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Little Thumbe loves basketball. She knows everything about the game - dribbling, passing and shooting loops. There is only one problem - her P.T.Master in his tighty whitey trackpants, squeaky clean canvas shoes and red whistle will not let her play! He says she is too little.
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Thumbs Up, V for Victory, I Love You chronicles a special time, from the early 1940s through the mid-50s. It reveals how people moved forward in a world in tumult, and the payoff they received having survived it. It's about a handful of kids who because they were in the right place at the right time were provided an education well above the norms of the day. It reflects the melodrama that is real life, when young and old lived each day to the fullest...
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Two tiny fairy tale legends meet in one fun-filled, action-packed musical adventure. Trying to find their way in a great big world, Tom Thumb and Thumbelina join forces and face towering odds in a remarkable journey to find their true home. It's nonstop laughs and thrills as Tom and Thumbelina find excitement around every corner in this heartwarming story of courage, friendship and belonging.
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Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
6) EVOLution
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The sophomore release from the star of the Disney Channel's original series Girl Meets World. The first single is On Purpose.
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For anyone who has longed for a garden of their own--whether a city dweller or one with less-than-green thumbs--this is a handy little guide to growing and maintaining houseplants. Cheerful and informative, Happy Houseplants will guide any budding indoor botanist through a bevy of topics, from soil and water to light and fertilizer. With beautiful illustrations accompanying 30 different profiles of plants, from the easygoing Air Plant to the striking...
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Ex-army medic Ryan Matthews loves his work as a midwife - bringing life into the world helps him forget losing his best friend in Iraq. But when Ryan finds his friend's pregnant wife Phoebe on his doorstep his whole world is turned upside-down...and he finds himself fighting against a love he's never dared to believe exists!
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The last place Angelina Moltisanti ever wants to go is home. She barely escaped life under the roof, and the thumb, of her violent but charismatic father, Jack. Yet home is exactly where she ends up after an SUV plows into her car just weeks after she graduates from college, fracturing her wrist and her hopes to start a career as an artist. Angelina finds herself smothered in a plaster cast, in Jack's obsessive urge to get her a giant accident settlement,...
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"For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant's needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less the passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower, relying on observation and insight. And in the process, the plant owner...
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Taking chances Dr Joe Braden took a posting as locum on a remote Fijian island to escape his memories. But he finds the solace he seeks in the unlikeliest of places...the arms of captivating Dr Emily Clifford.Born with a distinctive birthmark, Emily has spent years hidden behind a mask of make-up. Yet Joe makes her feel beautiful in her skin for the first time ever. She's been burnt before, but if she can find the courage to love her army doc she...
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The scandalous Summerfields volume 4
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A forbidden attraction... Ahidden desire! Years ago, penniless Lorene Summerfield wed for duty, giving her siblings the chance to marry for love. But now the generous-hearted Countess finds herself widowed...and the man she's loved in silence for years is falsely accused of her husband's murder! Although he closed his heart to love long ago, the Earl of Penford has always found Lorene irresistible. Their newly-ignited passion may be scandalous, but...
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Their precious Christmas surprise... Midwife Ella O'Brien loves babies, but she believes she can't have her own. Until at a charity ball the chemistry between her and dashing obstetrician Oliver Darrington explodes into a night of passion that proves her wrong!Aristocratic Oliver has been here before, but the baby wasn't his! Now he's guarding his emotions - even from lovely, innocent Ella. Can the baby they both want so much help them to trust in...
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Nine years ago beautiful Callie Sommers eloped with wild young Gideon Laughraine. But their passionate romance ended in tragedy. Now, at the behest of his godmother, Gideon has promised to reclaim the wife he loved and lost.Callie never thought she'd see Gideon again, but his return reminds her of how she blossomed under his touch. With her husband fighting for a second chance, now could be the time for Callie to forget scandal and trust in the man...
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For so long Laura Jo's only focus has been her daughter, but gorgeous Dr Mark Clayborn incites feelings she'd thought herself immune to... Mark never wanted to return to Alabama, but could Laura Jo give Mark the courage to stay and fight his demons - and discover the love he deserves?
16) Taking chances
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Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own way and to experience things she's only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father's unit, she's on her way to college at San Diego State University. Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family, and emotions. She finds herself being torn in two as she quickly falls in love with both her...
17) Girl abroad
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"When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself--but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive...
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"In Calef Brown's poem "We Go Together," he jubilantly decrees: "We go together / like fingers and thumbs. / Basses and drums. / Pastries and crumbs." In "You Are Two (Kiwis)," he muses, "I am quite frequently, / reminded by thee / of a kiwi. / Either kind." Yes, silliness and sentimentality have free rein in this "curious selection" of childlike poems about love and friendship, each accompanied by an equally absurd, stylized acrylic painting. Like...
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Daring to love again... When handsome surgeon Jack Hanson returns home he's not looking for love. Guilt over his wife's death means he's never going to risk his heart again! But he can't help but be intrigued by feisty new employee Carrie Kellem... Carrie's tough childhood has made her independent - she doesn't need anyone! Until she meets Jack... And then suddenly Carrie wishes she wasn't alone. Can she help Jack to let go of the past and see that...
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The course of true love never did run smooth... and Dr Sophie Trent knows that better than most! Her romance with Nate Branscombe ended in disaster years before -- and now the handsome heir to the local estate is back. Sophie has enough to think about without this charismatic aristocrat's distraction, but as they work closely together he stirs up feelings she'd thought left firmly behind her. Can the one that got away finally help Sophie face the...