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Nora Watts novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It begins with a phone call that Nora Watts has dreaded for fifteen years-since the day she gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. Bonnie has vanished. The police consider her a chronic runaway and aren't looking, leaving her desperate adoptive parents to reach out to her birth mother as a last hope.
A biracial product of the foster system, transient, homeless, scarred by a past filled with pain and violence, Nora knows intimately what happens...
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Series
Dark Ascension volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Journey to Never Land in the second book in the Disney Villains-focused Dark Ascension series, which shares the untold story of teenaged Captain Hook and his twin sister Marlene, penned by New York Times bestselling author Lauren DeStefano.Before Captain Hook became Never Land's villain, there were two siblings seeking a home . . .James and Marlene have always felt out of place in their humdrum fishing village, longing to escape the quiet lives their...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling 'Mrs. Sherlock Holmes' comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiancé, and the adventure that ensues. In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a thirty-year-old, redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Where the Lost Ones Go is a middle grade contemporary fantasy by critically acclaimed author Akemi Dawn Bowman, in which a twelve-year-old biracial Japanese American girl grieves the loss of her beloved grandma and attempts to contact her beyond the grave.
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
Description
Marc Burth wants to find the best religion for his children, but, since his family boasts a Muslim, a Catholic, a Jew, a shaman, and several atheists, that's not going to be easy. This highly amusing film playfully addresses the questions so many of us struggle with: Is there a god? To whom does he reveal himself? And why doesn't he reveal himself to me? Although Marc can't quite embrace any god, he is willing to support his children in whatever faith...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. In The Lost World of the Old Ones, David Roberts expands and updates the research from his 1996 classic, In Search of the Old Ones. As he elucidates startling archaeological breakthroughs, Roberts also recounts his past twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock-art...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the writer Michael Frank over the course of six years bring to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished ninety percent of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale"--
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An enthralling story of one family's extraordinary courage and resistance amidst the horrors of war from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Rooms. As war swept across Europe in 1940, the idyllic life of Fey von Hassell seemed a world away from the conflict. The daughter of Ulrich von Hassell, Hitler's Ambassador to Italy, her marriage to Italian aristocrat Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli brought with it a castle and an estate in the north of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tie Sing was born in the mountains. The mountains were in his blood. But because he was of Chinese descent at a time in America when to be Chinese meant working in restaurants or laundries, Tie Sings prospects were limited. But he had bigger plans. He began cooking for mapmakers and soon built a reputation as the best trail cook in California. When millionaire Stephen Mather began his quest to create a national park service in 1915, he invited a group...
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English
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While playing in the sand on the beach Duck and Shark discover the perfect home for Shark: a sand castle! But why does it disappear every night? When the WordFriends try to hunt down the thief, they learn about tides and waves from a singing Crab. Duck thinks Frog doesn't want to play in the rain because Duck accidentally broke Frog's boat. But the real reason is that Frog doesn't like the rain.
14) The Toy Castle
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The Ballerina had planned a “Pas de Trois” dance with the Strongman and the Clown but accidentally left out the Goblin. To get attention, the Goblin plays tricks on the other boys and the Ballerina ends up blaming the wrong person. But all is cleared up in the end and they include their friend Goblin in a “Pas de Quatre” dance instead.
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An Egyptian crocodile who catches the fancy of the esteemed Emperor Napoleon becomes an instant celebrity in a fancy fountain in Paris. But when someone in the kitchen starts singing the praises of crocodile pie, the resourceful and very hungry reptile escapes by sewer. Narrated by Tim Curry. AudioFile: "Tim Curry's narration is exemplary - a glorious example of the perfect melding of all parts of an audio recording. The musical background is...
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Collection of nine documentaries offering portraits of biblical figures including Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham, Joseph, Noah, Moses, Sarah, Deborah, Ruth, Esther, King Solomon, and more. Also includes a program covering the ancient military exploits of the Israelites.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Grandma Hen asks Chica-Chick if she would like a spinach quesadilla for lunch. Chica-Chick helps by giving Grandma Hen the tortillas, cheese, and spinach. But Grandma Hen says something is still missing. When she again asks Chica-Chick, "Do you want a quesadilla?" Chica-Chick replies, "Yes, please." And then she understands that "please" was the missing ingredient.
18) Reading Rainbow
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English
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Feature Book - Mama Don't Allow When Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday, neither his parents nor his neighborhood can stand the racket! No one guesses what's in store for them, when Miles and his Swamp Band receive an invitation to play at the Alligator Ball. Alligator Farm - A visit to Kliebert's Alligator Farm where Heather Burden, a Naturalist from the New Orleans Zoo, tells LeVar about alligators and lets him hold a small one. Meet Fred Newman...
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English
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In the late 1800s, Maggie Walker, an African American community leader, helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, a community center, and an educational loan fund, among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank.
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