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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast. In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later, the Honeys' descendants and a diverse group of neighbors are desperately poor, isolated,...
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Pub. Date:
2006
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Kellerman delivers a riveting collection of 14 crime and mystery short stories—plus four bonus tales—compiled for the first time in one volume.
THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS marks the highly anticipated return of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus in three neverbefore- published short mysteries, including "The Garden of Eden," where Peter and Rina investigate the death of a...
THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND OTHER CRIMINAL DELIGHTS marks the highly anticipated return of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus in three neverbefore- published short mysteries, including "The Garden of Eden," where Peter and Rina investigate the death of a...
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Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date:
c2017
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English
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"The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting hungrier, sicker, and poorer as the project went on? And...
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NoveList Series:
Lonestar (Colleen Coble) volume 4.
Series:
Lonestar (Colleen Coble) volume 4
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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5 stars
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When Eden Larson's estranged husband, Clay, delivers the news that their lost baby girl who was kidnapped years earlier may have been found, the couple's love for each other is rekindled as they investigate.
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Ella enchanted volume 1.
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Ella enchanted volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Points: 8
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670L
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English
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In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
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NoveList Series:
Way I used to be volume 2.
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Way I used to be volume 2
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English
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"Eden and Josh never had a fair shot at a healthy relationship. When they dated in high school, they each had their own problems getting in the way of the deep connection they felt toward one another. Unbeknownst to Josh, Eden was carrying the burden of a devastating sexual assault, while Josh was dealing with his own private struggle of having an alcoholic father. Months after Eden and two other girls publicly accuse their rapist, Eden is starting...
7. Wayward
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Wayward Pines volume 2.
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Wayward Pines volume 2
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English
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Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. The town is a modern-day Eden... except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything 24/7, and the relentless surveillance tracking each word and gesture. Ethan Burke has seen the world beyond. He's sheriff, and one of the few who knows the truth-- Wayward Pines isn't just a town. And what lies on the other side of the fence is a nightmare beyond anyone's imagining....
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Ninth House volume 3.
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Ninth House volume 3
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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"The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family,has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the...
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"An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles by the author of the contemporary classic Edie; Jean Stein transformed the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book Edie : American Girl, an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick. Now, in West of Eden, she turns her lens toward the city Sedgwick came from--Los Angeles--and a mythic cast of fortune hunters and aspiring moguls whose quests for fame and power...
10. How I live now
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Points: 8
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1620L
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English
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To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land. "Every war has turning points and every person too." Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her...
11. Eden
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Archer and Bennett thrillers volume 2.
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Archer and Bennett thrillers volume 2
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English
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Most police duos run on trust, loyalty, and the desire to see killers in court. But Detective Frank Bennett's partner, the enigmatic Eden Archer, has nothing to offer him but darkness and danger. She doesn't mind catching killers - but it's not the courthouse where her justice is served. And now Eden is about to head undercover to find three missing girls. The only link between the victims is a remote farm where the desperate go to hide and blood...
12. The 49th mystic
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NoveList Series:
Beyond the circle volume 1.
Series:
Beyond the circle volume 1
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English
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Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong. When a procedure meant to restore Rachelle's sight goes awry, she begins to dream of another world so real that she wonders...
13. The River
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"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--Provided by publisher.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Points: 8
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English
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After a month in a coma, eighteen-year-old Eden finds it hard to resume her life and relationships but forms an unlikely connection with Joe, who visits his best friend, Jaz, another coma patient, every day.
15. Locust lane
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Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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"A domestic thriller about a young girl's mysterious death in an affluent New England suburb and the teenagers who are suspects"--
16. Eden: a novel
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She Writes Press
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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"Becca Meister Fitzpatrick - wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of the community - is the dutiful steward of her family's iconic summer tradition. That is until she discovers her recently deceased husband squandered their nest egg. As she struggles to accept that this is likely her last season in Long Harbor, Becca is inspired by her granddaughter's boldness in the face of impending single-motherhood and summons the courage to reveal a secret she...
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NoveList Series:
Touch mortal trilogy volume 1.
Series:
Touch mortal trilogy volume 1
Publisher:
Leah Clifford
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Getting involved with an angel, especially a half-Fallen one, might not have been Eden's best idea. Still, she never thought a summer fling with Az would end up costing her mortality.
Now, there's no way of telling what will happen when Eden's fingertips graze human skin. The power that builds inside her, Touch, strips away morals and logic. Some people only feel a high; others are overcome by their darkest thoughts.
Worse, word's gotten
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NoveList Series:
Hannah Swensen mysteries volume 13.
Series:
Hannah Swensen mysteries volume 13
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English
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Hannah is feeling the heat when she agrees to bake apple turnovers for a fundraiser and partake in the charity talent contest. But when Hannah discovers the MC dead with one of her apple turnovers in his hand, she realizes someone has murder on the menu.
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Publisher:
Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
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Packed with pleasure...
Having lost her creative edge, Eden Montgomery is counting ona superhot tryst with Alec Ramsey to not only inspire her sexy,one-of-a-kind gift baskets, but her sexy, one-of-a-kind self!Gorgeous, confident Alec is exactly what she needs to fire upher engines with his adventure-hungry daredevil desires.And loaded for bear!.
Eden and Alec think they have it figured out: Limit the time theyspend together,...
Having lost her creative edge, Eden Montgomery is counting ona superhot tryst with Alec Ramsey to not only inspire her sexy,one-of-a-kind gift baskets, but her sexy, one-of-a-kind self!Gorgeous, confident Alec is exactly what she needs to fire upher engines with his adventure-hungry daredevil desires.And loaded for bear!.
Eden and Alec think they have it figured out: Limit the time theyspend together,...
20. Dark Eden
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NoveList Series:
Dark Eden volume 1.
Series:
Dark Eden volume 1
Publisher:
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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Fifteen-year-old Will Besting is sent by his doctor to Fort Eden, an institution meant to help patients suffering from crippling phobias. Once there, Will and six other teenagers take turns in mysterious fear chambers and confront their worst nightmares—with the help of the group facilitator, Rainsford, an enigmatic guide. When the patients emerge from the chamber, they feel emboldened by the previous night's experiences. But each person
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