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"Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always the sidekick and never the center of attention. But when Lucy singles her out at the end of the year, a year Margot spent studying and playing it safe, and asks her to room together, something in Margot can't say...
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"In this funny picture book exploring a forever childhood question about friendship, squirrel and a mushroom explore the forest through the seasons, show each other special trees, build snow mushrooms, share the good times and bad-which become good bad times alongside a friend. Then spring arrives, and so does a new friend. And then another. This raises a profound question for an overthinking squirrel: should we have just one best friend?"--
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"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup-the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex-all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even...
6) The Swim
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The Swim is a prequel novella giving a picture of former police detective Michael McLaren's life from teenager to the strong man he is today. He's been through a lot from his ordeal beginning with the "swim", his move from the Force, and his cold cases. He's made enemies, friends, and he has loved and lost. Like many of us.
7) A Long Time
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Older age is not the time to slow down and wait to die. Ned Quist, an author, has lost in his life, but has decided to renew old acquaintences, refresh friendships from his high school band and find happiness as a member of a band comprised of the infirm and old. Old relationships are reestablished and high school band members become octogenarian members of a band whose goal is fun, friendship and the opportunity to take the stage and play. Older...
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Sliding Across Mountains is a book about the power of friendship. In a small town in Tennessee, a writer, a mother, a widow, and a parish nurse form an unlikely friendship and a curling team. These four ladies learn more than sliding rocks down a sheet of ice. They learn what they can accomplish with a team of support and love is not always on the rocks.
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"The Often Forgotten Hero" follows Sarah Jones, a dedicated 911 dispatcher juggling the demanding roles of a single mother and an essential emergency responder. Each day, she navigates the routines of getting her daughter, Lizzy, to school and then immerses herself in the high-stress environment of the Pineworth Police Department as a dispatcher. Through riveting chapters, readers witness Sarah's intense calls, the challenges she faces, and the toll...
11) Pont Judith
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You cannot put a price on your first love.David Wayne has always called Point Judith, Rhode Island home and for good reason-the small village is the jewel of the ocean state-clean beaches, shopping, restaurants, fishing, boating and, year-round ferry service to Block Island.After traveling the globe for five years on business the self-made billionaire is ready to go home. At thirty-six thousand feet in the air, David is shocked when he reads The Lighthouse...
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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...
13) Love's Destiny
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Book 2 of Maggie Lynn's journey through the tragedy of family, life, and marriage. Can she trust anyone, including her friends?Maggie's short second marriage unravels on her every breath.The future of her two-century ranch slipped through her hands. Now, strangers own and operate it. In the last year, her naïve actions and the onslaught of events lead to her decisions.Abandoned in a foreign country, seven months pregnant, and nearly penniless, Maggie...
14) Samantha
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The windshield on the pickup truck was torn from moorings, the driver hung over the steering wheel, his head seeping red liquid onto the dash. In the automobile, lay two more bodies. Bradley's forehead swelled above his right eye, the result of his head hitting the top of the windshield. Samantha's hair was streaked with blood from her head wound. The windshield on her side was cracked in spider web fashion. Neither of them was conscious of the sound...
15) Dannie
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No matter what the logical cost, follow your dreams. Dannie had a rough start. She was born into wealth, however, she had no say in her life. She broke thru the mold and slowly went after her dream. Dreams don't die unless you let them.
16) Partner Pursuit
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When a workaholic lawyer meets a fun-loving music marketing executive for opposites attract, friends-to-lovers adventures, which partnership will she choose? Workaholic lawyer Audrey Willems is not going to take any chances with her bid to become a partner at her New York law firm-especially with only six months until the decision. Until she bumps into Jake-her new neighbor. Jake is a fun-loving music marketing executive who might just be The One....
17) A Summer Morning
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As 34-year-old Timothy Dugan makes his way through life, he is beset by a growing list of problems. His girlfriend, a full-time college student, wants to have a baby, he hates his job, and his mother announces that she and his father, long divorced, plan to remarry. He copes by drinking too much. When his mother suggests it's time for another round of therapy, Timothy loudly resists. He knows his outlook is sour and vows to do better. Then Harcourt,...
18) Déjouer l'oubli
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Chantal, prof de maths retraitée et désœuvrée, est en perte de repères dans son bungalow.
Nicole, sa voisine et meilleure amie, voit sa mémoire défaillir depuis la mort de son mari.
Entre elles, un lien unique. Du genre qui vous mène à fuir en douce vos vies en déroute pour mordre l'asphalte en direction de la Gaspésie.
Deux femmes, une seule urgence de vivre.
S'évader pour mieux se souvenir. Tout faire pour déjouer l'oubli.
Un...
19) Exuberance
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"Hi, Elena," she says to the mirror. "I have been waiting for you."As the city of Sydney gears up for the 2000 Olympic games, Angelica Fletcher's life unravels.It all begins when, dissatisfied with her conventional life, she invents a feisty alter ego named Elena. Soon the line between reality and imagination blurs, and the repercussions ripple through those around her.Her husband Jimmy is thrust into a tumultuous journey as he grapples with Angie's...
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Obra cómica, divertida y de enredos en la que se relata la historia de dos amigos que tienen un "alter ego" y fingen llamarse de diferente manera para escapar de su vida diaria y, finalmente, para casarse con dos mujeres que sueñan con casarse algún día con alguien llamado Ernesto. Lo que no saben estos hombres es que al adoptar esta falsa personalidad, esto los conllevará a un sin fin de problemas enredados y disparates, los cuales tendrán...
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