Robert James Waller
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Carlisle McMillan, a traveler and master carpenter seeking a place of quiet amid the grinding roar of progress. Near Wolf Butte, a strange and apparently haunted monolith, he finds his quiet, or so he believes, and begins rebuilding a decrepit house as a tribute to the gruff old man who taught him a carpenter's skills, rebuilding his life at the same time. He finds two very different, independent women: Gally Deveraux, who works at a diner in Salamander...
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The steady tick of an aged Regulator wall clock and the squeak of an overhead fan turning slowly are soft but insistent, counting down the night, while the high desert thrums like a half-remembered Victrola song. The sounds are below the consciousness of Winchell Dear, an old-time gambler, a Texas poker player on the southern circuit, as he waits for something . . . something vague that his life of chance tells him is evil and moving his way.
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An American writer in Mexico witnesses the assassination of a U.S. naval officer, then runs into the killer in a bar. The killer offers him money to drive him across the border and sensing material for a bestseller the writer accepts. A wild ride follows, the two pursued by the Mexican police. By the author of The Bridges of Madison County.
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From the author of the phenomenal bestseller, The Bridges of Madison County, comes another captivating tale of love.
Her name is Jellie Braden, and economics professor Michael Tillman wants her from the moment they meet at a reception for new faculty members. Something deep inside Michael whispers that she is the one, and Jellie- a 40-year-old married woman- hears the voice, too. The attraction- between this middle-aged man who still rides the...
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When Clayton Price, a merciless CIA hitman, makes an unauthorized hit, his CIA contact becomes intent on pursuing and killing the rogue assassin. Price's only hope for survival and independence is to enlist the help of a down-and-out American writer and his headstrong Mexican girlfriend, who agree to drive Price to the border, a decision that will change their lives forever.
