Anne Tyler
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.
Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t...
Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t...
22) Toxin Alert
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English
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Following a deadly anthrax attack, TCD's biological weapons expert Carly Welsh springs into action. Problem is, the Amish trust no one—especially not an FBI special agent. That's where Noah Miller comes in. Even though the rancher left the fold decades ago, the community trusts him...and so does Dr. Welsh. But even their combined courage and smarts might not be enough against sinister forces that want them both to perish.
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"Just do your job-protect the witness without falling for her."
Former city cop Caleb Foster hopes playing by the rules will clear his record so he can get transferred far away from small-town Carpenter, Alabama. But one look into the terrified eyes of a beautiful witness and he'll make it his mission to protect her, no matter what it takes...
Alyssa Garner thought testifying against a trio of lethal bank robbers would finally end her months-long...
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Protecting a woman who claimed she didn't need a bodyguard made his final case the most interesting of his career... Before he settles down behind the desk, Orion Security bodyguard Jonathan Carmichael has one last assignment. One that might prove to be more than he bargained for. Because Kate Spears is adamant she doesn't need his protection. And a woman who doesn't want a bodyguard could be difficult, dangerous-and terribly intriguing. Kate is used...
25) Loving Baby
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This sexy tycoon has everything...
So why is he searching for a baby?
To Chief Deputy Suzy Simmons, James Callahan is the dark-haired, sexy-as-hell millionaire with abs from her past. But despite his megacharm and killer body, Suzy deeply distrusts him when he draws her into his investigation of a criminal's murder. The courageous beauty is determined to get answers, not come-ons. As they race against time, James and Suzy face unseen danger with...
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For this lawman, it's do or die in Riker County Bound to protect and serve, sheriff Billy Reed has tried to let his career be enough. But he could never forget Mara Copeland, the woman who left without a goodbye and hurt him without warning. Now she's back with criminals on her trail and a child in her arms. His child. Mara didn't trust the future she and Billy could've had. He's a lawman and she was born into a world of ruthless criminals. Still,...
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Danger reunited them-but will a secret baby tear them apart? "Just the right balance between the potent and harsh action and the sweet and tender romance." -Books & Spoons
As the newest deputy in a small Alabama town, Henry Ward is hoping to escape painful memories. Then a rain of bullets brings his history rising up again, throwing Cassie Gates directly into his path.
He hasn't forgotten their night together, seven months ago. And now that...
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Orion security volume 2
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English
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Fatherhood was never in the cards...until an innocent family wrapped themselves around his heart... Mark Tranton thought his bodyguard career ended the day he watched a client die. Now Kelli Crane-the widow-needs Mark to keep her and her little girl safe. Mark swears he's not the man for the job, but when the vulnerable beauty is attacked, there's no way he can deny the woman he failed two years before. Being around Kelli again stirs something in...
29) Forgotten Pieces
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She once accused him of murder-but now they've teamed up to find the real killer . . . "Mature, smart, well-developed characters [and] a jolting conclusion." -Books & Spoons
She knows who killed his wife . . . if she could only remember . . .
A woman screaming into a phone sends Riker County detective Matt Walker racing to the rescue of his onetime nemesis, Maggie Carson. Four years ago, the green-eyed journalist accused him of killing his...
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Punto de lectura volume 29/4
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Punto de Lectura
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 19 cm.
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Español
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Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport. The families lives become interwined after the Donaldsons, a young American couple invite the Yazdan's, Maryam, her son and his Iranian American wife to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five years earlier, feels her values threatened when she is courted by a newly widowed Donaldson. A penetrating...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
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1st ed.
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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277 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.
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Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager with a distant father and hours and hours of silence to fill. Then one night she hears local rock singer Drumstrings Casey on the radio—and becomes instantly attracted to his cool, motionless voice. Evie learns that Drumstrings frequently plays at a dingy roadhouse called The Unicorn. So she goes there and, with an uncharacteristically bold gesture, bursts out of her lonely shell—and into the attentive...
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Die unauflöslichen Fäden, die unsere Familie um uns spinnt
Anne Tyler erzählt die Geschichte der Familie Garrett von den 1950er Jahren bis heute. Sie schildert meisterhaft, wie wir alle die subtilen Äußerungen von Liebe, Enttäuschung, Stolz und Ablehnung von denen, die uns so nahe sind, verinnerlichen und wie das Handeln eines Familienmitglieds über Generationen hinweg Auswirkungen haben kann.
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Der etwas seltsame, aber durchaus charmante Mr Leary schreibt Reiseführer für Leute, die geschäftlich unterwegs sein müssen, das Reisen aber hassen - ganz wie er selbst! Sein höchstes Ziel ist es, Tipps zu geben, dank derer man sich möglichst wie zu Hause fühlt. Als seine Frau Sarah beschließt, sich nach zwanzig Jahren Ehe von ihm zu trennen, gerät sein höchst organisiertes Leben ins Wanken, und er wird gezwungen, die gewohnten Wege zu verlassen....
36) The Tin Can Tree
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In the small town of Larksville, the Pike family is hopelessly out of step with the daily rhythms of life. Mrs. Pike seldom speaks, while Mr. Pike maintains a forced stoicism. Only their ten-year-old, Simon, seems able to acknowledge that their world has changed. He just doesn’t understand why. The Pikes may choose to stand still, to hide from an unnameable past, but the strange shroud over their home cannot be contained. Soon it’s inching its...
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He's got his eye on her…and won't quit until she's dead!
Special Agent Lara Grant is back in her enemy's sights, but this time she's not alone. She has a brand-new team and Lara knows she'll need to trust them with her life. Starting now.
When a lead becomes a victim, Lara and her team are thrown. Lara put Moretti away for life-so how can a guy who is still in prison be pulling strings? There's only one way to find out.
But when Lara comes face-to-face...
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Someone robbed her of her memory…
To implicate her in murder.
Awakening in an ambulance headed to Kelby Creek, Melanie Blankenship can't remember why or how she got there. Everyone in town once turned against Mel following her ex-husband's shocking scandal-except former love Deputy Sterling Costner. It's been years since they ended their relationship, but now, as evidence mounts in a deadly crime, he's determined to uncover the person who's targeting...
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A tragedy kept them apart
…until a dangerous reunion brought them back together.
Returning to Kelby Creek only intensifies Detective Lily Howard's soul-crushing guilt and anger. As a teenager she chose to rescue her friend and childhood crush, Anthony Perez, rather than pursue the man abducting his sister. Years later, investigating the cold case with Ant stirs up even more troubling emotions in the usually guarded detective. Soon another teen...
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A town with a past.
A man with a future to protect.
When Sheriff Jones Murphy rescues his daughter and her teacher, the widower is surprised to encounter Cassandra West again. Months may have passed since their one night together, but there's no mistaking she is definitely pregnant. Cassandra's recent sleuthing has unleashed a secret that stunned their town a decade earlier. Now someone wants her dead. And though his heart is closed, Jones's sense...