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Up-and-under volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Since stumbling from their world into the Up and Under, Avery and Zib have walked the improbable road across forests, seas and skies, finding friends in the unlikeliest of places and enemies great in number, as they make their way toward the Impossible City in the hope of finding their way home. But the final part of their journey is filled with danger and demise. Not everyone will make it through unscathed. Not everyone will make it through alive....
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"Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rushed their beloved dog, Tim, to the emergency vet on Christmas eve. The good news: Tim survived after the vet cleared the obstruction--a pair of women's lace undies. The bad news: the undies were not Brenda's. A year after the breakup, Brenda has put her life back together. She's trained for a marathon, is writing a children's novel, and she's found purpose...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"As always, Floyd Betts rides into town alone. He arrives for his father's funeral, but he is returning to Galveston, Texas, with two orphaned siblings he has rescued. Nellie, who is descended from a long line of witches, has visions from other people's minds. Hank, her impulsive younger brother, just wants to break out his outsized revolver. Along the way home, Floyd, Nellie, and Hank encounter a dubious traveling salesman, Professor Finn, and his...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In Fateful Words, the eighth Scottish Bookshop Mystery from beloved author Paige Shelton, bookseller Delaney Nichols stakes her reputation--and her life--when a literary tour turns deadly... When Edwin, Delaney's boss at the Cracked Spine bookstore, leaves town on secret business, Delaney is called upon to guide his yearly literary tour around Edinburgh. But on the first night of the tour, at the inn where the tour group is staying, the inn manager...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Isabel is having an existential crisis. She's three years into high school, and everything she's learned has only shaken her faith in humanity. Late one night, she finds herself drawn to a niche corner of the internet--a forum whose members believe firmly in one thing: that there are indeed people out in the world quietly performing impossible acts of heroism. You might even call them supers. No, not in the comic book sense--these are real people,...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy awaited. John's beloved sister and her family had been brutally murdered. Their killer goes by many names. He fought for the North in the late unpleasantness, and wore a badge in the name of the law. But the man John...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author, a romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and misadventures of a 19th-century zelig. One man, many lives ... Cashel Greville Ross experiences more of everything than most, from the rapturous to the devastating, from surprising good luck to unexpected loss. Born in 1799, Cashel seeks his fortune across the turbulence of multiple continents, from County Cork to...
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Series
War arts saga volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic"--
Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king... but it was wrong. Now Jian, the former chosen hero is trying to find his own way. He joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs...
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Life in the wild volume 3
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Although he lives in the wild, this timid, wide-eyed moose is anything but. While his friends go puddle jumping in the rain, he cowers under an umbrella, and he looks on shivering when others go skiing: "Not this moose. Too cold." Sensing he's "missing out on something," the moose decides to "take life by the antlers" and sets sail in a boat that breaks apart in a storm. Stranded on a remote island, he not only summons survival skills-foraging for...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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When Olive misses a friend who recently moved away, her grandfather suggests writing a letter, and a little green envelope who has been longing to travel hopes it will finally get a chance to see the world and bring joy to someone. Includes a diagram that shows how to make your own envelope.
"Olive's friend has moved away, and Olive wishes she could visit her. A little green envelope, lost in the bottom of the desk drawer, knows how Olive feels....
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"As a warrior in the elven army, Yeeran has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future. When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran's exile from the Elven Lands, both sisters are forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the impossible: the fae court. The fae haven't been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle...
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Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"Celebrating thirty years of "Where's Waldo?", this exclusive anniversary edition showcases Waldo's most amazing adventures. Journey with him as he revisits twelve terrific destinations, each one with a brand-new game and more searches. Wow! HAVE YOU FOUND WALDO YET?"--Back cover
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate search-and-find champion? Are your eagle eyes in focus? Waldo summons you to a search-off! Just take a seat opposite a friend or family member and open up this book of adventures, designed to lie perfectly flat between you so each can search one side of the spread. Try racing against the clock or go head-to-head with your fellow Waldo-hunter, then turn the book around and start again. To keep things...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"Loupio is a young orphan, musician, and poet who lives in Italy in the thirteenth century. His two best friends are Francis of Assisi and Brother Wolf. Ever roaming the roads of Italy, sincere and big-hearted Loupio experiences a thousand encounters and adventures"--Page 4 of cover.
Loupio, a young, thirteenth-century orphan, musician, and poet, travels through Italy with his friends Francis of Assisi and Brother Wolf, encountering dangers and challenges...
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