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Goodnight june by sarah jio5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown ( Goodnight Songs) is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. The New York Times bestselling author of Always and Blackberry Winter takes Goodnight Moon as inspiration for this remarkable story of friendship, love, and the mystery behind this beloved classic. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books. ![]()
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Crying for the moon by mary walsh5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Select feature film credits include The Grand Seduction and Closet Monster (Official selections at TIFF 20, respectively), Mambo Italiano. Walsh’s recent TV credits include Canada’s Drag Race on Crave, CityTV’s Hudson and Rex, CBC’s Little Dog, for which she was nominated for Canadian Screen Awards in 20, Global’s Rookie Blue and HBO Canada’s Sensitive Skin, for which she was nominated for a 2017 Canadian Screen Award, and numerous guest appearances on This Hour Has 22 Minutes. In 2017 she released her debut novel, a Canadian best-seller, Crying For The Moon. Walsh wrote, produced and starred in the Gemini award winning Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, which returned to CBC in 2017 as a feature length presentation called A Christmas Fury, with Walsh and the original cast reprising their roles, for which she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. The series earned her many of her numerous Gemini awards and showcased her dynamic range of characters, including the flagrantly outspoken ‘Marg Delahunty’. Mary Walsh created and starred in This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC’s wildly popular take on current affairs. ![]()
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Rebecca kim wells5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "We have also hoped that, when the time came to pass our shop on, we could find someone who understood the Left Bank Books zeitgeist and who valued it as much as we do. ![]() ![]() "Since those early days, it has always been our intention to make sure that this precious entity we created-with the invaluable assistance of Marsha and Jerry Kaplan-would continue for many, many years," McGuire continued. Originally founded in Searsport, Maine, in 2004, Left Bank Books moved to its current location inside the historic Opera House in downtown Belfast in 2012. "Barb and I are thrilled to pass the baton to these beloved and trusted employees, both of whom are steeped in the culture of our shop, understand its je ne sais quoi and strive to cultivate its mission," wrote McGuire. She and Klausmeyer will become mentors to Clapp and Howard as they take over the store. In a message to customers announcing the ownership change, McGuire noted that there won't be any major changes to the shop and the entire staff will stay on. Lindsay McGuire and Barbara Klausmeyer, co-owners of Left Bank Books in Belfast, Maine, have sold the 17-year-old independent bookstore to longtime employees Julia Clapp and Tiffany Howard. ![]()
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The Body Reader by Anne Frasier5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() He doesn't even know his name.īut in his unspoken language, Jude reads something horrifying-a connection to the dead boys. The child can't tell them where he's from, who his parents are, or how he got there. Then, in one of the worst blizzards the city has ever seen, a four-year-old is abandoned on Jude's doorstep. The horrifying discovery leads Detective Jude Fontaine and her partner, Uriah Ashby, to more bodies in the ice, all of twelve-year-old boys missing for twenty years. The Thriller Award-winning series continues as Detective Jude Fontaine finds a decades-old connection to missing children that will freeze her blood.Ī boy's frozen body is found trapped in the ice of a Minneapolis lake. Series: Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries ![]() Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĬlick for more in this series: Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries ![]()
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Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() When gene mapper Hayashida discovers that his custom rice plant has experienced a dysgenic collapse, he suspects sabotage. In a future where reality has been augmented and biology itself has been hacked, the world’s food supply is genetically modified, superior, and vulnerable. CAN) for the Amazon Kindle, Apple’s iBooks Store, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Book Store, the Kobo eBooks Store, and the Google Play store. ![]() An eBook version also will debut on June 16th for $8.99 (U.S. It will be available for the first time in English in a print edition for $14.99 U.S. The novel about a deadly genetic threat to the world’s food supply was written by author Taiyo Fujii. VIZ Media’s Haikasoru literary imprint has announced the release of its newest title, the futuristic bio-thriller - Gene Mapper (?) - on June 16th. ![]()
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Scandal of the year laura lee guhrke5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scandal of the Year is another Laura Lee Guhrke favorite! I just wish the wait wasn't so long for her next book, Trouble at the Wedding. I loved the complexities of the characters and the chemistry, connection, and passion between Julia and Aidan. Wow! I loved this! It's an emotional, sensual, and engaging romance between a free-spirited, indecorous, rebel heroine who's brazen ways mask a fragile soul and a steadfast, honorable, strait-laced, to-die-for duke who can't resist her scandalously tempting allure. She has also written articles for various publications, including the Romance Writers Report, The British Weekly, and the Irish-American Press. Laura is currently hard at work on her thirteenth historical romance for Avon Books. ![]() Among her publishing credits are twelve historical romances, including her latest, And Then He Kissed Her, now available from Avon Books. Her books routinely hit the USA Today Bestseller List, and Guilty Pleasures has been honored with the Romantic Times Award for Best European Historical Romance of 2004. Romantic Times has proclaimed her, “One of the most natural voices in historical romance to be found today”. She has been honored with the most prestigious award of romance fiction, the Romance Writers of America Rita Award, and she has received additional awards from Romantic Times and All About Romance. From the publication of her very first historical romance, Laura Lee Guhrke has received numerous honors and critical acclaim for her novels and her writing style. ![]()
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A bad day for sunshine5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now it’s up to Sunshine to juggle a few good hunky men, a not-so-nice kidnapping miscreant, and Doug the ever-pesky flasher. Add to that trouble at her daughter’s new school and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and Sunshine has her hands full.Įnter sexy almost-old-flame Levi Ravinder and a hunky US Marshall, both elevens on a scale of one to blazing inferno, and the normally savvy sheriff is quickly in over her head. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of it’s reminding Sunny why she left Del Sol in the first place. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.ĭel Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, it’s strong cups of coffee―and a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff-an election her adorably meddlesome parents entered her in-and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series! ![]()
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We hunt the flame author5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But an ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds-and the prize they seek may pose a threat greater than either can imagine. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the king on a similar mission: retrieve the artifact and kill the Hunter. War is brewing, and the Arz sweeps closer with each passing day, engulfing the land in shadow. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would be rejected if Nasir displayed his compassion, his father would punish him in the most brutal of ways.īoth are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya-but neither wants to be. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. People lived because she killed.People died because he lived. Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy & Magic, Romance Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on May 14, 2019 Michelle Book Briefs Blog Tours, Guest Post, Reviews, Young Adult 3 ![]()
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The hand of the sun king5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() "THE HAND OF THE SUN KING fundamentally explores the right to make our own choices in life, to make sacrifices to serve the greater good and to use power to uplift the oppressed. The Hand of the Sun King is hands down the best debut of the year." It is a spellbinding debut with terrific characterizations, immersive world-building, and prose that swept me away. "THE HAND OF THE SUN KING deserves a mark of excellence. ![]() "An excellent mix of classic and modern fantasy with a grimdark undertone of despair." Now, on the verge of taking the steps that will forge the path of his life, Alder discovers that the conflict between the Empire and the resistance is only the beginning of a war that will engulf both heaven and earth, gods and man―and he may be the key to final victory for whichever side can claim him as their own… Read more It began when his spirited, rebellious grandmother took Alder into the woods and introduced him to her ways―ways he has never been able to forget. And it is expected that Alder, too, will follow this tradition by passing the Imperial exams, learning the accepted ways of magic and, if he serves with honor, enhancing his family’s prominence by rising to take a most powerful position in Sien―the Hand of the Emperor.īut from his mother he has inherited defiance from the Empire, a history of wild gods and magic unlike anything the Imperial sorcerers could yet control. On his father’s side, a legacy of proud loyalty and service to the god-like Sienese Emperor spanning generations. ![]()
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![]() Helen’s debut novel, The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, won an ALA Alex Award in the United States. Seller Rating: Used - Softcover Condition: Good. Seller: FunMeister, Wallingford, United Kingdom Contact seller. ![]() Her most recent books are Ghost (2018) and Too Near The Dead (2021), the title of which is a quotation from Sir Walter Scott. ISBN 10: 0141325739 ISBN 13: 9780141325736. Joyce Carol Oates has described her as “a brilliant chronicler of the uncanny as only those who dwell in places of dripping, graylit beauty can be.” A lifelong fan of the ghost story writer M.R.James, she has spoken at two M.R.James conferences and appeared at the Dublin Ghost Story Festival. Helen Grant has a passion for the Gothic and for ghost stories. But how does a writer approach the past differently from a historian? Come and find out how Helen brings the past to life! For novelist Helen Grant, they are a source of inspiration. Remnants of the past are all around us: in buildings, graveyards, written records… So often we pass them by, completely oblivious, or simply take them for granted. ![]() ![]() Helen Grant Saturday 11th September at 1.30pm – 2.30pm in Innerpeffray Schoolroom ![]() |