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As a single mom with a demanding job as a hospital buyer, Meg Campbell's life is her son, Keagan and her work. After her mom's unexpected death, she discovers close friends through her knitting circle, Knit & Brews, but she yearns for more. When Keagan moves into his own place, Meg dreams of a new chapter in her life. Those dreams screech to halt when her rascal father arrives at her door with a suitcase. Jake Weston met Meg during a dark day in her...
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By-the-book Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) tracks down a key informant with the help of streetwise preacher Percy Stevens (Cedric the Entertainer). But when the informant is eliminated, the hardened and humorless Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the crime – a group of University of Texas cheerleaders – by going undercover and moving in with the five uncontrollable college coeds.
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Between the years of 1944 and 1963, Dr. Colm McAindriu was just a kid, a Black kid living in the Jim Crow Mississippi Delta. His story brings to light what living day and night under the threat of death looks like for a Black kid in this era. Should he look at the white girl, or dream of her and tell someone or be caught doing so? His mother forced him to help her raise her remaining 12 children and demanded that he kill his prized pig to feed her...
4) Man of the House: A Handbook for Building a Shelter That Will Last in a World That Is Falling Apart
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What is your plan for the end of the world as we know it? How will you protect the people you love? What will you leave to them when you are gone?
The good news is this is not the first time the world has ended. What's more, men were made for times like these. And the men of the past--the good ones, anyway--have left us a plan to follow.
They built houses to last--houses that could weather a storm. This book contains their plan.
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After his mother goes deaf, a young boy must navigate through the many difficulties of his childhood. The boy witnesses his Mom deal with loss, his father becoming distant, his older brother living a life of his own. The protagonist feels alone, powerless, voiceless. At the same time, the boy tries to impress the girl of his dreams at school, leading him into a troublesome situation. He must make choices which could affect him for the rest of his...
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Thirty-five-year-old Clyde Carmichael spends too much time at things that make him miserable: teaching at a posh but flaky adult learning center; devouring forgettable celebrity biographies; and obsessing about his ex-lover, Gordon. Clyde's other chief pursuit is dodging his family -- his maddeningly insecure sister and his irascible father, who may or may not be at death's door. Clyde's in danger of becoming as aimless as Marcus, his handsome (and...
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Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook
The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, as a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking "accidental" death she witnesses at a London tube station.
Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her-and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin...
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An outstanding contribution to the literature of African-American history, Black Man in the White House is the first-person account of E. Frederic Morrow, the first African-American to reach an executive position in the White House. He served with distinction as Administrative Officer for Special Projects under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1955-61. Originally published in 1963, Morrow's recollections are masterfully written, colorful, and filled...
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When Janelle's friend offers to help with the housework, she doesn't think it will include any hocus pocus. Not convinced it will work Janelle recites the incantation and summons a domestic god.
He cooks. He cleans. He even does the ironing.
The trouble is Corvin isn't your typical wraith. In fact, he's not a wraith at all but a demi-god looking for love...
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Spider-Man House of M volume 1
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Meet Spider-Man - hero to the people, champion of the weak and oopressed... and World Wrestling Alliance Championship Titleholder?! Peter Parker has it all: respect, fame, and the adoration of all. But he also has a deep, destructive secret that he keeps from the world and from his family - one that could well unravel the reality he knows!
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Collects House of M: Fantastic Four #1-3, House of M: Iron Man #1-3. The Fantastic Four as you never could have imagined them! The trusted advisor at Magneto's right hand is almost certainly the second most powerful man in the world. But the question is... will second-best be enough for Victor Von Doom? Plus: Tony Stark is the smartest, most successful Sapien on the planet - the best and brightest of a dying species. Does it bother him that the House...
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John Coal is the town oddball. Old, crotchety, pungent and solitary, he lives in a scary old house that is almost as rundown as he and sees out his days shuffling around the streets harvesting his neighbours' skips for scrap. The local kids take great delight in plaguing him morning, noon and night but they've chosen the wrong old coot to mess with because John Coal is no ordinary man. He knows where the bodies are buried. He's been to the outer limits....
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary and still airing in the U.S. and around the world, Little House on the Prairie is one of the most cherished family dramas in television history, and this smart, candid memoir from beloved star Dean "Almanzo" Butler, who played Laura "Half-Pint" Ingalls' eventual husband, is a must-read for fans, filled with insider stories and anecdotes.
Cast just before his twenty-third birthday, Dean Butler joined Little House...
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John Coal is the local oddball. Old, crotchety and solitary but otherwise harmless. At least, this was how his neighbours saw him. But not anymore. Thirty years of hiding in plain sight have been lost in one night when John unwittingly reveals a side of himself that few people see - and live to tell the tale. And now he must run, away from the quiet suburbs, and as far from other people as he can get. The police are hunting him. The army are hunting...
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Scotty Chase and his four best friends make plans for their trick-or-treat night while walking their pets. They run into four girls who live in their neighborhood, walking their pets too. A squirrel causes some problems. They keep having a hard time keeping their pets on their leashes. All but two of their pets eat candy. The guys' plan is to scare the girls at the haunted house, scare someone at Deadman's Curve, toilet-paper some houses, and egg...
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We all live in a place and a space we call home. But how deeply connected to it are we? According to quantum physics, more than 90 percent of reality is invisible. This apparently empty space is actually filled with energy that contains intelligence and stores all past, present, and future events. By sharing his personal journey from living a life of separation to one of connection, Georg guides you on your own journey to nurture a deeper connection...
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John Coal is back in another instalment of monster tales. Following a series of grizzly murders, John has settled in the farthest reaches of Scotland to protect himself and those unlucky enough to cross his path when the moon is full. This has helped him escape the authorities but he cannot escape the terrible luck that has plagued him his whole wretched life. It's as if he's been cursed. Ghosts under the stairs. Demons in the night. Terrors of the...
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Henry Danger volume 19
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When Henry's mom has her purse stolen, Captain Man decides he should move in with Henry's family in order to protect them. Soon, Captain Man takes on a fatherly role which becomes more than Henry likes.
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Davey and Goliath volume 29
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When John & Elaine Hansen leave the house for the day, Davey and Sally get permission to stay by themselves. Davey soon learns rights and responsibility go hand in hand.
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