Murder Runs in the Family finds two feisty 60-something sisters doing a little amateur sleuthing into the death of a visiting genealogist. Mary Alice has spared no expense for her daughter's...
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Author: George, AnneSummary:
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Author: Keyser, Amber J.Summary:
Jessie Vale dances in an elite ballet program. She has to be perfect to land a spot with the professional company. When Jessie is cast in an animalistic avant-garde production, her careful...
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Author: Lebo, HarlanSummary:
With the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane in May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the full story of Orson Welles's masterpiece film. The book explores Welles's meteoric rise to stardom in New York...
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Author: Thatcher, ColinSummary:
On May 7, 1984, Colin Thatcher was convicted of killing his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson the previous year, and was sentenced to life in prison. The murder and the trial provoked a national media frenzy,...
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Author: Kalteis, DietrichSummary:
A fast, powerful read full of action, twists, and dark humour Bounty Hunter Karl Morgen goes after Miro Knotts on a skipped bond, finding the dope dealer wrapped around an underaged girl at a rave...
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Author: Perkins, MitaliSummary:
This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the...
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Author: Spencer, LivSummary:
“Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight is a Twilighter essential. With beautiful full color pages, this book takes you from the beginnings of Stephenie Meyer to the future release...
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Author: McCardell, MikeSummary:
Bestselling author and TV personality Mike McCardell, known for his humorous and touching portraits of ordinary BC lives, turns a new page and crafts a bittersweet memoir of his own hardscrabble...
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Author: Scheidel, WalterSummary:
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of...
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Author: Wilson, Pat, Wood, KrisSummary:
Lucky Strike is a light-hearted laugh-out-loud mystery with a cast of characters who epitomize life Down East. Eric Spratt, a conservative accountant from Toronto, is forced to flee to the remote...
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Author: Baskin, Elizabeth CogswellSummary:
Every year, Halloween is supposed to bring scares and screams as children everywhere don costumes and go door-to-door requesting treats. But instead of spreading fright, most of the little witches...
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Author: Wortham, Reavis Z.Summary:
By October, 1967, The Summer of Love is history, rock and roll is dark and revolutionary and people in the small East Texas community of Center Springs want only a quiet life. Unluckily, two years...
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Author: Wortham, ReavisSummary:
Lyndon B. Johnson is President, Beatlemania is in overdrive and gasoline costs 30 cents a gallon when Ned Parker retires as constable in Center Springs, Texas. But his plan to live a quiet life as...
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Author: Corwin, C. R.Summary:
Maddy Sprowls gets to The Hannawa Herald-Union on the stroke of nine. She makes her first mug of Darjeeling tea and settles down at her desk to read the obituaries. The obits are the best part of...
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Author: Shaw, KevinSummary:
Stately and majestic, yet scuffed with wear and disillusion, the poems of Smaller Hours mount the sky like columns and fora of some archaic ruin. Through these ancient halls, Kevin Shaw tracks...