Johnny Heller
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English
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Get to know Tom Sawyer and his friends as he gets into all kinds of shenanigans on the Mississippi River! In addition to being a fun experience, this beautifully illustrated story features original music performed by Tim Oehlers. This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Mark Twain will introduce young audiences to the beloved characters from the original and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic. About the 10 Minute Classics series:...
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English
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Get to know Tom Sawyer and his friends as he gets into all kinds of shenanigans on the Mississippi River! In addition to being a fun experience, this beautifully illustrated story features original music performed by Tim Oehlers. This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Mark Twain will introduce young audiences to the beloved characters from the original and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic. About the 10 Minute Classics series:...
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The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm.
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Good girl's guide to murder volume 3
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2021
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English
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THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES • The final book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again...
Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime...
Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime...
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From one of the hottest new thriller writers, Peter Swanson, a name you may not know yet (but soon will), this is his breakout novel in the bestselling tradition of Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train-and is soon to be a major movie directed by Agnieszka Holland.
In a tantalizing set-up reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train… On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner....
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Originally published in 1826 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer recounts some of Mark Twain's own childhood adventures along the Mississippi River — and introduces us to some of the most memorable characters in all of American literature: Tom Sawyer, Tom's Aunt Polly, his favorite girl Becky Thatcher, and his mischievous friend Huckleberry Finn.
The spirit of this uniquely American book is ultimately tolerant and bold, down to earth and confident.
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Sammy and the Cheese volume 1
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English
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"From repeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a brand new standalone novel set on the mean streets of San Francisco in the aftermath of World War II. Absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, always entertaining--Christopher Moore is back!"--
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NERDS volume 5
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English
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When Ms. Information kidnaps the President's daughter, it is up to twelve-year-old Ruby, also known as Pufferfish, to use her super-nanobyte-enhanced allergies in leading the NERDS' investigation.
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Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 2
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English
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Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.
11) Dave at night
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English
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When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
12) Heat wave
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Nikki Heat mysteries volume 1
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English
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Tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat leads the investigation into the death of a New York real estate tycoon who plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest.
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NERDS volume 2
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English
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Led by Duncan "Gluestick" Dewey, the NERDS team uses brain power and courage rather than gadgets when they face off against supervillian Simon, his band of savage squirrels, and Albert, a middle-aged computer genius who lives with his mother.
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Sammy and the Cheese volume 2
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English
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In 1947 San Francisco, bartender Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin is tasked by club owner Jimmy Vasco to find out who is killing the city's drag kings, while Eddie "Moo Shoes" Shu seeks to save his uncle's opium den from Squid Kid Tang.
17) Otis Spofford
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English
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The class cut-up is given his come-uppance by gentle, timid Ellen Tebbits.
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English
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A World War II veteran and Hollywood gas station attendant describes how his good looks and open bisexuality culminated in liaisons with numerous celebrities, providing a chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground in the 1940s and 1950s. "The wholesome image of America propagated by Hollywood in the 1940s, '50s and '60s is one of the most persistent in popular culture: loving wives, smiling children. But off the set, many of the actors who helped...
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Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 1
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English
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On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.