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1) Wench
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When Tanya's guardian dies, having lost her home and the tavern where she has spent most of her life, she sets out on a perilous quest to petition the queen for help.
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Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it, but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which...
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Inspector Morse mysteries volume 8
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The Wench is Dead is the eighth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
That night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings. And in Morse's muddled computer of a mind, that siren took the name of one Joanna Franks...
The body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June 1859.
At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday...
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THE WENCH IS WICKED
In which Lt. Al Wheeler must confront-
-a murdered Hollywood writer whose body is discovered at the bottom of a gravel pit with three bullet holes in him...
-a cop who turns up shot to death the next night in the same gravel pit with $3,000 in his pocket...
-and a Hollywood film crew that is shooting a western nearby, starring a cast of characters who all have good reason to see the writer dead...
BLONDE VERDICT
In which Lt. Al...
6) Wenchworld
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What are you supposed to do with a bunch of homicidal androids after the international crime syndicate that created them is brought down? They could easily be decommissioned, but why not sell them off to a Wild West theme park? They could be reprogrammed, so they wouldn't kill anybody, and stage all kinds of mock gunfights to entertain the kids. What could possibly go wrong?
Fembot Sally is about to find out...
10) Tavern Wench
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Reduced to a humble tavern cook, a penniless lady reenters society in a whirlwind of adventure and mystery in this historical romance.
Vicar's daughter Emma Lynn is alone in the world since the death of her father. Too proud to accept charity, she earns her living by cooking-in a tavern! But her independence has a heavy price: a tavern wench isn't fit to mix with the gentry, and Emma has turned her back on the Polite World.
Mr. Benedict Grantley,...
11) Rebel Wench
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Once she posed as a camp trollop to pry a colonel's secrets loose between kisses. At splendid balls she coquetted with redcoats - traitors unaware for the promise in her eyes.
Posing as a ragged boy she fled through swamps, desperately eluding the King's death regiment-minutes ahead of her executioners. She was Mistress Debby Treat, the reckless, golden-haired Virginia beauty who gambled all of herself in the cause of liberty. Except for her heart.
She...
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Using the world-class ingredients of the Kenai Peninsula, Ony Worel brings these beautiful local flavors into both traditional dishes and her own creations. This collection showcases the best recipes from Worel's kitchen, including many well-loved dishes from her live radio show, The Galley Wench's Cooking Show.
Discover the secrets of the Blushing Wench, the rich savory taste of Fireweed Stew, and time-tested ways of preparing moose and local seafood...
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Pull up a stool and learn about beer with the Wench!Craft beer is officially everywhere: there are now more breweries in the United States since any time before prohibition. At the local grocery store, the beer aisle is as big as the cereal aisle. At the bar, it's increasingly hard to choose a beer--the IPA is stronger than the ESB, right?In this book, Ashley V. Routson (aka The Beer Wench) provides the first all-in-one guide that demystifies beer...
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Distributed by BFS Video
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2003
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"On a June morning in 1859, the body of a young woman was found by the Oxford Canal. In the present day, recovering after an operation in hospital, Morse is visited by Adele Cecil (Judy Loe) and American scholar Millie Van Buren (Lisa Eichhorn) whose book on the murder becomes his preoccupation. Morse soon becomes convinced that the two boatmen publicly hanged for the murder of the respectably married Joanna Franks were the victims of a gross miscarriage...
15) Wencheng
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Yu Hua zuo pin ji volume 15
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Mai tian chu ban
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2021.
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中文
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Volume 1 of 5 begins in 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, where Atia Crisp is imprisoned, awaiting trial, while refugees from Strangewayes's plantation seek their new home. Guided by Capitaine la Roche, they face pursuit by the pirate hunter Big Dick and the perilous terrain of Bocas del Toro. Their future home of Sérénité hangs in the balance, complicated by the outbreak of war with France.
Series DescriptionYe be warned - this series contains sexual...
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Discover the most fearsome and fascinating women to ever live in the Ocean State in this collection of wild historical profiles.
In “Witches, Wenches & Wild Women of Rhode Island”, local historian M.E. Reilly-McGreen reveals true tales of women who caused scandals in their day. It's a compendium of rebellious deeds, outlandish gossip, and superstition run amok.
Mercy Brown was a nineteen-year-old consumption victim thought to be a vampire. Locals...
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Pursuing the meaning of gender in nineteenth-century urban American society, Ladies, Women, and Wenches compares the lives of women living in two distinctive antebellum cultures, Charleston and Boston, between 1820 and 1850. In contrast to most contemporary histories of women, this study examines the lives of all types of women in both cities: slave and free, rich and poor, married and single, those who worked mostly at home and those who led more...
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Volume 4 of 5 begins with repercussions for the murder of Bartolomeo Portuguese, which ripples through the Brethren of the Coast. A secret network of women is formed deep beneath the Swiftsure Tavern in the Wenches' Cauldron. Port Royal awaits the arrival of the Spanish Armada, while Laurens de Graaf's buccaneers prepare to strike as tensions boil over in the wickedest city on earth.Series Description:Ye be warned - this series contains sexual situations,...
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