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2881) Ordinary bear
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"Farley stands out among his Iñupiat neighbors in the Alaska village he calls home, both white and enormous, like the hungry polar bears that wander its streets. Jovial and a little hapless, he works as an investigator for a North Slope oil company, passing the long Arctic winters drinking whiskey with the village?s preacher and playing in the weekly poker game hosted by its matriarch and mayor. When his young daughter visits from thousands of miles...
2882) I Only Read Murder
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"Strap in for a hilarious and satisfying ride." —Terry Fallis, bestselling author of Operation Angus
A once-famous TV sleuth
An amateur theater production
An onstage murder
A town full of suspects...
Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. She's facing ruin when a mysterious...
A once-famous TV sleuth
An amateur theater production
An onstage murder
A town full of suspects...
Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. She's facing ruin when a mysterious...
2883) On the road
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"Peppa travels to America in this deluxe storybook! Read along as Peppa visits the United States for the very first time and stops by New York, the Midwest, the Grand Canyon, and Hollywood. This deluxe storybook includes 48 pages of story and a pull-out poster with fun nonfiction facts about America. Based on the hit show on Nick Jr."--
2884) If you are an artist
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"If you are an artist, you wonder . . . How? Why? And What If? You daydream adventure, you stare at the stars, you let your imagination grow and grow, and GROW! And most importantly, you know that the world is waiting for what YOU and only YOU can create. Because you are an artist. Follow a band of young artists-each with their own individual contribution-through this inspirational homage to creativity, self-confidence and empowerment"--
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The Food Doula Cookbook eliminates the guesswork of what to eat during pregnancy, empowering moms-to-be to be nourished, energized, and confident -- from conception through the three trimesters to postpartum. Author Lindsay Taylor's positive attitude of no rules and no guilt, balanced with her focus on nutritious real-food choices, permeates the book. In addition to 90-plus easy-to-follow recipes for delicious, nourishing meals best suited for each...
2886) Nancy Bess had a dress
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"Waste not, want not! A patterned flour sack becomes a clever creation in this story set in the late 1930's featuring a crafty girl with a gift for repurposing her favorite daisy print. When the family flour sack is emptied, Nancy Bess remakes it into a dress. But little girls grow as little girls do, and soon that dress is too small. Bit by bit, Nancy Bess fashions the material into new creations, until finally, all that is left of the flour sack...
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At the end of the world, a groundbreaking scientific experiment will change everything. Dr. Laura Reynolds had it all. A job she loved. The respect of her peers. Student debt she was slowly chipping away at. And one day, it all went away. She saw the wrong thing—a colleague's mistake. And to escape, he framed her. Laura's only option is to join a secretive research project in Antarctica, where she hopes to keep practicing medicine and one day get...
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"Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch!" —Emily Giffin
One of Good Morning America's 15 books to read heading into spring and a SheReads and Zibby Mag Most Anticipated Book of the YearThe author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost)
...2891) The End Zone
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Game time volume 1
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"Never date a player. Football god Callahan O'Reilly can keep his blazing blue eyes to himself. I have a scholarship to maintain, and I do not have time to babysit a jock through a make-or-break class project. Even if one smoldering glance from him sets my panties on fire. Time to change her mind. Jamaica Winslow opens her mouth and spews sass like a volcano. One look at her uptight package, and I want to coax the genie from the bottle, unleash all...
2892) The last Air Force One
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Black Autumn volume 4
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"President Nathaniel "Dutch" McAdams and his family are swept away on Air Force One when a Black Swan event cripples the weakened American economy. Meant to be a safe-haven, he soon finds the violence in the air just as savage as the chaos on the ground. Dutch is running out of time and he must choose between his own child or the fate of millions of Americans: woefully unprepared and running blind in mass hysteria that has gripped the dying nation."...
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"At the dark end of the American empire, there is no such thing as a guaranteed hero. Sleazy lawyers grab their AR-15s and stand up for their mistresses. Children become warriors. High school losers transform into comic book vigilantes. Old men pop ibuprofen and charge into battle to protect their wives. During the seventeen days of the best-selling Black Autumn series, eleven authors present eleven sojourns into mayhem as it captures once-comfortable...
2895) Wrath of the exiles
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Dungeoneer adventures volume 2
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Coop Cooperson continues his adventures at the Dungeoneer Academy where he is the only human student at a school for future explorers.
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Dungeoneer adventures volume 1
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Coop Cooperson is the only human kid at the Dungeoneer Academy, a school for the future explorers of the Land of Eem, a place full of monsters, mazes, danger; together he and his teammates (Oggie the bugbear, Daz, a boggart, and Mindy, an imp), are having their survival skills and understanding of the Dungeoneer's Code tested in a treacherous obstacle course--but many more challenges lie ahead, and so far Coop is failing miserably (as everyone points...
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In the spirit of Heather Morris, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff, an enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters in Ireland whose lives diverge for decades, until fate—and faith—reunite them in the twilight of their lives.
Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire—known as the twins of Belfast—are given over to the austere care of
...2898) Taxi, go!
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"Today will be a busy day for Taxi! There are plenty of passengers to pick up, and they all need a ride--to a football game, a play, a business meeting, the airport, and more. Whizzing left, right, and through traffic, Taxi has to STOP for red lights and emergency vehicles. But after every stop, stop, stop, it's Taxi...go, go, GO"--
2899) The wedding menu
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How many weddings does it take to fall in love? One year ago, Amelie had it all. Almost engaged to her high school sweetheart, close to her childhood best friend, and cooking at her dad's restaurant: her life was exactly what she'd ordered. Until Ian, an opinionated wedding-hater, popped up out of nowhere and proved she might like something off menu. One year later, Amelie has lost it all. She's unemployed, single, and taking a break from her friendship....
