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During this rainy season, the rainfall comes almost daily in heavy floods of water. It does not drizzle apologetically for hours on end, rather, the heavens brood darkly and angrily for a while as tension increases and the atmosphere gets heavier and heavier till at last and very suddenly the sky explodes in dramatic and overpowering force. Water then pours onto the landscape in great torrents almost as if the rain Gods are in a fury of bad temper...
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It was a beautiful place, but he found it depressive. Maybe because he knew he couldn't get out of there or maybe because it stood as his present for a very long time, maybe because that place haunted his dreams. They retained hope that one day they were going to get out of there, but he found that hope was elusive and irritating. He had to wait for the two of the four leaders. They'd started the pack many centuries ago, when their goal had been to...
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The night before her trip didn't seem to want to end as she lay there waiting for the lights to come on at six a.m., thus signifying that the curfew was over. She was as excited as a prom queen and it showed. Once curfew was over, she carefully bathed, washing everything twice because she had no perfume or anything else to make her smell feminine. Sitting on her bunk, she took great pains with her hair trying to make it just right. He told her the...
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There is something indefinable in this look yet you are certain of it even from a distance. Usually your first impression will be confirmed when you meet and speak for the first time. They do not need to say anything profound or even say very much at all, it is more how than what they say and even perhaps what they do not say that matters.
Eyes are a giveaway. Most ordinary people have ordinary eyes and in casual conversation people do not look closely...
5) Reckless
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He thought he'd have a free weekend with him gone, but Saturday turned into a full workday, he didn't get up to leave the mansion until nearly two in the morning. When he did, he was no closer to finding the thorn in his paw than he was at nine that morning. What he was able to do was close the door a little tighter on the press and that was always a good thing, but that was it. Just as he was locking up his office, he got a return call from the police...
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Using large doses of humor, tenderness and realism, "Las sinergias de Marcio" manages to shape a demystifying portrait, at the same time demolishing, of the life of computer engineers in Spain. Taking as the protagonist a professional by the name of Marcio (which is an infrequent name and, thus, any resemblance to reality will be a coincidence), the author discovers a hidden and closed world that we all believed to be very different: project management,...
7) Work With Me
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She's built a firewall around her heart. He's determined to crack the code. Hailstorms come with the territory in Austin, Texas. Having a hot guy to shelter with is a less frequent phenomenon. It must be the shock – or the hailstorm to the temple – that makes cautious technology consultant Alicia ask Jackson out.Minutes later, still reeling from his kind rejection, she walks into the biggest meeting of her career. And it's just her luck that...
8) Forget Me
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She doesn't remember their night together. He can't forget it.When accountant Mimi wakes up after a night of fun with her girlfriends, she remembers the hot guy in glasses she flirted with at the bar but not much else. With no way to contact him – no phone number, not even a selfie – she'll do her best to forget him. Because nothing, not even a sexy mystery man, will keep her from winning her dream job.Except…Mateo.Her brother's friend is everywhere...
9) Boss Me
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He's finally found The One. Too bad it's his boss. Ben has spent his life with his heart on his sleeve, only to have it trampled. After one bad breakup too many, he's done. No more romance for him. He's focused on his career, his delayed college degree, and saving enough to finally move off his sister's couch. The only problem? His frosty boss haunts his fantasies. Cooper has always kept his heart under lock and key. He's too toxic to love. And as...
10) Trip Me Up
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A farmboy and a techie meet up on tour. They couldn't be more different. But together, they're hotter than an overclocked computer chip. Nerdy computer scientist Sam didn't mean to bring her dog to her mother's stuffy fundraiser. Okay, she may have needed the excuse to get back to her research, but she doesn't mean for Bilbo Baggins to escape. And she *really* doesn't count on a sexy lumberjack rescuing him from a socialite's stiletto heel. Flannel-wearing...
11) Friend Me
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She knows better than to think she'll get a happily-ever-after like the romance stories she loves…until her nerdy work friend starts to act like Prince Charming.Romance-reading executive assistant Marlee can't show up to her boss's wedding without a date. Not after her crush invites a beautiful, brainy Amazon. So when her best buddy, Tyler, offers to be her plus-one, she's all in for a little jealousy-sparking fun.Until a magical kiss on the dance...
12) Metropolis
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The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
13) Fog Island
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[2007]
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"Leo Granger is wrongfully imprisoned for embezzlement. He suspects his colleagues framed him and upon his release he invites them to a secluded island where he has set up an elaborate treasure hunt in order to expose and destroy the betrayers. In their pursuit of the treasure they uncover perilous traps and countless dangers"--Container.
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Great guy (1937): The adventures of an investigator for the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Something to sing about (1937): A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs.
Blood on the Sun (1945): A dedicated American reporter in 1930's Japan, is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.
The time of your life (1948): A wide...
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