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1) Hard Ground
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Sometimes, fate just has it out for you. Shirley Cox has beaten the odds to create a successful career in the insurance industry. She and her fifteen-year-old son, Trumain, are living a comfortable life filled with promise. Shirley is proud of her sona bright, hardworking, and ambitious young man who has earned his place on the honor roll. But in a heartbeat, everything changes. Shirley loses her job, and the family is forced to move to Clifton Heights,...
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Modecai Jefferson is a young, dynamic 1940s jazz musician who carries his piano on his back, hears music every second of the day, and enjoys playing for his lover and biggest fan in Way City, AlabamaDelores Bonet. To Modecai, he and Delores are like black love notes on a musical page. But all of that is about to change the day he hears a recording of up-and-coming Harlem jazz trumpeter, Bunny Greensleeves. If he wants to make a name for himself, Modecai...
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When trainer Frank Black Machine Whaley of View Point, Texas, dies of a heart attack in 1946, Elegant Raines, an eighteen-year-old black prizefighter, must find a new trainer. Raines calls on Leemore Pee-Pot Manners, a boxing trainer who lives in Longwood, West Virginia. Any honest man would say Pee-Pot knows more about boxing than anyone alive whether that man is black or white. Rainess goal is to become the heavyweight champion of the world. Under...
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The year is 1977 and in the small town of Key Valley, teenager Jeff Walker is spinning his wheels. Since the death of his Dad, things have been tough for Jeff and his mother, who get by on a daily routine of suburban life. Yet he wants so much more out of life. School's a waste of his time. It's time he'd rather spend dirt biking, listening to rock 'n' roll, or in the arms of his girlfriend, Jennifer. Then one day, 16-year-old Jeff uncovers a hidden...
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Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is Oracle's strategic data integration platform for high-speed data transformation and movement between different systems. From high-volume batches, to SOA-enabled data services, to trickle operations, ODI is a cutting-edge platform that offers heterogeneous connectivity, enterprise-level deployment, and strong administrative, diagnostic, and management capabilities."Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook" will take you on...