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All Sally O'Brian wants is a quiet Christmas. Yes, she wants to rent out her newly renovated and re-furnished Cliff House for the holiday season, but that goal is secondary to just spending some quiet family time with her daughter Jennifer, her son-in-law Jack, her delightful granddaughter Kiera...and her dead husband Matthew. But then she learns that her daughter has invited a whole host of family members to come and celebrate Christmas with them....
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Six years. Seventy-two months. Over two thousand days. That's what I'd dedicated to that guitar-playing a*sehole, Danny Silver.
Now I, Daisy Piper, was left to pick up the wreckage of his love while he ran off with the band to find fortune and fame.
Life went on without him, and a new man soon rescued me from the ashes of Danny, but a part of my heart remained broken. First loves can't be forgotten so easily, and when Danny returned to our small...
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Star Trek Next Generation Ghosts volume 1
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English
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Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise respond to a distress call and find a terribly wounded scientist aboard a marooned ship. While evaluating the planet below (and its two warring nations) for possible Federation membership, Picard discovers to his horror that the survivor of the disaster is foreseeing his death. Written by Eisner-nominated writer Zander Cannon (Top Ten).
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Star Trek New Visions volume 5
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John Byrne continues his new Star Trek photoplay adventures with A Scent of Ghosts" and Memoriam." Past and Present collide, as the Enterprise takes aboard a special figure from Spock's past, only to find themselves haunted by an mystery from years before. Plus, a sad farewell.
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In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in his classic The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and enriched with developments to his own perceptions and psychology, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is an absorbing...
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Molang volume 6
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The Brass Band: Molang and Piu Piu want to be part of a brass band. Unfortunately, not a single instrument suits Piu Piu-until Molang finds another way to make music! The Shooting Stars: Piu Piu and Molang buy a telescope to look at shooting stars. Looking through it during the day, they see something that makes them rush to help one of their pals, who seems to be in dire straits... The Ghost Train: Molang and Piu Piu are on a ghost train (a dark...
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Wild cards volume 29
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Tor
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2021.
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English
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"In Joker Moon, the next Wild Cards adventure from series editor George R. R. Martin, we follow Aarti, the Moon Maid, who can astrally project herself onto the surface of the moon and paint projections across the lunarscape. Theodorus was a dreamer. As a child, he dreamt of airplanes, rockets, and outer space. When the wild card virus touched him and transformed him into a monstrous snail centaur weighing several tons, his boyhood dreams seemed out...
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Riding the Rails with Paul Theroux Three quintessential works from the legendary Paul Theroux are collected here for the first time. Let the master take you by train through Asia in 1975's The Great Railway Bazaar, then cross the Americas in 1979's The Old Patagonian Express, and round out your journey through Eastern Europe in 2008's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star. The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia The Great Railway Bazaar, Theroux's...
10) The Star ghost
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Pocket Books
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c1994
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Recorded Books
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p2008
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With this vibrant and illuminating travelogue that shows just how much the world has changed in the 30 years since he wrote "The great railway bazaar," Theroux returns to the rails of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia for an exceptionally detailed and entertaining update that will entice fans and newcomers alike.