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Published 2008

Paper, $19
ISBN: 978-09798714-12
 

  

Cloth, $35
ISBN: 978-09798714-05
 

Mortal Shield

A novel by Thomas A. Taylor

In the real world, public figures are faced with hazardous situations every day. Stalkers, inappropriate or threatening communications, and unwelcome approaches are all part of public life. The fiction thriller Mortal Shield, by protection-expert Thomas Taylor, delves into the hearts and minds of bodyguards, the dignitaries they protect, and the opponents they attempt to foil. Mortal Shield is a realistic and spellbinding portrayal of protection work, which captures the everyday challenge of guarding high-level VIPs.

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Published 2008

 



Bootheel Man

A novel by Morley Swingle

When Allison Culbertson takes the case of Joey Red Horse, an Osage Indian charged with stealing a sacred artifact from the Heartland Mound Builder Museum, she finds herself in the middle of a courtroom battle pitting contemporary American Indians against a private museum over legal rights to the bones of "Bootheel Man," a Native American who lived, fought, and loved Cahokia and Southeast Missouri in the year 1050.

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Published 2004

 

   


Seven Laurels

by Linda Busby Parker

The novel traces the life of African-American Brewster McAtee, a hardworking and innovative carpenter, as he struggles for his dreams to own land and build a home and respectability in rural Alabama. When the Civil Rights Movement explodes, he is drawn into the core of the conflict, where he and his family face the ultimate loss from which they may never recover.

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Published 2004


Matthews: The Historic Adventures of a Pioneer Family

by Edward C. Matthews III

Spanning more than 200 years and 8 generations, the story of the Matthews family is an account of the birth of a nation, the settlement of the Louisiana Territory, and the subsequent growth and development of Southeast Missouri.

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Published 2002

 


The Gold of Cape Girardeau

by Morley Swingle

An exciting historical novel that begins and ends with a modern-day courtroom drama over buried treasure. The secrets of the treasure emerge in a journey back to the steamboating days along the Mississippi River. Two young lovers face myriad trials and adventures together until—in the ultimate test of their love—the Civil War places them, their community, and an entire nation in devastating turmoil.

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