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1) Mind games
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"As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother's. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie's handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they're about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken...
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"The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Thenthey lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant-right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her parents'...
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Jessie’s father has always been a missing piece of her life—but if she were to find him, how would he feel about her?
Jessie Wells thinks four is a good number. Things with four sides are sturdy and strong. A box, a chair, a room with four walls. But ever since the day Jessie’s dad left, Jessie, her mother, and Aunt Zis have been a triangle—three-sided, though solidly linked.
Jessie has heard...
Jessie Wells thinks four is a good number. Things with four sides are sturdy and strong. A box, a chair, a room with four walls. But ever since the day Jessie’s dad left, Jessie, her mother, and Aunt Zis have been a triangle—three-sided, though solidly linked.
Jessie has heard...
4) Pig-Out Inn
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"In a new town, Dovi's family befriends a young boy who was abandoned at their restaurant Dovi Chandler collects yearbooks. She has them from all over the country: mementos of every time her parents uprooted her to try out a new town, and a new crackpot business venture. They've managed apartment houses, tried to save failing bookstores, even sold Tupperware, but all it's ever gotten them is debt and a new yearbook for Dovi to add to the pile. It's...
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"When mankind's attempts to control nature backfire, Texas descends into a wasteland. Storms rage and ravenous beasts roam the Outer Grid. The only safe havens rest inside the tech-obsessed domed cities. But when her parents are murdered inside the Plex City dome, seventeen-year-old Juniper Conway wants revenge. Ties to her extended family threaten to pull her back as she runs from city to city. The Plex is endangering its citizens by legalizing a...
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"Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes...
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An uplifting story about the importance of family, the power of music, and the ever-present mercy of God. "I could hear my heart--beat in spite of the commotion and noise. I'd never seen anything so horrible...What's wrong with me? I thought. I knew everything had gone black and silent, but I couldn't remember why. I could hear now, but was still surrounded by darkness." Gabrielle Larson is a fifteen-year-old living in Chicago with reasonable plans...
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Michael Tucker and his wife Jill Eikenberry are enjoying the early years of retirement in their dream house, a beautiful 350-year-old stone farmhouse in the central Italian province of Umbria, but Jill's mother Lora is a constant source of worry. Lora is eighty-seven and her second husband of many years, Ralph, has just turned ninety-one. Jill is traveling frequently to Lora and Ralph's home in Santa Barbara from the Tucker's pied-à-terre in New...
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Korean-American sisters Eleanor and Amelia Bae-Wood support their newly widowed mother when they are caught up in a court battle with someone claiming to be their late father's first-born child and only son-secret love child from his Korean youth-who's fighting for everything they have.
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Babies and toddlers will learn to say "Mama!" with this adorable and fun-to-read board book written by an early speech expert!
Each page features:
• Simple words and "Mama" phrases that are easy for little ones to imitate, and can be used and practiced throughout daily routines
• Rhythm and rhyme to encourage repetition and help keep babies engaged, even before they can understand the text
• Real photographs that model correct mouth positions...
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Babies and toddlers will learn to say "Dada!" with this adorable and fun-to-read board book written by an early speech expert!
Each page features:
• Simple words and "Dada" phrases that are easy for little ones to imitate, and can be used and practiced throughout daily routines
• Rhythm and rhyme to encourage repetition and help keep babies engaged, even before they can understand the text
• Real photographs that model correct mouth positions...
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Excerpt: ""Aunt Hester, do you like to make buttonholes?" Ruth asked with interest in her tones. "No," was the answer, "I hate to make them." Aunt Hester bit off her thread fiercely. "I hate them," she repeated, reaching for her spool which had fallen under the chair. Ruth made a scramble for it, picked it up and laid it in Aunt Hester's lap. "If you don't like to make them, what's the reason you do it?" she went on. "I thought grown-up people could...
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«C'était un samedi matin, au grand magasin. Je regardais les manteaux, bien tranquillement. Puis je jette un regard derrière moi, et qu'est-ce que je vois? Maman n'est plus là.»
O se cache-t-elle donc encore? Au rayon de la menuiserie ou à celui de la verrerie ? Au comptoir d'information ou à celui des objets perdus? Décidément, quand on ne surveille pas sa maman, on risque de la chercher longtemps !
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Step into Elias and his dad's world as they embark on an exciting day at the park. Together, they explore the wonders of nature and the joy of spending quality time together.
But there's more to this adventure than meets the eye. Follow along as Elias' dad uses the power of labelled praise to nurture Elias' positive behaviours. Discover the magic of encouragement and positive reinforcement in their heartwarming journey.
Elias and Daddy Go to the...
15) I Am Yours
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Celebrate the love between a child and parent in this beautiful board book. Lyrical language and delightful artwork depict a diversity of caregivers and children in sweet everyday moments. Watch the way love grows in I Am Yours.
16) It had to be you
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"The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way--handsome, intelligent, popular--until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, they may finally be ready to clear one name at the expense of the other and turn to Laurie Moran and her team to...
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"A beautifully written, finely wrought, race-to-the-end novel about finding your family, finding a life and finding yourself. Tish Cohen is the next great thing in women's fiction.--- Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The One That I Want and Time of My Life Just as Delilah's father falls further and further into Alzeimer's, she discovers that he's been harboring a horrible secret for over 15 years, but he no longer remembers...
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The Transition Into Adulthood
A short Chap book that's gives viewers a look into my experience with my young adults children. There were many values that were gained in trying to understand young adults that's transitioning into the adult world. I'm hoping that by sharing my experience through my e-book "The Transition Into Adulthood" could shed some light on a few topics that parents may not understand. My overall message is for parents to stay...
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It is the spring of 1861, and the serenity of Smith County, Mississippi, has been shattered by Abraham Lincoln's declaration of war on the South. Young and old are taking up arms and marching off to war. But not ten-year-old Frank Russell. Although he is eager to enlist in the Confederate army, he is not allowed. He is too young, too skinny, too weak. After all, he's just "Shanks," the baby of the Russell family. War has a way of taking things away...
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"Mom and Dad Have Names?" Is a book inspired by our experience as kids. A day we realized, that our parents did in fact have names. In this story, two little boys set out to uncover their parents' names, and in a span of 3 days get into mischief. This short entertaining story is a fun read that you and your kids will enjoy, and that will open up an opportunity for you to share your name with them.
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