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Black Widows volume 10
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Finnish
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Veera finds her daughter. The love life of Johanna and Petri is shadowed by the fact Petri does not know that Johanna killed her husband. Buntta gets hold of Jukka once more. Kirsi struggles in her marriage with a violent, controlling man.
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A look at the new Hollywood by the longtime editor-in-chief of Variety. The ultimate insider follows the winners and losers of Hollywood's 1998 Summer Season.
Welcome to Hollywood, where gambling is a way of life -- and the wagers run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. But in the summer of 1998 all bets are off. The man who knows every mover, shaker, and faker explains why no one can explain the surprising season. Peter Bart goes behind...
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Can history be changed?
Can the South still win the War Between the States?
Colonel McCulloch thinks so...and his gold, his gun, and some very special blueprints stand behind him to help him prove it.
Sargeant Harmon is a black man who hopes not...and only his readiness, ingenuity, and wit stand behind him to help him stop it.
In the corridors of contemporary Washington and on the fields where Civil War battles have yet to be fought, these two...
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"Ingenious."
-Vogue
"Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand takes on nothing less than the creation myth of Western culture."
-Salman Rushdie
The winner of the prestigious 2008 Biblioteca Breve Prize-joining such renowned Latin American luminaries as Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes-acclaimed poet and novelist Gioconda Belli's Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand is a wholly creative and original re-imagining of the story of Adam and...
5) The Delusion
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Don't believe everything you read on the internet. It'll drive you crazy. Literally.Hotel ballroom lights flicker as the University of Baltimore announces the winner of this year's Tiberian Research Award in Psychology. Years of toil and sacrifice weigh on Emma's shoulders. Years of enduring her professor's unearthly demands. Years of researching mass persuasion on the internet late into the night, living in a single-bedroom apartment on campus while...
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Which man will she choose? Tyler and Caleb have been best friends for years, so they never imagined that anything, especially women, would ever come between them.How could they have known that they would both meet Lauren, the woman of their dreams, on the exact same day?Caught up in a confusing love triangle, Lauren can't stop thinking about Tyler, but at the same time, she also finds herself falling for Caleb.Since neither man is willing to give...
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Zoey loves poutine with its French fries, gravy, and squeaky squeaky cheese curds. It's her favourite dish to make with her father. And it's their annual tradition to make it for their shared July 1 birthday. Zoey is excited. Tomorrow is her fifth birthday! It's also a holiday in Canada. This year, family members--grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins--from across Canada are coming to celebrate Zoey's birthday. But as a surprise to Zoey, everyone is...
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A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006. Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by the largest margin of victory in sixty years, stirring talk of a possible Triple Crown. But in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes two weeks later, the magnificent animal suffered a catastrophic leg injury that ended his un-defeated career and left him fighting for his life.
One of the world's top jockeys,...
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Children's Book in rhyming story for kids from 3 to 8 years. Tale in verse. 60 pages with text and colorful picture.Once upon a time in a magical forest, there lived a kind-hearted panda named Bella who adored books and reading. When news of the Reading Olympiad spread through the forest, Bella's heart fluttered with excitement. The grand prize of a two-story house and a year's worth of food for the winner inspired her to join the competition as the...
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In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on the "The Dating Game," one of America's most popular television shows at the time. Handsome, successful, and romantic, he was embraced by the audience-and chosen as the winner by the beautiful bachelorette. To viewers across the country, Rodney seemed like the answer to every woman's dreams. Until they learned the truth about his once and future crimes...
Ten years before his TV appearance, Rodney was charged...
11) Black Pearls for Parents: Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-American Parents
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Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-American Parents
Eric. V Copage's Black Pearls became an instant best-seller and was the winner of the Blackboard African-American Bestsellers award for best non-fiction book of 1994. Now he has created a book of inspirational thoughts, practical advice and pearls of wisdom specifically for African-American parents. The 365 quotes that begin each day's entry range from African proverbs to wisdom...
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"Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar." -The Economist
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire reveals the economic impact of the battle as a victorious Great Britain emerged as a global commercial empire.
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13) Sucker for Payne
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One mistake doesn't usually define a person, unless your name is Conner Payne.Searching for a way to get his life back on track, Conner finds refuge at Steele Cage, a local gym, where he soon uncovers his potential for supremacy inside the brutal world of cage fighting. A natural talent for landing precise punches and powerful knee strikes could be Conner's ticket out of the hellscape of a life he's been living in for the past decade. All he has to...
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FEATURES
A Wood Carving Fantasy
By Bob Duncan
Floyd Rhadigan is known for his quick knife, appealing fantasy characters, and tireless teaching schedule.
Carving Between the Covers
By Kathleen Ryan
Italian sculptor Nino Orlando reveals the hidden magic in carved books
Carving a Place in History
Woodworker Barrie Casement is helping to restore St. Patrick's Cathedral
Winning Wonders
Meet the winners of the final 2016 People's Choice Contest
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15) Withered
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A queer paranormal horror novel in the style of showrunner Mike Flannagan, showing the complex real-life terror inherent in grief and mental illness
After the tragic death of their father and surviving a life-threatening eating disorder, 18-year-old Ellis moves with their mother to the small town of Black Stone, seeking a simpler life and some space to recover. But Black Stone feels off; it's a disquieting place surrounded by towns with some of...
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More than a cookbook, this is the story of how a little girl, born in the South of Yankee parents, fell in love with southern cooking at the age of five. And a bite of brown sugar pie was all it took.
"I shamelessly wangled supper invitations from my playmates," Anderson admits. "But I was on a voyage of discovery, and back then iron-skillet corn bread seemed more exotic than my mom's Boston brown bread and yellow squash pudding more appealing than...
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You'd better believe Slappy Hooper was the world's biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter. He was bestest because no one else ever made pictures so true to life. But some folks said they were too good when the pictures started coming alive! Will Slappy have to give up sign painting for good? Or will a couple of timely jobs from the Heavenly Sign Company let him climb to even greater heights? Find out in this delightful tall tale from mid-20th-century...
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"Members of the 'Gator Nation' are going to burn the midnight oil turning these pages because Buddy Martin will be boldly taking them where no Florida fan has gone before." --Tony Barnhart, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/CBS
To write the Urban Meyer story, Buddy Martin enjoyed a vantage point rarely afforded authors in constructing the authorized biography of the University of Florida's high-profile coach. Martin takes the reader where no other...
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You hold me up. I hold you up. We hold each other up. An evocative picture book intended to foster empathy among children and encourage them to show each other love and support. In English and Spanish.
Encourage children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other's well-being in their everyday actions.
Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue...
20) After ever after
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome after effects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
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