Linda Emond
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The friendship between Glendale High School students Josie, Perri, and Kat, inseparable since third grade, is severed forever when a tragic shooting on the last day of school leaves one of them dead, one of them with a near-fatal injury, and one not willing to tell what really happened.
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Mount Vernon Love Story was the first novel written by Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling author of twenty-two novels that have made her America's Queen of Suspense. The role of leader came naturally to George Washington, the man revered as "the father of his Country." But when it came to the social aspects of life in the mid-18th century, he was both awkward and insecure. It was only through the love of a woman that he found the happiness that gave...
23) Brida: a novel
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The story of a young Irish girl who dives into sorcery and experiments with different magical traditions. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world; and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. As she seeks her destiny, she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch....
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On the seventh day trilogy volume 3
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From bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual transformation.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil?
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Anita Diamant's international bestseller The Red Tent brilliantly re-created the ancient world of womanhood. Diamant brings her remarkable storytelling skills to Good Harbor -- offering insight to the precarious balance of marriage and career, motherhood and friendship in the world of modern women. The seaside town of Gloucester, Massachusetts is a place where the smell of the ocean lingers in the air and the rocky coast glistens in the Atlantic sunshine....
26) Spider bones
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Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan investigates the death of a man who appears to have died while engaged in a bizarre sexual act and who was originally declared dead four decades earlier.
27) Bones to ashes
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Discovering the skeleton of a young girl in the neighborhood of a childhood best friend who had gone missing thirty years earlier, Temperance Brennan investigates suspicions that the victim and her friend are one and the same.
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Canaan trilogy volume 1
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The only survivors of a devastating boating accident off the coast of Maine, Julia, Noah, and Kim struggle with their brush with death, their feelings of guilt, and their changed perspectives on their lives.
31) A woman betrayed
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With a successful life, Laura has everything until her husband Jeff mysteriously disappears. As her husband's secrets come to light, she is left with a shocking picture of the man she married and a world that is falling apart, until she finds a strength and a love she thought she had lost forever.
32) Julie & Julia
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Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise....
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Against her husband, George's wishes, Mary Ann helps her twenty year old developmentally challenged son, Todd, adopt a friendly yellow lab, who he names Christmas. Bringing home Christmas proves to be a life changing event for the whole family, allowing Todd to show that he can care for the dog on his own, and inspiring George to love a new member of the family.
34) Jenny's Wedding
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Jenny Farrell (Katherine Heigl) is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter's roommate is actually her fiancée? As the old-fashioned Farrells attempt to come to terms with the prospect of a surprise daughter-in-law, they face a difficult choice: either adapt with the times or risk being left behind. Alexis Bledel and Academy Award(R) nominee Tom Wilkinson co-star...
35) 3 Generations
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Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, and Susan Sarandon star in this inspirational, witty, and courageous look at a family learning to accept a transgender teen for who he is.
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"Wonderful…. A smart and accessible take on the ultimate question: What is Heaven? Lisa's book is a good place to begin to find an answer."
- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion
"A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research … this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner."
- Stephen Prothero,...
37) The professor
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Richard, a buttoned-down college lecturer, who after learning he has six months to live, transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor, and the delight of his students, Richard leads a hilarious crusade against authority and hypocrisy in this dark comedy.
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Magdalene line volume 1
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A deadly political rivalry...an intricate love triangle . . . a religious revolution that changed the world When journalist Maureen Paschal begins the research for a new book, she has no idea that she is stepping into an ancient mystery so secret, so revolutionary, that thousands of people have killed and died for it. Two thousand years ago, Mary Magdalene hid a set of scrolls in the French Pyrenees: the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, her version of...
39) MatchUp
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"In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller FaceOff, twenty-two of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Charlene Harris are paired with eleven of the world's best male thriller writers,...
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CRIME & MYSTERY. Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman s Tess Monaghan first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues must track down a missing wife and unravel the secrets in her marriage that led her to flee.Mark Rubin's family is missing and the police won't get involved because all the evidence indicates that his wife left willingly. So the successful Baltimore furrier turns to Tess Monaghan, hoping she can help him...