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"Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society--even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking--and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes...
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In her tenth book, sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot explores the ways we leave one thing and go on to the next; how we anticipate, define, and reflect on our departures; and our epiphanies that something is over and done with. Exit finds wisdom and perspective in the possibility of moving on and marks the start of a new conversation, to help us discover how we might make our exits with purpose and dignity.
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Jim Harrison is an American master. The Beast God Forgot to Invent offers stories of culture and wildness, of men and beasts and where they overlap. A wealthy man retired to the Michigan woods narrates the tale of a younger man decivilized by brain damage. A Michigan Indian wanders Los Angeles, hobnobbing with starlets and screenwriters while he tracks an ersatz Native-American activist who stole his bearskin. An aging alpha canine, the author of...
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Rescued as a child from the French Revolution, a lovely young widow is now determined to marry her intended match in this Regency romance.
A Frenchwoman living in the English countryside, Delphine, Lady Charteris, has lived an isolated life. Only when her husband dies does she learn the truth of her parents' death during the Terror- and of their plans for her to marry the Comte Saint Pierre.
A capable woman who runs her own estate, Delphine has...
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Sibling rivalry reaches new heights when two sisters set their caps at the same marquess in a suspenseful romance by the New York Times–bestselling author.
Harriet Clifton resents her widowed sister's wealth, but spending the season at Cordelia's luxurious London townhouse is her only hope for finding a good man to rescue her from her own hardworking yet penniless existence in the countryside.
Then the rakish Marquess of Arden resists conceited...
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Sadiq volume 14
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When Sadiq and his classmates host a festival celebrating their own cultures, they find a way to make sure everyone in their class has traditions to share.
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"Published to coincide with the 125th anniversary of James Thurbers birth, this treasury combines, for the first time, Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time with Thurbers unpublished preface and ten previously uncollected or unpublished stories. Readers can savor 85 fables by the twentieth centurys preeminent humorist collected for the first time in a single anthology."--Goodreads.
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"Do you love European history? Have you imagined what it would be like to live in a castle among royalty and knights? From odd recipes, disgusting toilet trivia, and bizarre medical treatments, get the inside scoop about what life was really like in the Middle Ages in this . . . book of Middle Ages trivia"--Provided by publisher.
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Christmas traditions differ from culture to culture, location to location, and family to family. In '24 Christmas Stories: Faith and Traditions from Around the World', award-winning author Judith Bouilloc explores present-day Christmas traditions, as well as the holiday's history in many regions, brought to life by various artists.
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"Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream-and they ended up disrupting popular...
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Dark. Dangerous. Damaged. This man will protect her. After years of an unhappy and bitter marriage, cautious Lady Violet Addington is intrigued by the Comte de Beaumont. His air of danger, mysterious scars and pure sexuality pose a temptation that's hard to resist. Threatened by her late husband's enemies, she makes a daring proposition: in exchange for the Comte's protection, she'll join him in his bed! Gentlemen of Honor miniseries Book 1 -...
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A love for certain volume 1
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2022
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"For the love of love... and books. Mattie Mobley planned to be a teacher, but when times grew tough during America's Great Depression, and there were no teaching positions in her hometown of Asheville, NC, Mattie found work starting a school and helping the Pack Horse Librarians just over the mountains in the rural town of Certain, Kentucky. She's not certain at all that this is a good situation, but she's determined, and honestly, a little desperate....
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At the turn of the century, a time when women had few choices, Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy--not only of wealth, but of determination and desire, making her truly a woman of independent means. From the early 1900s through the 1960s, we accompany Bess as she endures life's trials and triumphs with unfailing courage and indomitable spirit: the sacrifices love sometimes requires of her heart; the flaws and rewards of marriage; the often-tested...
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"Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is one of the most celebrated holidays around the world. This engaging book for kids explains the history, folklore, traditions, and customs of Chinese New Year and includes interactive activities that encourage kids to celebrate at home or in their communities" --
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"Centers on Abel and Vera Paisley, a working-class Jamaican couple striving to build a better life for their children. Abel travels to London in the early 1960s in search of fortune. Instead, he sees an opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life by faking his death and assuming a new identity. Vera, now a widow, is racked with guilt over her husband's "death" and takes out her grief on her children, Irene and Vincent. The effects of Abel's decision...
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Determined to avoid a dull marriage to the local vicar, a stodgy man with six children, Deborah Percival is sorely tempted by the proposal of Anthony Aldercy, the Earl of Burnell, a handsome rogue out to repair his scandalous marriage by a marriage to a demure and proper young lady.
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High society lady detective volume 08
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A cold-blooded killer lurks in the luxurious winter wonderland of St. Moritz . . . Switzerland, 1924. Lady sleuth Olive Belgrave is set to enjoy a holiday of ice-skating and snowshoeing in the glamorous alpine setting of St. Moritz, but her plans are rudely interrupted when an unfortunate accident takes place. It quickly becomes clear that the tragic event was a carefully concealed murder. Olive isn't one to shy away from a challenge, and with her...
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A "delightful reader's companion" (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England.
For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," this book...
For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison," this book...
20) Yumbo gumbo
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Annabelle and her little brother, Beau, cannot decide which kind of gumbo to cook, so Annabelle suggests taking a family vote, but when some family members are not happy with the results, Annabelle comes up with a solution that satisfies everyone. Includes a glossary of Louisiana Creole terms, a cultural note, and math activities for developing data literacy.
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