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2481) The storms of war
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English
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A sweeping and gloriously moving novel of the First World War and its aftermath from a brilliant young storyteller
Kate Williams's The Storms of War is the first book in a groundbreaking, cinematic trilogy that tells the story of the de Witt family from 1914 to 1939: perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, Birdsong, and Somewhere in France.
In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. Rudolf and Verena are planning the wedding...
2482) Castle Butte
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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English
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In 1890s Wyoming, seventeen-year-old Alden Clare assumes the responsibility of earning enough money to buy back his family's foreclosed land, taking care of his older brother's family, and helping the attractive daughter of a homesteader who is being harassed by ruffians.
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Bonnie Books Inc
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English
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"This is a story about a serene, mysterious, and slightly eccentric woman - and her slogging, well-intentioned husband. She knows her husband is totally enchanted with her, and she blithely takes advantage. He bears his scars reasonably well. Both of them were profoundly influenced by their 21 children, who came from a dozen different cultural backgrounds"--Publisher.
2484) Last Tang standing
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
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English
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"Crazy Rich Asians" meets "Bridget Jones's Diary" in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one's thirties intact, and opening oneself up to love.
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English
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AÏcha lives with her mother in Montreal's Centre-Sud neighborhood. She's only thirteen, but claims to be older. She has never known her father, and resents her mother for leaving Hakim, her stepfather. Her only friends are Mel and Jo, two local prostitutes, and Baz, a musician in his twenties, who comes to her rescue one day and with whom she proceeds to fall in love. Her impossible love for Baz, her precociousness and her rebellious streak come...
2487) Because of you
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Michael Joseph
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English
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"The old millennium turns into the new. In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. Anna leaves with empty arms. Seventeen years later, the gods who keep watch over broken-hearted mothers wreak mighty revenge, and the truth starts rolling, terrible and deep, toward them all. The power of mother-love will be tested to its limits. Perhaps beyond . . ."--Publisher.
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44 Scotland Street volume 7
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English
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Domestic bliss seems in short supply at 44 Scotland Street. Over at the Pollocks, Stuart is harbouring a secret about a secret society and Bertie is feeling kind of blue. Having had enough of his neurotic hot-housing mother, he puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Print run 10,000.
2489) The Poe Estate
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Repository series volume 3
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Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Sukie braves the twists and turns of the spooky Poe Annex at the New-York Circulating Material Repository to untangle ancient family secrets, find hidden treasure, and help the ghosts who are haunting her house.
2490) Beautifully me
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Zubi, a happy Bangladeshi girl, is excited about her first day of school, but at breakfast she is puzzled by her mother and older sister worrying about being "too big," and even at school she hears other people criticizing each other's bodies, and she starts to worry that maybe something is wrong with how she looks--until her declaration at dinner that she is on a diet makes her family realize what they have been doing wrong.
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Dutton
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English
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When Maggie's mom dies in a car crash, Maggie discovers, along with Iris' will, five sealed envelopes - each addressed to a mysterious man she's never heard of. Maggie embarks on a road trip, determined to hand-deliver the letters and find out what these men meant to her mother. Maggie quickly discovers Iris' second, hidden life, which shatters everything Maggie thought she knew about her parents' perfect relationship.
2492) Tiger honor
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Thousand worlds volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Thirteen-year-old nonbinary tiger spirit Sebin must decide where their loyalties lie when their traitorous uncle hijacks the battle cruiser that happens to be Sebin's first assignment in the Cadet Program.
2493) Abraham Lincoln
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English
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Learn about his childhood, his early work, and his role in ending slavery.
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Growing up in a middle class home, my father's heroin addiction was the thing no one mentioned. We lived in denial and secrecy. Years later, I set out to understand my behavior as an adult child of an addict.
Adult children of addicts and alcoholics struggle with depression and shame, and also with perfectionism and the fear of losing control. Self-defeating behavior only leads to more pain and shame. Healing comes from facing the feelings that we've...
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It's late on Friday night when Casey's mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn't Riley. It's a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike's latest fostering challenge - a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who's run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.
The Jonathan Ross Show has just started when Casey gets the call. She thinks it will be Riley - telling her that her favorite...
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English
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A BOY WITHOUT HOPE is the heart-breaking story of a boy who didn't know the meaning of love. A history of abuse and neglect has left Miller destined for life's scrap heap. But in this turbulent story of conflict and struggle, Casey Watson is determined to help Miller overcome his demons, show him love and give him hope. Casey Watson is back, doing the job she does best — rolling up her sleeves and fostering the children who, on first meeting, seem...
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English
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What is LOVE? While attending a sociology workshop in a higher learning institution, I asked a simple question; "what is love?" I was utterly surprised that none of the thousand students present could give me a satisfactory definition of love. BEFORE YOU SAY I DO sheds much light on how to find true love that qualifies to graduate into marriage. It candidly helps you understand about: How to identify true love How to fall in love without falling into...
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Military-connected students move frequently, changing schools as many as nine times from preschool to high school graduation. With each move, they adjust to a different curriculum, meet new teachers and coaches, adapt to a new learning environment, and develop new friendships-all amid other military life challenges, such as a parent's deployment.
Seasons of My Military Student helps parents and teachers:
• Understand the Seasons of Transition(TM)...
2499) The Heart of Things
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English
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After a year-long, Jamaica-Miami romance, Douglas Blythe succeeds in putting a ring on Khalila Skyers's finger.
Though gun-shy, Khalila is willing to marry Douglas, under one condition. She wants a baby.
Doug can't go back on his promise to give her anything she wants, but sees trouble on the horizon with two teenage girls, a hectic business schedule, a devious ex-wife, plus a household turned upside down by a baby he doesn't want.
Their...
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English
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In this compelling tale, Judy Foreman reveals the terror she felt
every night as a girl as she lay in bed frozen in dread, listening for
her father's footsteps coming down the hall.
She recalls his
mostly naked body, his stale smell, his silhouette in the bedroom
doorway. Worse, in some ways, was her mother's denial-her insistence
that this man was wonderful, her refusal to acknowledge his drinking or
his rage. It wasn't until Foreman spent...
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