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Running an island plane service with her grandfather on the remote islands of northern Scotland, Morag McGinty, on the verge of making a huge life change, is marooned on an off-grid island with a visiting ornithologist who has just the right perspective to help her pilot her course.
"Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She's also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to...
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2016.
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Self-proclaimed "bird nerd" Sophie Castle has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: her own documentary about her fine-feathered friends. But her cameraman, Rigg Greensman, is unmotivated... and drop dead gorgeous. Can they work together to convince the public to love birds-without falling in love themselves?
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When eighteen-year-old witch Iris Gray accidentally enacts a curse that could have dire consequences, she must team up with witch-hating Pike Alder to make sure her magic is not unleashed on the world.
When Iris Gray was forced to leave her last home, she left behind a father who was no longer willing to start over. While the Witches' Council was lenient in their punishment, Iris knows they are keeping tabs on her. Now settled in Washington, Iris...
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[2020]
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Español
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"Mas alla de las estrellas te atrapara desde la primera hoja y te sorprendera de principio a fin. Es una historia increiblemente original, imaginativa y curiosa. Glendy Vanderah ha logrado crear un mundo que es muy real y, al mismo tiempo, completamente inusual" - Taylor Jenkins Reid, la aclamada autora de Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo "La hermosa historia humana escrita por Vanderah nos recuerda que, a veces, debemos mirar mas alla de las copas...
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While planting huckleberry and rose bushes in her parents' backyard, Abigail Stanton is startled by the discovery of a padlocked metal box. When no one in her family lays claim to it, Abby begins a search for its owner. Who could have buried it at Stanton Farm...and why? But it's what's inside the box that makes this mystery all the more puzzling.
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[2019]
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After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. When a mysterious child shows up at her cabin, barefoot and covered in bruises, Joanna enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. But the more time they spend together, the more...
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"It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting a scientific conference on owls at the Caerphilly Inn. Most of the family are there, helping out in one capacity or another, including Meg's grandmother, Cordelia--invited by Grandfather in rare gesture of peace-making, to share her expertise on rehabilitating large birds, including owls. An unexpectedly severe snow storm traps the conference-goers in the hotel, and one of the visiting...
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Abby Stanton, a noted East Coast bird specialist, rushes home to the magnificent San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest after a terrible car accident leaves her sister Mary paralyzed from the waist down. While there, Abby spots a rare and endangered marbled murrelet and its mate. Determined to save them, she finds herself caught up in a fascinating intrigue about one of the long-time families on Sparrow Island.
15) The blue moon
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Mysteries of Sparrow Island volume 05
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English
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While cleaning her office at the Sparrow Island Nature Conservatory, Abigail Stanton discovers a stunning blue diamond necklace hidden in her desk. Who could have hidden it there and why? Abby finds out that the jewel may be the famous Blue Moon diamond, and legend has it that anyone possessing this gem is doomed.
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Mysteries of Sparrow Island volume 22
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English
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When Abby agrees to stay at the Bird Nest to help Martin and Terza Choi investigate suspicious noises in the attic, she uncovers the source of the sounds and a secret that could change everything for the couple.
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