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Grau's Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, about the racial prejudice and long-buried secrets that threaten to destroy a distinguished Southern family The Howland dynasty began after the War of 1812, when a young Tennessee solider fighting for Andrew Jackson settled in Alabama. Over the next century, the Howlands accumulated a fortune, fought for Secession, helped rebuild the South, and established themselves as one of the most respected families...
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As a way to draw visitors to their isolated fishing village on Quebec's North Shore, the tourist bureau commissions a documentary film recreating life as it was lived there in the 1940's and 50's. To gather material for the project, the filmmaker is sent in search of Rose Brouillard, now an old woman but raised on an island just offshore by Onile, a local fisherman. Rose is finally tracked down in Montreal, where she lives a solitary life fogged by...
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Each and every decision we make in life matters-nothing is random. From her mother's decision to try to abort her with a knitting needle to Lisa's decision to forgive everyone in her life that had caused her horrendous pain, a life that might never have been now stands as a testament of God's love and grace in The Keeper.
Journey with Lisa through the darkest of places into God's marvelous light. You'll feel as though the two of you are sitting at...
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In this heartwarming and candid memoir, US national soccer team goalkeeper Tim Howard does something he would never do on a soccer field: he drops his guard. Howard opens up for the first time about how a hyperactive kid from New Jersey with Tourette Syndrome defied the odds to become one of the world's premier goalkeepers. Howard managed to keep his condition in check well enough to be drafted by Major League Soccer right out of high school. After...
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Horowitz family volume 1
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Beautiful and mysterious, The Keeper of Secrets by Julie Thomas follows a priceless violin across generations-from WWII to Stalinist Russia to the gilded international concert halls of today-and reveals the loss, love, and secrets of the families who owned it.
In 1939 Berlin, 14-year-old Simon Horowitz's world is stirred by his father's 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin. When Nazis march across Europe and Simon is sent to Dachau, he finds unexpected...
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One lie changes a family's path for generations-and finally brings them back to Ireland, in this saga by the author of The Devil's Own.
In May 1917 the Americans sailed into Cork to join the Great War. When they left two years later, they brought their war brides with them, including Lizzie McCarthy. Still reeling from the tragic death of her sister Maggie, Lizzie leaves Ireland hoping for a better life with her new husband Ed Anderson.
Lizzie...
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First published in London 1904. This is the revised and enlarged edition of 1906. Contents Include: The Ideal Keeper Relations with Farmers Points in Law The Poacher Vermin The Dog The Moor The Partridge Deer Stalking Rabbits Pheasants Wild Duck Wildfowling in Scotland The Gillie Angling Law Diseases of Game Loaders and Gun Cleaning Various Duties etc. An ideal book for the apprentice keeper, but also one which should be in the book room of all who...
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The Keepers (Ted Sanders) volume 4
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For centuries, the Keepers and the Wardens have been guarding the mysterious Mothergates, a source of incredible power. But now the Mothergates are dying, and Horace and his fellow Keepers know that the weakened gates may unleash a dangerous force that will consume the world--and destroy everyone in it. While their enemies are willing to take this careless risk, Horace and his friends are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the preservation of the...
49) A Flying Visit
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An exciting new picture book about much-loved Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends from the bestselling creator of One Snowy Night. Percy's friend, the hedgehog, has always longed to fly, but without wings, it's an impossible dream. But, then one day, a stranger arrives in the park, needing his help. Will the hedgehog's wish come true at last? A funny, heart-warming story about kindness, friendship and teamwork, introducing the phenomenally...
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Prophecy is prologue
England, 1775. An ambitious American pushes his expedition onward despite dire warnings from the locals. But what Benjamin Franklin discovers on the Isle of Wight isn't just superstition. It's a secret with the power to save the world-or destroy it.
In less than four hundred days, most of the world's population will be dead. Nobody knows why, only when: February 9, 2027.
Retired FBI Special Agent Will Piper is one of the few...
51) The Keepers
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After three weeks of special ops training in a secret underground bunker, The Keepers team returns to Heartwork Village as a private task force. Their mission is to ferret out the saboteur tainting the quantum jump therapies. Before someone else dies. Corey, Kate, and Trip, joined by five others, are hurled into dangerous and fantastic jumps. Monsters, jackals, giants, and dragons threaten their lives as they maneuver through grief and loss, impossible...
52) The Keepers
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Sara Elizabeth Ryan lives an idyllic life in rural Oklahoma, where she and her two cousins are shaped by unbridled nature and the handed down traditions of their Cherokee heritage. Raised on Grandma Janie's farm, Sara, Gunner, and Mitch form a seemingly unbreakable bond. But when Gunner returns from the Vietnam War, a breach of trust pushes the family to the brink of collapse. As the lure of easy money and threats from a local crime ring infiltrate...
53) The KEEPERS
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When RS was fourteen, he met a new friend that lived in the next farm over from his house. His name was Alex. Alex and RS would spend the summer days fishing, bike riding, and sharing their crazy dreams they would have and try to make sense of them. RS thought Alex was the smartest kid he had ever known. Maybe it was because Alex had told RS that his mother and father were scientists. Alex told RS that one day, RS would build a machine that would...
54) The Keepers
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After young Connor is gifted with superhuman abilities, her life changes. When she learns of others like her, Connor sets on a path to discover her true origin.Soon, she understands that her whole life has been a lie. The dreaded Inhumans, who have been here for longer than anyone can remember, are coming for her. And among them, a powerful adversary only known as Ronin.In a world of powerful villains and fragile friendships, are Connor's powers a...
55) The Keepers
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Jessie Nolan has troubles enough. Most of the time her mild psychic ability keeps her slightly off base. Her daughter has a teenage attitude. Her young son, Andy, has a powerful dose of Jessie's clairvoyance, and it terrifies him. Her husband, Stan, is out of work and tempers are flaring. When an ancient, evil Group pick Stan as their next inductee, Jessie learns what trouble really is. In 1865 in London, The Group selected Robert Milton. His family...
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A year has passed since the events of The King's Dagger that sent Rick and Wren on a death defying journey. Their training has taken on a new urgency as they strive to protect both the hatchlings under their care and the dragon riders. But that training will be put to the test much sooner than either could anticipate as outside threats force them from the safety of the lair once again.Rick Kerell…The trolls have launched an invasion resulting in...
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Central Park. Sienna Beckham is out jogging in the autumn sun, feeling almost ordinary. Trouble is, she'll never be. She's on the run from her life as a powerful witch and the three Keepers blood-bound to protect her. Evil is hot on Sienna's tail and Archer Bennett is searching for her, desperate to find her before they do. As one of her Keepers, he will fight to his death to defend her. Sienna must return and defend her hometown, Rapid Ralls - but...
58) The Keepers Gate
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Johnny Ryan and his new found friend, Nick Halloway, never imagined summer camp would send them on a journey into a strange world filled with challenges, traps, and dangers like no other place they had ever been. The two build an inseparable bond as they work to free a person they are not even sure is alive. They must face many challenges, knowing the entire time that they too could end up trapped in this strange world they have discovered. The story...
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The Keepers of Éire is a modern-day fantasy. For centuries dragons have protected Ireland, their existence kept secret with the help of earth magic and their human riders. Now that secret is, threatened as the bodies of four riders are, found at sacred Irish sites. Christian Riley, a man with secrets of his own is, haunted by vivid dreams of each slaying. An American searching for her Irish heritage and the meaning of an inherited dragon ring, Devan...
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"There is a war coming, and I suggest you figure out which side you're on."
The human world has almost entirely forgotten about Aris Magica, the secretive realm of magic that exists parallel to humanity. When an evil presence returns to ignite a war between the worlds, Jay must challenge fate and reckon with her growing powers, or let Aris Magica and the human world perish.
Jay Raremore has always lived with an immense and growing power but...
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