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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Having left her hometown in the Idaho mountains eight years ago after her sister's tragic death, Assistant District Attorney, Sylvianna Dunlap, returns for a memorial. Her short weekend visit is sidelined, however, when she discovers someone wants her dead.Dealing with old heartbreak, old friends and long distant memories, Sylvie must find out who is after her before it's too late. Lucky for her, local rancher, Duncan Jamison, is more than willing to step in and help an old friend out but between stoking old relationships and trying to get back to her new life in North Carolina, Sylvie must decide who she can trust. Duncan Jamison has secrets and so does the killer. The only question is, will Sylvie and her friends be able to stop who's after her or will she become the next victim.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Maggie Franklin plays by the rules but lives in a world of people driven by competing motivations, leading to conflict and betrayal, touching those closest to her. She works at a high-end PR firm in Nashville, Tennessee, owned by Richard Gadly, who occupies the gray space between legal and illegal in the intersecting spheres of business and politics.The way she sees herself clashes with the reality of her work: co-workers hustling and violent; the success of her boyfriend's career, dependent on the crooks she's desperate to avoid; and the need to control events by the instinct to survive. In the background lurks the creeping authoritarianism infecting Western democracies.The history of jazz provides a soft thread connecting the book's characters. If experiencing jazz can be thought of as discovery, so too is the evolution of complicated individuals, sketched in vivid detail, revealed against the struggle for power. Within that struggle is a story about identity - who we are now versus the people we used to be.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Ardor Agopian is twenty-one years old, working a dead-end job at the mall, and grappling with the fallout of a bad decision. When he stumbles upon an ancient prophecy hidden in a long-forgotten book, he realizes he must master his long-dormant psychic abilities or watch idly as humanity is destroyed by an unimaginably powerful force. To save his fellow humans, Ardor must travel the globe and contend with mysterious forces and shadowy clans while grappling with the fatal consequences of trying to stem the tide of darkness.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Ardor Agopian is twenty-one years old, working a dead-end job at the mall, and grappling with the fallout of a bad decision. When he stumbles upon an ancient prophecy hidden in a long-forgotten book, he realizes he must master his long-dormant psychic abilities or watch idly as humanity is destroyed by an unimaginably powerful force. To save his fellow humans, Ardor must travel the globe and contend with mysterious forces and shadowy clans while grappling with the fatal consequences of trying to stem the tide of darkness.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. It's 1977 in the Big City, and Little Beet finds himself wondering how he, a small-town vegetable, could possibly fit in with the dancing fruit at his new school. He does not look like any of his classmates, wear the stylish clothes they do, or even know how to roller skate Little Beet attempts to hide under his stems when his new friend Strawberry invites him to Roller Disco with everyone after school. Elated, yet scared to try something new, Little Beet is wobbly and tentative at first, but he soon learns what he can do on a pair of roller skates. Has he found enough courage to sign up for the big competition? Dance to the Beet is about acceptance, individuality and the value of inclusion, told through the lens of a curious Little Beet navigating an exciting new world of roller skating fruits.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Molly Warner, a sixth-grade student at Robert K. Howard Middle School, had a wide reputation for being a gossip. If something was happening, she knew all about it and would share it with anybody who was within earshot of her. It even led to a new school policy that the teachers privately referred to as 'The Molly Warner Rule'. Rather than punishing her, the school principal places her on the newspaper staff where she puts her skills to good use. With her journalism teacher's help, she learns the importance of a free press and strives to be a great reporter. When strange things start happening at school, Molly resolves to find the real story behind what is going on and who is to blame. Little did she know what she would uncover and the journey it would take her on.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Gideon. An identity shrouded in mystery - the anonymous source who holds the key to an explosive secret. In a clandestine meeting, writer Carl Granville is hired to take the pages of an old diary, articles, letters, documents in which all proper names and locations have been blacked out - and turn them into compelling fiction. He will be paid a quarter of a million dollars. But he can never tell a soul. As he is fed information and his work progresses, Granville begins to realize that Gideon's book is more than just a potential bestseller. It is a revelation of chilling evil and a decades-long cover-up by someone with far-reaching power. He starts to have second thoughts. How will his book be used? Whose lives will be shattered? What is the truth behind the story - and who is the true storyteller? Then someone close to Granville is bludgeoned to death. Another is savagely murdered. His apartment is ransacked, his computer destroyed, all his records stolen. Suspicion falls on Granville. He tries to explain the shadowy assignment. No one believes him. He has no proof, no alibis.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Kirkus Starred Review * BlueInk Starred Review * Midwest Book Review Book of the Month * Houston Chronicle Sunday Feature"In a time of polarization about immigration, Not From Here affords a much-needed deep breath." Kirkus"Top recommendation to libraries and readers for its ability to shake the very foundations of modern belief." Midwest Book Review"Amid so much tumult in their lives, Lax repeatedly found not just resilience, but optimism." Houston Chronicle"Her depth of feeling for the topic is extremely powerful." BlueInk"In between seven amazing stories, the author discovers the story of her own family. The immigrant experience, she says, is the story of America." Jewish Book Council"An epic inquiry." - BooklistWhen Leah Lax was asked to write an opera to celebrate local immigrants, she began by spending a year listening to accounts of upheaval, migration, and arrival told her in confidence by people from around the globe. She felt she had discovered America, found its great beating heart.In interludes between the astounding and powerful stories in Not From Here, Leah uncovers the lost history of her Jewish family and finds a larger context for her own story. "In a way," she writes, "we Americans are all immigrants."Leah has had a dual career as an author and librettist. Her previous book Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home was the first gay memoir ever to come out of the Jewish ultraOrthodox world, now a modern opera by composer Lori Laitman."Leah Lax understands that everyone has a story and a secret. To experience this ourselves, we have only to read her utterly irresistible Not from Here."--GLORIA STEINEM"A masterwork! Brilliant, profound, heart-shattering, hopeful - I couldn't breathe! Not From Here is full of stories of people who hang onto hope, people who will not give up struggling for what could be, and it's all interspersed with Leah's own extraordinary journey. This is the kind of book that leaves you forever changed."--CAROLINE LEAVITT, NYTimes bestselling author"An amazing and powerful book of the struggles and triumphs of people from far away who we might have dismissed as 'other, ' except that Leah edges them dexterously into our hearts."--CHITRA DIVAKARUNI, American Book Award winner, author of The Last Queen.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Meet Honabeats Honabeats Says: Crazy Words is a fun-filled play on words. It's full of the crazy words kids and sometimes adults accidentally and spontaneously make-up. A new and adorable character, Honabeats, will follow you around as you read through funny poems about these words with eye-popping graphic illustrations. With approximately 300 words, this book can easily be read in about three minutes. Perfect timing for a bedtime story or a quick laugh.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The novel takes the reader into the world of 1870, from the seamier side of London to the palace of Queen Victoria. Charles Dickens struggles to complete his last novel while in the throes of an amorous liaison, all the while people are plotting his demise leading to a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. "Who Killed Charles Dickens?" promises to captivate readers with its blend of historical drama, humour, and literary homage.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The novel takes the reader into the world of 1870, from the seamier side of London to the palace of Queen Victoria. Charles Dickens struggles to complete his last novel while in the throes of an amorous liaison, all the while people are plotting his demise leading to a riveting tale of intrigue and suspense. "Who Killed Charles Dickens?" promises to captivate readers with its blend of historical drama, humour, and literary homage.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Mrs. Ronny is Rancho Val Elementary School's most popular teacher. But she got married and now has to go on a honeymoon with her husband, and the idea of leaving her class for a week seems dreadful. Mrs. Ronny comes up with an amazing solution, but it's a long shot. When weird coincidences align, Mrs. Ronny pulls off a miracle. She brings in a magical suitcase that can take her entire class on her honeymoon, and tells her class the legend of the magical suitcase. Each kid hops inside and they all head off to Hawaii When they land, Mrs. Ronny opens up the suitcase to find that four students are missing. As the class continues going on fun and thrilling Hawaiian adventures, more and more students continue to mysteriously disappear. Mrs. Ronny needs to try and figure out what's going on before it's too late. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Mrs. Ronny is Rancho Val Elementary School's most popular teacher. But she got married and now has to go on a honeymoon with her husband, and the idea of leaving her class for a week seems dreadful. Mrs. Ronny comes up with an amazing solution, but it's a long shot. When weird coincidences align, Mrs. Ronny pulls off a miracle. She brings in a magical suitcase that can take her entire class on her honeymoon, and tells her class the legend of the magical suitcase. Each kid hops inside and they all head off to Hawaii When they land, Mrs. Ronny opens up the suitcase to find that four students are missing. As the class continues going on fun and thrilling Hawaiian adventures, more and more students continue to mysteriously disappear. Mrs. Ronny needs to try and figure out what's going on before it's too late.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Margaret is a middle-aged divorc e with a laundry list of neuroses. Flying, germs and social situations all make her sweat. She's spent her life hiding behind her intense job and rigid routines, which is why she's as surprised as anyone when she abruptly walks away from her career to study French. This leap of faith snowballs into opportunities and experiences she could never have dreamed of.Travel, university, romance. none of these were on Margaret's agenda but her adventures - mostly exciting, sometimes terrifying, often both - will shake up her life and lead her on an unexpected path.Set between charming Greenwich, Connecticut and Paris, France, this feel good story will warm your soul like a hot caf cr me on a chilly Parisian morning.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Margaret is a middle-aged divorc e with a laundry list of neuroses. Flying, germs and social situations all make her sweat. She's spent her life hiding behind her intense job and rigid routines, which is why she's as surprised as anyone when she abruptly walks away from her career to study French. This leap of faith snowballs into opportunities and experiences she could never have dreamed of.Travel, university, romance. none of these were on Margaret's agenda but her adventures - mostly exciting, sometimes terrifying, often both - will shake up her life and lead her on an unexpected path.Set between charming Greenwich, Connecticut and Paris, France, this feel good story will warm your soul like a hot caf cr me on a chilly Parisian morning.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In this stunning collection of forty-nine poems, Fadi Yousef takes the reader on a personal journey about the power of love and joy, loss and grief. This collection of poems equates the strength of internal emotions with the outside world, using natural imagery to convey a person's innermost feelings. Dedicated to their family, the sense of family is evocatively threaded throughout the poems. The sense of love and security family brings and the sense of pain and loss a family bears together are all deftly woven together.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Kirkus Starred Review * BlueInk Starred Review * Midwest Book Review Book of the Month * Houston Chronicle Sunday Feature"In a time of polarization about immigration, Not From Here affords a much-needed deep breath." Kirkus"Top recommendation to libraries and readers for its ability to shake the very foundations of modern belief." Midwest Book Review"Amid so much tumult in their lives, Lax repeatedly found not just resilience, but optimism." Houston Chronicle"Her depth of feeling for the topic is extremely powerful." BlueInk"In between seven amazing stories, the author discovers the story of her own family. The immigrant experience, she says, is the story of America." Jewish Book Council"An epic inquiry." - BooklistWhen Leah Lax was asked to write an opera to celebrate local immigrants, she began by spending a year listening to accounts of upheaval, migration, and arrival told her in confidence by people from around the globe. She felt she had discovered America, found its great beating heart.In interludes between the astounding and powerful stories in Not From Here, Leah uncovers the lost history of her Jewish family and finds a larger context for her own story. "In a way," she writes, "we Americans are all immigrants."Leah has had a dual career as an author and librettist. Her previous book Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home was the first gay memoir ever to come out of the Jewish ultraOrthodox world, now a modern opera by composer Lori Laitman."Leah Lax understands that everyone has a story and a secret. To experience this ourselves, we have only to read her utterly irresistible Not from Here."--GLORIA STEINEM"A masterwork! Brilliant, profound, heart-shattering, hopeful - I couldn't breathe! Not From Here is full of stories of people who hang onto hope, people who will not give up struggling for what could be, and it's all interspersed with Leah's own extraordinary journey. This is the kind of book that leaves you forever changed."--CAROLINE LEAVITT, NYTimes bestselling author"An amazing and powerful book of the struggles and triumphs of people from far away who we might have dismissed as 'other, ' except that Leah edges them dexterously into our hearts."--CHITRA DIVAKARUNI, American Book Award winner, author of The Last Queen.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Some secrets freeze deeper than winter's grip.Newberry, Michigan. A town where frosted whispers linger in the pines and the past casts long shadows. Seeking solace, Willis arrives at his wife's childhood home, a haven of tranquility on the surface. A surge of drugs and a string of disappearances grip the dwindling community. Unease gnaws at Willis as silence shrouds each unanswered question.Driven by an insatiable quest for truth, Willis exposes a web of corruption that extends far beyond his grasp. Answers breed chilling new questions, and the price of his investigation escalates with every step.Can Willis confront the darkness in Newberry's heart before it consumes him and his newfound home? Or will the secrets buried beneath the frozen ground claim another victim?A heart-pounding descent into suspense, where the pursuit of justice becomes a desperate fight for survival.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Your garden can be full of surprises. The things you discover are not always the fragrant flowers, creepy-crawly bugs, the snap of an old twig, or the cool, wet grass beneath your feet. Meet a little girl who discover what she thinks is a rock in the garden, is actually the most unusual rock on earth. Follow her on an adventure as she realises that the best friendships are sometimes out of this world.…

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