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1) War
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War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history. We see President Joe Biden and his top advisers in tense conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. We also see Donald Trump, conducting a shadow presidency and seeking to regain political power. With unrivaled, inside-the-room reporting,...
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ECW Press
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2024
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The Door in Lake Mallion brings readers into a world of magic, monsters, and the folks who love them, telling a story of dazzling performers, glowing mushroom cities, and the power of shining our light for everyone to see
Dunstan has had big ambitions his entire life - bigger than the small lakeside town of Knockum - imagining himself heading a chorus line with a leading man he hasn't quite cast yet. But on his way out of town for good, a gang...
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2024.
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"Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divorce, and pregnant with her ex's baby. She's also a modern-day grim reaper employed by S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), but frankly that's the easiest part of her life right now. Or at least it was, until one of her clients' souls went missing. When she finally tracks down seventeen-year-old Conner Ortiz, he angrily denies he died of natural causes, despite what his...
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"In 2002, Bill Zehme landed an interview with Johnny Carson--the only one he'd granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Shortly after Carson's death in 2005, Zehme signed a contract to do an expansive biography. He toiled on the book for nearly a decade before a cancer diagnosis halted his progress. The hundreds of pages Zehme managed to complete are astounding both for the caliber of their writing and how they illuminate...
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Somewhere in the Pacific, 1943. Kate Campbell is a nurse who bravely flies back and forth from the front to rescue wounded soldiers, amid long days, harsh conditions and often dangerous weather. Driven by a deep personal need to help in the war effort, she is disappointed when an accident leaves her injured and sends her home to New York. By the time she's healed, the war has moved on, and rather than being returned to her post in the Pacific, Kate...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2024
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How couples with kids can transform 13 common relationship fights into closer connection, from popular Instagram counselors Erin and Stephen Mitchell (@couples.counseling.for.parents).
Parenting changes a couple’s relationship in fundamental ways, but most parents are too exhausted from the demands of life, work, and engaging their kids to prioritize their relationship. This can lead to repeated conflict and an overwhelming sense of...
Parenting changes a couple’s relationship in fundamental ways, but most parents are too exhausted from the demands of life, work, and engaging their kids to prioritize their relationship. This can lead to repeated conflict and an overwhelming sense of...
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2023
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From Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black, comes the highly anticipated second novel, focusing on the lives of three Black women as they fight their own personal struggles in one of the most egalitarian societies, Sweden.
Can a career woman truly have it all?
Powerful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi has finally found
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2024.
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"Gorgeously drawn, full of captivating historical drama, and rich with unforgettable characters, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a woman who is unwilling to bend to the limitations her society places upon her when she becomes the unlikely apprentice to the pope's physician at the most challenging and dangerous moment in medieval European history" --
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Before the coffee gets cold volume 5
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2024.
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Café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling magic continues as new patrons journey to the past, experiencing reunions, making amends and revisiting memories. "Tucked within a small back alley in Tokyo is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. The regular patrons know the café's legend by heart: if they follow the rules, they'll be allowed the unique opportunity to travel back in time-- as long as they...
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2024
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
"Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny’s trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal account from a husband and father facing the reality that he will never be with his family again."—The New York Times
"Honest"—The...
"Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny’s trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal account from a husband and father facing the reality that he will never be with his family again."—The New York Times
"Honest"—The...
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Sounds True
Pub. Date
2024
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“If you've ever felt like you're the only one struggling with motherhood, this book is for you.” —Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play
From a maternal mental health specialist comes an empowering guide to help reshape your internalized expectations and beliefs around motherhood.
Every mom wants to be a good parent—but if you’ve found yourself burned
13) Slippage
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Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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Twenty-one works from one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth, including the award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx. Harlan Ellison celebrates four decades of writing and publishes his seventieth book, this critically acclaimed, wildly imaginative, and outrageously creative collection. The Edgar Award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx is the centerpiece, surrounded by screenplays, an introduction by the author, interspersed...
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Author's Republic
Pub. Date
2023
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Escándalo en Bohemia es el primero de los 56 relatos cortos sobre Sherlock Holmes, un detective con varias habilidades, escrito por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Como toda historia comienza con un misterio, aquí el Doctor Watson, relata con sutileza la forma en que la reunión se desarrolla. Sherlock Holmes es llamado por un caballero enmascarado. Se presenta como el conde Von Kramm, un agente de un cliente adinerado, pero Holmes deduce rápidamente...
Como toda historia comienza con un misterio, aquí el Doctor Watson, relata con sutileza la forma en que la reunión se desarrolla. Sherlock Holmes es llamado por un caballero enmascarado. Se presenta como el conde Von Kramm, un agente de un cliente adinerado, pero Holmes deduce rápidamente...
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Nebra Sky Media
Pub. Date
2023
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"DESCUBRE INGLÉS" CON MIZZI MOZZI
La serie de libros Mizzi Mozzi es una colección encantadora y atractiva de cuentos diseñadas para introducir entre 15 y 20 palabras en inglés a los niños pequeños de una manera divertida y entretenida. A través de las encantadoras aventuras del adorable personaje Mizzi Mozzi y sus amigos, la serie entrelaza de manera fluida nuevo vocabulario en las narrativas, permitiendo que los niños aprendan y absorban...
La serie de libros Mizzi Mozzi es una colección encantadora y atractiva de cuentos diseñadas para introducir entre 15 y 20 palabras en inglés a los niños pequeños de una manera divertida y entretenida. A través de las encantadoras aventuras del adorable personaje Mizzi Mozzi y sus amigos, la serie entrelaza de manera fluida nuevo vocabulario en las narrativas, permitiendo que los niños aprendan y absorban...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2023
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This program is read by the author.
World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story—from coming of age under the scrutiny of social media, navigating a male-dominated sport, and tackling her most heart-stopping climbs—and shares the power of perseverance and positivity.
At age six, Sasha DiGiulian stepped into a climbing gym for the first time and was competing within a year. Decked out in all-pink gear and with
17) El Número 1
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Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2021
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Greg Heffley y los deportes no encajan.
Pero cuando todo esté en juego y la pelota esté en las manos de Greg, ¿estará a la altura de las circunstancias? ¿O tirará la toalla antes de tiempo?
Tras un día desastroso de competiciones deportivas en el instituto, Greg decide que se retira oficialmente de su carrera como atleta, pero acaba aceptando a regañadientes la sugerencia de su madre de apuntarse a baloncesto.
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Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
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Stalking the Nightmare
Here you'll find twenty of his very best stories and essays (including the four-part "Scenes from the Real World"), an anecdotal history of the doomed TV series, The
Starlost, he created for NBC; "Tales from the Mountains of Madness"; and his hilariously brutal reportage on the three most important things in life: sex, violence, and labor relations.
Over the Edge
Amid the ruins of a world in which men become monsters, dreams...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
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In Rethinking Your Teenager, family therapist Darby Fox challenges parents to redefine the goals of adolescence by reorienting their focus from what they want their child to be to on who they want their child to be. Darby not only equips parents with the insight to understand the changes taking place in their child's brain and body and support their adolescent's bid for independence, but also offers an approach that allows parents to engage...
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2024.
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In the hot summer of 1994 in Fife, teenage Cora Mowat struggles with her small-town life and uncertain future while dealing with her mother's new, enigmatic boyfriend, Gunner, a one-eyed shoplifter with hidden secrets, and seeking to escape her circumstances after a tragedy strikes.
