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2) Salt lick
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Britain is awash, the sea creeps into the land, brambles and forest swamp derelict towns. Food production has moved overseas and people are forced to move to the cities for work. The countryside is empty. A chorus, the herd voice of feral cows, wander this newly wild land watching over changing times, speaking with love and exasperation. Jesse and his puppy Mister Maliks roam the woods until his family are forced to leave for London. Lee runs from...
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Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
How negotiable is a fact in nonfiction? In 2003, an essay by John D'Agata was rejected by the magazine that commissioned it due to factual inaccuracies. That essay-- which eventually became the foundation of D'Agata's critically acclaimed About a Mountain-- was accepted by another magazine, but not before they handed it to their own fact-checker, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The Williams family returns to Eulalia, Georgia, for the funeral of their beloved patriarch. When a secret is revealed during the eulogy, the family is left reeling: If their grandparents perfect marriage was anything but, what hope do they have of finding love?"--
When Gerry, the beloved Williams patriarch, dies suddenly, his grandchildren flock from across the country to the family home in Eulalia, Georgia. But when Gerry's best friend steps up...
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English
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"Faith Ferguson is New York's most in-demand wedding planner, an arbiter of taste for elegant affairs, lavish ceremonies, and exclusive fêtes. She appreciates a simple celebration as much as a dazzling event, for she knows that a dream wedding is not necessarily the most expensive one. As much as Faith enjoys her work, her two failed engagements leave her with no desire to get married herself. She finds fulfillment in her close relationship with...
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Series
Anlon Cully chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The gruesome death of Anabel Simpson, a retired archaeologist living in a small college town, had rocked her friends and neighbors and stymied the medical examiner. After all, she had been a quiet woman known for her ornate garden, Holstein knickknacks and stories of her days exploring ancient ruins. Little did they know, it was all a cover for a woman with a terrible secret steeped in treachery, jealousy and murder. But Anabel's secret began to unravel...
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Series
Laundry files novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The stories of three women--Eve Starkey, the formidable head of Bigge Corporation; Wendy Deere, an unauthorized supernatural investigator; and Mary Macandless, a kidnapper on assignment--become intertwined, causing world-bending results.
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Series
Black lagoon adventures volume 14
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Hubie has been invited to a New Year's Eve sleepover but has never spent the night away from home. What happens if he gets sick and what's all the talk about making a New Year's resolution?
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume Related works
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An encyclopedia of the creatures, characters, artifacts, items, and places found of the Fablehaven series.
13) High road
Author
Series
David Wolf novel volume 15
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When a sheriff's son is found dead in a neighboring county to the south, clues show foul-play. Led by the same sheriff now doubling as a father hell-bent on vengeance, the investigation turns violent, pushing the local district attorney north to Rocky Points for help. They need somebody with an outside perspective to lead the investigation, and Chief Detective David Wolf is just their man. Just as expected Wolf finds his presence unwanted, but it's...
14) Pony-4-sale
Author
Series
Pony pals volume 30
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
As Pam rides her pony, she happens upon Cloud, Maggie the Magician's pony. Cloud seems skittish and frightened by people. Pam, Anna, and Lulu set out to learn about Cloud's past. The truth they uncover is disturbing, but it may be the key to giving Cloud a better future.
15) Pnin
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Series
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Pnin is a professor of Russian at an American college who takes the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he cannot master. Pnin is a tireless lover who writes to his treacherous Liza: "A genius needs to keep so much in store, and thus cannot offer you the whole of himself as I do." Pnin is the focal point of subtle academic conspiracies he cannot begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty parties forever.
16) Fox on wheels
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Fox babysits for his sister Louise, learns to climb a tree for some grapes, and wins a shopping cart race.
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Series
Cupcake diaries volume 24
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"He loves me, he loves me not ... Alexis leaves a Valentine's Day surprise for her crush. Does he like her back? Despite objections from her Cupcake Club pals, Alexis makes a special valentine cupcake for her crush, Emma's older brother Matt, and leaves it for him next to his computer. Alexis is secretly hoping Matt will get the hint and give her a valentine, too. But ever since Alexis left the cupcake, Matt's been acting really uncomfortable around...
19) My St words
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Starfish begins with the letters st. So do the words stoplight and stairs. What other words can you find that start with the letters st? "--Back cover
20) Worry!
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Peter the puffer fish worried about lots of things, but his friends always helped him feel better"--Page [4] of cover.
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