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1) Bone White
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Teenage girls are disappearing from a small Ohio town.
Luke and Garrett, two seniors from the same high school, escape the growing panic the same way they escape all their problems: by spending a day on the lake. But, it seems fate has other plans. Their boat breaks down. The storm of the century rolls in. Soon, their search for refuge leads them into the woods and, ultimately, to the source of the town's plight. Will their discovery bring joyful...
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Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss is a dark fantasy about a kitchen girl obsessed with fairy tales, who upon discovering a ragged woman outside the castle during a storm, takes her in--certain she's a princess in disguise.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Three heart-pounding novels by the New York Times—bestselling author: "The best thriller writer on the planet" (Booklist).
This volume include three novels filled with twists and turns from the author of such acclaimed suspense novels as White Bone and The Red Room:
Probable Cause: Carmel, California is a peaceful tourist haven where James Dewitt is the police force's only detective. His usual caseload is stolen bicycles and the occasional burglary-but...
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In her previous life, Chor Long's husband died in the beast tide to save her When she was reborn back in the past, Chou Long resolutely set out on the dangerous journey to find him Every time she went to a place she heard him talk about in her previous life, she would ask the people there again: "Have you seen my husband?" At that time, Luo Ye was only in his early twenties, ferocious, indifferent and irritable, known as the King of...
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Sharp, funny, and poignant stories of what it's like to be a Brown woman working for change in a white world.
I take a deep breath, check my lipstick one last time on my phone camera, and turn on my mic. It's about ten steps, two metres, and one lifetime to the front of the room. "Hello," I repeat. "My name is Annahid - pronounced Ah-nah-heed - and shit's about to get real!"
In a series of deft interlocking stories, Annahid Dashtgard shares...
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This is book 3 in the Lin Coffin cozy mystery series. Lin Coffin and her new business partner, Leonard, have started a landscaping business on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. One evening while reviewing a new project, Lin's dog digs in a pile of dirt in the new client's yard and finds a bone. When Lin goes to see what the little creature has found, she sees the ghost of her ancestor watching her and knows that the bone must be human. Lin and...
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Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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When human remains are found, reopening a decades-old case, a group of friends, highly respected, affluent members of their communities, begins to fracture as homicide detective Jane Munro and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Queen get closer to the truth of what happened on an autumn night 47 years ago.
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Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete. An alien spacecraft the size of a city materializes over the Pacific Ocean, and the nations of the world jointly engage this enigmatic and incommunicative visitor with force. This battle results in large-scale destruction on both sides, but does not answer any of the...
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IDW
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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The beloved wordless fantasy graphic novel series reaches its stunning conclusionwith plenty of thrills, laughs, and exquisitely illustrated animal magic. Join Christian Slade for the final installment in the 5-volume series 14 years in the making! Winter has arrived in Korgi Hollow... and with it, the end of the Korgi story. As Ivy and her Korgi pup, Sprout, frolic in the frozen weather, an ancient power is stirring. At long last, saddle up for the...
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"Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day."--
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Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Today's most groundbreaking experiments in medicine gene editing to correct inherited disorders, immunotherapies to cure cancer, molecularly engineered organs for human transplantation stem from the strides of one visionary Dr. E. Donnall Thomas. In thelast half of the twentieth century, Thomas himself discovered a cure for every marrow-based disease, like leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia, forever changing treatment for some of the deadliest...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world. Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women's...
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Biblioasis
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Drawing together the best of his short fiction published over the last four decades, Burn Man: Selected Stories showcases Mark Anthony Jarman’s sharply observed characters and acrobatic, voice-driven prose in stories that walk the tightrope between the commonplace and the mystical. With an insightful introduction from John Metcalf, this revelatory selection highlights one of the most spirited and singular masters of the short story form"--
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Peepal Tree
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"The Animated Universe is the long-awaited debut of a seasoned poet who has traveled the world honing her craft and, in the process, settling into the assurance and confidence in her voice. These poems reflect her movement, but above all they speak to her core belief in the power of empathy and compassion as aesthetic markers"--
16) Echoes fade
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David Wolf novel volume 17
Publisher
Cross Atlantic Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Detective David Wolf's slow winter in the Colorado Rockies is interrupted by two events: a mountain lion attack in a remote trailer park, and a wealthy man coming into headquarters to report the robbery of three valuable paintings. Leaving the big cat incident to animal control, Wolf follows his duty and pursues the two thieves, even if the victim is a cagey billionaire with his hands in the pockets of an equally shady newcomer in town running for...
17) Throne of grace: a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What strange beasts and natural formations can be found? Thus...
18) Go home!
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Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Asian diasporic writers imagine "home" in the twenty-first century through an array of fiction, memoir, and poetry.
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Victory Belt Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"For more than ten years, while caring for more than 20,000 patients, Dr. Ken Berry has been researching the medical myths and outright lies that doctors tell their patients. He's been working to eliminate confusion about topics that affect us all--from the foods you should eat to the medications you should take...This book is the resource you need to distinguish the lies from the facts."--Page 4 of cover.
Doctors often base the advice that they...