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"Every day-no matter how bleak it seems-find one good thing for which to be thankful." Through a series of unsent letters to the sweetheart he left behind, Jack Calhoun unpacks his rage and grief and wrestles with questions of the soul like, "Who am I?" Rachael Burns, the girl he left, uses her journal to make sense of his abandonment. Jack escapes the guilt-filled confines of judgmental Bellum, Georgia, and embarks on a rocky path toward purpose....
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He said it was fine. She believed him. It wasn't. There's only one good thing in Sophia's life and he just let her down.When her boyfriend is attacked, she sets out to help him, only to find he's implicated in a murder. Desperate to prove him innocent, Sophia uncovers something far worse when an overheard conversation shatters all her dreams of a happy ending. The fragile trust she placed in Dane is smashed in an instant and she's left with the worst...
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1927 – Howard Jenkins is a history professor, immersed in the medieval world, in love with the past. His younger brother, Reginald, is a ne'er do well who plays at being a student to please their parents. When Reginald's gambling debts involve Howard in a bootlegging operation, Howard is blasted out of his secure academic world. Howard's only question now is, what would King Richard do?The one good thing to come out of this dreadful situation is...
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Casey Marks has secrets. Secrets so deep and dark he has closed himself off emotionally.Years later, he betrayed a friendship. Then an unexpected call allowed him the opportunity to right that wrong.Casey swore to protect Sammie even if it killed him. He just wasn't prepared for the effect she would have on his cold heart. He wanted her but his secrets kept him from acting on his feelings.***Sammie Smith had lived a life of pure hell forced to use...
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An out of work hairdresser, her childhood crush and a summer on Nantucket. Olivia Justice is trying to get back to real life after appearing on a reality dating show. She needs a job to support her mother's long-term care and after no luck with openings in a hair salon, she accepts a position as a nanny--at the summer house her parents used to own. The one good thing is that her best friend, Ella, will be there--along with Ella's older brother, the...
6) Color Blind
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TRUE LOVE KNOWS NO RACEKimberly's life has never been easy. Her three brothers cause her enough trouble by trying to set her up with thugs who refuse to work. At least one good thing came from one of her relationships: her daughter Nevaeh. Swearing off men, she focuses her attention to her daughter; her pride and joy, until billionaire Dale Halloway walks into her life -- and refuses to leave.When Kimberly was little, her father was shot and killed...
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How's a girl supposed to save the world with three hot men eager to distract her? Prophecies, Explosions… Pie. My life has ups and downs, but it's always full of surprises. I sure never expected magic to exist, or that I would be attending a magic academy. Or that the fate of the world might rest on my shoulders. I was just me, Delaney Jones, a waitress and amateur fighter from Detroit. Now I'm a newbie witch, just barely scraping by in my classes,...
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Tiger Tales
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2024.
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"Having good friends--and being a good friend--is one of the most special things of all. This uplifting book empowers children to be the kind of friend they want to have. From cheering up a friend who is sad to encouraging a friend in a race, this heartwarming book motivates children to look for the good in all people and support their friends through it all."--Amazon website.
9) The brink
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"An addictive love story told in reverse. Two kids. Three houses. Four flats. And one affair apiece. Now, after fifteen years together, Dan and Anya Moorcroft are on the brink. But as they go through couples' mediation, dissecting their shared history in sessions surrounded by lawyers and paperwork, are they about to find something worth saving? Or are they going to reaffirm their decision to end things for good?" -- Back cover.
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"St Mary's is under investigation. Their director has been shot and Max is Number One Suspect. Can things get any worse? We all know the answer to that one. Max needs to get away -- fast -- and a Brilliant Idea soon leads her to a full-scale uprising in twentieth-century China. If she can come by a historical treasure or two in the process, even better. That is, if she makes it out alive. Then there's the small matter of Insight -- the sinister organisation...
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"Theo Pincher is good at most things: drawing, tying shoelaces, working the remote control. But he just can't lie--and in the Pincher family, what matters most is being able to lie and pinch things that belong to others. Then his parents decide to visit the diamond exhibition. "Promise you won't pinch the gold diamond?" says Theo. "I promise," says his mother, one hand behind her back. "We'll just take a little look," says Theo's dad. "No touching."...
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The Merc with a Mouth takes on the Mutant with the Muttonchops in their greatest battles - and occasional team-ups! Katanas and claws clash in their brutal first meeting - but when someone targets Weapon X survivors, Wolverine must ride to Deadpool's rescue! Doctor Bong tolls for our heroes, then things get hairy over a werewolf! And when a bounty is placed on Logan's head, guess who tries to collect! An assault on a Hydra base will have them at each...
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Simon Element
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2024.
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Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in this collection were called all these names and worse when they were alive. And that's just fine. These glorious dames earned those monikers, and one hundred years later they can wear them proudly! They refused to conform to societal standards. They bucked everyday niceties and blazed their own trails. They were collectively unbecoming as women, but they forever...
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"A ghostly estate. A handsome caretaker hiding a secret. And the intrepid Hyacinth Bell who is set on solving the mystery of both. 1887, the Cornwall coast. For years, rumors have flown through the village of Suttonsbury about Ashthorne Hall-that its occupants hoard pirate treasure, that a ghost walks its halls-but botanist Hyacinth Bell only cares about the estate's extensive, one-of-a-kind orchid collection. As an independent woman, she is eager...
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"Mikaela Kadono is bummed when her parents move the family to a creepy, old, fixer-upper house, leaving behind her friends, school and familiar neighborhood. But things quickly look up when she meets her new neighbor, George, who invites her to join a cool club called Drone Legends. Little does Mikaela know that this will be the first step in a life-changing adventure! On The Drone Legends very first mission, a nearly tragic accident brings a mysterious,...
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2024
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"Something goes very wrong during Bentzy's haircut. What thank-you gift does he give his friends afterward? And can they even be called friends? Aryeh doesn't like his grandfather's treats. What happens when he suddenly wants just one more? Chaim Dov is newly orphaned of his mother. He decides to be very kind to his father and not tell him how sad he feels. Is it the right thing to do? Will it make things easier? Yehudah has a fever - so why is he...
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[2024]
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"In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what's right - even when it isn't easy For the ancients, everything worth pursuing in life flowed from a strong sense of justice-or one's commitment to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult. In order to be...
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Center Street
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2024.
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"The New York Times bestselling author, governor of South Dakota, and former congresswoman tells eye-opening stories of DC dysfunction, shares lessons from leading her state through unprecedented challenge, and explains how we seize this moment to move America forward. Any elected official can talk about how broken our government is. But their solutions always seem to involve more money, new programs--and reelection to another term. Few offer an unfiltered...
19) Paige not found
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Scholastic Press
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2024.
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A thrilling adventure story that examines consent and privacy in a way that books have not had to before this generation where everything is online. Nothing about us, without us. When Paige learns that her parents enrolled her in an autism study without telling her, her world turns upside down. Suddenly she isn't sure if she can trust the two people she oves most. A chip was implanted in her brain that sends them information about her mood, brain...
20) Malibu summer
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Penguin Books
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[2024]
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"Lose yourself in this enemies-to-lovers romance set on a sunny Malibu hillside Ivy Bauer is a young, bright environmental scientist, PhD candidate, and inventor of a game-changing organic irrigation system. She's on top of the world when, suddenly, her husband is killed in a biking accident. Needing space to grieve, she takes a summer job as a gardener in Malibu. Conrad Reed is a wealthy Hollywood has-been who, after the death of his young wife,...