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Harold Fry novels volume 1
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Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say she is in hospice and wants to say goodbye. Leaving his tense, bitter wife Maureen to her chores, Harold intends a quick walk to the corner mailbox to post his reply but instead, inspired by a chance encounter, he becomes convinced he must deliver his...
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Arthur Less novels volume 1
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A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review).WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
National Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017
A San Francisco Chronicle...
National Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017
A San Francisco Chronicle...
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Paddington Bear has charmed readers of all ages for almost 60 years! Now part of the I Can Read line, Michael Bond's classic character will delight beginning readers with his curious nature and nose for adventure. Paddington and Mr. Gruber enjoy a day off from their duties as they set out to explore London with Jonathan and Judy. Each turn brings a new discovery, and Paddington's nose for adventure leads to the greatest surprise of all.
Paddington's...
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In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a ship bound for England. Looking back from adulthood, the narrator relates a tale about the often forbidden discoveries of childhood and the burdens of earned understanding, about a life-long journey that began unexpectedly with a sea voyage.
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"At the turn of the twentieth century, as he composes a treatise on melancholy, Jacov Reinhardt sets off from his small Croatian village in search of his hero and unwitting mentor, Emiliano Gomez Carrasquilla, who is rumored to have disappeared into the South American jungle - not lost, mind you, but retired. Jacov's narcissistic preoccupation with melancholy consumes him, and as he desperately recounts the myth of his journey to his trusted but ailing...
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"This exuberant comic novel-involving explosions, secret agents, religious fanatics and a hapless narrator dragged around Europe by his long-lost aunt-is also a sly theological exploration of fate and predestination." -The New York Times Book Review
Calvin Bledsoe has never grown up. His mother, an internationally known theologian, was the dominant force in his life-so much so that he never left home, even when he married. Now she is gone,...
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Deep in the night, when Matthew paces the house, unable to sleep, he pauses outside his daughter's bedroom. Hallelujah, who goes by Holly, is only on the other side of the door, but feels a universe away. He worries about her, a young Cree woman, but cannot seem to bridge the gap between them. Claire claims things would be better if he looked up from his phone or showed up to watch her swim meets like he promised. But Matthew cannot shake an emptiness...
11) Sleeper
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"DJ jets across the Atlantic to England to follow a series of obscure clues and symbols he hopes will reveal the truth about his grandfather"--www.amazon.ca.
12) VenCo: a novel
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"An incredibly inventive, highly anticipated second adult novel--with witches, magic, and a road trip through America--from Cherie Dimaline, the critically acclaimed author of Empire of Wild"--
13) Liminal
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Jordan walks into his mother's bedroom. As his eyes adjust to the half-light, he finds her lying motionless in bed with her mouth agape. He can't tell whether she is asleep or dead, and finds himself plunging headlong into the uncertain depths of consciousness itself. From androids to cannibals to sex clubs, an unforgettable personal odyssey emerges, populated by a cast of sublime outsiders searching for the ever-elusive nature of self.
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"For Hunter Cady, meeting Kait was the greatest thing that ever happened to him. Otherwise unmotivated, he spent roughly half his twenty-nine years accomplishing very little, which makes him about fifteen in terms of real-life experience. But he's the luckiest man on earth when it comes to his wife. Beautiful and confident, Kait is somehow charmed by Hunter's awkwardness and droll humor. So when she dies quite suddenly, Hunter is crushed. Numb with...
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). Vision of shadows volume 1
Warriors. Vision of shadows volume 1
Warriors a vision of shadows volume 1
Warriors. Vision of shadows volume 1
Warriors a vision of shadows volume 1
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Living peacefully around a lake, the four Clans come to decipher a prophecy that leads one medicine cat apprentice on a quest to determine the fate of all the warrior Clans.
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69-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater-vest, waters his fern and heads out to his garden. But on the one-year anniversary of Miriam's death, something changes. Sorting through Miriam's possessions, Arthur finds an exquisite gold charm bracelet he's never seen before. What follows is a surprising...
17) The sun trail
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). Dawn of the clans volume 1
Warriors dawn of the clans volume 1
Warriors. Dawn of the clans volume 1
Warriors dawn of the clans volume 1
Warriors. Dawn of the clans volume 1
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A tribe of cats leaves their mountain home in search of a better life, and find themselves in a lush forest filled with water, prey, and unexpected dangers--Provided by publishers.
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82-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots, and begins walking the 3,232 kilometres from Saskatchewan to Halifax. Her husband Otto wakes to a note left on the kitchen table. I will try to remember to come back, Etta writes. Russell, raised as a brother to Otto, has loved Etta from afar for 60 years. He insists on finding Etta, wherever she's gone. Leaving his farm will be the...
20) Sparrow rising
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Skyborn volume 1
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To honor her parents' memories, Ellie Meadows, a Sparrow destined to be a farmer, sets out on a perilous journey to join the Goldwings-famed knights who defend all the people of the Clandoms-and learns, along the way, what truly makes a hero.
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