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The Great Courses
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Everything we now know about the universe - from the behavior of quarks to the birth of galaxies - has come from people who've been willing to ponder the unanswerable. And with the advent of modern science, great minds have turned to testing and experimentation rather than mere thought as a way of grappling with some of the universe's most vexing dilemmas. So what is our latest picture of some of the most inexplicable features of the universe? What...
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Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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"With her breakout bestseller Keep Moving, Maggie Smith captured the nation with her "meditations on kindness and hope" (NPR). Now, with Goldenrod, the award-winning poet returns with a powerful collection of poems that look at parenthood, solitude, love, and memory. Pulling objects from everyday life--a hallway mirror, a rock found in her son's pocket, a field of goldenrods at the side of the road--she reveals the magic of the present moment. Only...
3. Accordance
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Significance volume 2
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Shelly Crane continues Maggie and Caleb's epic love story in the second installment of the Significance series.
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Masters of Menage volume 2
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Security professionals Burke and Cole Lennox have shared women before but never meant to fall in love with one. Their lives are precarious, always on the edge of trouble. But Jessa Wade is too tempting, too perfect to let go. They're on a dangerous mission, but they can't help but get close to the beautiful, innocent artist. When their mission takes them to a foreign land, they reluctantly leave their love behind, promising to return for her one day....
5. Morning star
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Pub. Date:
2016
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HL: High-Low 710L
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart...
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English
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3.5 stars
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Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making
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Bunburry volume 7
Publisher:
Lübbe Audio
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. In "Sweet Revenge", the seventh Bunburry book, Alfie is back in London, trying to pick up his old life there. But even a wild social whirl with his best friend Oscar can't disguise the fact that he misses Bunburry. And then a cry for help reaches him - Liz and Marge are in trouble, and Alfie races back. But as he and Police Constable...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know
How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman-and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman
9. Independence
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Significance volume 4
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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Maggie and Caleb must tie up all the loose ends of their lives and make a way to be together completely on their own. But of course, nothing can stay simple for the Jacobsons. Caleb is torn between leading his family and personal wants. Maggie is torn between Caleb and being the leader of their people. But neither will let what they need most to be pushed to the wayside. They are determined to make it all work and make everything right again for themselves...
10. The huntress
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English
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4.6 stars
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In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted... Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her...
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Kampus Média
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
French
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LES NOUILLES NE SONT PAS TOUTES DANS DES BOLS Des élèves d'une école de Gagatown ont un « PROJET SCOLAIRE » bien spé LA DESTRUCTION TOTALE DE TOUTES LES ECOLES DE LA VILLE ! Ce sont nuls autres que les nerds de l'école des Jeux vidéo. Ninja Kid tentera de combattre ces terribles adversaires avec l'aide d'alliés formidables, LE GENERAL TAO ET SES TCHICKENS ! Oui, car l'ennemi de son MAINTENANT SON AMI !
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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The organized way to get organized: a week-by-week plan to forever streamline all aspects of your life. Who would you be if you felt at peace and had more time and money? An organized life enables you to have more freedom, less aggravation, better health, and to get more done. For nearly twenty years, Regina Leeds--named Best Organizer by Los Angeles magazine--has helped even the messiest turn their lives around. Anyone can get organized--she'll...
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Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Founding father Alexander Hamilton led a passionate and meaningful life. Nicknamed Little Lion for his short stature and bold ideas, Hamilton played an integral role in the founding of America's union after the Revolutionary War, as well the drafting and executing of America's Constitution. His life, chronicled in Charles Arthur Conant's biography of him, exemplifies that of hard work and accomplishment. Along with fighting in the Revolutionary War,...
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Revolution trilogy volume 1
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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Three former CIA officers-among the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior-share their proven techniques for uncovering a lie… Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting your significant other about suspected infidelity, or even dating someone...
16. The flatshare
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English
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3.6 stars
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What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways.
Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met.
After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln.
The basis for the 2013 television movie of the same name starring Rob Lowe as JFK.
More than a million people have enjoyed Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the can't-stop-listening work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination
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AD: Adult Directed 460L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Embarking on a train trip to visit his grandmother, Pete the Cat accompanies the conductor on a tour of the train, looks at the engine, and blows the whistle while making new friends and playing train-themed games.
19. Heart and Soul
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Shayne Davies volume 3
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Sharing a life with Jay Brenner is everything Shayne hoped it would be: date nights out, mornings sleeping in, and full access to his heart, body, and mind. Life would be if there weren't half a dozen underworld villains who want them dead. They can't step one foot outside without somebody trying to kill them. The Detroit underworld is lethal for even the most powerful beings, so how in the world will Shayne be able to protect a mere human? If vampires...
20. Belonging
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Where the Heart Lives volume 1
Publisher:
Zondervan
Language:
English
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Trying to forget her painful past, Felicia Kristoffersen seeks to make a brighter future for herself as a teacher in Frenchman's Bluff, Idaho.