Told in two voices, Allie and Jake continue to be bombarded by family issues and pressures from the "Cresties" and their poorer counterparts as they spend a summer dealing with the fallout of their breakup.
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Having tried for years to deny her psychic abilities, high school sophomore Paski has disturbing visions about the popular girl at her new high school in Orange County, California.
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Pertice McIlveen, a young Ontario woman who loves Hemingway and hates hats, receives a mysterious key in the mail. Accompanied by her best friend Es, she travels to Gannet Island off the coast of New Brunswick to find the door it fits...
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Whatever the underlying motives -- be they love, financial security, or mere masochism -- the fact is that getting involved in a romantic partnership is emotionally, morally, and even politically fraught. In Hard To Do, Kelli María...
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La tarea puede ser uno de los problemas más frustrantes para niños y padres. En esta guía útil, Rosemond advierte en contra de la interferencia de los padres y ofrece métodos para ayudar a los niños hacer su propia tarea.
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Two violent deaths. Separated by time, but with a fatal connection… A man loses his father. A young woman loses her mother. Both in tragic circumstances that lead, when they meet, to surprising revelations from the past. Louisa needs to...
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Holidays are for lovers, just apparently not Ben Haggerty. Not this holiday. After his degree-seeking lover leaves humble blue-collar Ben, Ben spends the Yuletide miserable. He's not accustomed to being alone, not after seven years....
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Selected by David Baker, Green Revolver is the fifth annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize and the first published collection by Worthy Evans. These verses resulted from a spontaneous outpouring of poems, pent up during...
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"Where there is stress, or receding hairlines and liver spots, there is humor." —John McPherson More than one third of the world's population is officially over the hill, while the rest of us are quickly approaching its...
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Joey Jordan loves gymnastics: the thrill of performing a backflip on the beam, the cheers of the audience when she sticks a landing. But even with all her talent and style, she's never quite made it to that gold medal stand. Now...
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When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking" - a violent talent shared by members of his family - he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which...
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In the early 1900s, a Kansas schoolteacher named Nellie Howard delighted in receiving postcards from her many friends. She cherished each one, preserving her collection in a jewelry box. The jewelry box, handed down through generations...
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Poet, anthologist and book artist Ingrid Goff-Maidoff made this keepsake tome on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Now it is available nationwide with the same attention to detail, complete with eloquently themed verses on the topic...
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Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, has a magic touch. His paintings are warm, inviting and inspiring masterpieces. In Friends for Life by Thomas Kinkade, the talented artist combines some of his most heartwarming works with thoughts...
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Love. It has forever inspired poets, and those touched by its power and grace still find new words to celebrate it. Nothing moves the spirit or the pen of the poet quite like love. Author June Cotner has long been fascinated by the...
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An estimated 82 million American mothers receive gifts each Mother's Day, Christmas and birthday — and most of those moms appreciate flowers. Flowers for Mom delivers the perfect floral-related keepsake book that will go straight...
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Flirting comes naturally to some, but others often need a little practice before they feel confident approaching and engaging people they find attractive. Flirt Fearlessly provides a little pick me up, and reminds readers that they have...
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In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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Fine Friends is a celebration of all things friendship. Sometimes the very best thing you can do with a fine friend is to share a little "aha" moment . . . a small, knowing smile that says, "I may have toilet paper stuck...
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Dr. Connie Schottky-Osterholt is one of the leading experts in psychoneurology worldwide. She created the first PhD program for life coaches with the Barron University in Los Angeles where she is teaching the art of life coaching to...