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"This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht-the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport...
2) The women
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"When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps...
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Hunting Unicorns is a stylish, screamingly funny, razor-sharp look at the British aristocracy in decline, from Bella Pollen.
Adrift in a rapidly changing world, the Bevans cling to tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and the need to keep the family skeleton firmly in the cupboard.
The Earl and Countess of Bevan--charming, mad, and emotionally abbreviated. Daniel, their eldest son--funny, clever, but a hopeless alcoholic. Rory, his...
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"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...
5) Joy at work
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Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit? Well, imagine no more.
In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the...
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In this audiobook for young listeners, Jim Weiss thrillingly narrates his adaptation of three of the world's greatest adventures, each featuring a quest for wisdom and a famous character: Theseus, Prometheus, and Odin. Includes "Theseus and the Minotaur," "Prometheus, Bringer of Fire," and more.
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"Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. They're kept in balance only by Matthew's best and oldest friend, Ben, a rising science superstar--and Amelia's new boyfriend. But when Matthew finds himself on a desolate bridge face-to-face with a boy screaming for help, that delicate balance begins to crumble."--From publisher description.
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A funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose
Johanna Kaplan's beautifully written stories first burst on the literary scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Today they have retained all of their depth, surprise, and humor - their simultaneously scathing, hilarious, and compassionate insight into character and behavior. From Miriam, home from school with the measles,...
10) Metro girl
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Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, "Wild" Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver who's good at revving a woman's engine. Engaged in a deadly race, Bill has "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five-foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset...just when Hooker has plans for...
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Three of the most popular mysteries of all time in one volume, adapted and narrated by Jim Weiss. Three of the most popular mysteries of all time in one audiobook. Includes stories of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, and Edgar Allan Poe's detective Auguste Dupin. Adapted and narrated by Jim Weiss.
13) Martha Speaks
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Martha speaks (Picture books) volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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When Helen Finney feeds alphabet soup to her dog, Martha, it goes straight up to her brain, and Martha begins to speak! The basis for the Emmy-nominated PBS series.
Having a talking dog is a lot of fun--unless your dog never stops talking! When chatty Martha gives her family the silent treatment, they're relieved at first, but then they get worried. Will Martha ever speak again?
14) Mouse soup
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A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty mouse soup.
15) Ellen Tebbits
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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The part of third grade Ellen Tebbits likes most is having Austine Allen for her best friend.
17) The loner
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"Tanner Everett spends most of his time jet-setting around the world. But that hasn't stopped innocent Stasie Bolton, the daughter of a neighboring rancher, from falling head-over-heels for the jet-setting playboy. So Stasie is secretly thrilled when herfather proposes linking the properties in matrimony...which means Tanner will be hers, for good. Despite his globetrotting ways, Tanner can't help but be enthralled by the quiet girl next door. But...
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Did she really say 'I do'?! Emma is getting married! She knows it should be the happiest time of her life, but she can't help feeling she's marrying the wrong man. So when she wakes up on her wedding day with a ring already on her finger, she panics - who did she marry last night? Perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk, Kat French and Tracy Bloom.
20) Go to my grave
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"Ann Cleeves Donna Weaver has put everything into The Breakers, a Bed and Breakfast that she and her mother are opening on a remote stretch of beach. Now it waits--freshly painted, richly furnished, filled with flowers. But as the guests arrive, they feel like they've been here before. Amid home-baked scones, gorgeous guest rooms, and lavish dinners fit for a king, the feeling of menace grows. Someone has broken their vow. Someone is playing games....
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