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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
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From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.
If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010—and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later—she
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Clipper Thriller
Pub. Date
2024
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A brand-new mystery from #1 bestselling author Helen H. Durrant that will have you gripped from start to explosive finish.
Day 1. A young woman's body is found in a shallow grave in the woods, buried in a white shroud. She's been dead for a week. Her teeth are smashed in, her lips stitched together. Her hands are missing.
She's the fourth young woman found like this.
With no witnesses, no clues and no leads to follow, the investigation is going...
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Sometimes the only way to find true happiness is to go back home.
Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise—the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters—contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first
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After the brutal murder of her mother and brother twelve years ago, Corina Roberts built a new life in Kentucky. But then strange things begin to happen, and she is thrust into a perilous game of life and death. With nowhere else to turn, her best hope of survival depends on her ex, army veteran Bryce Jessup.
Recently returned from service, Bryce has every intention of staying away from Corina, but when threats close in around her, he isn't willing...
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Heroes and monsters; gods and goddesses; adventure and excitement: all are to be found in this book, which contains four well-known myths and legends from Ancient Greece told in an accessible style. Find out how Theseus killed the minotaur, how Daedelus escaped from the maze and why Herakles longed for a rest! Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. A humorous...
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DÉCOMPTE DE 999 À 0 VENT ARCTIQUE
Endormez-vous paisiblement au son d'une voix profonde et apaisante qui compte à rebours de 999 à 0. Cette douce décompte est accompagnée par le bruit d'un vent arctique glacial et mordant.
Le décompte vous permet de vous détendre, et en suivant les chiffres prononcés de manière rythmique, vous laissez partir les pensées superflues qui vous empêchent de vous relaxer et de vous endormir. Les chiffres...
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Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy.
It's been a minute. Readers last sat down with Tiffany in her bestselling debut The Last Black Unicorn. Since then, Haddish has catapulted to A-list fame as the breakout star of Girls Trip. She's walked the Oscars red carpet, released a hit stand-up special with Netflix, and made history as the first Black female comedian
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Find out all about living in India as we follow Gini on a day in her life in Jaipur. Who's in her family, what does she like to eat and what's her school like? This non-fiction recount, written and beautifully photographed by Jonathan and Angela Scott, answers all these questions and more, telling us all about Gini's life. Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. Text type: A non-fiction recount....
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Can you imagine a world with whales that could walk and giant earth moles? They both lived on Earth long ago and their relatives still live here today. Explore the terrifying, giant, strange ancestors of everyday creatures, in this captivating information text, illustrated with realistic imagery from Jon Stuart. Can you imagine a world with whales that could walk and giant earth moles? They both lived on Earth long ago and their relatives still live...
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Traversing across the world by train, boat and plane, the two children in this story poem encounter the extremes of sun and snow travelling to Africa, India and China. The book begins with a poem, before revealing their journey's details, and repetitive questions encourage the reader to turn the page and continue the voyage. Yellow/ Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language. Text type - A poem with predictable structure and...
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Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this novel Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint. Readers familiar with the series will find a welcome homecoming while new fans will learn what makes Riverside a place they will want to visit again and again. Tremontaine follows Diane, Duchess Tremontaine,...
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Magic is real, and hungry. It's trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, and only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a survivor. She joins a Vatican-backed black-ops anti-magic squad - Team Three of the Societas Librorum Occultorum - and together they stand between humanity and the magical apocalypse. Some call them the Bookburners. They don't like the label.
Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in a fast-paced, kickass...
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A full account of the Luzon campaign, from the planning stages to the surrender of the Japanese general Yamashita.
The Luzon campaign of 1945 was the longest island campaign of the Pacific War, lasting from January 1945 to September 1945, and only ended with the surrender of Imperial Japan. It is often overlooked or mentioned in passing by most histories of that war, yet hundreds of thousands of Americans and Japanese fought in some of the worst...
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The BRAND NEW instalment of the Cornish Cove series from Kim Nash
It's never too late…
After five husbands and five broken hearts, Lydia feels like she's always been chasing something. But now she's found her purpose, and having moved to Driftwood Bay to spend more time with her daughter Meredith, she's happier than ever.
But there's still life in these old bones yet! With her newfound sense of identity, she's keen to re-explore the things that...
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In his riveting follow-up to two?
New York Times?bestsellers, bounty hunter and reality television star Duane "Dog" Chapman reveals the story of how God redeemed his life and gave him renewed purpose-and along the way recounts the adventures and exploits that have made him a legend.
After everything he had been through including escaping a Mexican prison, surviving the brutal world of bounty hunting with over 10,000 captures, and the ups and downs...
17) Saving Raine
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Raine Reynolds stands at the crossroads of despair and opportunity. When the life you've built crumbles and the past refuses to release its grip, sometimes, all you need is a fresh start-a new beginning that promises hope and redemption. Once a successful author, Raine's life unraveled, sending her fleeing to the picturesque streets of Paris to escape the tormenting heartache that threatened to consume her. Yet, no matter how far she traveled, the...
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What do you do when life knocks you down? When you have to get up-day in and day out-and be strong for others while inside you're fighting deep emotional battles? When days, weeks, even months go by, and God still seems silent?
In the wake of her husband's deep betrayal and abandonment, bestselling author Courtney Joseph found herself drowning in fear, shame, and grief-and clinging to a God who seemed to have left, too. Now opening up about this...
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There is excitement in the air as the travelling theatre arrives in Seal Bay.
When The Spriggan Travelling Theatre Company arrives in Seal Bay to perform a Cornish version of King Arthur the locals flock to be entertained. But for Morwenna Mutton, sexagenarian librarian, wild swimming enthusiast and amateur sleuth, the theatre brings intrigue too. Actor and director Daniel Kitto is not the most popular member of the cast and unbeknownst to him, his...
20) Long Weekend
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An exclusive invitation to a luxurious island resort should be the holiday of a lifetime for Emma. But beneath the lavish settings and indulgent amenities, lies a sinister plot waiting to be uncovered. Emma's boss, Rebecca, gifted her the ticket to Hotel Horizen's grand opening, but Emma has her own agenda - to write a tell-all article about the rich and famous guests. Little did she know, this weekend would become a nightmare she never could have...
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