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We're All in the Same Boat

Zachary R. Shapiro - Putnam Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Things aren?t going very well on Noah?s ark. The animals thought they were in for a great adventure, but as days turn into weeks and the rain just doesn?t stop, Noah fi nds himself with a boatload of cranky travelers?from antsy ants and bored bees to yelling yaks and zoned-out zebras. They?re...
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The House of Kennedy

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Those who dwell in the House of Kennedy work hard, live hard, and win at all costs. But just how much has it cost them? The Kennedy name is synonymous with American royalty. The family commitment to public service is legendary and enduring. But all their wild charisma has been dashed by disgrace...
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Ayesha At Last

Uzma Jalaluddin - Berkley
Format: Paperback

A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded...
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Peony: The Best Varieties for Your Garden

DAVID C MICHENER - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Peony features growing advice for one of the most beautiful and popular flowering plants. You'll learn the history of the plant, discover the different types of peonies available, and enjoy profiles of the best 194 varieties. Growing information includes details on climate, soil,...
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Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders

Robert Tallant

The Crescent City's dark past is as glamorous as ever. New Orleans has never been a city void of drama, from revelers on Bourbon Street to grisly murders. Seven of the most renowned murders of the early twentieth century are collected in this book by novelist Robert Tallant. In
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All That Glitters: A Novel

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

In Danielle Steel's dazzling new novel, a young woman must overcome tremendous adversity in her quest to find herself and achieve real happiness.Nicole "Coco" Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been given every opportunity...
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Taste of Home Christmas: 465 Recipes For a Merry Holiday

Taste of Home - Readers Digest
Format: Paperback

Let Taste of Home help you plan your holiday parties and menus with this idea-packed cookbook. There are wonderful appetizers and beverages, company-worthy entrees, delectable breads, an array of sides and best of all dazzling, divine sweets—cookies, candies, cakes, pies and more....
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This Poison Will Remain

Fred Vargas - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer"Spry, ironic, yet fully engaged with the horror of contemporary reality."...
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J D Vance - Harper
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD "You will not read a more important book about America this year." - The Economist "A riveting book."...
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Daylight

David Baldacci - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Book

In David Baldacci's bestselling series, FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Mercy clashes with John Puller's high-stakes investigation, leading them both deep into the perilous world of organized crime -- a world neither of them will escape from unscathed.
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Fair Warning

Michael Connelly - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Large Print

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar--until now. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy...
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Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society

Judy Christie - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate's bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann...
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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

J. K. Rowling - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

A winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 150 Easy and Nutritious Slow Cooker Recipes

Hope Comerford - Good Books
Format: Paperback

Easy, tasty, healthy slow cooker recipes for the whole family! Putting a wholesome meal on the table every night can be exhausting - and expensive. But it doesn't have to be! Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook is chock full of slow cooker recipes that are guaranteed...
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Thick as Thieves

Sandra Brown - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In this tantalizing thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, a woman, seeking to learn her father's involvement in a twenty-year-old heist that ended in murder, runs afoul of his accomplices.Twenty years ago in the dead of night, four seemingly random individuals...
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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the GreatestRescue Mission of World War II

Gregory A. Freeman - NAL Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

Draws on recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews to recount the dramatic story of a World War II rescue mission in 1944 during which the OSS embarked on a daring scheme to recover more than five hundred airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. 40,000 first printing.
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