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"When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits. The Ladies of the Lake, as the four girls call themselves, quickly bond like sisters, vowing that wherever life takes them, they will always be there for each other. But that is before: Before love and jealousy come between Adelaide and Dorothy,...
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"What goes through the mind of a killer when they commit murder? Based on the massively successful Netflix documentary series of the same name, this book features ten of the most compelling cases from the series and is full of exclusive never-seen-before material. In each of the cases the inmate speaks openly about themselves and reflects on their life and their crimes. To gain a complete picture of the impact of the murders, the authors spoke to...
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Ryder Creed's priority is to keep his scent dogs safe. In the dark there are threats that are impossible to see or predict. Ever since his Marine K9 unit searched for IEDs in Afghanistan, he's avoided nighttime searches. But when a boy goes missing in a remote area of the Florida Panhandle, Creed has to put aside his fears and navigate the risks his dogs will face after dark. A KILLER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. In the middle of the night, FBI Agent Maggie...
4) Like thunder
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"This brand-new sequel to Nnedi Okorafor's Shadow Speaker contains the powerful prose and compelling stories that have made Nnedi Okorafor a star of the literary science fiction and fantasy space and put her at the forefront of Africanfuturist fiction"--
Niger, West Africa, 2077. Welcome back. This second volume is a breathtaking story that sweeps across the sands of the Sahara, flies up to the peaks of the Aïr Mountains, cartwheels into a wild...
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2023.
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"The thrilling true story of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of the great gang of outlaws. The Dalton Gang consisted of four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James Gang. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves,...
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James Caine
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[2023]
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English
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There's a young woman tied up in the basement of our cabin.It was supposed to be a fun weekend at our family cabin. I was going to surprise my husband, Mike, with a small get together for his 40th birthday.Something is wrong though. Mike isn't himself lately. He goes out often, and by himself, leaving me and our young son. Our happy marriage is fading away and I don't know why.This weekend is just what's needed to cheer him up. It's what we need for...
8) Know what matters: lessons in building transformative companies and creating a life you can respect
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Harvard Business Review Press
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[2023]
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English
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"How did Ron Shaich, the visionary founder of Panera Bread, build a little bakery in St. Louis into 2,400 restaurants with 6 billion dollars in revenue and annual returns of 25 percent, outperforming Starbucks, Chipotle, and all others? By seeing the future and clearing a path to it, leading and innovating from the future back. Now, Shaich shares his story, starting with its humble entrepreneurial beginnings: the college-campus convenience store he...
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2016.
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If you've every wanted to quickly learn, memorize and be able to recall legal terminology, this second edition of How to Learn and Memorize Legal Terminology will give you that ability fast. This book leaves no stone unturned. Just read it from cover to cover, follow the directions and start enjoying incredible memory results as you develop in the legal profession to the amazement of yourself and all your peers.
10) Before I'm gone
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Center Point Large Print
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2024.
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"Palmer Sinclair has never needed anyone's help. A successful loan officer, she's all work and no play. But when splitting headaches and blurred vision begin to affect her job, she begrudgingly sees a doctor and receives a diagnosis that leaves her shaken to her core and with little time left. Facing an uncertain future, Palmer makes a bucket list, determined to do the things she'd only dreamed of before she goes. Kent Wagner has dedicated his life...
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Lumen
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2018.
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"Un amor entrañable que forjó una de las familias más emblemáticas de la historia del judaísmo: los Rothschild. 1770. Desde su ventana en el gueto amurallado de Frankfurt, la joven Gútale registra en su diario la cotidianidad en la Judengasse, o "calle de los judíos", así como el arrebato de su primer amor por el joven Meir Amschel Rothschild. Para Meir es claro que ha encontrado a la mujer ideal, pero antes de ganar su mano deberá enfrentar...
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PublicAffairs
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[2023]
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English
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"Plunder is a startling investigation into the poorly understood, powerful force of private equity that is reshaping the American economy: raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, increasing inequality, and shifting resources from productive parts of the economy to unproductive ones. Already transformative, private equity is poised to reshape the American economy in this decade the way that big tech did in the last decade, and subprime lenders...