 | The Collected Writings of Zelda Fitzgerald
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 | The Harbormaster's Daughter
Release Date: August 7, 2012The story of a mother and daughter in an idyllic Cape Cod town... On a freezing January night, LaRee Farnham answers a knock at her door to find a policewoman holding three-year-old Vita Gray, whose mother has just been murdered a few miles away. LaRee raises Vita with fierce love and attention, at the same time trying to shield her from the aftermath of the murder, which has deeply divided the histoiric village of Oyster Creek. Born out of wedlock, Vita is the product of the town's two very different cultures: the hard-working fishing families of Portuguese ...
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 | Hating Gladys: A Novel
Publication Date: September 12, 2002Gladys Pratt was in control, the mistress of her own domain. In the sixties she and her husband were running a lodge in a remote area of the Yukon. Communication to the outside world was by mail, if it got out. Gladys was a tyrant. Deeply unhappy in her own life, she made life miserable for everyone around her — her house-keeper, her cooks and the young women who worked as her waitresses during the summer months. Kendy and Elke were two of them — fresh out of high school and heading to university, they anticipated earning enough money to pay ...
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 | Marthellen and the Major (Carson City Chronicles, Book 2)
Publication Date: January 2, 2004Book 2 in The Carson City ChroniclesA Christy Award-winning AuthorIn an age when robber barons and get-rich-quick schemes abound, a charismatic land developer arrives in Carson City. It doesn't take Major Lansford Fallon long to win the affections of widowed Marthellen Farnsworth -- Judith Kingston's housekeeper and dearest friend. And it takes Fallon even less time to win the financial backing of the town's leading citizens when he presents a plan to build a health sanitarium on a mineral spring outside of town.Available only in Christian Fiction 8. ...
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 | Brown Girl, Brownstones (Contemporary Classics by Women)
Publication Date: July 1, 2006| Series: Contemporary Classics by Women “Remarkable for its courage, its color and its natural control.”—The New Yorker“Unforgettable...written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears.”—The Herald TribuneThis beloved coming-of-age story set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II follows the life of Selina Boyce, a daughter of Barbadians immigrants. Her mother craves the American Dream while her father longs for his island birthplace. The new foreword by contemporary Caribbean author Edwidge Danticat explore...
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 | The Snowflake Rebellion
Publication Date: January 1, 2009The ultimate Alaska tea party - a satirical thriller about political rebellion gone wild. A young couple moves to Alaska from the East. Deeply in love, Colin and Sheila Callihan take opposing paths, he an oil company geologist, she an environmental activist. He discovers a vast oil reservoir on the North Slope; she becomes his most vocal critic.Governor Jimmy Pender asks Colin to join the Alaskan Independence Party and bring it under control. The party s increasingly militant members are creating a political firestorm. The state rebels against decisions made ...
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 | Saying Hello at the Station
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 | El Sobrino del Mago (Narnia
Release Date: October 18, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | The Book of Shiva
Release Date: June 23, 2010Shiva: Destroyer and Protector, Supreme Ascetic and Lord of the Universe. He is Ardhanarishwara, half-man and half-woman; he is Neelakantha, who drank poison to save the three worlds-and yet, when crazed with grief at the death of Sati, set about destroying them. Shiva holds within him the answers to some of the greatest dilemmas that have perplexed mankind. Who is Shiva? Namita Gokhale examines this question and many others that lie within the myriad of stories about Shiva. Even as she unravels his complexities, she finds a philosophy and worldview that is terrify...
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 | The Legend of Angelhawke
Publication Date: August 22, 2012Abigail Gordon is newly divorced from her cheating husband. She is also an accomplished historian and gifted businesswoman. So why is it when she starts her new job as curator at the Key West Naval Museum she is enraptured by a simple portrait painted in the 1600’s of the privateering sea Captain William Hawke? Sure he is handsome but there is something about him that ignites her curiosity. Research shows her that the captain was a married man who loved his wife and children. He was a loyal friend, writer of legends and also the distant grandfather of ...
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 | The Killer
Release Date: August 2, 2011Forget James Bond.Forget Jason Bourne.Forget Jack Bauer.Meet Victor.He’s an assassin—a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He’s given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He’s THE KILLER.Victor in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency—only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life. Pursued by determined enemies, a woman too beautiful to be safe, and intelligence agencies from both sides of the A...
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 | Panama: A Novel
Release Date: August 1, 2001A national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Panama marks the debut of an impressive literary talent. It is part detective novel, part historical thriller...and it all begins in 1892 when a woman vanishes and a corpse is found. Gunshots echo in the Paris streets. Blood flows to the Panama Canal... ...
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 | Forgotten Past
Publication Date: April 23, 2011Forgotten Past is a work of fiction set in California, primarily Cambria which lies at the southern end of the famed Pacific Coast Hwy. 1 near Hearst Castle. The lead character, Professor Sean Lordson, has a background that appears to be catching up with him. Once an operative for a secretive government agency, Sean feels he must rekindle his highly trained skills to save his life and protect his family. Sean has a past he'd like to forget and a past he tried for years to remember. The events that pose a threat will uncover truths he had buried long ago.Profes...
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 | Force of Blood: A Woods Cop Mystery (Woods Cop Mysteries)
Publication Date: September 4, 2012| Series: Woods Cop Mysteries Late spring, 2007. Michigan in economic freefall, state budgets being slashed, politics reduced to nastiness, state jobs being erased, and personnel furloughed without pay. Grady Service, detective for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in the Upper Peninsula, watches as his colleagues leave the department one by one. Upon being asked by an old friend to look into unspecified problems his son is facing on the shores of Lake Superior, Service has no idea how complicated his life is about to become. All he knows is th...
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 | Myths Every Child Should Know
Publication Date: June 1990Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher.1914. Excerpt: ... I HAVE told you of a hero who fought with wild beasts and with wild men; but now I have a tale of heroes who sailed away into a distant land to win themselves renown forever, in the adventure of the Golden Fleece. Whither they sailed, my children, I cannot clearly tell. It all happened long ago; so long that it has all grown dim, like a dream which you dreamed last year. And why they wen...
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 | Fairy Wings
Publication Date: May 1, 2001| Grade Level: P and up Ridiculed by all but her animal friends, little wingless Fia spends her days on the earth rather than in the sky. But when the boy fairy Kip invites her to attend the May Dance, Fia timidly accepts. Her wingless condition creates a stir until the dance is interrupted by a wicked troll seeking a late-night snack of fairy wings! ...
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 | Rabbit's Gift
Publication Date: November 1, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Snow is coming, coming soon, so Rabbit needs to find food fast. Just in time, a turnip turns up, and a second one, too. Who in the woods wouldn't want to tuck away an extra turnip for the long winter? Not Rabbit. He chooses a different path--and starts a wave of generosity that spreads among all his forest friends. Admired picture-book team George Shannon and Laura Dronzek have created a heartwarming tale about the true meaning of friendship. Includes an author's...
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 | The Berenstain Bears Go Out for the Team
Release Date: January 12, 1987| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up When backyard sluggers Brother and Sister join the Bear Country Cub League, they get real uniforms and play on a baseball field. They also have pressure to win and competition from the other cubs. But it's Mama's advice that helps them prepare sensibly for team sports. ...
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 | The World's Greatest Olympians (The Olympics)
Publication Date: August 1, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | The Gigantic Coloring Book of Bible Stories
Publication Date: April 1, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up This is a jumbo coloring book for kids with more than 40 favorite Bible story pictures and Scripture on each page. ...
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