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1. Going Dutch
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Pub. Date:
2019
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English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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"Going Dutch is a hilarious and cutting portrait of modern relationships that finds a gay male graduate student falling for his brilliant female classmate. For fans of The Love affairs of Nathaniel P (with a queer twist)"--
2. Going Dutch
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
On November 5, 1688, William of Orange, Protestant ruler of the Dutch Republic, landed at Torbay in Devon with a force of twenty thousand men. Five months later, William and his wife, Mary, were jointly crowned king and queen after forcing James II to abdicate. Yet why has history recorded this bloodless coup as an internal Glorious Revolution rather than what it truly was: a full-scale invasion and conquest by a foreign nation? The remarkable story...
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Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
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What to do and what not to do when traveling almost anywhere- an entertainment for the armchair or the intrepid traveler Why shouldn't you offer to pay for your share of the meal in China? Or, use the thumbs-up sign to mean "that's excellent" in Sardinia? Because, of course, despite the ease with which we can now communicate with and visit one another, they still do things differently over there. In China your host will "lose face" if you don't let...
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Publisher:
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Dutch oven cooking is hot! Whether you are camping in the great outdoors or in your backyard, when it comes to meal planning, cooking in a Dutch oven offers a world of options beyond tin foil dinners. Eat like the king of the forest instead of a trail mix-starved hiker. You'll never want to touch another MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) again, especially with mouth-watering recipes easily cooked in your Dutch oven such as Bacon-Cheddar Breakfast Rolls, Parmesan...
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. "'Do you think it's possible to ever see the past as it actually was?' I asked my sister. We were sitting in her car, parked in front of the Dutch House in the broad daylight...
7. Chill factor
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Language:
English
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Women have been mysteriously disappearing from the small mountain community of Cleary, NC, and a massive winter snowstorm has trapped Lilly Martin in a mountain cabin with the prime suspect, Ben Tierney. Lilly's ex-husband, local police chief Dutch Burton, is intent on rescuing her, but the cabin's remote location and the intensity of the storm significantly delay his efforts. Meanwhile, Lilly finds herself attracted to the charismatic Tierney.
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world.
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Call Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. She believes in feelings, not algorithms. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers' retreat in coastal Italy. She's determined to finish writing the novel she's been fantasizing about, even though it means leaving her close-knit group of...
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Publisher:
Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Description:
"100 all-new super-simple and incredibly delicious one-pot, one-pan, one-sheet--one-everything!--recipes from the New York Times star food writer and bestselling author of Dinner in French. Melissa Clark brings her home cook's expertise and no-fuss approach to the world of one-pot/pan cooking. With nearly all of the recipes being made in under one hour, the streamlined steps ensure you are in and out of the kitchen without dirtying a multitude of...
11. The Netherlands
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Lexile measure:
1040L
Language:
English
Description:
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of the Netherlands.
12. The island
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
2.7 stars
Description:
"After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking...
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Publisher:
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Language:
English
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This delightfully humorous collection of poems offers children and the young at heart a refreshing, inventive look at the world from the well-known Dutch author, Annie Schmidt. Ordinary events and places become extraordinary adventures full of imagination.
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Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
"In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny Director General. Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking...
15. So big
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Lexile measure:
900L
Language:
English
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Winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, So Big is widely regarded as Edna Ferber's crowning achievement. A rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life, this stunning novel follows the travails of gambler's daughter Selina Peake DeJong as she struggles to maintain her dignity, her family, and her sanity in the face of monumental challenges.
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Publisher:
Gallery Books
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Buteau's humorous essays reflect on growing up Caribbean, Catholic, and thick in New Jersey, going to college in Miami (where everyone smells like pineapple), her many friendship and dating disasters, working as a newsroom editor during 9/11, getting started in standup opening for male strippers, marrying into her husband's Dutch family, IVF and surrogacy, motherhood, chosen family, and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom...
17. The thorn
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Series:
Rose trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
Description:
Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she abandoned? And will she be able to convince Rose to steer...
18. Flights
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear. Through these brilliantly imagined...
19. Abide in Christ
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Language:
English
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"Abide In Christ" by Andrew Murray is a timeless exploration of the Christian's relationship with Jesus Christ and the transformative power of abiding in Him. Drawing from biblical teachings and personal experience, Murray invites readers to deepen their connection with Christ and experience the abundant life He promises. In this insightful book, Murray emphasizes the importance of abiding in Christ as the key to spiritual growth, fruitfulness, and...