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The One-in-a-Million Boy

by Monica Wood

Published: 2017-04-18

Paperback: 336 pages

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The story of your life never starts at the beginning. Don't they teach you anything at school? So says 104-year-old Ona to the 11-year-old boy who's been sent to help her out every Saturday morning. As he refills the bird feeders and tidies the garden shed, Ona tells him about her long lif...

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Live Your Dash: Make Every Moment Matter

by Linda Ellis

Published: 2014-05-06

Paperback: 288 pages

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Includes the original poem “The Dash.”I read of a man who stood to speakAt the funeral of a friendHe referred to the dates on her tombstoneFrom the beginning to the endHe noted that first came the date of her birthAnd spoke the following date with tears,But he said what mattered most o...

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Plain Pursuit (Daughters of the Promise, Book 2)

by Beth Wiseman

Published: 2009-04-27

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Carley has given up chasing her dreams. Now her dreams are chasing her. Carley Marek experiences culture shock when she visits her friend Lillian’s family on their farm deep in Amish country. She’ll get an article out of the visit?and maybe some of Lillian’s newfound peace will someh...

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The All Souls Trilogy Boxed Set

by Deborah Harkness

Published: 2015-05-26

Paperback: 1760 pages

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A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life, now available in a beautiful boxed setWith more than two million copies sold in the United States, the novels of the number one New York Times–bestselling All Souls Trilogy have landed on all the major bestseller lists, garne...

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Say Goodbye for Now

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Published: 2016-12-13

Paperback: 364 pages

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“Catherine Ryan Hyde delivers once again with this feel-good story guaranteed to be a hit…” —RedbookOn an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk ca...

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More than Enough: Living Abundantly in a Culture of Excess

by Lee Hull Moses

Published: 2016-10-10

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Ever look around your life and feel overwhelmed with gratitude for everything you have? Sure, nothing is perfect, but if you have a safe place to live, food on the table, and clothes to wear, the reality is that life is pretty good. That’s not true for many people in the world, and you m...

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The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.

by Gina B. Nahai

Published: 2014-10-07

Paperback: 416 pages

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Longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary AwardFinalist for the Jewish Book Council's 2014 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award"Lyrical, shrewd, and daring novelist Nahai...writes with acute emotional and nearly anthropological perception, laser-wit, and deep compassion....With touches ...

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A Girl In Traffick

by Mamta Jain Valderrama

Published: 2017-01-01

Paperback: 450 pages

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Twelve-year-old Juhi Gupta loves her simple life in a remote Indian village. She and her mother and father might be poor, but they’re happy. Then one day, everything changes.Her father heads to the doctor for a simple procedure—the removal of a rotten tooth—but instead, his kidney is...

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Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone: A Novel

by Phaedra Patrick

Published: 2017-05-16

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Phaedra Patrick's debut novel, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, was hailed as "poignant" and "utterly endearing." Now she returns with Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone, a gem of a novel about family, forgiveness and one man's second chance at happiness. Moonstone for empathy. Azurite fo...

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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

by Giles Milton

Published: 2005-05-09

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This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using...