Annika
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Chai Masala Club romances volume 1
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English
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"Kiran Mathur knows firsthand just how dangerous love can be. After all, her sister's marriage in India nearly destroyed Kiran's family. So she's decided to redeem romance herself-by not falling for anyone who might disappoint her parents. That is, until she meets her new neighbor Nash Hawthorne..."--
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Chai Masala Club romances volume 2
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English
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"Payal is a girl on the verge--of living a life she's always dreamt of, becoming a rising star in fashion, and...of marriage?! When her parents insist she marry fellow Londoner and serial dater Ayaan Malhotra in order to save their company, Payal has a choice: stick it to her dysfunctional family but put her hard-earned fashion success on hold...or get engaged to save her family's fortune and rescue her own dream-come-true life. Ayaan has always been...
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In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.
6) Deep sea
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English
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Nearly four years after leaving Vienna to escape the Nazis, Stephie Steiner, now sixteen, and her sister Nellie, eleven, are still living in Sweden, worrying about their parents and striving to succeed in school, and at odds with each other despite their mutual love.
7) Me, too!
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English
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"This funny, honest picture book by Annika Dunklee perfectly captures the rhythms of youngsters' friendships and emotions, while also reminding them that there's always room for new people in their lives"--Publisher.
8) Me, me, me
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English
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Best friends Annie, Lillemor, and Lilianne team up to sing in the school talent show and run into conflict when they disagree on what to wear and what to sing for the event, with Annie wanting to make all the decisions.
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Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"At a yard sale with his mom, Chuck spots a fire truck. It only costs a buck--what luck! Mom buys Chuck the truck, and he loves everything about it. At home, he plays with it nonstop. But after bath time, his fire truck is nowhere to be seen! Dumbstruck, Chuck hunts all over the house. Where is his truck?! Was it sucked up into the vacuum, now stuck? Finally, Chuck and his truck are reunited, just in time for bed. Told with plenty of fun rhyme and...
10) One Last Life
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English
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Tristan and Amacy have met before...just not in this lifetime.
A mystery begins when a stranger delivers the deed for a house to Tristan on Christmas Eve.
But when he arrives, he realizes that the answer is far more complicated than he ever imagined, and comes hand in hand with with not only a new romance, but a past with dire consequences he must rectify.
A fantasy romance set in Pennsylvania.
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English
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As unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied African minors requested asylum in Europe in 2015, Annika Lems witnessed a peculiar dynamic: despite inclusionary language in official policy and broader society, these children faced a deluge of exclusionary practices in the classroom and beyond.
“Frontiers of Belonging” traces the educational paths of refugee youth arriving in Switzerland amid the shifting sociopolitical terrain of the refugee crisis...
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English
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How will we live, love, and empower? How will we cherish natures and nurture our loves while grappling with feelings of love that make or break us? The fifty-five poems in this collection, Shadows, Memories, and Dreams, speak about soulmates and poetry; they ruminate on love, time, death, God, and of days gone by when things were simpler.
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Español
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El 4 de diciembre de 1608, el Tribunal de la Santa Inquisición en Canarias sentenció a María García, vecina de la villa de Teror, al destierro de las islas de Gran Canaria y Tenerife, acusada de hechicería y pacto con el demonio.
Las convenciones sociales de la época, la superstición y los intereses particulares de los vecinos hicieron de la vida de María un camino tortuoso, lleno de dificultades y de sufrimiento. Pero el amor también busca...
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English
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Fleeing under the cover of darkness, Selah left the safety of her community hidden in the Ozark hills to be a missionary to what was once the United States of America.
But is it too late? The State's revolutionary biotechnology promises a life free of loneliness, where a surgically installed blend of hardware and bio-components enhances your ability to be the you "you were always meant to be." With increased pressure on citizens to be implanted with...
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English
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Discover the Basics of the Swedish Language Quickly and Easily
Are you interested in the Swedish language but do not have the time or money that it takes to learn in a traditional classroom setting? Learning a new language is an incredibly enriching experience and something that everyone should do, but expensive and time-consuming classroom courses are not for everyone. Download "Shortcut to Swedish" if you are looking to quickly learn the basics...
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In this dystopian, coming of age story, 16 year old Cindy Reeves lives in a world where mental illness has become a business and happiness is an advertisement. The heavily increased expenses of medications and psychiatrist appointments leave people struggling to the point of even falling in debt. The world is struggling, both financially and mentally, and Cindy, like everyone else, is desperately searching for happiness in all of the chaos. Luckily,...
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Español
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Desde que el cuerpo sin vida de Alicia despertase a los vecinos de La Peña, no ha habido un día en el que la sargento Ana Montes no haya pensado en ella. A veces, los sucesos de nuestro presente son el resultado de un pasado palpitante y terrible que, como las hojas de un libro viejo, cargan con una mancha que lo corrompe todo. Un amor condenado, un secreto revelado. Un asesino sin nada que perder.
La Casa en El Palmar discurre entre dos espacios...
18) The Waiting Room
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The hospital waiting room is crowded today, leaving a variety of mixed emotions to fill the stale air of the old, outdated room. Each patient is here for their own complicated reasons, be it love, shame, or disorders, but they all have two things in common: psychological torment and flowers. Azaleas. Julie, an old woman who's afraid her perfect moments in life are over, and her doctor's appointment so worrisome not even falling in love with the sweet,...
19) Hostage
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I NEVER KNEW WHEN HE'D COME TO ME. ONLY THAT HE WOULD.
I'd never even kissed a boy the night I met Stone. The night I saw him kill. The night he spared my life. That was only the beginning.
He turns up in my car again-and-again, dangerous and full of raw power. "Drive," he tells me, and I have no choice. He's a criminal with burning green eyes, invading my life and my dreams.
The police say he's dangerously obsessed with me, but I'm the one who...
20) Red Ribbon
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English
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The Red Ribbon is based upon a true story from the authors early childhood in the Terezin/Theresienstadt Ghetto.