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Shelter Springs volume 2
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English
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The magic of Christmas--and a second shot at romance--is in the air in Shelter Springs this holiday season... Amanda Taylor isn't a fan of Christmas, but as the owner of a local soap shop, ignoring the holiday season isn't an option. To forget the pain of Christmases past, Amanda focuses on making the season bright for her customers at the Shelter Springs Holiday Giving Market. But when her beloved grandmother, Birdie, starts dating the dashing new...
4. Kim
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940L
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English
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An tale of an Irish orphan-boy who has lived free in the streets of Lahore before setting out, with a Tibetan Lama, on a double quest. This eventually leads to enrollment in the Indian Secret Service and a thrilling climax in the Himalayas.
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American in Paris mystery volume 1
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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From fine Bordeaux and freshly baked baguettes to the friendly chatter of the green market, postwar Paris is indulging its appetite for food, and life, once more, as Tabitha Knight, a young American women, makes friends with chef-in-training Julia Child--and finds herself immersed in a murder most unsavory.... As Paris rediscovers its joie de vivre, Tabitha Knight, recently arrived from Detroit for an extended stay with her French grandfather, is...
Series:
Jeeves volume 6
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English
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Bertie must deal with the Market Snodsbury Grammar School prize giving, the broken engagement of his cousin Angela, the wooing of Madeline Bassett by Gussie Fink-Nottle, and the resignation of Anatole, the genius chef. Will he prevail? Only with the aid of Jeeves!
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English
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5 stars
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"Ava Howell seemed to have it all. She moved away from Emerald Creek, Idaho, married the love of her life and published a bestselling memoir. But she never expected that her husband would feel so betrayed by a secret from her past—the truth of what happened to her and her sister all those years ago—that he’d walk away. Now Ava is back home and trying to move on with the only person who can truly understand… Following years of healing, Madison...
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This novella was inspired by a journey to Newburyport, Massachusetts, which in 1931 was much faded from its glory years as a shipbuilding, fishing, and trading center. At the time, Lovecraft was trying to find his way forward as a literary man. The rejections he'd been hit with earlier in the year had convinced him that what he was doing was not going to take him to where he wanted to be - that his efforts to serve two masters had doomed him to...
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Ranger in time volume 12
Publisher:
Scholastic Inc
Lexile measure:
610L
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English
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This time Ranger, the time-travelling Golden retriever finds himself transported to the deck of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, where he rescues the young sailor Ben Hansen who is badly burned when the ship explodes--and there is a Japanese-American boy and girl in a rowboat who also need his help to find their father amid the chaos of the attack.
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900L
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English
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This classic adventure story -- first published in 1902 -- gains new life in a blockbuster motion picture epic from Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films and remains a timeless novel of love, honor, and courage. A Soldier's S It is 1882 and British officer Harry Feversham has it all: a loving fiancée, the camaraderie of fellow soldiers, a bright future in a nation at the height of its imperial power. But before he is deployed to battle in Africa,...
11. Fade away
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English
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For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories--of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive, and a present he may not survive.
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Missys Clan
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Europe has many wonderful old traditions, and one of them is the Christmas market. The December market in Vienna is recorded since 1298, but Innsbruck was actually founded as a market in a field already in 1133 and it could be argued that the December market here would be even older. The wonderful Tyrolian atmosphere makes this a must for anyone enjoying the Christmas markets.
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Publisher:
Missys Clan
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Europe has many wonderful old traditions, and one of them is the Christmas market. The Christmas market in Vienna in Austria is truly amazing. It is one of the oldest in the World - it started at a "December market" in 1298, although that may not qualify as a "real" Christmas market among historians. The "December market" was by the Cathedral, St Stephan Dom. Christmas markets became a tradition in German speaking lands and ushered in the four week...
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Margaret Staun
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Christmas - Jul - is very popular in Denmark with many wonderful traditions. There are many typical Christmas traditions such as the Advent Wreath, the Christmas tree, cards, Christmas markets, advent calendars and gifts. Food and drink naturally play a big part in the Danish Christmas celebrations. The food is a typically Danish combination of old and new. The main event of the Danish Christmas is Juleaften - Christmas Eve. There is a big Christmas...
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The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is the first English-language novel published in the United States by a Japanese writer. Acquired for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Monthly Magazine by editor Ellery Sedgwick in 1901, it appeared in two excerpted instalments in November and December of that year with illustrations by Genjiro Yeto. In 1902, it was published, in book form by the New York firm of Frederick A. Stokes. Marketed as the authentic diary...
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Asian Development Bank
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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The Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI) was launched in December 2002 by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea---collectively known as ASEAN+3 to strengthen financial stability and reduce the region's vulnerability to the sudden reversal of capital flows. This paper also provides recommendations for addressing new sources of market volatility and other challenges within...
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Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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"Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland both narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of war. Following victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed into southern Italy in September 1943, expecting to drive Axis forces north and liberate Rome by Christmas. Italy quickly surrendered but German divisions fiercely...
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
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"When we shop at farmers' markets, we support our local economy and consume food that's healthier, tastier, and packed with essential nutrients specific to our local environment. In Farm-to-Table Desserts, chef Lei demonstrates how baking with locally sourced, organic ingredients is so satisfying that it will quickly become an easy and delicious habit. With more than eighty sweet recipes divided by season, Farm-to-Table Desserts shows readers how...
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English
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3 stars
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"A one-of-a-kind Christmas market offers holiday magic in this new romance from the author of The Kindred Spirits Supper Club. With a name like Astra Noel Snow, holiday spirit isn't just a seasonal specialty-it's a way of life. But after a stinging divorce, Astra's yearly trip to the Milwaukee Christmas market takes on a whole new meaning. She's ready to eat, drink, and be merry, especially with the handsome stranger who saves the best kringle for...
Publisher:
Wiley
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
The latest cutting-edge research on market microstructure Based on the December 2010 conference on market microstructure, organized with the help of the Institut Louis Bachelier, this guide brings together the leading thinkers to discuss this important field of modern finance. It provides readers with vital insight on the origin of the well-known anomalous "stylized facts" in financial prices series, namely heavy tails, volatility, and clustering,...