabric of American decency. Talk is over. Now is the time to take a stand against pure evil. Get ready for a wild ride that takes the reader from the glitzy streets of Beverly Hills to Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Lake Tahoe, Miami, Cuba, Chicago, Atlantic City, New York, and Las Vegas. A lot of very bad criminals are brutally put to rest but danger for the team is becoming a reality. America is asking "who" could be responsible for these dramatic assassinations of so many highly publicized criminals and "why" is it happening? Is this right or wrong is the moral question to be answered. But who is going to protect the innocent victims? And how? RETRIBUTION covers a five-year period that will keep the reader mesmerized and guessing what's next. The main characters are Carl, who becomes the facilitator of the group and Laura, the estranged wife of the Senator, fall in love. Senator Patrick Garrity is a despicable human being that in his mind must become the next President of the United States and nobody can stop him. His son, Steven, is sixteen at the beginning of the book and at the age of eighteen becomes the driving force behind the team. By twenty-two he becomes the most valuable player in the National League, a world series hero and at the same time continues his benevolent and very dangerous journey packed full of gripping twists and turns filled with terror at every turn from a hidden foe in hot pursuit. Will the team make it through the ever-present hidden danger that lies ahead?




If by Sea


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Max Prescotts new reality hurts like hell. The finality of his recent divorce has left him reeling. As he heads on an extended Caribbean vacation to escape his troubles, Max has no idea that unforeseen events are about to unfold that will forever reshape his world. After he unpacks and settles into the relaxed lifestyle of Grand Cayman, Max drinks in the islands beauty in an effort to forget his life back home. It is not long before he meets many new friends that include a gorgeous consultant from Wales and a sociable medical student who all offer distractions from reality. While Max discovers new friends, realizes the exhilaration of romance, and daydreams about sunken treasure, he suddenly realizes he is being watched. As his curiosity leads him to unintentionally discover a tangled web of deceit, mystery, and abuse that hangs over Grand Cayman like a dark cloud, he becomes embroiled in a complex mystery that places his life in jeopardy. But will he be able to survive and help prevent a disaster at sea? In this thrilling tale, a recent divorc heads to the Cayman Islands seeking refuge from his troubles, just as a dangerous chain of events unfolds and draws him toward a new destiny.




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The Postal Record


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The College Buzz Book


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Many guides claim to offer an insider view of top undergraduate programs, but no publisher understands insider information like Vault, and none of these guides provides the rich detail that Vault's new guide does. Vault publishes the entire surveys of current students and alumni at more than 300 top undergraduate institutions. Each 2- to 3-page entry is composed almost entirely of insider comments from students and alumni. Through these narratives Vault provides applicants with detailed, balanced perspectives.




Attacked from Beneath by Carp and from Above by Seagulls


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For the past twelve years, out of a tiny but well-lit corner of the McSweeney’s offices in San Francisco, The Believer has published essays and interviews that are great for all seasons. But this collection is not interested in 75 percent of those seasons. Included in this eminently beach-tote-able digital edition are interviews, essays, poetry, and reviews that cover all the staples of summer—beach houses, amusement parks, surfing, road trips, honeymoons, failed Gen X sodas, and Taylor Swift. Judy Blume and Lena Dunham discuss Fifty Shades of Grey; Sarah Silverman makes her grandma cry; Peter Schjeldahl shares secrets from his annual fireworks display; Simon Rich wins an epic basketball game; and a lake in Lago Vista, Texas named “Fun" reveals itself to be anything but. Perfect for long, lazy days, this issue represents the best of The Believer’s buoyant (and slightly sunburned) side.