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"In 1918, a fearless twenty-two-year old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeast, determined to make her own way as an independent woman. Renaming herself Dorothea Lange she is soon the celebrated owner of the city's most prestigious and stylish portrait studio and wife of the talented but volatile painter, Maynard Dixon. By the early 1930s, as America's economy collapses, her marriage founders and Dorothea must find ways to support her...
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"On the night of June Fourth, a woman gives birth in a Beijing hospital alone. Thus begins the unraveling of Su Lan, a brilliant physicist who until this moment has successfully erased her past, fighting what she calls the mind's arrow of time. When Su Lan dies unexpectedly seventeen years later, it is her daughter Liya who inherits the silences and contradictions of her life. Liya, who grew up in America, takes her mother's ashes to China--to her,...
64) Best of friends
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The moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the breaking point Zahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood in Karachi, even though--or maybe because--they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet they never speak of the differences in their backgrounds or their values, not even after the fateful night when a moment of adolescent impulse upends their plans for the future. Three decades later, Zahra...
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Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, Leon, has gone missing, he must return to the Owenby farm in Solace Fork, North Carolina, to assist in the search. But that means facing a past filled with regrets, the family that never understood him, the girl whose heart he broke,...
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"Former reality TV baking show contestant and recent divorcée Hope Early is trying to find her recipe for success as a food blogger - but murder keeps getting in the mix . . .When Hope's elderly neighbor perishes in a home fire, she can't help but feel somewhat responsible. Only the day before, Peggy Olson had called her over, having burned a pot on the stove while she was sleeping and filling the house with smoke. In fact, she couldn't even remember...
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Giovanni's Ring is the story of "Giovanni Rocco," a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as "Giovanni Gatto," who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as "the real Sopranos." Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy....
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"Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of intractable conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to take to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend. Theirs is a life in which children from both sides of the wall throw stones at one another. But their worlds shift irreparably when ten-year-old old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet meant to quell unruly...
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"Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand Americans. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, dementia, and premature birth, among other ailments. In Choked, Beth Gardiner travels the world to tell the story of this modern-day plague, taking readers from the halls of power in Washington and the diesel-fogged London streets she walks with her daughter to...
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In "Franklin Says Sorry", Bear had a surprise for their tree fort and Franklin spoiled it by telling Fox. Bear was really upset with Franklin and wouldn't speak to him for day. Franklin was also upset about what happened and apologized. Fox and Beaver also confessed they were to blame as well for they had insisted Franklin tell them and that it wasn't all his fault.. In "Franklin and the Fire", a fire engine awoke Franklin and there was a fire at...
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A fire is one of the most common disasters you might encounter, and one for which you can readily prepare. Learn the basics of fire safety, from developing a home fire safety plan to specific things you can do to reduce your risk of fire in the home. This episode also shows you the fundamentals of how fires work, including flashovers and backdrafts.
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Faye Quick novels volume 1
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Meet Faye Quick, a sassy secretary who keeps the home fires burning by reluctantly becoming a private investigator after her boss and agency owner, Woody Mason, joins the army. True to her name, Faye catches on quick, and is especially adept at solving crimes-notably when she stumbles (quite literally) over the body of a murdered woman. This accidental discovery not only forces Faye to keep the doors of the agency open during wartime, it keeps them...
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As war looms, can they keep the home fires burning?
Lady Joanna Harcourt and her daughter Sarah discover their life of luxury at Goodwill House is over. Because with Lord Harcourt away fighting, the Harcourt girls are facing financial ruin.
Lady Joanna is terrified of losing their home, but for Sarah, this means her dreams of becoming a doctor are over. Headstrong Sarah isn't one to quit! War or not, she's determined to find a way to save her home...
75) A Wife's War
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A return to Woodicombe House… Kate Channer thought married life was going to be a grand adventure. But when Luke ships off for war before the echoes of their vows have ended she's left behind, desperate to make a difference and bring him home. Yet life in Devon as ladies-maid to her half-sister, Naomi, brings battles of its own. Facing hardship and heartbreak they never imagined, Kate and Naomi must now find the strength to keep the home fires burning...
76) The sweet spot
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Sweet on a cowboy novels volume 1
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"Charla Rae Denny was the perfect wife with a perfect life, content to keep the home fires burning while her husband, JB, competed as a champion bull rider. Then their son died in a tragic accident--and everything fell apart. Divorced and saddled with a hill of bills and a failing ranch, Charla must now cowboy up to put her life back together. James "JB" Denny doesn't stay where he isn't welcome. So when Charla shut him out of her grieving heart--and...
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Dark Lava: The searing heat of the deepest passions is let loose when the grisly murder of someone close to newlyweds Lei and Stevens triggers an investigation way too close to home.
Fire Beach: The steamy jungles of the Big Island are the backdrop for revenge as Lei hunts down a killer who has been plaguing her family and leaving muslin shrouds as a calling card.
Rip Tides: The powerful waves of the North Shore of Oahu, and the dramatic murder...
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Roughing it in the Montana wilderness with an all-female mountain group seemed the perfect way to heal music teacher Joanna Lofton's broken heart. But the camp's matchmaker had other ideas. And so did elite smoke jumper Nick Kramer, who was setting off enough sparks to ignite a wildfire in Jo. Nick liked a woman who didn't back down from danger-or desire. Jo was fast making this confirmed loner yearn to keep those home fires burning. But could Nick...
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The world teeters on the brink of World War One.
Three very different young men are growing through their late teenage years blissfully unaware of what lies ahead.
Finn Marshall, George Barney and Emilio Rothbauer may be growing up worlds apart, still they remain destined to be drawn together.
Amid a world torn apart by a brutal war, on the battlefield life-changing choices must be made.
When the stakes are high and young lives are at risk,...
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Volume 6
• Bob & Ray 10 Radio Script Writing School with Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding
• The Great Gildersleeve 10-1-47 Teaching Leroy Finance with Hal Peary
• The Great Gildersleeve 10-8-47 Beautiful Women at Bullards with Hal Peary
• The Great Gildersleeve 10-15-47 Marjorie's Babysitting Assignment with Hal Peary
• The Great Gildersleeve 10-22-47 Gildy Wants to Better Himself with Hal Peary
• The Great Gildersleeve 10-29-47 Halloween Party...
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