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Vicky Bliss, peerless art historian and sleuth, searches for solutions to more than one heinous offense in the ever-shifting sands of Egypt's mysterious Valley of the Kings. When her longtime significant other, John Tregarth, the suave and dangerously charming international art thief, is accused of taking a world-famous, one-of-a-kind historic relic, it is up to Bliss to clear his name.
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"Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog back" --
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Ramona Quimby volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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Beezus Quimby wants to be a good older sister, but little Ramona makes it so hard. She has to be the most embarrassing sister ever. Although Ramona isn't trying to get into trouble, her unmatchable imagination usually carries her there.
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"The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's secretary, the innocent and...
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Visiting an art museum displaying a retrospective of acclaimed photographer Kathy Moran's work, aspiring novelist Stacey Kim is stunned by the photo at the center of the show - the famous 'Woman with a Gun,' which won a Pulitzer Prize and launched the photographer's career. Shot from behind, the enigmatic black-and-white image is a picture of a woman in a wedding dress, standing on the shore at night, facing the sea. Behind her back, she holds a six-shooter....
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Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city descended from space to crash into Earth, creating a devastating cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. What was its origin? Lisa Randall proposes it was a comet that was dislodged from its orbit as the Solar System passed through a disk of dark matter embedded in the Milky Way. In a sense, it might have been dark matter that killed...
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Amanda Jaffe novels volume 4
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In Phillip Margolin's fourth book featuring Portland, Oregon's finest defense attorney, Amanda Jaffe finds herself mixed up in a twisted international investigation that'll not only drag her deep into a perplexing and perilous puzzle, but also straight into the path of a brutal killer.
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A forensic anthropologist tracks the field's increasing sophistication as reflected by cases throughout his career, describing such newer technologies as DNA processing and electron microscopy, and examining past cases in which new developments proved pivotal.
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Igor, an embittered and jealous Russian businessman with a history of violent behavior, follows his ex-wife, Ewa, and her new husband Hamid Hussein, a famous fashion designer, to the Cannes International Film Festival. Intent on causing brutal destruction as a means of winning his wife back, the crooked Igor sets out on a maniacal killing spree. Amidst the fast-paced suspense, author Paulo Coelho introduces an assortment of flawed characters, satirizing...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 17
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While cleaning her dying mother's home, Liza finds a fortune in hundred dollar bills hidden amongst the hoards of books and magazines in every corner. Tracing its origins will take Liza on a journey that will end in Cochise County, where Sheriff Joanna Brady is embroiled in a personal mystery of her own. A man she considers a family friend is found dead at the bottom of a hole in a limestone cavern. Now with the mystery of Liza and the money, Joanna...
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The reading scores at Ella Mentry School are way down, so Mr. Macky has decided to hire a special new helper to whip the kids into shape - Miss Klute, a Labradoodle! A.J. and his friends don't understand why they have to read to a therapy dog every day at story time - until the first time they do it. Suddenly everyone wants a turn reading to Miss Klute! But when the kids decide Miss Klute is spending too much time inside listening to stories - that...
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[2015]
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Told through a series of larger-than-life snapshots, Fat Girl Walking is a hilarious memoir in essays about love, sex, marriage, motherhood, bikinis, and loving your body, no matter what size you are, from the acclaimed blogger and body image advocate. Brittany Gibbons has been a plus size her whole life. But instead of hiding herself in the shadows of thinner women, Brittany became a wildly popular blogger and national spokesmodel -- known for stripping...
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2011
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Once the best of friends until a terrible secret tore them apart, a group is suddenly brought back together under tragic circumstances and wonder if their long-ago lie is the reason for their troubles today and if someone is out to destroy them.
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[2016]
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"Inspector Alan Banks--hailed as "a man for all seasons" by Michael Connelly--must face the music when he becomes embroiled in one of his most perplexing and distressing cases in this haunting page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson. Two women. Two crimes. The first is a poet claiming she was assaulted decades earlier by a man now regarded as one of the country's national treasures. The second is a girl found on a remote...
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Similar to the classic Snow White story, this version takes place in Renaissance Italy. Seven-year-old Bianca is sent to live with father's farm staff when he is ordered to reclaim a branch of apples from the Tree of Knowledge. When an evil woman becomes jealous of Bianca, she begins to plot her death.