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Out of my mind volume 2
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"Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker, she feels nothing's out of her reach, not even summer camp. There have to be camps for differently-abled kids like her, and she's going to sleuth one out. A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own decisions,...
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"The most beautiful thing I saw from here was a place I spent the worst part of my life coming home from..."
These pieces were written at a time when the world felt harsh and cold. Sometimes, those are the times the river bursts free, and we can pour all the gentle, intimate and vulnerable things into its flow. These are the times when the texture of things becomes challenging, exciting and even magical in turn; when tears become oceans, and...
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This is a personal, poetic exploration of what it means for a son to care for his father in his final year of life, and what then arises after death has come, and the caring period has ended.
After his father was, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the author, SJP Dooley, became his primary carer. During the challenges of this final year, as his father lay bedridden, the author sought solace in the poems that came to him. This book is the result.
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It began with a group of us indulging in a world we were neither ready for nor understood, Roe the youngest. Headed for destruction, we allowed sin to become our best friend, "druggin' and thuggin'". It wasn't only about the drug scene with this group of guys and girls. We had a passion for music. Some of us managed, wrote, and produced; some sang and rapped. Others played instruments and engineered. We were talented and trying to get ahead. Although...
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This is a poetic exploration of what it means for a son to care for his father in his final year of life, and what then arises after. After his father was, diagnosed with cancer, the author became his primary carer. During the challenges of this final year, as his father lay bedridden, the author sought solace in poetry.
These poems journey a broad field, from childhood remembrances, to family life, wilderness, the nursing home, and beyond. Nature...
7) The Hacker
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SHE BETRAYED MY FAMILY--I WILL MAKE HER PAY.
The sweet redhead in our building isn't as innocent as we thought.
She brought a Fed into our circle. Got my twin brother shot.
Now she will pay. I'm putting her in charge of nursing him back to health.
If he dies, she dies. That's what I told her, anyway.
Of course I wouldn't actually harm her.
Our beautiful neighbor is already under my skin.
But that won't stop me from punishing her
then touching...
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Out of My Heart is the stunning sequel to Out of My Mind, the beloved, multi-million-copy-selling, multi-award-winning novel that's held a place on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years!
Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is now a year older and a year braver. But, not as brave as she wants to be, as she's terrified of horses. Even though she loves horses-loves loves loves them-from afar. Not one to be thwarted,...
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Carly:
He helped rescue me from my worst nightmare, and now I can't keep him out of my daydreams. The heat between us is palpable, but neither of us is willing to act on it. I'm hoping we can at least be friends. Is there a possibility we could be more? Not if my ex has anything to say about it.
Axl:
I want her. Though I know she's interested in me, I'm just not the right man for her. Besides, she hasn't completely healed from a traumatic assault...
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Two years ago, I left the love of my life in order to save his, but now I need Connor's help to locate a demon in Dallas. Can I keep our encounter to business only or am I about to fall for the handsome werewolf all over again?When my hunting partner Matt is kidnapped by vampires, it's up to me to find him.But during my rescue mission, I nearly succumb to the wicked charms of an evil fairy and am blackmailed by a devious angel who wants me to locate...
11) Building Storm
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She hasn't been living. He's looking for a way to forget it all. My life went up in flames. All I'm left with is my daughter and ashes. The simple act of breathing is so excruciating, there are days I wish I could stop altogether. So I have no business being at the party, and I definitely shouldn't be in the arms of the handsome stranger. When his lips meet mine, he breathes life into me for the first time since the day the inferno disintegrated...
12) Worship Songs
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God is to be worshipped. I knew that, but I did not know how. I asked the Lord one day how He wanted me to worship Him, and He gave me Worship Songs. Every day, we would meet, and He would give me a song-sometimes two, sometimes more. It was amazing how the Holy Spirit was speaking, and as He was speaking, I was writing His every word. The Lord gave me two hundred songs.
Not only did God want me to hear and sing these songs but He wanted His words...
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Outlander novels volume 8
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"In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears into 1743...Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart's Blood. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from...
14) Borrow my heart
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"When Wren overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friends for being catfished, she jumps in to save the day--and pretends to be his online crush"--
Wren is used to being called a control freak, but she's found sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. When a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window. When she overhears that he is being...
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"Kate Donovan is burned out on work, worn down by her dating relationships, and in need of an adventure. When her grandmother asks her to accompany her to Redbud, Pennsylvania, to restore the grand old house she grew up in, Kate jumps at the chance. Upon her arrival in Redbud, Kate meets Matt Jarreau, the man hired to renovate the house. Kate can't help being attracted to him, drawn by both his good looks and something else she can't quite put her...
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Indian Lake trilogy volume 1
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"Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw, written by the author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, called "a literary master" by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and "one of our most talented living writers" by Tommy Orange. Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw "a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre." On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath...
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"When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. Desperate to secure a roof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of a caretaker. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems--and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta's life has been missing. As Etta and Henry settle into...
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"Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for...
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When David Copperfield's widowed mother remarries, David suffers from his stepfather's abuse. At age 8, David is sent away to a harsh school where the principal routinely beats the students. David's circumstances become even worse when he is removed from school and, at age 10, forced to labor from morning to night in a London warehouse. David then decides to take desperate action. He will run away to his great-aunt, who lives in Dover. Having never...
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