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Thriller writer Ben, struggling for inspiration, retreats to an isolated rural cabin to start on his latest novel and to escape the growing tension with his boyfriend Jamie. Working late into the night, he wakes to find a wounded man in the cabin, claiming to be a hunter whose car had broken down nearby. Intrigued and attracted to the mysterious and handsome intruder, Ben decides to secretly use him as inspiration for the antagonist in his new book,...
2) Dayspring
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In this singular, stunning debut novel that transcends and transfigures genre, Anthony Oliveira brings to life the gospel according to the disciple Christ loved -- his companion in the days before the crucifixion. 'Dayspring' weaves stories of passion, grief, destruction, and survival into a narrative unmoored in space and time, one that re-examines and re-frames great and doomed figures from scripture and history, even as it casts its keen eye on...
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An award-winning journalist tackles the hot topic of male body image and shows how physical size during childhood affects our psychology, social status, relationships, and income as adults.
With a mix of fresh research, incisive reportage, and bracing candor, Size Matters traces the surprising history of society's bias against shortness and reveals how short people can and do thrive in spite of this insidious bigotry. Drawing on his own childhood...
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In a world where mutants are more than simply hated and feared, but not yet slain and apprehended, the assassination of Senator Kelly comes to pass, bringing with it the Mutant Control Act and Sentinels on every corner. But with mutantkind on the back foot, what lengths will Kate Pryde, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Banshee, Angel, Cyclops, Professor X and the rest of the X-Men go to in order to find some way to survive? And what scheme of Magneto will...
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"Roland Keener is an aging hairstylist who's lived and worked in Winnipeg all his life. He's more or less content with the quiet and predictable days he shares with his partner of twenty-five years, Tony. That is, until he hears that Birdy O'Day -- washed-up music icon and Roland's childhood best friend and first love - -is playing his first concert in Winnipeg since fleeing decades earlier. Holing up with a scrapbook of news clippings about Birdy,...
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Super morning star volume 3
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As time marches on for Kaido and Honda, the cracks in their post-high school life together grow bigger and bigger. They each try to chase their individual dreams, but miscommunication and arguments always seem to follow closely behind. While Kaido keeps up a brave face, Honda only closes off himself more, until he finally shuts Kaido out entirely.
9) In memoriam
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"It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, all of whom are safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. They receive weekly dispatches from The Preshutian, their school newspaper, informing them of older classmates killed or wounded in action....
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If you give a man a cookie...he's going to want milk to go with it...God forbid he should get it himself.
If You Give a Man a Cookie is a woman's commentary about her helpless man and the chain of events that leads him on a journey from the bed to the bathroom to the couch and back to bed at nightfall.
11) The King's Fifth
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A 1967 Newbery Honor Book. While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.
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Children's Book in rhyming story for kids from 3 to 8 years. Tale in verse. 60 pages with text and colorful picture. Once upon a time in a bustling Italian kitchen, Chef Marvin was preparing a special pizza named Phoenix for the guests waiting at the table. However, little did he know that this pizza had a mind of its own! As soon as it was brought to the table, Phoenix transformed into a monster and began gobbling up all the food in sight. Marvin...
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Here's best-selling humor writer Leland Gregory's sixth collection about everyday idiots-and this time they're in love! Readers are guaranteed to feel better about their own romantic misadventures after reading these jaw-dropping, hilarious tales.
Many people do crazy things in the name of love, but some people take things way too far. From failed seductions to botched proposals, from disturbing displays of affection to misguided marriages, Idiots...
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Children's Book in rhyming story for kids from 3 to 8 years. Tale in verse. 60 pages with text and colorful picture. Kali and Leila's Adventure is a captivating children's fairy tale that takes readers on a thrilling journey through time and imagination. Follow Kali and her loyal dog Leila as they explore an amusement park, enjoying the simple pleasures of riding roller coasters and indulging in delicious ice cream. But when a sudden storm hits, the...
15) The Sign Painter
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In his Caldecott acceptance speech for GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, Allen Say told of his difficulty in separating his dreams from reality. For him this separation was not as important as finding a meaning behind the contradictions and choices we all must make in life and their consequences.
Early one morning a boy comes into town, hungry, and looking for work. He meets a sign painter who takes him on as a helper. The boy yearns to be a painter. The man...
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Karen Slavick met Adam Lennard in 1991 on a kibbutz in Israel, where he declared his love for her by passing out in her bed while he waited for her to return from a midnight swim. Understandably, she never forgot him. Over a decade later, they rekindled their romance and married-but then he fell asleep again, and all hell broke loose. Though he's a romantic and mild-mannered Englishman by day, Adam quickly morphs into the uproariously foul-mouthed,...
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Everybody has that special someone in their life that they can't wait to get rid of. Whether it's a housekeeper, a therapist, or a personal trainer, the time comes when you have to pull the plug on the relationship.
Featuring personal stories, useful scripts, and interviews with experts such as Bob Harper from The Biggest Loser, funnyman Adam Carolla, and Michael Jackson's attorney, Thomas Mesereau, Dump 'Em is a practical guide for giving any...
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A little Coco Chanel, a lot Carrie Bradshaw, with a dash of Maureen Dowd-a hip, hilarious collection of mini-profiles in shopping and romantic courage. From one very fabulous and elusive little pink raincoat (to woo the commitment phobe) to a pair of very persuasive peach panties (gift from a dazzling doc), author Gigi Anders relates her experiences as they deal with her dual obsessions of clothing and men. Here are ten vignettes chronicling ten choice...
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Children's Book in rhyming story for kids from 3 to 8 years. Tale in verse. 60 pages with text and colorful picture. Once upon a time in the bustling city of Texas, a young girl from Sydney found herself wandering the warm summer streets until an unexpected magical snowfall transformed the landscape before her eyes. Amazed by the unfamiliar sight of snow blanketing the city, she watched as each house became a winter wonderland. Lost in this enchanting...
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Everett is a typical teen-age young man who finds growing up is full of changes as well as misadventures. Everett is involved in sports, school plays, school dances, learning to drive, and camping. See how he learns to cope with each situation and judge for yourself if he has made the right decision about himself. He learns that we all learn from our mistakes.
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