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In the heart of Brooklyn, nestled between the bustling streets and the quiet waters of the bay, lies a neighborhood that has seen it all. Sunset Park, a place where cultures melded, dreams were forged, and lifelong friendships were woven into the very fabric of the community.Our story begins not with grand heroes or epic adventures, but with a group of eight friends who, over the years, discovered that the ordinary moments of life could be extraordinary...
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"A Word, Only a Word" by Georg Moritz Ebers is a captivating tale set in the enchanting landscapes of the Black Forest. The novel opens with a seemingly innocent conversation between two children, Ruth and Ulrich, discussing their fathers' quests and tribulations. Ruth speaks of her father's search for a mystical word that has the power to unveil treasures by opening mountains, while Ulrich shares the turmoil within his family, his father's anger...
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Who are the employees of St Jude's Medical Center? You already know who they are. You work with them. Come take a madcap meeting with them anyway and see how and why they leave common sense behind as the new hospital administrator William Petty changes everything. He adjusts associated staffing levels (fires people) and increases workloads (sometimes for the fired people). He even limits Father Chuck to added-value duties. In response, the employees...
4) Play
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You will talk about 2016. You will talk about The Lighted City. You will be brave and truthful. You will get to the bottom of what happened.Paul (Paulina) Hayes loves her cousin Adrian. Inseparable from a young age, they play The Lighted City, an imaginary world where they pretend to live together and can escape a childhood that seems both too sad and too grown-up. But The Lighted City isn' t without danger.Years later, Paul is struggling...
5) Changes
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ChangesThe Fragile Line Series- Book Five Engaged and newly sober, Sadie is ready for her new life to begin. She quickly finds out life isn't the same sober, especially when everyone and everything around her is changing. When she finally gets the chance to make a worthwhile change and be in control of her life, she feels more lost than ever. Jenny tries to navigate her new relationship status while finding a place in her daughter's life. So many...
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Nestled amongst bustling cityscapes and towering buildings, a serendipitous encounter unfolded beneath a blanket of twinkling stars. Elias, his heart brimming with unspoken dreams, found himself drawn to Avery, a girl whose radiance outshone the summer sun. Their paths intertwined over shared conversations and hidden laughter, laying the foundation for a friendship that blossomed into something more. This is the story of "The Promise Between the Stars,"...
7) Plutonic
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A dark portrayal of friendship and a love triangle amid the world's end, Plutonic captures the existential feelings of the unheard and dissects the nature of the self-destructive.
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Four women find humor, truth, and a better path forward by deconstructing memory and emotion.
Hunter is lost. Her husband left her for her best friend, she's unemployed with no prospects, and the San Francisco flea market she's wandering on a weekday is so foggy that she literally doesn't know where she is. But after a helpful visit and a gift from a stranger, Hunter resolves to find her way. She begins a support group for women looking for new...
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A novel of wild women, the bonds of friendship, a harrowing road trip, and help found in the least likely places. In 1905 Kansas, ex-dancehall girl and outlaw Ruby Calhoun has settled into a (mostly) quiet and (mostly) lawful life. But out of the blue her past comes hustling into town when her ex-friend and ex-dancehall partner, Pip, shows up with a grim message and dangerous mission: Cullen Wilder, an old enemy with a long memory, wants them dead...
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In a quiet, picturesque forest called Gracewood, two remarkably intelligent squirrels named Nutmeg and Acorn embark on an extraordinary journey of faith, guided by the unwavering love of a soldier in Christ known as Holy X. Nutmeg and Acorn have always been different from their fellow squirrels. They possess an uncanny wisdom and curiosity that lead them to question the world around them, including the mysteries of creation and the purpose of life....
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Lily, Molly, and Inez are women of a certain age, of a certain bearing, of a certain class. Late one dire night, Molly telephones from Connecticut to catch Lily up with the news: Inez's corpse -- near-naked but wearing boots -- has been discovered propped up "like a broom" in a corner of her Soho loft. It is an occasion ripe for an all-night heart-to-heart conversation, bouncing deliriously from one evasion to the next -- until the pair of talk-crazy,...
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Sasha, Mike, and shy young Jacob have a new home with a garden. Mike plants a rose, Times Past. Sasha meets Magda and Stan, and Jacob is soon firm friends with their sons, especially Marcin. The boys delight in playing planet and alien games. There's another apparently welcoming neighbour, Debra, who makes cakes, offers help to the frazzled young parents and talks, sometimes strangely. All is well, and Times Past and new flourish. Until shortly after...
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Bloody Vessels Of Love, is a story about love and blood by Reza Taheri Bashar.This romance tells the events after a bad love failure.when The great spiteful general can not marriage with beautiful girl from noble's family, So, he conspire and kill and kill and kill and kill treacherously.this story, the final downfall of an aristocratic family. You will cry blood with this play. Who do we recommend to read this story?Those for whom original stories...
14) Karma
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KarmaThe Fragile Line Series~ Book Six The unexpected happens when Sadie and Jenny travel to Los Angeles. Sadie is presented with an opportunity she cannot refuse if for no other reason than to allow karma to run its course. Her choice turns into a nightmare she can't escape. Sadie grasps for something she can't have and ends up clinging to the only familiar thing left in her life while hoping for the one thing she wants more than anything else. ...
15) Tiny Blessings
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels-one of the most beloved storytellers of our time-is joined by bestselling authors Carolyn Brown and Stacy Finz in a life-affirming, uplifting anthology of sweetly romantic stories about family, love, new beginnings, and the everyday blessings that bring delight to life.
It's the little things-a small kindness, a chance meeting, a rediscovered connection-that bring lasting joy in this heartwarming...
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Themes: heroism, friendship, pets, earthquakes, survival. One ordinary day, everything changes for Jen and her stubborn cat, Mimi. Jen soon realizes that she and Mimi share a gift that's beyond belief. This series of short 60- to 70-page novels was designed to engage a broad spectrum of striving readers. No longer will upper-elementary students have to read material junior to their maturity and interests. Characters are age appropriate and come from...
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In a world where success is defined by grades and failure is villainized, a twelve-year-old boy is struggling to find his place. He dreams of playing professional soccer, but his teachers and even some of his friends discourage him, telling him it's just a dream and that he needs a backup plan. Despite this, he remains determined to pursue his passion. As a struggling student, he finds solace on the soccer field, where he becomes the hero, the villain,...
18) Liv, Again
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Liv has everything together - now, but for years her self-confidence was in tatters after the love of her life disappeared on her without a word. They were high school sweethearts, their whole world was built together. So how could she have been so wrong about him? Detective Connor Peltier, former Army Ranger, is always in control of himself, right down to the thoughts he allows himself to think. The wounds of his past can't touch him if he doesn't...
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Ambientada en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, La guardiana de los libros quemados es una inolvidable novela histórica sobre los destinos cruzados de tres mujeres que creen en el poder de los libros para superar los momentos más oscuros de la guerra.
Berlín, 1933. A raíz del éxito de su primera novela, la escritora americana Althea James es invitada por el mismísimo Joseph Goebbels a participar en un programa de intercambio cultural en Alemania. Allí...
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Dès ses premiers pas, Lili accumule boulettes, gaffes et situations rocambolesques. Ses mésaventures vous plongeront dans un mémorable bêtisier et feront ressurgir vos propres souvenirs. Car, ne nous leurrons pas, nous sommes toutes et tous des Lili en puissance, ou, tout du moins, avons-nous des êtres tendres et extravagants parmi nos proches qui ressemblent à cette pétillante jeune femme. Ne tardez pas, venez vous évader avec les bêtises...
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