The Children of Thunder

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For three quiet, patient years, Christina kept house, only to be coldly discarded by the man she once trusted. Instead, he paraded a new lover, making her the punchline of every town joke. Liberated, she honed her long-ignored gifts, astonishing the town with triumph after gleaming triumph. Upon discovering she'd been a treasure all along, her ex-husband's regret drove him to pursue her. "Honey, let's get back together!" With a cold smirk, Christina spat, "Fuck off." A silken-suited mogul slipped an arm around her waist. "She's married to me now. Guards, get him the hell out of here!"

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It was an uninspiring bit of street: narrow, paved with cobble; hot and noisy in summer, reeking with unwholesome mud during the drizzling and snow-slimed months of winter. It looked anything this May after noon except a starting-place for drama. But, then, the great dramas of life often avoid the s

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Children of the Soil by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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The Children of France by Ruth Royce

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"Hast thou seen that lordly castle, That castle by the sea? Golden and red above it The clouds float gorgeously."  Do you remember Gratian—Gratian Conyfer, the godson of the four winds, the boy who lived at the old farmhouse up among the moors, where these strange beautiful sisters used to mee

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The Children of the King by F. Marion Crawford

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The Children by Alice Meynell

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The Children of Wilton Chase by L. T. Meade

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Children of the Dear Cotswolds by L. Allen Harker

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The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler

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Children of Borneo by Edwin Herbert Gomes

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A classic tale of historical adventure to be enjoyed by children and adults alike, set against the turbulent background of the English Civil War, as well as a charming coming-of-age storyIt was in the month of November in this year that King Charles, accompanied by Sir John Berkely, Ashburnham, and

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The Hidden Children by Robert W. Chambers

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I, for my part, have been engaged upon the task for many years past. It has produced a big accumulation of records, and in this volume I can find room but for a résumé of them, as varied as possible.

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Mafia

Wilson Zavierson, the mafia boss of the Dragon, spent one night with Viyone Florencia under the influence of drugs. After that night, Viyone became pregnant and married her fiancé, Jeff. They had a son named Chris, who was often mistreated by Jeff to the point of nearly dying at his hands. Viyone's

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The brilliant conclusion to the Palliser novels, this touching story follows the elderly Duke of Omnium, the former prime minister of England, as he struggles to overcome his grief at the loss of his beloved wife, Lady Glencora. To complicate matters, he must also deal with the willfulness of his th

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The Blue Bird for Children by Georgette Leblanc

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Forward, Children! by Paul Alexander Bartlett

Modern

A dead and gone wag called the street "Fashion Street," and most of the people who live in it do not even see the joke. If it could exchange names with "Rotten Row, both places would be more appropriately designated. It is a dull, squalid, narrow thoroughfare in the East End of London

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