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What do boatmen on the C&O Canal called themselves? Canawlers: A Novel of the C & O Canal by James Rada Jr.

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Canawlers: A Novel of the C & O Canal

by James Rada Jr.
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Curious how to pronounce the title?

It’s CAN-all-ers. It’s what boatmen on the C&O Canal called themselves.

Just about everyone else said, “canallers,” but the C&O Canal boatmen spoke with an accent. They also had a challenging and dangerous job during the Civil War. Canawlers brought coal and other goods 185 miles from Cumberland, Maryland, to Georgetown along the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. The C&O Canal ran along the border of two warring nations, the canawlers were caught in the crossfire.

Hugh Fitzgerald is a proud canawler. For ten months a year, he and his family live on their canal boat, working hard to earn enough to get them through the lean winter months when the canal is drained.

The year 1862 is a hard year to live on the canal, though. To this point, the Confederacy has stayed south of the canal, but now the Confederate Army intends to go on the offensive and take the war into the north.

Not only are the Fitzgeralds’ lives endangered by the increased activity of warring armies and raiders on the canal, but the Fitzgeralds’ secret activity as a stop along the Underground Railroad only endangers their lives all the more.

Then fate takes Hugh away from his family, leaving his wife, Alice, to hold the family together. With the help of her children; Thomas, George, and Elizabeth; Tony, an orphan from Cumberland; and David Windover, a disillusioned Confederate soldier, they will face the dangers presented by the war, nature, and the railroad together.

This new edition has been released for the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Canawlers.

An unimaginable alliance. A sneak attack. And a world oblivious to the danger it now faces. The Last Arbiter: Book 1 of the Seven Realms Saga by Reese Halden

The Last Arbiter: Book 1 of the Seven Realms Saga

by Reese Halden
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An unimaginable alliance…
A sneak attack…
And a world oblivious to the danger it now faces.The Arbiter balances the competing forces of Fate, Chaos, Random Chance, Free Will, Order, and Cause & Effect. Much more than abstracts – these six realms are conjoined with ours. Each wants to impose its singular impetus upon humanity to the exclusion of all else.

The only problem is that the unthinkable has occurred – the Arbiter is dead.

And without a trained successor, the Balance is at risk.

Rowan Aspen thought his 21st birthday would be no different than the previous ones – doing morning chores, going to classes, a birthday dinner and opening presents afterward.

Instead, Rowan’s day started with him almost crashing to avoid three cats that bounded out in front of his truck. No ordinary pets, these cats heralded the beginning of a grand journey that Rowan – along with his two best friends, Asher and Holly – would undertake, one that would test their mettle and demand great courage in the months ahead.
This journey will uncover mysteries and decide the fate of every living being on Earth—

Because Rowan was the Last Arbiter.

Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six: A Novel of Thrilling Suspense

by Lisa Unger
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What could be more restful than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah’s generous brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It’ll be three couples on this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R.

But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare.

A deadly storm is brewing. The rental host seems just a little too present. The personal chef reveals that their beautiful house has a spine-tingling history. And the friends have their own complicated past, with secrets that run blood deep.

How well does Hannah know her brother, her own husband? Can she trust her best friend? Meanwhile, someone is determined to ruin the weekend, looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried. Who is the stranger among them?

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Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

by Dan Ariely
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The renowned social scientist, professor, and bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delivers his most urgent and compelling book—an eye-opening exploration of the human side of the misinformation crisis—examining what drives otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs.

Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis—from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex—far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve—and too often our limited solutions are shaped by partisan politics and individual interpretations of truth.

In Misbelief, preeminent social scientist Dan Ariely argues that to understand the irrational appeal of misinformation, we must first understand the behavior of “misbelief”—the psychological and social journey that leads people to mistrust accepted truths, entertain alternative facts, and even embrace full-blown conspiracy theories. Misinformation, it turns out, appeals to something innate in all of us—on the right and the left—and it is only by understanding this psychology that we can blunt its effects. Grounded in years of study as well as Ariely’s own experience as a target of disinformation, Misbelief is an eye-opening and comprehensive analysis of the psychological drivers that cause otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs. Utilizing the latest research, Ariely reveals the key elements—emotional, cognitive, personality, and social—that drive people down the funnel of false information and mistrust, showing how under the right circumstances, anyone can become a misbeliever.

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The Mountain Man’s Secret Valentine (Mountain Men Of Silver Ridge Book 1)

by Dizzy Hooper
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Look, there’s a reason why I live by myself in a cabin in the middle of nowhere. My time in the military left my mind and body scarred. Finding out my ex-fiancée screwed me over me while I was overseas just rubbed salt in the wound.

I’m not fit to be around other people, so I keep myself to myself and live off the grid. Being alone suits me. I’m better off that way.

Or at least that’s what I think.

Then she shows up on my doorstep. She claims the Valentine’s Day flowers she’s delivering are from a secret admirer, but f*ck that. Even if they are, I don’t care. All I can see is her.

Her sweet mouth and wicked tongue demand to be claimed. Her perfect body is begging to be touched and taken.
When a freak blizzard strands her with me in the wilderness, it takes all my restraint to keep my hands to myself and remain a gentleman. Her every move tests me, tempts me, tortures me.

There’s no way an innocent, sheltered flower delivery girl can fall for a gruff, rugged, lonely mountain man like me.

Or is there…

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Lessons in Evil

by Babette Hughes
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What happens when a long-buried secret comes to light as secrets inevitably do?

Fiction author Annie Burg is tasked with writing an unauthorized biography on literary luminary, Helga Hoffman. At first, she is hesitant to take the assignment, but realizes it could bolster her sagging career. This would turn out to be a writing assignment unlike any other.

With little to go on, Annie becomes a detective, snooping around the archives at the New York Public Library. Her work takes a stunning turn when she uncovers a heartless and heinous crime carried out against Jews in a hospital in Nazi Germany.

Filled with murder and intrigue, Lessons in Evil takes the reader on a dark and mysterious journey through good and evil.

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Discover Sarah A. Denzil’s page-turning domestic thrillers and psychological fiction: Dark and Deadly by Sarah A. Denzil

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Dark and Deadly: A Completely Gripping Psychological Thriller Box Set

by Sarah A. Denzil
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Discover Sarah A. Denzil’s page-turning domestic thrillers and psychological fiction. From secrets to lies to murder, you’ll find an emotional rollercoaster of suspenseful drama within these pages.

BOOK ONE: THE HOUSEMAID

When I was six months old, my mother left to work as a maid at Highwood Hall. She never came back for me.

I retrace her steps, lying my way into the same job she held over twenty years ago.

I slip through the old corridors of this stately home—uncovering secret tunnels and peepholes hidden behind the gloomy portraits—I’m desperate to uncover the truth. But it won’t be easy. No one knows why I’m really here.

BOOK TWO: FIND HER

It’s Christmas Day at Wilder House, and three magical winter weddings are set to begin. But as the tables are arranged, and the food is prepared, a perfect storm hits, cutting every guest from the rest of the world.

A bride stumbles alone into the snow, her silk train dragging through dirt, her hands bloody from the murder she just committed…

BOOK THREE: SAVING APRIL

Hannah Abbott is afraid of the world. She rarely leaves her house, but when the Mason family moves in across the street, Hannah’s quiet life is changed forever.

They seem like the perfect family until one day, Hannah sees April place an unsettling sign in the window and has to make a choice.

BOOK FOUR: LITTLE ONE

Fran finds a little girl, Esther, no older than seven years old, by herself in the dead of night, her pretty but old-fashioned yellow dress covered in grass stains and her hair dishevelled.

After Esther is reunited with her family, Fran can’t stop thinking about this pious child whose imaginary friend is God. Fran’s instincts tell her something is very wrong. But her husband warns her not to get too close.

BOOK FIVE: THE BROKEN ONES

“You will know me.” The hoarse whisper comes from a room in the house during the dead of the night. A stranger’s voice is recorded by equipment Sophie set up because Sophie is paranoid that someone is out to get her.

With few people in her life, Sophie spends all of her time either teaching at a primary school or caring for her ailing mother. Suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Sophie’s mother is a difficult patient, leaving her little time to herself.

Strange things begin to happen. She finds a discarded button in the garden. A handprint on the outside of the window. Her confused mother blames new bruises on a ‘shadow.’ Who is following her and why?

BOOK SIX: YOU ARE INVITED

When Cath receives her invitation to The Event, a monetised retreat for social media influencers, she can’t believe her luck. Irene Jobert is the most famous influencer in the world, and now Cath will be one of the five participants chosen to stay with Irene in a renovated Transylvanian monastery.

Their every move will be live-streamed to millions of people around the world. Patrons pay for constant access to their favourite social media stars.

Nestled halfway up a mountain, the five are isolated, with nothing but the internet to connect them to the world. Until eagle-eyed livestream followers all around the globe notice a sixth participant…