George Newbern
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English
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"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
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English
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Every night, Marc Laurent, an American taken hostage in Pakistan, is bound and blindfolded. And, every night, a woman he knows only as Josephine visits his cell. At first, her questions are mercenary: is there anyone back home who will pay the ransom? But, when Marc can offer no name, she asks him a question about his daughter that is even more terrifying than his captivity. And so, begins a strange yet increasingly comforting ritual, in which Josephine...
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Series
Revolution trilogy volume 1
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English
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"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles...
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English
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"Fluent, mordant, authentic, propulsive…wonderfully lit from within" (Lee Child, The New York Times Book Review), this critically acclaimed, stunningly mature literary debut is the darkly comic story of a car thief on the run in the gritty and arid landscape of the 1970s Texas panhandle.
In this "stellar debut," (Publishers Weekly) car thief Troy Falconer returns home after years of wandering to reunite with his younger brother, Harlan. The two...
5) Yondering
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English
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A collection of more than fifteen stories about the men and women of the American frontier.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Draws on interviews with Salvador Alvarenga and those who aided in his rescue and recovery to chronicle his fourteen months alone and adrift at sea, during which he imagined a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact until he was rescued.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs. Written by Don Knotts's brother-in-law and featuring extensive unpublished interviews with those closest to both men.
8) Me for you
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
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Rudy never expected to be a widower at fifty-four-years-old. Now, ten months after the untimely death of his beloved wife, he's still struggling with how to move on from the overwhelming tragedy-but at least his new job is helping.
After being downsized from his finance position, Rudy turned to his first love: the piano. As the piano player at Nordstrom, Rudy finds immense joy in bringing a little music into the world. And it doesn't hurt that...
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Periodically a writer captures the pattern of comedy and tragedy that peppers office life like alternating colors of carpet squares. . . . As smart as Medoff's critique of corporate inanity is, it's tempered by compassion for these people, who are ultimately tender with each other, too. . . . Medoff finds plenty of hurt—but strains of hope, too." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
The acclaimed and deeply
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Austin and Julie Locke are devastated when they receive news that their young son, Dax, has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. With courage, determination and faith, they decide to give their beloved boy a joyful, final Christmas-in October. When the community learns the heartbreaking truth, what happens next is a miraculous outpouring of caring and support that stretches beyond the neighborhood and around the world.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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Chosen the world's protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (pride, envy, greed, hatred, selfishness, laziness, and injustice) young Billy Batson accepts his destiny as Captain Marvel. Battling alongside Superman against nefarious Black Adam, Billy soon discovers the challenge superheroes ultimately face; is it revenge or justice? Superman, Green Arrow and Black Canary follow an internal moral code to guide their actions.
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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An all-new Disney holiday classic is born--a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever, Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble--it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the playful Santa Pups stow away on her sled. They grant joyful wishes to Pineville's boys and girls, but something goes terribly wrong--the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now, the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save Christmas around...
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Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Hatching Pete: Poole has becomes his school's mascot. He comes from a long line of mascots in his family, but it turns out that he can't do it because he's allergic to the costume. So his shy best friend, Pete, does it for him. But when Poole starts becoming popular for being the mascot, and people don't know that it's really Pete, trouble starts between the friends.
Dadnapped: Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry. Her competition is a fictional...
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
DVD ; Widescreen.
Language
English
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It's time to "fang out" with the favorite ghoulfriends in a frightfully fabulous double feature straight from the latest scare-mester at Monster High! It's up to Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and their fangtastic friends to prove that the culture clash of Fur and Fang is no longer an issue for this scary-cool student body!