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9781) North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Sex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castle and Wild, Cea Sunrise Person's compelling memoir of a childhood spent with her dysfunctional counter-culture family in the Canadian wilderness—a searing story of physical, emotional, and psychological survival.
In the late 1960s, riding the crest of the counterculture movement, Cea's family left a comfortable existence in California to live off the land in the Canadian
...9782) I am Temple Grandin
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
-- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. Included in each book are: -- • Childhood moments• Facts• A virtue this person embodies: You’ll want to collect each entry in this dynamic, informative series!
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
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English
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Ill with Bright's disease and conscious of her approaching death, Lydia contmplates her world with courage, openness, and passion. As she addresses and comes to accept her own position as her sister's model, she asks stirring questions about love and art's capacity to remember.
9784) Christmas: under wraps
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With a residency at a top hospital and a boyfriend she adores, Lauren appears to have her entire life figured out. When she loses both her job and her beau on the same day, Lauren reluctantly accepts a residency position in Alaska. After slowly embracing her simple life up North, Lauren gets the position she originally hoped for and must choose between the life she always wanted and her new life in Alaska.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"North Carolina, 1960s. Lorraine has it all-the boyfriend, the good grades, the white picket fence, the ambition to become the first woman astronaut. But when she-the darling girl-next-door-becomes pregnant, she learns that love is conditional and ambition has its limits. In an effort to hide their daughter's secret shame, her parents send her away to a maternity home-a common solution for "wayward" girls during that time period. Lorraine soon realizes...
9786) Murder at Kangaroo Downs
Author
Series
Publisher
June Whyte Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
If you enjoyed watching Rosemary and Thyme – the TV show where two gardeners dig up a dead body in every episode – you'll love reading about Emily and Maggie, two quirky veterinarians, who travel around Australia treating animals and stumbling over unwelcome corpses.
When Emily and Maggie arrive at Kangaroo Downs to officiate at the opening of its new race-track, they expect to find the usual friendly ambiance characteristic of all
...9787) Anna: the biography
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back. Impatient to start her career, she left high school and got a job at a trendy boutique in London—an...
9788) All you need is fudge
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The annual yacht race off the coast of Mackinac Island, Michigan, is a highlight of the summer season, and Allie is pulling out all the stops making chocolate centerpieces for the occasion. Unfortunately, she and her bichonpoo, Mal, also pull a dead body from the murky waters of the marina. When Allie's boyfriend's sister becomes the prime suspect, Allie dives into investigating the murder herself."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious sixteenth century. Library Journal "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021" Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilization of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women...
9790) Long Island
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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-- Brooklyn Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony’s parents, a huge extended family. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not...
9791) Breakneck Point
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Evidence never lies... But people do. CSI Ally Dymond's commitment to justice has cost her a place on the major investigations team. After exposing corruption in the ranks, she's stuck working petty crimes on the sleepy North Devon coast. Then the body of nineteen-year-old Janie Warren turns up in the seaside town of Bidecombe, and Ally's expert skills are suddenly back in demand. But when the evidence she discovers contradicts the lead detective's...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
A unique biblical and practical approach to uncluttering our internal thoughts and feelings.
We all want our lives to change for the better–to become the healthiest versions of ourselves in spirit, soul, and body. Yet we still struggle. Author Trina McNeilly, looking for order in her own life, embarked on an inward journey to the home of her heart and soul to find healing and health from the inside out.
Unclutter
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Designing debutantes volume 3
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sabrina Jeffries returns to the Dazzling Debutantes series featuring a trio of ladies who defy social constraints by starting a business as party planners to the ton. The creative force behind London's most dazzling events, these young women know plenty about fashion, food, and the perfect setting-but there is always more to learn about love. As a viscount's heir, Rafe Wolfford is obligated to take a wife someday. But she must be the right sort of...
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Girls are beautifully and wonderfully made in God's image. This comprehensive collection of stories focused on 50 women of the Bible shows how God worked in their lives and continues to have a plan and a purpose for his beloved daughters today.
In a world that too often tells girls that they are not enough, Her Story, Her Strength uses biblical retellings and reflections that include the historical context behind each story?to remind young women that...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
-- Warriors For three pandas in the Bamboo Kingdom, secrets have changed everything. Rain, Ghost, and Leaf have only just discovered the truth about their families—but they don’t have all the facts. And while they attempt to piece together the puzzle of their pasts, a threat is growing ever stronger in their homeland—a liar masquerading as a leader.Sunset, the so-called Dragon Speaker, has his own agenda, and the discovery of the triplets from...
9796) Sleepless in Dubai
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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Nikki, an aspiring photographer, accompanies her family on a trip to Dubai to celebrate the five days of Diwali in style. It would be the trip of a lifetime, if Yash, the boy next door—with whom Nikki has a rocky history—wasn’t also on the flight. Oblivious to the tension, Nikki’s matchmaking family encourages Nikki to get better acquainted with Yash. It turns out a lot can change on a 12-hour flight beyond just continents. But can betrayals...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
-- Amelia Bedelia Means BusinessAmelia Bedelia's parents say they'll split the cost of a new bike with her, and that means Amelia Bedelia needs to put the pedal to the metal and earn some dough! With Amelia Bedelia anything can happen, and it usually does. Short, fast-paced chapters, tons of friends, silly situations, and funny wordplay and misunderstandings make the Amelia Bedelia chapter books an ideal choice for readers of the Ivy and Bean, Magic...
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Homemade Shouldn't Be Hectic
Do you wish you could slow down and create a home you and your family love and enjoy spending time in? Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life and voice of the Pioneering Today podcast, offers down-to-earth tips and guidance to help you learn how to...
• bake old-fashioned recipes (everything from biscuits to shepherd's pie) with quick, stress-free steps
• grow, harvest, and preserve culinary and medicinal...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
According to the Department of Labor, the average woman in 1998 was bringing home less than $25,000 a year. For every dollar that a man makes, a woman makes between 50 and 75 cents, and that is hardly news. But what you may not know is that, quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is rapidly increasing. Currently, over fifteen million women make $100,000 or more, and the number continues to rise at a rate faster then for...
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