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Product Description: In one of the world’s busiest ports, Port of L.A. Police Detective Shake Jonson operates undercover to investigate a crime syndicate guilty of murder, smuggling, and international drug dealing. When Jonson is the target of an arranged car accident, he realizes that a corrupt LAPD lieutenant, a wealthy philanthropist, and a dangerous drug lord are working together to make sure he doesn’t crack the case...read more

Travel back in time to the Current Middle Ages, a re-created world of knights in shining armor, lords and ladies, artisans and minstrels with one foot in history, the other in today's modern society. Join a journey through the nation's largest medievalist group, the Society for Creative Anachronism, as it and other groups act out their passion for times long past. Meet the cast of colorful characters who call this re-created world home and follow a young fighter as he struggles to earn knighthood and the crown of the kingdom that serves as his stage.

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Product Description: JAZZ AGE STORIES gathers in one volume all of the pieces in Fitzgerald's first two collections of short stories, including 'The Ice Palace', 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair,' and 'A Diamond as Big as the Ritz'. Spanning the early twentieth-century American landscape, this original collection contains unforgettable images of modern America and eloquently expresses Fitzgerald's theme of the enchantment and disillusionment of materialism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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