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"After the shocking death of two teenage boys tears apart a community in the Pacific Northwest, a mysterious pregnant girl emerges out of the woods and into the lives of those same boys' families--a moving and hopeful novel about forgiveness and human connection. In misty, coastal Washington state, Isaac lives alone with his dog, grieving the recent death of his teenage son Daniel. Next door, Lorrie, a working single mother, struggles with a heinous...
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Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date:
2025
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HL: High-Low 730L
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English
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"Mari never gave much thought to the afterlife before her untimely demise, but she certainly didn't think it would be an experimental wellness enclave called Paradise Gate--a place where the newly dead go to sort out the unfinished business of their lives. She also didn't think the biggest problem to plague her in life would follow her into the great beyond: her also recently deceased mother, Faye. Mari quickly realizes Faye is her unfinished business,...
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What Comes After Crazy is a warm, funny, poignant, and extremely real story about a woman who fights to stay true to herself-and to her two young children-after her husband has an affair and moves to the desert to "find himself." Maz Lombard is a single mother with two high-strung daughters and an even more high-maintenance mom, the all-seeing, all-knowing, many-times-married Madame Lucille. Maz is struggling to put her life together after her unfaithful...
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Blair Leigh
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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Eliza Davis' new home is everything she wanted-community, a sense of belonging, a fresh start. An added bonus was living with her best friend, Simone, and befriending a jilted groom whose wedding day disaster she was witness to. But, Jack Peters was not someone to be pitied. Sarcastic, caring, and, most importantly, in love with her daughter, Jack helps take Eliza's mind off the pain of her past and allows her to just have fun. But, small towns are...
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Harvey Garver
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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"WHAT COMES AFTER NATIONS?" is the right question for these turbulent times. Much of this turmoil is a result of the conflict between nations around the world. Nations and nationalism, are the most recent form of governance, however, while their numbers and sovereign powers increased over time, in today's world, every nation's sovereignty is under assault by powerful global forces. Humanity's history is not just a collection of chance events, but...
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BookBaby
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2017
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English
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Life began on earth 3.8 billion years ago. We have had two momentous evolutionary events since then: the emergence of Eukarya about 2 billion years ago (the basis of all plants and animals) and the enlargement in size and capability of the human brain, which began about 2 million years ago. Otherwise humans have had a remarkably stable evolutionary process. But now, two technologies, artificial intelligence and genetic engineering, are converging...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date:
©2021
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English
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"In 2019, the restaurant business was booming. Americans spent more than half of their annual food budgets dining out. In a generation, chefs had gone from behind-the-scenes laborers to TV stars. The arrival of Seamless, DoorDash, and other meal deliveryapps was overtaking home cooking. Beneath all that growth lurked serious problems. Many of the best restaurants in the world employed unpaid cooks. Meal delivery apps were putting many restaurants...
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Scholastic Audiobooks
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2013
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English
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Children's birthdays are always strange in Willow Falls, but when Connor's little sister Grace falls into a frozen state on her tenth birthday, Amanda and Leo must travel back in time to find out what force prevented Angelina from casting the blessing that would have protected her.
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URLink Print & Media, LLC
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Two very emotional and powerful moments seem to frame most people's lives. One is the exhilarating experience of looking at the newborn baby swaddled in a warm blanket with a face of innocence, wonder, total trust and in need of unbound love to survive. The second experience, probably the most dramatic, is being present at the moment of someone's death, be it a relative, a close friend, a colleague of arms, even a complete stranger. Regardless of...
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Prophecy may vary between being an intellectual amusement and a serious occupation; serious not only in its intentions, but in its consequences. For it is the lot of prophets who frighten or disappoint to be stoned. But for some of us moderns, who have been touched with the spirit of science, prophesying is almost a habit of mind. (Excerpt from book)
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Phil Lloyd
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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It is the Author's belief that because of the Complexity of our Society; the long, expensive Supply Chain that relies on a now ever-reducing supply of Fossil Fuel; because we have created fragile Financial Systems tightly integrated globally; as well as a host of other reasons covered in this book, we will, very shortly, have a Global Collapse.Our Top priority today should be Global Warming (Climate Change), yet we all continue to "Do Nothing" and...
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Empyrean volume 3
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English
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4 stars
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"After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust. Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit,...