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Few of the eccentric inhabitants of her father's Main Line, Philadelphia estate have much time for Fleur Robins, an awkward child with a devotion to her ailing grandfather, a penchant for flapping and whirling, and a preoccupation with God and the void. While her mother spends much of her time with her hand curled around a wine glass and her abusive father congratulates himself for rescuing babies from "the devil abortionists," Fleur mourns the fallen...
762) Dinner 4_1
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There is something magical about the wealthy parts of Orange County, California, but lately, there is trouble in paradise. The kids at Northwood High are no stranger to theatrics. Yet each game night from August to Christmas, when the Knights play football, dreams do come true.
Northwood High's progressive administrative practices and educational policies encourage the importance of cultivating modern educational methods, namely online media for...
763) Red, White and Black
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Raquel "Red" Reeves is just trying to fit in and slide by under the radar as she begins her sophomore year. She doesn't want to be special in anyone's eyes-particularly not in the eyes of a guy her mother set her up with-but her heart has other ideas. Soon Red finds herself dreaming of new possibilities with fresh confidence. However when tragedy strikes, Red is left to discover how far she is willing to go to bring herself closure, peace, and, finally,...
764) Black Bread
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In the rough hill country of rural Catalonia, the Spanish Civil War is over and the villagers live under occupation by the fascist Civil Guard. With his father in jail, facing possible execution as a subversive, and his mother working long hours in a factory, eleven-year-old Andreu is sent to live with his grandmother, uncles, aunts and cousins in a farmhouse in a remote valley. His inquisitive, self-taught grandmother encourages him to study, but...
765) One In A Billion
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One In A Billion An unexpected love story Danny McDowell is nine years old on the fateful day that he is forced to go to a party given by the managing partner of the law firm his father works for. Worse, he's pulled out of a baseball game his team is actually winning just when he's needed most. What Danny doesn't know as he walks unhappily with his parents from their car to the Willow Plantation Mansion, is that by the time he leaves, his life will...
766) Lunchmeat: A Novel
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Victor Ferraro is a heroic and chivalric knight plucked from the Middle Ages and stuck in late 1990s New Jersey, or so he'd like to believe. More interested in dreaming up sweeping epics than learning how to subtract, Victor often catches himself staring out the window of his first-grade classroom, imagining battlefields riddled with arrows and orc corpses. But his new real-life nemesis may be too powerful for Victor to defeat. A Goliath in chestnut...
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Michel White can almost taste the money. The death of his grandfather Tick Tock has given him the break he craves. There's just one catch: the long-forgotten Shady Green. The man who stands between Michel and a fortune is on his way back to stake his claim. Of White and Shady is the story of Michel White as he emerges from teenage obscurity to a starring role in one of the great catastrophes in Australian history, and incidentally, a life in theatre....
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Some things never let go ...
... like the past.
Ned McNish has a loving wife, a nice home in the suburbs and a good job. But his past continues to haunt him. Ned was bullied in his youth and has never been able to shake off the memories of those painful days of his young adolescence. He decides to take a journey into his past of some forty years ago, returning to his hometown to track down each and every one of his tormentors. Ned is not looking to...
769) The Paper Man
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In a strange seaside city on the verge of revolution, a young man made of paper climbs out of a crashed bus and into his new life. He is called Michael, and since the procedure that transformed him from a regular boy into one made of paper, he has been living the isolated existence of a freak inside his family's Inland home. Escape is Michael's only hope, and the City offers art, adventure and possibility for everyone, even somebody as strange and...
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This is a story of place, in the tradition of Southern fiction, with vivid images of Arkansas and the values of small-town life. It is 1990, the stock markets are soaring and Lee Addison is on a fast track to success in Silicon Valley. Just out of law school with a job lined up at one of the best firms in the Bay Area, he is positioned to join the ranks of young elites who will shape the 21st century. But standing between him and his shining future...
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"Who was she, and why was he so attracted to her?"
Dane Wright is a morose, moody individual who's content to isolate himself in his Malibu beach house. For nine months, he's shut out the world, along with his loved ones, to wallow in self-pity within the walls of his luxury fortress of solitude. When his parents go on a month-long Caribbean cruise, Dane is forced to take responsibility for his younger sibling, Megan, who is fast building a reputation...
772) Everything Changes
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"Everything Changes" tells the story of Matt Pike and his father as they run across the country in hopes of starting a new life. Their journey takes them from Los Angeles to the quiet town of Corsair in northern Minnesota. This book tells a story of danger, trust, and the complexities that lie under the street-sign of a solemn northern town. Throughout the journey, Matt discovers the truth and so much more about himself.
Matt wants nothing more than...
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Do Americans live in a land of freedom and equality where people with vision, brains, and a strong work ethic can have rewarding lives? Or is ours a society where well-being, dignity, and independence are reserved for a narrow elite? Bitter Is The Wind is a coming-of-age novel that traces the lives of George Johnson Jr. and his father from the rural blue-collar landscape of upstate New York in the 1970s to the halls of Wharton Business School and...
774) Deleting History
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Book Two of a Four Part Complete Series. You can't delete the past. You can't avoid it either. If you do, eventually it will slap you right across the face.
Clara's been avoiding her past for years, but when it's exposed what will she do?
More than that, how can she keep the people she loves safe from scandal?
Will she sacrifice her own happiness to keep everyone's history buried?
And will Andrew let her give him up?
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775) The Exchange Student
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Hilary never pictured herself as a world traveler, she felt lucky to escape daily gunfire in the tough South Tacoma neighborhood of Hilltop where her dad aided the poor and hungry. Following a tough move into a Washington suburb, she receives the unexpected opportunity to live abroad. A simple decision catapults Hilary into a "Rotarian" scandal that has been covered up to this day.
Placed into a host family where no common language is shared beyond...
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Twenty-three year old Bianca Drake is about to embark on the biggest adventure of her young life, leaving home for the very first time and joining the crew of the 'Lady Anne' on a six month cruise around the world. Bianca's whistle-stop tour of the seven seas doesn't always meet smooth water. Balancing the demands of her new boss, Cynthia, while launching thrill-filled trips ashore with her new best friend Max, this voyage will introduce Bianca to...
777) Jewbilly
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"Jewbilly" is a funny, heartwarming, coming-of-age story about the importance of family, spirituality (wherever a person might find it!), and how friendships can really bloom in the most unlikely of places. Get ready to experience culture clash like never before as a young Jewish boy's life is uprooted and relocated to the South — sparking a journey of growth, adaptation, and dramatic change.
Yosef Bamberger is a typical, 11-year-old Jewish kid...
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I'm writing this as a high-strung 18 year old on break after finishing her first semester (!!!) because it's cheaper than therapy, and also a lot less awkward than sitting down trying to explain some of this shit to your parents and having them turn it into a lecture. (Yes mum, I understand I fucked up, there's no need to remind me for the twentieth time.) I also decided on writing this because as my friend Alex always says my life is like a B-rated...
779) Rumble Bear
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Only the biggest, strongest male grizzly bears will wade into the red salmon river today. The icy water splashes over the chest of one of the oldest warrior grizzlies in the valley. His piercing eyes stare into the white foam dancing along the river's current. He carefully places one massive paw above the waterline, stoically waiting for his next slippery salmon to appear. The other grizzlies keep their distance as they know this old-timer has fought...
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When Phil and Natalie first reveal that they want to move to Morpington, their daughter Tammy isn't thrilled - It's up North - Tammy hates up North. Her new life begins as a struggle, her new friendships at school are strained and she lives with the daily fear of bumping into her nemesis, Lorraine, in the corridors. Though perhaps things aren't that bad after all. Tammy discovers up North isn't in fact as terrible as she feared and a fresh start may...
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