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Belgariad volume 1
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Long ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion & drove men & Gods to war. Belgrath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe.
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Leven Thumps volume 1
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When fate brings fourteen-year-old Leven and thirteen-year-old Winter together, they discover that for mankind to continue dreaming, the gateway between reality and dreams needs to be found and demolished.
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Bride volume 3
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A 19-year-old beauty, Sinjun Sherbrooke is bored with London--until she meets Colin Kinross, a Scottish earl. The two elope to Scotland, but Sinjun's new home at Vere Castle holds more surprises than she could ever have imagined.
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Very short introductions volume 12
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"Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies, and religious and political divides, this "Very Short Introduction" examines the foundation principles of sociology by considering how the self is shaped by society, and vice versa. In this new edition, Steve Bruce clarifies the nature of the discipline. Championing the 'science' in social science, he argues that, while new agendas and ideas are shaping sociology,...
5) The executor
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A grad student meets his intellectual match and seals his dark fate when he responds to a newspaper ad seeking a conversationalist.
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No one tells tales of the frontier better than Louis L'Amour, who portrays the human side of westward expansion-the good and the bad, before the days of law and order-in these seven stories.
In "The Black Rock Coffin Makers," two men in the isolated town of Tucker want the XY ranch: Jim Walker and the ruthless Wing Cary-and one of them wants it badly enough to kill for it.
In "Grub Line Rider," Kim Sartain is an easygoing, peace-loving drifter....
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Here is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton's unsurpassed account of the Civil War, one of the most moving chapters in American history. Introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winner James M. McPherson, the book vividly traces the epic struggle between the Blue and Gray, from the early division between the North and South to the final surrender of Confederate troops.
10) Heartstopper
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The small, close-knit community of Torrance, Florida, is torn asunder by a cold-blooded killer targeting teenage girls, and with gossip and fear gripping its citizens, high school teacher Sandy Crosbie vows to protect her family and find the attacker.
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A year had passed since little Danny's death -- a year since his mother began the painful process of acceptance. But Tina Evans could have sworn she just saw her Danny in a stranger's car. Then she dreamed that Danny was alive. And when she awoke, she found a message waiting for her in Danny's bedroom -- two disturbing words scrawled on his chalkboard: NOT DEAD. Was this someone's grim joke? Her mind playing tricks on her? Or something more? For Tina...
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Unicorn Chronicles volume 1
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Having jumped into the fantasy land of Luster, Cara joins Lightfoot the unicorn in the search for Queen Arabella Skydancer.
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Boxcar children mysteries) volume 97
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The Alden children are helping out at a radio station, and they're going to be actors in a live mystery show. But when strange things keep happening, people in town say the station is haunted. Can the Boxcar Children catch the radio ghost before the station's listeners are scared away?
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"Silver Bay, Oregon, a small coastal resort town with nearly a thousand residents, is home to three generations of women: Marnie, the long-widowed owner of a small gift shop; Van, her granddaughter who is about to graduate medical school; and Stef, mercurial, difficult, and a brilliant artist who refuses to sell her work. When Stef discovers that Dale Oliver--the latest husband/paramour in a very long line--is trying to sell her work behind her back,...
16) Man with a past
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Cole Stockton had a will of steel and a raw determination to go after what he wanted -- including Kelsey Murdock. He'd invaded her life, assaulting her with his sensuality, tempting her to be reckless. She sensed something dangerous about the man -- in the secrets he refused to share, the past that still haunted him, the coiled tension that denied intimacy. For Cole, the past was a closed door. For Kelsey, that meant too many questions and no answers...
18) Pinocchio
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The adventures of the puppet boy created by an old Italian woodcarver from a piece of wood that talked. Includes vocabulary notes in the margin, a brief biography of the author, and instructions for making a hand puppet.
