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This book is a short, lovely memoir of the authors childhood, based on the song/poem written by David Mallett, I Knew This Place. A place that was unique, very historic, and very loving, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was a hustling and bustling community in the 1950s. All predictions were it would become the next Chicago.
The Sounds and Smells of My Childhood is a nostalgic journey. It brings the reader back in time to that place of their own youth,...
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From the depths of despair, her adventures bring to life curious mysteries, rising the Phoenix in Bronagh's life. A brainy young woman, she needs her questions answered, like she needs gold dust. Finn's life is barren. Does he believe romance applies to him? No he does not.
Rich Celtic culture in Ireland and beyond has underlying secrets. We are lured in and want to know more.
Weaving through the mazes and baffling laid down codes unlocks the doors...
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Sisters in Paradise volume 2
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English
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"Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise--the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters--contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first Ophelia and Jake's personalities clash, but soon enough sparks start flying. Meanwhile, older...
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Hayley always has a crush. The problem is her crushes never like her back. After her latest unrequited love--a girl from her basketball team--gets a boyfriend, she decides she's done falling for girls who are unavailable. Her best friend, Talia, wants romance, too, but rarely gets crushes on anyone, and she's tired of watching Hayley get her heart stomped on over and over. So the two girls make a pact: They'll help each other find summer love by putting...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Drawing on her own personal experience, the latest research and case studies, the former head of retirement solutions for JPMorgan Asset Management provides actionable solutions for the unique challenges Millennials and Gen Z face while saving for their future to help them achieve their biggest life goals.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Regaled by her daddy's stories of his homeland of Haiti, Lune can see, hear and feel this unknown place when she closes her eyes, and when mommy tells her everyone has stories, she wonders if she could have stories of her own, too.
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Kalaniot Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Leah and her family are packing everything they own, and along with their close-knit Jewish community, leaving the coast of India for their new home in Israel. Leah is torn between the two treasured places until she realizes that her heart is big enough to hold many things.
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Riley Thorn series volume 3
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Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score's suspenseful reluctant psychic Riley Thorn series features hapless Riley and her hot tattooed PI boyfriend Nick Santiago who's determined to keep her safe at all costs. They're are all moved in to their new fixer-upper, finally have their own place, and no new dead bodies for some time. But then a woman from Nick's past shows up and throws a wrench into everything"--
10) Shared space
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Mouse liked having his own yard. There was never a stick out of place. There was room to stretch. Room to move. But when Pak-Rat moved in next door, Mouse realized two things: 1. A neighbor meant sharing the yard. 2. It was going to be a problem." --
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"This series (available in separate volumes or as a complete set) presents stories of tzadikim past and present that will enrapture and transport readers to faraway eras and places. In time, they will incorporate the invaluable mussar lessons as they develop their own midos. The Eternal Light Volume #11 includes stories of The Chozeh of Lublin, Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, The Shpola Zeida, Reb Tzvi Hirsch of Riminov, Reb Yisrael of Ruzhin, Reb...
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Yuki Snow wishes, she were anywhere but here. She hates Santa Dolores, where her mom and stepdad just moved the family. Her BFF back home, Julio, has already forgotten his promise to stay in tourch and, worse, he like likes Yuki's mortal enemy. At her new school, the kids think she's either invisible or a know-it-all nerd. The only friend she's made so far is the owner of a Japanese antiques store. Amon the treasures there is an ancient mirror supposedly...
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Albatros Media
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In Famous Finds and Finders, young readers are taken on an adventurous journey back through time as they learn about the field of archeology and its role in uncovering the secrets of our past. Emphasizing the importance of preserving and recording moments in history, it encourages children to consider their own place in the ongoing story of humanity"--
15) Moon madness
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Camp Sylvania volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Last year, Maggie and Nora didn't exactly get the summer of their dreams. Instead, they had to survive a camp run by a covert clan of vampires. But this year, Camp Sylvania is back and under new management -- gentle, hippie-dippie Luna Lupowski. So the girls are convinced to give camp another try. All Nora wants is an unforgettable experience with her best friend. But it's hard to have fun with Maggie fixated on all things otherworldly -- and spending...
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Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A colorful and comical tour through the animal kingdom from award-winning author Mike Barfield and quirky cartoonist and illustrator Paula Bossio. Featuring key habitats, including seas, forests, deserts and grasslands, this book uncovers the little-known but amazing adaptations, bonkers behavior, and cunning natural skills of the world's most interesting animals. Each story is told from the animal's own perspective. Covering creatures from all over...
17) True colors
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Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In Serenity, Minnesota, everyone looks on the bright side, and that’s on purpose: to live in this town, people have to agree to talk positively and only focus on the good things in life. For twelve-year-old Mackenzie Werner, who has the rare gift of her emotions showing up as a colorful haze around her body, this town seems like the perfect place; she’ll never face the embarrassment of a grumbly grapefruit smog if everyone and everything is set...
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A revelatory and comprehensive history of the gay Right from incisive political commentator Neil J. Young. One of the most maligned, misunderstood, and even mocked constituencies in American politics, gay Republicans regularly face condemnation from boththe LGBTQ+ community and their own political party. Yet they've been active and influential for decades. Gay conservatives were instrumental, for example, in ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and securing...
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Yitzchak Borowsky
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"She was liberated from hell on Earth. But will she ever be free from Auschwitz? Poland, 1943. Dark skies and barbed wire fences were all Bluma saw as she stepped down from the train onto the main platform of Auschwitz-Birkenau. After surviving the Wehrmacht's decimation of her hometown, Bluma and what remained of her family were finally put on the long, harsh train ride through inhuman conditions that seemed to last an eternity. Then the freight...