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...
10) 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 38
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English
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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 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 9
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A convicted man being escorted to prison via the train is freed by a confederate.The man's wife contacts Gunn-to hire him to recapture her husband.Due to him believing she tipped the police and caused his arrest,she fears her husband will kill her.
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Peter Gunn volume 4
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Danny Holland, a paranoid stand-up comedian (played by Shelley Berman) is convinced that his wife of six years is trying to kill him. He hires Peter Gunn to investigate, but Gunn gets a completely opposite view of the marriage from the wife when he confronts her with her husband's fears.
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Peter Gunn volume 21
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A singer, who fifteen years before was found Not Guilty in the questionable shooting death of her gangster husband, hires Gunn to help with a blackmailer. Her psychiatrist has been robbed of tapes made during analysis which detail the incident and which will reveal the true story.
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Peter Gunn volume 8
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When an ex-racketeer is murdered,his brother asks Gunn to protect him before he's next.Peter Gunn arrives too late but before dieing the man identifies a deported mobster as being the killer.Tipped as to where the mobster's old girlfriend is working,Gunn starts the manhunt.
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Peter Gunn volume 29
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A Prison Warden asks Gunn to help in the rehabilitation of a veteran bank heist planner by escorting the man to his daughter's wedding.When the man disappears on the trip back to prison,Gunn and Jacoby know what is going to happen-a bank heist!