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The Ballad of Johnny Arcane Jim Nail Seven summers pass without a champion climbing the silo to claim the Cornfest Prize. Enter young Johnny Arcane, who brings down the hive of bees, the townspeople hefting him onto their shoulders, crying, "Arcane! Arcane!" The legend of Johnny Arcane is born... |
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His Name Was David Freeman Ruth Kipnis With the sudden death of his father, seventeen-year-old David is Forced to leave the security of the estate his father managed in Prussia in search of an uncle living near Kiev in the Ukraine. Carrying with him the dream of owning a grand farm of his own someday. Fate plays... |
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A Feather for Pumpkin Carlos Taveira & Harry Tinders Change is difficult for the best of us and evolution is not easy on those left behind. Adapt or die, the saying goes. But what if adapting can cost you your life? What if the pressure to stay as you are is unbearable? What if your contemporaries fight to keep evolution at bay? An unlikely hero... |
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Dinosaur Isle Tracy Lee Ford After 65 million years dinosaurs once again walk the Earth - on three islands near Guam. Using funding, modern paleontologist findings and modern DNA research, D.N.A. (Dinosaur National Association) has "grown" dinosaurs. Dozens of dinosaurs of all sizes roam the largest of... |
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Crows and Angels Leisa Ebere Based on true events, Crows and Angels, is a real story of good versus evil. Follow Hannah Nelson, a fifteen year old girl from Norway with a special gift for healing and second sight, as she and her family travel from Norway to America, where they hope to begin a new life; and experience many... |
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Just How Long Is a Lifetime D.A. Sciortino When Luisa, a young girl in nineteenth-century Sicily, falls in love with Giovanni, she is destined for heartache. Luisa’s father has plans for her – to marry the heir of the vineyard that both Luisa’s and Giovanni’s families work on. Avoiding trouble, Giovanni’s father... |
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Porter Brothers' Tragedy Glenn & Steven Porter The Porter brothers, Glenn and Steven, were in their twenties and had their whole lives in front of them. They found jobs and worked at a business where the wealthy owners had two beautiful daughters. Glenn and Steven pursued these two girls with hopes of marriage... |
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Hesitation Wounds Amy Koppelman The acclaimed author of I Smile Back, Amy Koppelman is a novelist of astonishing power, with a sly, dark voice, at once fearless and poetic. In Koppelman’s new novel, Dr. Susanna Seliger is a renowned psychiatrist who specializes in treatment-resistant depression. The most difficult cases... |
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The Ancient Burden of Fear T. C. Walters This is a story about courage, ancient gods, and people falling in love. The book begins in the mist of the night as a fisherman maneuvers his boat through the waters of Peru's largest port, setting the stage for an extraordinary escape from an island prison. This incident... |
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My Sister, My Daughter, and Me Shirley Rose Webb Three crazy, fun-loving Hispanic women (Tres Señoritas Locas) who had big dreams of making a better life for themselves. The first, with her irrepressible sense of humor, struggled mightily with some very wise and very foolish choices along the way. The second, with... |
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Black Butterfly Lorna Jackie Wilson Black Butterfly is a compilation of poetry based on inspiration and life experiences of Lorna Jackie Wilson. This compilation reflects the journey of a young girl and challenges faced with self esteem and identity loss after foster care placement. The journey begins life with her biological mother... |
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Our Kids A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and... |
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How to Game People Without Even Trying Elizabeth Cooke In the 1970s, international financier Saul Mammon is king. He's enigmatic, charismatic, and, one could argue, evil. Nobody plays the game like Saul. His obsessive motivations are practically erotic in nature. He got what he wanted when he... |
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The Royal We Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy tales. Her twin sister, Lacey, has always been the romantic who fantasized about glamour and royalty, fame and fortune. Yet it's Bex who seeks adventure at Oxford and finds herself living down the hall from Prince... |
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The One Russ Underwood Ethan Phillips is a successful hedge fund manager with the perfect wife. He's convinced she is the only woman meant for him. However, his faith in her proves unfounded as he discovers her treachery has no limits. Inconsolable from his pain, he abandons love and relationships and... |
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Jemima's Story Marylin Nelson A great deal has been written about the brave, hardy men who "conquered" the great western prairies, but not as much about the women who worked alongside them and how they helped settle the plains. This praise is long overdue. Jemima's Story, from the perspective of one... |
