Craig Stevens
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The son of an astronaut from the 1960s has a dream…a dream to fly in space. But what's a guy to do when a minor heart condition keeps him from ever realizing his most fervent desire to be a member of the NASA astronaut corps? The solution? Build his own spaceship of course. Here is the "true" account of the adventures of Mike Mason, the son of American hero Major Matt Mason. The story is presented as a first person narrative and describes the...
11) Dirt Bike Mania
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Exciting and colorful images attract readers to this book. See what makes these motor bikes ready to ride off road. Describes the important parts of a bike along with where and how riders can ride them.
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Peter Gunn volume 17
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Gunn is called in by Lt. Jacoby to deal with a psychotic bomber who has escaped from a mental institution and is threatening to cause major damage unless the mayor kills himself.
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Peter Gunn volume 16
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The wife of a successful businessman hires Gunn to investigate after someone takes a shot at her husband. The prime suspect is the husband's former business partner who he abandoned during a mine collapse years before.
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Peter Gunn volume 30
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June Holton meets Michael Delak in his apartment. She refuses his sexual advances then a shot rings out killing Delak. The woman contacts Peter for assistance after someone tried to run her over. Gunn guesses there is more to the story and she finally admits witnessing the murder of Delak. She then admits she intended to kill Delak after his rejection of her sister led to her suicide. Gunn speaks to a number of people including Rector the newspaper...
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Peter Gunn volume 38
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Gunn is hired by a reclusive billionaire to recover documents stolen by the man's recent girlfriend. After finding the lady has been strangled and then awakening from a conk on the head to find the billionaire's Assistant dead, Gunn sneaks back into his client's mansion knowing full well who is behind everything.
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Peter Gunn volume 11
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Gunn is asked by an old-time, fellow private eye to find out who killed his partner before he is next. The murdered detective had been investigating a three-year-old, unsolved $500,000 bank truck heist. Lt. Jacoby suspects a polished hood but has no proof.
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Peter Gunn volume 35
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Gunn is hired by the District Attorney,whose son is the chief suspect in the murder of a pretty gold-digger.Gunn is to find out the truth,one way or the other.The fact that she was once the girlfriend of a local mobster may/may not be a clue.
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Peter Gunn volume 6
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A young man enters his apartment and is immediately put into a sleeper hold by a huge assailant waiting inside, in the dark. The assailant hoists the victim into a hanging noose, and kicks a stool out from under him. The death is ruled a suicide. The giant is an assistant to Ahben Vanesku, a cult leader who hires Peter Gunn to find a female cult member who supposedly embezzled $ 200,000 from the cult. Gunn tracks the beautiful woman to Spain.
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Peter Gunn volume 30
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Gunn "gives a little back" and goes to Acapulco, Mexico to look for a woman spotted down there recently by his friend. The woman is supposed to be dead and her husband is currently in the news-he has used up his last appeal and is very shortly to be executed for her murder.
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Peter Gunn volume 37
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An insurance company hires Peter Gunn to determine the ownership of $500,000 worth of jewels, which may have been stolen. They were discovered by the police in the apartment of a murdered man who's wife now has laid claim to them. Oddly, a bookie who cannot be found could figure in the solution of the case.