Harry
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2007
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English
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This enchanting true story, written when the author was ninety-three, is a moving tale of working-class life, social divide, and forbidden love on the eve of the first World War. The narrow street on which Harry grew up appeared identical to countless other working-class English neighborhoods—except for the invisible wall that ran down the center of the street, dividing the Jewish families on one side from the Christians on the other. The geographical...
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Twenty palaces volume 1
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"Ray Lilly is living on borrowed time. He's the driver for Annalise Powliss, a high-ranking member of the Twenty Palace Society, a group of sorcerers devoted to hunting down and executing rogue magicians. But because Ray betrayed her once, Annalise is looking for an excuse to kill him--or let someone else do the job. Unfortunately for both of them, Annalise's next mission goes wrong, leaving her critically injured. With the little magic he controls,...
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Gunnie Rose novels volume 4
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"Felicia, Lizbeth Rose's half-sister and a student at the Grigori Rasputin school in San Diego -- capital of the Holy Russian Empire -- is caught between her own secrets and powerful family struggles. As a granddaughter of Rasputin, she provides an essential service to the hemophiliac Tsar Alexei, providing him the blood transfusions that keep him alive. Felicia is treated like a nonentity at the bedside of the tsar, and at the school she's seen as...
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This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920's on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Photos.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Hired by ForbesTraveler.com to review some of the most luxurious accommodations on Earth, and then inspired by a chance encounter in Dubai with the impoverished workers whose backbreaking jobs create such opulence, Bob Harris had an epiphany: He would turn his own good fortune into an effort to make lives like theirs better. Bob found his way to Kiva.org, the leading portal through which individuals make microloans all over the world: for as little...
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ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Who?
A baby!
That's you, baby, you!
That's who!
Who? explores the relationships babies form with the people and things they love the most. The text's repetitive verse and melodic voice will captivate babies and toddlers and draw them into the sounds and images of the book.
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2020
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English
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-- Praise for the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries “There’s a lot going on in this charming mystery, and it all works . . . Well written and executed, this is a definite winner.”— -- Library Journal “Incredibly enjoyable.” —Mystery Scene Visit us at www.kensingtonbooks.com
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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For two decades, this universally acclaimed book on sexuality has been the most trusted and accessible resource for kids, parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone else who cares about the well-being of tweens and teens. Now, in honor of its anniversary, It’s Perfectly Normal has been updated with information on subjects such as safe and savvy Internet use, gender identity, emergency contraception, and more. Providing accurate and up-to-date answers...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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-- isn'this bride! Kept for the Sheikh's Pleasure by Lynn Raye Harris King Zafir bin Rashid al-Khalifa does not care for surprises. Especially ones that involve the reappearance of his ex, Dr. Genie Gray! Now Zafir has the power to make all the rules—and what he wants is a willing Genie in his bed….
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Guardians (Meljean Brook) volume 8
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Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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From New York Times Follow paranormal bodyguards Clovache and Batanya into Lucifer’s realm, where they encounter his fearsome four-legged pets, in Charlaine Harris’s “The Britlingens Go to Hell.” Seek out a traitor in the midst of a guild of non-lethal vampire trackers, one that intends to eradicate the entire species of bloodsuckers, in Nalini Singh’s “Angels’ Judgment.” Find out why the giant three-headed dog that guards the gates...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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In JANICE SIMS's "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man," recently widowedGena Boudreau has just about given up on motherhood, until a precociousteenager tries to set Gena up with her single father, Nathan Lincoln. The star of a reality dating show cooked up by creative directorJustine Graves turns out to be a hit. The only thing that can stop the showis the reluctant bachelor Markos Raineau and the growing attraction Justinefeels for him. "The Real Thing" by...
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Start Publishing Llc
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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A tantalizing selection of stories from some of the best female authors who’ve helped define the modern vampire. Bram Stoker was hardly the first author—male or female—to fictionalize the folkloric vampire, but he defined the modern iconic vampire when Dracula appeared in 1897. Since then, many have reinterpreted the ever-versatile vampire over and over again—and female writers have played vital roles in proving that the vampire, as well...