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"From "an extravagantly gifted writer who deserves to be widely read" (Rachel Cusk, The Telegraph), this intimate, quietly stunning novel tells the story of a young American expat who settles in Ireland in the late 1980s, marries, and lives through the consequences of an affair. Alice, a young American, arrives in the West of Ireland with no plans and no strong attachments--except to her beloved mother, who raised her on her own. Alice falls in love...
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It was a wolf, rather than an ailing grandmother, that tempted Red into the woods.Anything can happen when you stray from the path.These are not your mother's fairy tales.Step into the world of sour magic. Duel with a scarred war prince, defeat a (dashing) bandit king with your own army of toads, venture into the depths of the forest for your heart's desire.Forge a bond so strong it defies even death.Straying from the Path includes two brand-new novellas...
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An Ordinary House with a Deadly SecretSesha brings unusual skills to her job as a home inspector.An ability to see and sense what other miss.But one house keeps secrets even after she shifts into her true self.Can she discover the truth before it's too late?Part of Were-Creatures & Conundrums, an Uncollected Anthology An excerpt from Straying from Her Human Lifetime A Supernatural Level of Job Security A shiver of anticipation let Sesha know her flesh...
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It wasn't an ailing grandmother that tempted Red into the woods that day ...
Anything can happen when you stray from the path.
These are not your mother's fairy tales.
Step into the world of sour magic. Duel with a scarred war-prince, defeat a (dashing) bandit king with your own army of toads, venture into the depths of the forest for your heart's desire.
Forge a bond so strong it defies even death.
Straying from the Path includes two brand-new...
6) Wild
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20th Century Fox
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2014.
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English
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A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
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Go to any unpopulated or abandoned area in any given urban setting, and you'll find them. Thousands and thousands of wild dogs-abandoned to disease, starvation, and inevitable death-are leading short and brutal lives in the no-man's-land between domestication and wildness, byproducts of the human destitution around them. A lucky few are saved by dedicated rescuers, and Randy Grim, has emerged as one of the country's leading dog saviors. After years...
8) Strays
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Universal
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[2023]
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English
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They say a dog is a man's best friend, but what if the man is a total dirtbag? In that case, it might be time for some sweet revenge, doggy style. When Reggie, a nav̐e, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug, a stray who loves...
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IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity." In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine RECON--the most elite fighters in the Corps--in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on patrol, he spotted a young dog "with a big goofy head and little legs" who didn't...
11) Brave enough
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Alfred A. Knopf
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2015.
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"From the best-selling author of Wild, a collection of quotes--drawn from the wide range of her writings--that capture her wisdom, courage, and outspoken humor, presented in a gift-sized package that's as irresistible to give as it is to receive. Around the world, thousands of people have found inspiration in the words of Cheryl Strayed, who in her three prior books and in her "Dear Sugar" columns has shared the twists and trials of her remarkable...
12) Stray
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Princess Aislynn's magical ability is powerful and uncontrollable, so she is "redirected" into the order of Fairy Godmothers, where her heart is removed and stored in a hidden cabinet, and she must spend the rest of her life devoted to serving another royal family--but her growing friendship with a palace gardener causes Aislynn to question the vows she has taken, and the motives of those who would prevent her from "straying" from the path.
14) The stray dog
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.
15) Stray Birds
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A collection of poems.
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STRAY birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.
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O TROUPE of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.
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THE world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.
It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
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IT is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom....
16) Stray Magic
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Shiloh Harrison was hoping for a few days off to recover from a particularly nasty assignment, preferably with the help of the talented hands (and, well, the rest of his body too) of her sexy boyfriend, Vincent. But when a group of vampires takes an entire trailer park hostage, there's nothing to do but make her apologies and get to the scene.
Such is the life of a Federal Marshal in the Paranormal Investigations Unit.
Yet this isn't like her typical...
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Stray Bullets volume 9
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What would you do for love? How far would you go for revenge? "SUNSHINE and ROSES" tells the story of a boy and a girl: how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like STRAY BULLETS and with "SUNSHINE and ROSES," the uncompromising, Eisner Award-winning team of DAVID AND MARIA LAPHAM craft a heist story like you never seen.
19) Strays
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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When fourteen-year-old Quentin's bike breaks down in the strange town of Ravens Pass, he and his friend Reese find themselves surrounded by feral cats--is this an attack or something else?