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1. So thirsty
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Publisher:
Berkley
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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"Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn't need a reminder she's getting older, or that she's feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a birthday-weekend getaway--not with him, but with Sloane's longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi. Sloane anticipates a weekend of wine tastings and cozy robes and strategic avoidance of issues she'd rather not confront, like her husband's repeated infidelity....
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Publisher:
Zondervan
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
With a heart for ministry, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Mark Hall drills right to the heart of the matter by crafting a powerful message around the story of the woman at the well found in the Gospel of John. In The Well, Hall uses stories from his own life and the lives of others to help us understand why even success-filled lives often seem empty and unsatisfying. In a conversational, sometimes humorous tone, the author talks candidly...
4. Dracula
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Lexile measure:
990L
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
"A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But...
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HL: High-Low 800L
Language:
English
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A boy named Seth drowns, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned....
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Pub. Date:
2022
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 580L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"This funny and fact-filled picture book is all about blood: where it's found, what it does, how it travels, and why vampires shouldn't drink it. From the four chambers of the heart to the platelets that clot your blood when you scrape your knee, everything you want to know about the cardiovascular system is right inside these pages. Just watch out for thirsty vampires"--
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Series:
Dark volume 8
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"The queen of paranormal romance!"-J.R. Ward, New York Times bestselling author The ninth book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan's paranormal Dark series. They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light. . . He ran with wolves. . . materialized from the mists. . . hijacked the very heavens to whims. . . He was the dark guardian of his people. So how, after centuries of a bleak, soulless...
10. Plunge!
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Publisher:
HarperChristian Resources
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
Description:
God is. God does. God loves...YOU! He wants to quench your every thirst, meet your every need. His desire is that you should never thirst again, so come on, come to the W-E-L-L to receive His Work, His Energy, His Lordship, and His Love. So what are you waiting for? If you're feeling thirsty-if you're spiritually dehydrated-if you know there's got to be more to faith than what you're experiencing-then take the Plunge! Plunge! Will lead you through...
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Series:
John Henry Cole volume 2
Language:
English
Description:
When a detective is murdered in a fire, his partner sets out on a mission for revenge to track down his mysterious killer. John Henry Cole is an operative of Ike Kelly's Detective Agency, based out of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Returning to Cheyenne from what had been a deadly assignment in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, Cole has decided that he has no alternative but to resign from the agency and pursue a different line of work. However, in Cheyenne,...
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Series:
Stringer volume 8
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Description:
Everyone knows that Salton's Sink is the driest patch of greasewood in the whole damned Colorado Desert. So when a slick land syndicate promises cheap water to a pack of greenhorn settlers, Stringer is more than a mite suspicious. One booze-thirsty engineer knows the truth about International Irrigation, but he's six feet under with a chest full of lead. Just a drunk's bad luck? Maybe, but Stringer's hanging on to his Winchester because in the Colorado...
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English
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When electricity hangs in the air so thick the moon and stars fizzle and drown in a sea of light, the people living within it, breathing it in, can never be "normal." From disfigured mutants accidentally murdering god to a man falling madly in love with a blood-thirsty VCR, we promise you've never read anything as bizarre as this!In these six tales, Pauley explores the lives of those living in the darkest corners of the world, those living electric:GODDAMN...
14. Buzzard's Bluff
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English
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JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WILDER THAN EVER. Welcome to the Lost Coyote Saloon. Saddle up to the bar and order a whiskey. Play a few hands of poker. But don't make any trouble. The new owner is savage. Ben Savage. Once a Texas Ranger, he's always cocked and ready for some fool to come looking for payback... EAT, DRINK, AND BE WARY When Ben Savage receives a telegram informing him that an old friend died-and left him his saloon-he's not sure what to think....
15. More of God
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Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Many of us want more from God instead of more of God. Matthew 5:6 says, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." This is a promise. No one needs to tell you if the water you drank when you were thirsty made you feel better. So too with experiencing God. When it happens, you will know it for yourself. More of God is about moving beyond faith. It is about getting more of God. Experiencing more of God. Every...
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English
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"Abandon all fossil fuels or face an unstoppable plague." As President Coffman battles to get her administration back on track, eco-terrorists threaten to unleash a gruesome contagion, one that transforms ordinary people into blood-thirsty savages. Unless the world dials the clock back two hundred years. The US military-industrial complex mobilises to neutralise the terrorists, but Coffman and her allies discover a new and unexpected opportunity...
18. Los Angeles
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Series:
Carl Weber's Kingpins volume 11
Language:
English
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Join in as C. N. Phillips paints a kingpin story the way it has never been done before. To some it will be a beautiful mural; to others it will be a brutal massacre. Ever since he was a child, the only thing Cyril Anderson wanted was to be down with his brother Cane's crew. Cane Anderson, leader of the notorious Bankroll Crips, was invincible--or so Cyril thought. On the night of Cyril's initiation, things take a terrible turn and leave Cane lying...
19. Deadlocked
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Series:
Harry Russo Diary volume 3
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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When life gives you brownies, make coffee. Angharad 'Harry' Russo has had a busy week. She's fended off a swarm of pixies, battled blood-thirsty redcaps and put an end to a maniacal Fae prince hell-bent on eradicating the entire werewolf population. She's also decided to open a coffee shop. Is it too much to ask for things to settle down so her life can go back to normal? Apparently it is. As if being metaphysically bound to Cian Nash, the most aggravating...
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English
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"Mr. Lucky Bastard, Mr. Asshole, and a Perverted Drunk all walk into a club. Stop me if you heard this joke, but I doubt you've heard something as f**ked up as this tale."- Keagan One night of passion with Monae will make for a very interesting partnership when they come face to face, months later. Who was to know that the mystery woman with an unquenchable sexual appetite would be the lead detective he's riding with? This is an assignment Keagan...