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Emily Windsnap volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Emily is headed to a tropical island for a relaxing vacation with friends and family. And this time, Emily promises her best friend, Shona, there will be absolutely no adventure just plenty of fun. But somehow excitement always seems to find Emily, and before she knows it, she ends up on the other side of a powerful waterfall on a forgotten island no one else can get to.
Author
Series
Buried and the bound trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Aziza, Leo, and Tristan struggle to rebuild their lives amidst painful secrets, emotional and physical scars, and lingering mysteries, all while dealing with the arrival of the Summer Court, a group of Fair Folk who seek to reclaim something Leo is unwilling to part with, leading to a risky deal and a perilous journey, where winning against the Fair Folk comes at a cost."--
Author
Series
Teeny Houdini volume 01
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Tiny, impulsive Bessie Lee starts learning to become a magician to enter her school's talent show."--
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Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The first novel based on the thrilling Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!
When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction—only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases its technology have simply stopped functioning. He and his crewmates are forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters their party across the strangest new world...
When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction—only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases its technology have simply stopped functioning. He and his crewmates are forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters their party across the strangest new world...
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Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Though her main duty is still looking after Consort Gyokuyou, Maomao finds time to help her friends and acquaintances in the rear palace, including Xiaolan, who will need a job after her term of service ends, and Consort Lishu, who's convinced she's seen a ghost! When complications arise with Gyokuyou's pregnancy, however, Maomao knows she's not skilled enough to handle a situation that could threaten the life of both mother and child. She knows
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from food, but she isn't quite ready to face them. Then her beloved Uncle Benny falls ill, and what at first seems scary and daunting becomes a blessing in disguise. Because while she cooks and cares for him-and enjoys a delicious flirtation with a new chef in town-Eleanor begins to uncover some long-buried secrets...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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An Indie Next Pick
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Italy.
Patrick O’Hara is back. It’s been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant’s caretaker after their mother’s passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by and relaunch his dormant acting career. After...
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Italy.
Patrick O’Hara is back. It’s been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant’s caretaker after their mother’s passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by and relaunch his dormant acting career. After...
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Publisher
CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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As Kate Hamilton plans her upcoming wedding to Detective Inspector Tom Mallory, she is also assisting her colleague Ivor Tweedy with a project at the Netherfield Sanatorium, which is being converted into luxury townhouses. Kate and Ivor must appraise a fifteenth-century painting and verify that its provenance is the Dutch master Jan Van Eyck. But when retired criminal inspector Will Parker is found dead, Kate learns that the halls of the sanatorium...
10) Nails and Eyes
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of Tender is the Flesh and The Vegetarian
An unforgettably creepy child narrator weaves uncanny tales about her new stepmother in this feminist horror novella + short story collection that introduces a unique new voice in Japanese literature
A young girl loses her mother, and her father blindly invites his secret lover into the family home to care for her....
An unforgettably creepy child narrator weaves uncanny tales about her new stepmother in this feminist horror novella + short story collection that introduces a unique new voice in Japanese literature
A young girl loses her mother, and her father blindly invites his secret lover into the family home to care for her....
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Series
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Beth Rutledge and her mother's one chance to escape Beth's tyrannical father is a wagon train heading west. Wagon train scout Jake Holt senses the secretive Beth is running from something and finds a new hope for his future in protecting her. Can they risk trusting each other with their lives--and their hearts--with danger threatening their every stepp?"--
12) Camino Ghosts
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Series
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you back to Camino Island where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise.
In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between...
In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between...
13) Bone Hollow
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Gabe was on top of his guardian's roof, trying to rescue her prize chicken and worrying about his dog, Ollie, when the tornado struck, and after that he was dead, though it takes some time for him to realize it; but somehow he is still tied to this world and generally only those who are close to death can actually see him (although there is a bit of a panic when he shows up at his own funeral)--and in that he discovers his new mission in "life:" helping...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this masterful story follows the Cassars over seven decades, starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace."--
15) Where is Poppy
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Melvin Kusin (1926 - 2018), called "Poppy" by me and his other grandchildren, was a World War II veteran, Senior Olympics track star, and Texas chili mix entrepreneur. Poppy's life was bold and full of unexpected turns. But of his many adventures, Poppy was most proud of leading our family's Passover Seder for seventy-two years in a row. He taught us that traditions have the power to bring and keep families together. It's through these special moments...
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Series
Publisher
CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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When a body turns up during the annual May Fair and a valuable Chinese pottery jar is stolen, antiques dealer Kate Hamilton is convinced that both crimes are connected to the town's Anglo-Saxon history and a generations-old pattern of betrayal.
Antiques dealer Kate Hamilton is spending the month of May in the Suffolk village of Long Barston, enjoying time with Detective Inspector Tom Mallory. While attending the May Fair, the annual pageant based...
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Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1959
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. However, the hunters chase Shesheshen out of her home and off a cliff. Badly hurt, she's found and nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted...
18) Dark Hart
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Series
Publisher
MORE by Aufbau Digital
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Deutsch
Description
She's the light this dark Hart needs to survive.
Kinderärztin Dr. Pasha Young liebt ihren Job und hat eigentlich gar keine Zeit für die große Liebe. Deshalb genießt sie die lockere Affäre mit Heath Hart, der nichts von ihr erwartet und nichts von ihr fordert. Doch je näher sie Heath kommt, umso schwieriger ist es keine tiefen Gefühle für ihn zu entwickeln. Als eine schlimme Katastrophe über Pasha hereinbricht gibt
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Series
Ambit's run volume 1
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. Between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. Branded a Guild deserter, Jal "accidentally" lands a ride on a Guild ship. Helmed by an AI, with a ship's engineer/medic who doesn't see much of a difference between the two jobs, and a "don't make me shoot you" XO, the Guild crew of the Ambit is...
Author
Publisher
Meghan Quinn
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
From USA Today best-selling author of The Highland Fling comes a brand new romantic comedy about a desperate billionaire seeking to find a fiancée. This modern day take on Pretty Woman is brilliantly clever and hilariously pause-resisting.
How did you two meet?
The quintessential question asked to every couple. And the answer is usually some bubbly, lovey dovey tale of being struck in the bum by Cupid's arrow.
My
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