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Classics - St. Charles Public Library
Father's Day SHPL
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Road Trip Listens SHPL
Father's Day SHPL
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Road Trip Listens SHPL
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A complex and profound book, The Tale of Two Cities explores the consequences of tyranny, fate and self-sacrifice. With much of the narrative played out in Paris, during the French Revolution Dickens examines the interplay between personal action, and the flow of history. Dr Manette, having travelled to Paris finds himself imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 brutal years, unable to see his kind and loving daughter Lucy. On his eventual return to London...
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"As crown princess of Marghazar, Durkhanai Miangul will do anything to protect her people. When her grandfather, the Badshah, is blamed for a deadly assault on the summit of neighboring leaders, the tribes call for his head. To assuage cries for war, the Badshah opens Marghazar's gates to foreigners for the first time in centuries. Enter Ambassador Asfandyar Afridi, a wry foreigner who admits outright that he is a spy. And yet, Durkhanai has to make...
84) Inside edge
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Backyard sports volume 5
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Tony loves being the star of his hockey team, but when his brother invites him to join a team of older players, Tony finds that he has a lot to learn about hockey, humility, and loyalty to his friends.
85) The loyalties
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Respectable facades fall to the wayside when a secret between two young friends raises the suspicions of an increasingly obsessed teacher and a mother who has discovered sinister truths about her husband's nature.
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"Nayeli, una joven tehuana que ha huido de su hogar, llega a la ciudad de México desamparada. Gracias a sus maravillosos dotes en la cocina encuentra un lugar en la Casa Azul, donde Frida Kahlo vive prácticamente aislada desde el fatal accidente que la dejó paralítica. Entre sabores, aromas y colores, la pintora y su nueva cocinera inician una amistad que marca profundamente el destino de ambas. Muchos años después en Buenos Aires, donde Nayeli...
91) Paperboy
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In Cincinnati in 1927, paperboy Willie Brinkman tries to sell extras on the Dempsey-Tunney boxing match in his workingman's neighborhood.
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Cost of loyalty volume 1
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In a world where greed outweighs loyalty and trust is lent to no one, JUAN-JUAN and J-BO share an uncommon bond that defines the meaning of true friendship. Deeply scarred by their similarly troubled childhoods, the inseparable friends become allies who vow to watch over each other until they reach the top or until their bodies are traced in chalk.
94) Love covers
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The town of Greenlock has shunned Lauren, the daughter of the local mortician, who has begrudgingly taken over her fathers duties. Day after day the work creates loneliness in her tender heart that spurs despondence. Then a voice speaks from the morgue basement. A rough and tumble outlaw whos supposed to be dead is still alive! For some unfathomable reason, Lauren agrees to help him stay dead.
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Princess trials volume 3
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"She wanted to destroy the monarchy. Now she must battle to save her prince. Zea resumes her role as a spy but this time against the people she once pledged her loyalty--the Red Runners. Rescuing Prince Kevon won't be easy, especially when suspicion plagues Zea's every step. She also doesn't know how the prince will react to learning her terrible truth. Lies are uncovered, hearts broken. Can Zea and Prince Kevon overcome their differences, save Phangloria...
96) The broken blade
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Knight of Eldaran volume 3
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Despite being the second-in-command to the ruler of the River Realm, Eamon Goodman becomes the victim of vengeful plots engineered by the other Quarter Hands. Eamon finds himself powerless to stop them, and the people he cares for are under threat. He then discovers that the Nightholt--the book he long ago delivered to the Master's Hands--holds the key to the Master's power, which will become absolute upon the death of the King. Thus the stage for...
97) Beartown
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Beartown volume 1
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"Cerca del lago en Beartown hay una pista de hielo, y en la pista Kevin, Amat, Benji y el resto del. Equipo junior de hockey sobre hielo está a punto de competir en la semifinal nacional; y, de hecho, tiene la oportunidad de ganar. Todos los sueños y esperanzas de este lugar descansan ahora sobre los hombros de un grupo de adolescentes. Bajo la pesada carga, el partido se convierte en la catálisis de un acto violento que dejará a una joven traumatizada...
98) Szczęściara
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"In the tradition of Emily Giffin and Marisa de los Santos, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE is an engaging and moving novel about three women struggling to keep their longstanding friendship alive. Waverly, who's always been the group's anchor, runs a cozy bakery but worries each month about her mounting debt. Kate is married to a man who's on track to be the next governor of Virginia, but the larger questions brewing in their future are unsettling her. Stay-at-home...
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As war rages across Europe, one young woman faces an impossible choice. Will she save her country... or the man she loves? It is the late 1930s. In London, socialite Rosamund Hanbury is determined to give up the parties and social sets of which she is a prominent member to join the war effort, along with scores of other young women. After a stint at Bletchley Park and as one of the Air Transport Auxiliary's 'Atagirls', Rosamund is recruited by the...
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In Part one Junior learned the hustling game was something he couldn't take for granted; now in part two he finds himself trying to recover from the destroyed friendships, partnerships and relationships. He's faced with a possible life term in prison if he's convicted for the unsolved murders in Baptiste and while he is trying to stay free from the penal system his relationship with his girlfriend Shondra is in total chaos because of the lies about...
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