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21) Hyperion
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On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of Time Tombs, where huge brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married, and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day, she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays.
23) The Haj
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Brilliance Audio
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[2014]
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English
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Examines the tragic history of the Middle East in an epic tale that recreates the turbulent era from World War I to the early decades of the existence of the state of Israel.
" Leon Uris retums to the land of his acclaimed bestseller Exodus for an epic story of hate and love, vengeance and forgiveness. The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save...
24) Lethally blond
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English
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Hired by television celebrity and former flame Chris Wickersham to investigate the disappearance of a fellow star, gossip journalist Bailey Weggins quickly realizes that the actor's absence involves more than previously feared.
25) The yellow house
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"In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and Built her world inside of it. It was the height of the Space Race and the neighborhood was home to a major NASA plant-- the postwar optimism seemed assured. Widowed, Ivory Mae remarried Sarah's father Simon Broom; their combined family would eventually number 12 children. But after Simon died, six months after Sarah's birth,...
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[2020]
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English
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Recounts the author's pursuit of his dreams after losing his sight during his junior year at Columbia University, discussing the adversity he encountered while forging a life of exceptional achievements.
"The remarkable and inspiring story of a Columbia undergrad from a poor Jewish family who, after losing his eyesight to disease during his junior year, finds the power to break through the darkness and fulfill his vision for a life of great professional...
27) The inner circle
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Culper Ring novels (Brad Meltzer) volume 1
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English
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Benjamin January, a librarian at the National Archives, receives a surprise visit from Clementine Kaye, an old childhood flame who is searching for Benjy's father. Trying to impress his old crush, Benjy gives Clementine a tour of a secret vault where classified documents are reviewed. There, the duo discovers a hidden dictionary that once belonged to George Washington and is plunged into a deadly mystery involving the most important secret in U.S....
28) The lost heir
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last. She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but...
29) Sleep smarter
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Brilliance Audio
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[2016]
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English
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When it comes to health, there is one criminally overlooked element: sleep. Good sleep helps you shed fat for good, stave off disease, stay productive, and improve virtually every function of your mind and body. That's what Shawn Stevenson learned when a degenerative bone disease crushed his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Like many of us, he gave up on his health and his body...until he decided there must be a better way. Through better...
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Brilliance Audio
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[2017]
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English
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"A young girl called Tozi stands at the bottom of a pyramid, waiting to be led to the top where her heart will be cut out.... Pepillo, a Spanish orphan who serves a sadistic Dominican friar, is aboard the Spanish fleet as it sails towards Mexico.... This is the epic story of the clash of two empires, two armies and two gods of war. Five hundred desperate adventurers are about to pit themselves against the most brutal armies of the ancient Americas,...
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Fortune hunters series volume 4
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English
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Carrick Manly tricks home-care worker Hannah Grey into nursing his disagreeable mother, hoping Hannah will learn where his missing father's ill-gotten fortune is. Carrick's half brother Gabriel Prescott agrees to help Carrick, but is drawn to Hannah.
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"From celebrated New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the South. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, he explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from...
33) A touch of frost
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Cowboys of Colorado volume 1
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English
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USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman presents a "sprawling, lusty recreation of life, love, and slowly uncovered secrets*" as a rancher rescues a mysterious young woman with trouble of her trail.RESCUE ME After his train is robbed at gunpoint, Remington Frost awakens from a blow to find the bandits gonealong with the woman he was shadowing for protection. No stranger to risk, Remington will do what it takes to bring Phoebe Apple to safety and her...
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In Death series volume 11
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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When a cop killer cuts loose in a club called Purgatory, New York detective Eve Dallas descends into an underground criminal hell.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Released from prison, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter, but with everyone against her, she turns to local bar owner Ledger Ward who, risking everything, secretly helps her make amends.
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At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him well. But in this twisted case, knowing the killer doesn't help solve the crime. Because there's someone else involved. Someone with a more personal motive. And...
37) The dark secret
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Wings of fire. Original series volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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The Wings of Fire saga continues with a visit to the mysterious land of the NightWings, where Starflight must face a terrible choicehis home, or his friends?The dragonets of destiny are on their way to see the NightWingsand Starflight doesnt need his psychic powers to know it isnt going to go well.Starflight knows its his duty as a NightWing to convince the other dragonets to choose Blister as queen. But he cant help feeling that theres something...
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[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Finn Whitman and four other young teens have been transformed into holgorams to be guides for visitors to Disney World. When Finn is unexpectedly transported to the Magic Kingdom in his hologram form, Wayne, an Imagineer, tells him that he and the other guides must save the park from the scheming witch Maleficent and the Overtakers.
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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WINNER OF THE LANNAN LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION and#x2022; From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes the fascinating story of a former British spy who's been unmasked as a Russian agent—and "one of spy fiction's greatest characters" (People). • "Contemporary fiction gets no better than this." —The New York Times Book Review One of the most dazzling and adventurous writers now working in English takes on the enigma...
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