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A Different Kind of Courage

Coyle, Hw
A Different Kind of Courage
How does a person go about rebuilding a life that they willingly tried to throw away? For Andrew Newly, this journey begins by realizing it will take a different kind of courage. His efforts begin by returning to where he and a group of friends bought into a crazy bet that changed his life forever. Together with those friends, he struggles to gather up the frayed threads of his life and begin the daunting task of building a new one for himself...

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Inconvenient Truths

Coyle, Hw
Inconvenient Truths
Amanda Newly is a rather unique college student. Bright and intelligent, she excels in a discipline where most students are simply happy to survive. At the restaurant where she works her proficiency and charm earn her unrivaled tips and praise. Socially she is the glue that holds her friends together. To the world Amanda presents the very image of a young woman on the verge of making all her dreams come true. Holding her back from achieving th...

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A Lion in Waiting

Coyle, Hw
A Lion in Waiting
After surviving the massacre of his unit during the long retreat to Dunkirk in the spring of 1940, a young British officer finds sanctuary from the Germans and escape from his responsibilities by assuming the identity of a French teacher, a female teacher. The same physical attributes that had been a handicap to Ian Wylie while serving King and Country allow him to carry out this subterfuge with shocking ease. This new life is not without its ...

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Grace

Coyle, Hw
Grace
A chance meeting between Faith Rawlings, the daughter of an earl off to visit her grandmother and George Lowe, the son of a servant turns into an adventure when Faith convinces George to join her in first class dressed as her friend Grace. Their whimsical escapade turns tragic when the maiden voyage of the Titanic ends in tragedy. George returns to first class by assuming the guise Faith had fashioned and sees to it she makes it to a lifeboat....

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Tips

Coyle, Hw
Tips
College is a time of discovery, when students find out just what sort of people they are. This is especially true for Andy Newly, a freshman who embarks on a unique journey of self discovery that defies conventions and brings into questions the most basic aspect of his being. It begins as a bet over who makes more tips, males or females. To determine this, Andy agrees to an unorthodox experiment by taking on the role of female waitress named A...

CHF 26.50

No Greater Love, A Novel of World War II

Coyle, Hw
No Greater Love, A Novel of World War II
A French mother anxious to spare her son from war starts him on a journey that does everything but. To avoid conscription John-Paul assumes the identity of his cousin, Pauline Valery. The same attributes that caused his mother to fear for his safety allows him to assume his new role with ease. When France sues for peace any thoughts of returning to his former life are forgotten as John-Paul settles into a new life as Pauline, one better suited...

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Dance of the Bacca

Coyle, Hw
Dance of the Bacca
Customs and traditions, like ancient hatreds, have the power to wreck havoc on the lives of the people they touch. It is a lesson that Jordan Allen Wallace, a veteran and student at NYU discovers when he becomes involved in the war on terror in a most curious and unexpected way. With a physical appearance that is distinctly feminine, Jordan has little in the way of a social life. That quickly changes as a comedy of errors turns serious when hi...

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While the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Coyle, Hw
While the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
As the son of a bureaucrat in Singapore, Bryan Lockhart was raised within society that cherished conformity to social norms and service above all else. It is a culture which has no place for someone like Bryan who is unable to answer the question, 'What am I, a boy or a girl?' At age 14 he turns to Madam Leu, a Chinese woman who caters to the eclectic needs of pre-war Singapore. She introduces him to a Malay transsexual. While the two outcasts...

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The Gambit

Coyle, Hw
The Gambit
What begins as a case of mistaken identity evolves into an adventure of a lifetime, one that is both dangerous and exciting. A young Lady Elizabeth Tudor, eager to experience life beyond the palace, and Henry, an orphan seeking to flee the brutal conditions that are his lot cross paths. The two are so close in age and looks that they could be twins. The freedom the Lady Elizabeth enjoys while assuming the role of a boy is tempered by the cruel...

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