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Random Hearts [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Survivors of a tragic plane crash seek both meaning and closure to the discovery of their dead spouses' infidelity. In an ideal world, they would never have met. Vivien Simpson is a happy housewife with a young son who adores her successful lawyer husband. Edward Davis is an ambitious aide to an important Congressman who loves his wife. When an airplane crash brings about the discovery that their supposedly loving and now deceased spouses were involved in a deeply passionate love affair and poss... more info>> (Published: 1984)
Words: 77706 - Reading Time: 222-310 min.
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Twilight Child [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The rights of grandparents to visit their beloved grandson pit them against their remarried daughter-in-law. When Charlie and Molly's son dies, their daughter-in-law remarries and is vaulted into an upper class world of money and privilege. She is now determined to lead a new life and keep her son free from the blue-collar influences of her ex in-laws. Forced to sue for their right to visit their beloved grandson, Charlie and Molly enter a world of courtroom conflict that deeply affects everyone... more info>> (Published: 1985)
Words: 107778 - Reading Time: 307-431 min.
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American Quartet [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Never underestimate the power of failure. In this first book of the Fiona series, four seemingly unconnected D.C. murders stimulate Fiona FitzGerald's sense of history as she delves into our country's dark past. In her search to solve the crimes, she uncovers the disturbing sexual and homicidal obsessions of a socially prominent but failed Washington politician. (Published: 1981)
Words: 86323 - Reading Time: 246-345 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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God Made Me That Way [MP3 Audio]
by Warren Adler
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Max, a Gold Coast ladykiller, is running out of options despite the ever-growing pool of available rich widows. A selection from The Sunset Gang, Warren Adler's acclaimed short story collection celebrating life, love and lust in a Florida retirement community. (Published: 2005)
Length: 0 hours, 26 minutes, 10 secs
Category: Romance
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Mourning Glory [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Mourning Glory is a provocative heart stopping bittersweet tale of desperation and desire in the vein of The War of the Roses and Random Hearts. Thirty-eight year old divorcee Grace Sorentino is in a precarious position, upwardly mobile in age, downwardly mobile in income. A cosmetician on Palm Beach's fashionable Worth Avenue, she barely makes enough to keep her 16-year old daughter Jackie in their tiny apartment. Still they're scraping by ... until Grace loses her job. Hanging on by a thread, ... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 116698 - Reading Time: 333-466 min.
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The Angel of Mercy [MP3 Audio]
by Warren Adler
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Max Shinsky meets the mysterious Yetta Klugerman and his life is changed forever. "It's as if...she decides who will live, and who will die!" (Published: 2005)
Length: 0 hours, 36 minutes, 17 secs
Category: Humor
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The Detective [MP3 Audio]
by Warren Adler
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A selection from The Sunset Gang, Warren Adler's acclaimed short story collection celebrating life, love and lust in a Florida retirement community. "The Detective" was adapted for a mini-series on PBS's American Playhouse, starring Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller. (Published: 2005)
Length: 0 hours, 49 minutes, 30 secs
Category: Humor
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The War of the Roses [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The classic story of a nasty divorce. This is the book that inspired one of the most famous movies about divorce ever produced. The movie is shown somewhere in the world every week, and the book has been translated in almost every language on the planet. "War of the Roses" tells the story of Oliver and Barbara Rose, who thought they had a perfect marriage, only to discover that their relationship was barely skin deep. The war they wage against each other eventually descends into brutality and ma... more info>> (Published: 1981)
Words: 70059 - Reading Time: 200-280 min.
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We are Holding the President Hostage [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A Mafia Don swings into action when terrorists capture his daughter and grandson. Aging Mafia Don Salvatore Padronelli, a.k.a. the Padre, is furious when fanatical terrorists capture his beloved daughter and grandson on a trip to Egypt. Fed up with diplomatic caution that prolongs their captivity, the Padre and his loyal henchman cleverly insinuate themselves into the White House and hold the President and his wife hostage. Now the Padre calls the shots on getting the President to take steps to ... more info>> (Published: 1986)
Words: 78395 - Reading Time: 223-313 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Yiddish [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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"Yiddish" is the story of Bill and Jenny, both in their late sixties, who live at Sunset Village, a retirement community in Florida. Both join the "Yiddish Club", an organization in their community dedicated to keeping the ancient language of Yiddish alive. Bill and Jenny are married to other people who have little interest in the club, pursuing their own hobbies. In joining the club each is trying to recapture the warm moments and delicious nostalgia of their childhood when Yiddish was the lang... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 9302 - Reading Time: 26-37 min.
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Yiddish [MP3 Audio]
by Warren Adler
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Selections from The Sunset Gang, Warren Adler's acclaimed short story collection celebrating life, love and lust in a Florida retirement community. Read by the author. "Yiddish" was adapted for a mini-series on PBS's American Playhouse, starring Anne Meara, and Jerry Stiller. (Published: 2005)
Length: 1 hours, 0 minutes, 40 secs
Category: Romance
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American Sextet [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A political sex scandal of massive proportions! A beautiful young woman dressed in white is found at the bottom of the Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge. Was it a suicide or murder? Fiona FitzGerald, possessed by a painful personal dilemma, is determined to find out, even if her demons might drive her from the police force. As Fiona goes deeper into the fire, a sexual conspiracy is uncovered involving six men from the highest offices in the country--a great American Sextet! (Published: 1983)
Words: 73000 - Reading Time: 208-292 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Banquet Before Dawn [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The last hurrah of an aging Irish politician pursuing his final campaign. After serving his Brooklyn district for many years, Congressman Sullivan discovers that his once comfortable Irish American majority has given way to a diverse district of blacks and Hispanics. Challenged by a more liberal opponent, he tries everything possible to maintain his seat only to painfully learn that he and his views are outdated and irrelevant to today's world. But "Sully" doesn't bow out of the race gracefully,... more info>> (Published: 1976)
Words: 79585 - Reading Time: 227-318 min.
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Blood Ties [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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An arms-dealing family confronts a moral dilemma in the nuclear age. During a family reunion at their ancestral castle, the famed Von Kassel family--arms dealers for over a hundred years--suddenly find themselves in possession of stolen plutonium capable of creating the most destructive weapon on earth. Previously aloof from the moral implications of their business, the family is torn apart by the deadly potential of their recent acquisition. Family conflicts are ignited that had long been avoid... more info>> (Published: 1979)
Words: 85031 - Reading Time: 242-340 min.
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Cult [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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People Can Be Brainwashed and Programmed to Kill. Recent events have taught us that. Barney Harrigan, a successful computer entrepreneur, discovers that his young and impressionable wife has been lured by her fanatical sister into the Glory Cult, a ruthless and powerful group in Oregon run by a charismatic "guru." Determined to free her from the cult's grasp and return her to him and their four year old son, he prevails upon an old lover in Washington D.C., Naomi Forman--a human rights activist-... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 74619 - Reading Time: 213-298 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Death of a Washington Madame [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Washington D.C.'s struggling underclass and the U.S. Capitol's politically aggressive upper strata collide in a horrifying crime. Homicide detective Fiona FitzGerald, the daughter of a Senator, once again battles prejudice and privilege, matching wits with the violet-eyed wife of a powerful politician determined to erase the sinful secrets of the past. (Published: 2005)
Words: 80437 - Reading Time: 229-321 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Henderson Equation [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The power of the press to manipulate and persuade comes under the microscope in this tense exploration of the media. The people who run the influential newspaper the Washington Chronicle have just exposed and brought down a President through their investigative reports. Flushed with power, they are now attempting to create their own choice for Chief Executive. Clashing relationships within the media and in the political arena reveal the motives, insecurities, and thirst for ascendancy between ri... more info>> (Published: 1976)
Words: 123725 - Reading Time: 353-494 min.
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Her Moment [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Another in a series from Warren Adler who reports about the intimate looks into the sexual mores of official Washington and the erotic stimulation of power. In this delightful story, a woman proudly recalls her adulterous sexual experience with a womanizing ex-President and uses the story to enhance her allure to a potential lover. (Published: 2001)
Words: 2299 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Immaculate Deception [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The clock is ticking for Fiona FitzGerald. The clock is ticking both figuratively and biologically. During Fiona FitzGerald's pursuit to conceive a child, a powerful female pro-life Senator is found dead. It appears to be suicide, but Fiona is puzzled and continues to investigate. The case gets even more baffling when one shocking clue contradicts the entire investigation. (Published: 1991)
Words: 77127 - Reading Time: 220-308 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Jackson Hole, Uneasy Eden [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The author tells the truth about the impact of "new" people on a mountain resort. In this collection of fictional short stories, the reader will find insights and truths engendered by the modern invasion of "new folks" to glorious mountain enclaves now dubbed "resorts." These acclaimed stories capture the truth, warts and all, of how modern life can both corrupt and enhance a traditional environment. Based on the author's experience as a long-time resident of this pristine valley in Wyoming nest... more info>> (Published: 1997)
Words: 59946 - Reading Time: 171-239 min.
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Madeline's Miracles [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A cautionary tale about a powerful psychic who takes control of a family. When a commercial artist, her stockbroker husband and their twin daughters move to Los Angeles, they unwittingly fall prey to a woman who convinces them that she is a psychic and can foresee their future. By persuading them that she holds the key to their success and can protect them from the dangers that threaten them, she gradually takes full control over their careers, their parenting, even their sex lives, until they b... more info>> (Published: 1989)
Words: 79140 - Reading Time: 226-316 min.
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Natural Enemies [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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An unforgiving nature reorders an urban couple's priorities. A young New York couple, unable to have children and whose marriage seems to be sputtering, is advised to leave their tense urban lives and take a vacation in a more bucolic environment. Out West, they are suddenly confronted by violent rednecks and chased deep into the surrounding wilderness. Braving floods, avalanches, wild animals and human predators, they come face-to-face with death. This test of endurance and their passion to sur... more info>> (Published: 1980)
Words: 83880 - Reading Time: 239-335 min.
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Never Too Late For Love [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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More stories from The Sunset Gang. A collection that combines additional stories written after The Sunset Gang was published dealing with the same intrepid crew who inhabit Sunset Village. Anyone who is aging, meaning all of us, will revel in these stories of joy, love, sex, and energy that give a deeper meaning to the aging process, especially in what the young might call "the twilight years." In these stories, there is no sense of oncoming doom and life goes on in a perpetual sunset. Anyone wh... more info>> (Published: 1996)
Words: 96705 - Reading Time: 276-386 min.
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Playing the Game [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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One of a priceless series of short stories from Warren Adler about the rarely revealed behind the scenes peccadilloes of official Washington. An arrogant bureaucrat thinks he can take sexual advantage of one of his ambitious underling's wives. Unfortunately, to his misfortune, he underestimates the woman's counterattack. (Published: 2001)
Words: 6020 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
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Private Lies [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Two couples are caught in an emotional web of adultery and deception that turns deadly on an African safari. Ken Kramer, a Manhattan advertising copywriter, and his wife, Sheila, a computer expert, appear to have a comfortable life and loving marriage. But when Ken is taken along on a business dinner and introduced to the wife of his wife's major client, we discover she is Ken's old flame--in fact, the love of his life and the object of his sexual obsession as a young man. Baffled by her non-rec... more info>> (Published: 1991)
Words: 97767 - Reading Time: 279-391 min.
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