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850L
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English
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3.5 stars
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When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered during renovations at a Seattle hotel, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
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Publisher:
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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The story of a young girl growing up in the war torn German metropolis of Berlin is factually correct. Her strict and disciplined upbringing and the mortal fear of nightly bombings causes her to be nervous and shy. She soon finds solace in nature while she learns to harvest the bounty of the nearby forest for nutrition that calms the ever present gnawing of her hungry stomach. The story makes reference to some historical events post war Europe and...
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English
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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"Inspired by a true story, this is the unforgettable story of a young boy named Ernest, set during the 1909 Seattle world's fair called the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo. It is a time when the magical wonders of technology on display at the expo future seems limitless. But for Ernest, a half-Chinese orphan who found his way to America through a last desperate act of his beloved mother, every door is closed. A charity student at a boarding school, he has...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From humanitarian and actress Ashley Judd comes “an important and moving memoir. . . . Every reader will be inspired” (Bill Clinton).
“Enlightening . . . full of real-life stories that reflect both the compassion of its author and the need for healing in the world.”—Madeleine K. Albright
In 2002, award-winning film and stage actor Ashley...
“Enlightening . . . full of real-life stories that reflect both the compassion of its author and the need for healing in the world.”—Madeleine K. Albright
In 2002, award-winning film and stage actor Ashley...
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Publisher:
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date:
©2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with...her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago...But when she gets a letter from her biological father...Lou immediately knows that she cannot meet him...While King's friendship makes Lou feel safer...when her family's business comes under threat, she soon realizes that she can't...
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English
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Everything Hope knows about the Orchard House is from the stories of her late mother. So when she arrives at the northern Michigan family estate late one night with a terrible secret and her ten-year-old daughter in tow, she's not sure if she'll be welcomed or turned away. But as Hope works the orchard alongside her aunt, daughter, and a kind man she finds increasingly difficult to ignore, a new life begins to blossom.
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"When Hannah's family has to move, her grandmother tells her how she felt leaving the old country--it was both bitter and sweet. As Hannah leaves her friends behind and tries to get used to a new house, she only feels bitterness. Was her grandmother wrong about the sweetness? Hannah starts to feel better about the move when she sees her new house in the soft light of the Shabbat candles. When a new friend reaches out with a special gift, Hannah realizes...
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"The theme of bitterness runs through Bible as a sour reminder of sin's presence in our world--yet it's because of this bitterness that Jesus' grace is so sweet and satisfying. As we learn to turn from our vices and crave real beauty, goodness, and truth through the pursuit of virtues, we grow nearer to God and become more like who He made us to be. ... Starting on Ash Wednesday and leading you all the way through Holy Week, Bitter and Sweet is an...
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Publisher:
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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A cryptic message from their grandmother reunites two estranged sisters at the site of the family's eighty-nine-year-old restaurant, forcing them to face complicated truths about themselves and their family legacy. Two sisters at a crossroad in life find the answers to their problems in the lessons from the past... Mariah never pretended her marriage was perfect but that didn't mean she ever suspected her husband of ten years would not only ask...
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Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
©2021
Language:
English
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As an aspiring pastry chef, Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening her own pastelerÃa next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her traditional Mexican-American mom and dad have different plans. Xander Amaro Is a new hire at Nacho's. For him, the job is an opportunity for a chance at a normal life, to settle in at his abuelo's, and to find the father who left him behind. When both the restaurant and Xander's immigrant status are threatened,...
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Larry F Nigh
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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This premier collection of poems by a new author are in various formats. They include both Italian and English sonnets, groups of haikus, abecedarian poems, traditional poems, and blank and free verse. Everyone can find something to their taste if they enjoy poetry. The subjects of the poems are numerous and fulfilling. The author is certain that the public will enjoy discovering a new poet. By all means have fun reading the works of this fresh, new...
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Publisher:
47North
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her treats with emotions and abilities, which are then passed on to those who eat them. She doesn't know why she can do this and remembers nothing of who she is or where she came from. When marauders raid her town, Maire is captured and sold to the eccentric Allemas, who enslave her and demand that she produce sinister confections, including a witch's gingerbread cottage, a living cookie...
15. Bitter and Sweet
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Publisher:
Enslow Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Sweetie only knows toxic love. Her boyfriend is violent, her family is cruel, and her life is stuck in a cycle of abuse. Then she meets Loew. Loew is smart, quiet, and different. When Sweetie defends herself against the blows of her boyfriend, he ends up dead. Sweetie and Loew run away to hide from the law. But Loew is not the salvation Sweetie imagines. Emotional and impulsive, Loew has deep, dark issues of his own, and escaping his grip might mean...
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Publisher:
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date:
c2001
Language:
English
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As Rory and Odile, childhood friends who were separated by a tragic event which changed their lives forever, lead separate lives, they realize that they are forever linked by the events of their past and when they finally confront each other, they find what they have searching for--forgiveness, redemption, solace, and strength.
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Publisher:
Street Knowledge Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Everybody wants something. Some will go to any extreme to get it. The question is.... was it all worth it? Dontae is released from prison with a desperate demand for fast money. Quickly, he turns to what he is familiar with--the streets, but at a higher level. When Dontae thinks he has layed aside his feelings for his ex-girl, Naija, his urges to see her, make love to her, and wanting her back resurfaces until Q Tee comes along and takes his mind...
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Publisher:
Gotham Books
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Love story between a man living apart from society in a cabin in a mountain meadow and a younger woman living in the outside world but knowing the hidden trail to the meadow. Most scenes take place in the meadow allowing an examination of how a man and a woman might interact outside of society's rules of behavior. The man believes that a divine essence from God exists in the things of Nature. His view of the world is shaped by this belief in a holy...
20. Bitter for Sweet
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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This is the story of Herod the Great's mother and how she brought the Arabic world of Nabataea and the western world of Rome to the Land of Israel. The Middle East, 76 BCE. Internal power struggles consume Jerusalem's attention while surrounding nations manipulate events for their own purposes. Two young women from opposite worlds-Pninah, a poor Jewish girl prone to seizures and Cypros, a Nabataean princess-are thrust by violent events into a collision...