Surgical Essentials of Immediate Implant Dentistry
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Surgical Essentials of Immediate Implant Dentistry provides a definitive text on this important...
Summerlong
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In the sweltering heat of one summer in Grinnell, Iowa, Claire and Don Lowry discover that married...
Pigs is Pigs
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This American classic is a humorous turn-of-the-century story about a train agent and the definition...
The Wrong Side of Right (Grey Areas #3)
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Barrett Greyson continues to try and make his way back home to Colorado to see his dying father, but...
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Smoke and Mirrors & White Lies (Grey Areas #4) in Books
Nov 26, 2019
Barrett is wondering what to do with the secret his dying father told him. Claire is wondering if her future is with Barrett. Della De Marco's life hangs in the balance while her FBI agent brother is seeking to find out the truth about Sergeant Jackson's involvement with the drugs cartel.
The number of threads and number of characters that need to be covered are enormous but nothing is left out. All are given time and all the stories come to a conclusion. It is hard to imagine how much time Carl spent plotting everything that is going on but it all ties up very nicely and at a pace which means nothing is rushed despite the amount of ground that has to be covered.
Once again we have everything from romance to a gunfire laden confrontation in a warehouse. The whole of life is here and the author shows us the frailties and strengths of human nature in all its forms.
A fantastic conclusion to the series that started so long ago with a stranger appearing in Gable, Iowa
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
Laura Ingalls Wilder and Pamela Smith Hill
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Long hidden in archives, Laura Ingalls Wilder's original handwritten autobiography is a tribute to...
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Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson, Kenneth A. Mason and Jonathan Losos
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Committed to Excellence in the Eleventh Edition. This edition continues the evolution of Raven &...
Lila
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Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa...
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Gray Areas (Grey Areas #1) in Books
Nov 14, 2019
But he is clearly hiding a secret in his past. Even a small town in middle America might not be a safe place to stay hidden.
From this simple premise, Carl weaves an interesting tale focusing on Fields and all the characters in interacts with. As the first in the series this doesn't have much direction until the last third, detailing small town life. But the characters are so well described I was happy to follow along just to see what happened. The warmth of living in a small community where everyone knows everyone else is almost palpable.
Once the cosy set up is established, Carl then turns up the pace with events outside of Fields' control forcing him to reveal more about himself than he intended. There are certainly twists and there is action too as things come to a head.
The only downside of Grey Areas is that once it has been finished the reader will immediately want to pick up the next in the series to see what happens next. But that's certainly a downside that's worth having.
Slipknot: All Hope Is Gone
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In 2001, Slipknot Unmasked was the very first biography of a heavy metal phenomenon: a band who...