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"Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead-very dead-on the hotel's tea room floor. When Detective Stark, Molly's old foe, investigates...
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"The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant--right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her...
4) The edge
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"The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets--can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless...
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"Far from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the answers to some of science's central questions. Silent, dry, and barren, Earth's 4.34-billion-year-old companion is essential to life on earth. Its gravity stabilized the Earth's orbit, and, as it once guided evolution, its tide stirring up nutrients that fostered complex life, it now influences everything from animal migrations and reproduction to the movements of plants' leaves....
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Drawn + Quarterly
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"In Are You Willing To Die For The Cause? Quebec-born cartoonist Chris Oliveros sets out to dispel common misconceptions about the birth and early years of a movement that, while now defunct, still holds a tight grip on the hearts and minds of Quebec citizenry and Canadian politics. There are no initials more volatile in Quebec history than F-L-Q. Standing for the Front de libřation du Qub̌ec (or in English, the Quebec Liberation Front).The original...
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DK Children
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Which Inventions Changed the World? is a beautifully designed reader all about inventions that changed people's lives - from helping us to navigate or communicate to keeping us healthy and safe. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about inventions from the wheel to VR, from the printing...
8) Puppy-cam
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Simon Spotlight
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English
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"Through a video camera positioned on the puppy's head, readers will follow along from the puppy's point of view as it tries to catch a ball, follow birds, and dig, but gets a surprise instead! Go, Puppy, go! Dan Yaccarino's bright art and Margie Palatini's simple text create a dynamic world that beginning readers will want to visit over and over again!"--
10) Go green!
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Charlesbridge
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"On a surprising field trip, the twins learn that sometimes the trash we make can end up in the ocean. Before you can say recycle, reuse, and reduce, Sydney and Simon begin observing how much trash they make at home and at school. Can they use Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics to get the whole town to go green?"--
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Sheldon Press
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"Ten questions to ask yourself, right now: Do you have a sense that something is wrong, but you don't know what it is? Do you have a feeling that you are hollow inside, that you are empty or have a void within? Do you react badly to rejection? Do you often feel sad, unhappy or down for no obvious reason? Would you describe yourself as highly sensitive? Do you have problems with relationships and intimacy? Do you engage in addictive behavior - alcohol,...
12) Kitty-cam
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Simon Spotlight
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"A kitty documents its adventures around the house with an action camera"--
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Simon Spotlight
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"Daniel Tiger wants to give his friends and family special presents, but he doesn't have enough money to buy them! Then his mom reminds him that homemade gifts are even better than store-bought, and Daniel learns to embrace his creativity and the joy of giving"--
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St. Martin's Press
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Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the story of the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, who served in the Vietnam war at age 18-written with his full cooperation and participation. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills (and the second most of any US service member in history), having recorded 103 confirmed kills in 16 months...
17) Lady codebreaker
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Forever
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English
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"Washington, D.C., 1958: Grace Feldman is hiding a dangerous secret in her home - not to mention countless others in her head. Grace, a would-be Shakespeare scholar with no mathematical background, learns the art of codebreaking on the fly and becomes one of the country's most potent secret weapons, decrypting intercepted messages during World War I, Prohibition and World War II. From her own father to her mad and mercurial first boss, from Army colonels...
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Forest Avenue Press
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English
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Too often, science fiction and fantasy stories erase--or cure--characters with disabilities. Soul Jar, edited by author and bookstore owner Annie Carl, features thirty-one stories by disabled authors, imagining such wonders as a shapeshifter on a first date, skin that sprouts orchid buds, and a cereal-box demon. An insulin pump diverts an undead mob. An autistic teen sets out to discover the local cranberry bog's sinister secret. A pizza delivery...
20) Eleanor's moon
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Owlkids Books
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English
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"Moments after Eleanor's birth during a brilliant harvest moon, her grandfather holds her in his arms and tells her, "No matter where we are, we will always share the moon." And they do. As Eleanor grows, her grandpa teaches her to love the moon. Together they observe it in all its permutations as it waxes and wanes. Soon, Eleanor is able to see the moon in everything - even in the most unlikely places. When Eleanor and her parents move away, she...
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