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A Properly Unhaunted Place

by William Alexander

Published: 2017-08-22

Hardcover: 192 pages

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From National Book Award–winning author William Alexander comes a wryly humorous story about two kids who try to save their town by bringing back its ghosts.Rosa Ramona Díaz has just moved to the small, un-haunted town of Ingot—the only ghost-free town in the world. She doesn’t want...

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The Autobiography of Santa Claus

by Jeff Guinn

Published: 2003-10-27

Hardcover: 304 pages

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It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Christmas for his paper, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few months later, he received a call from a gentleman who told him that he showed the story to an important friend who didn’t think muc...

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Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis

by Kathryn Sermak

Published: 2017-09-12

Hardcover: 288 pages

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For ten years Kathryn Sermak was at Bette Davis's side--first as an employee, and then as her closest friend--and in Miss D and Me she tells the story of the great star's harrowing but inspiring final years, a story fans have been waiting decades to hear. Miss D and Me is a story of two po...

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The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

by Alfie Kohn

Published: 2007-08-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn's incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on competitiveness has left our kids with less free time, and our families with more conflict. Point...

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Dear World: A Syrian Girl’s Story of War and Plea for Peace

by Bana Alabed

Published: 2017-10-03

Hardcover: 224 pages

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“A story of love and courage amid brutality and terror, this is the testimony of a child who has endured the unthinkable.” —J.K. Rowling“I’m very afraid I will die tonight.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 2, 2016 “Stop killing us.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 6, 201...

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Any Means Necessary (a Luke Stone Thriller-Book #1)

by Jack Mars

Published: 2017-08-04

Paperback: 255 pages

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When nuclear waste is stolen by jihadists in the middle of the night from an unguarded New York City hospital, the police, in a frantic race against time, call in the FBI. Luke Stone, head of an elite, secretive, department within the FBI, is the only man they can turn to. Luke realizes ri...

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Situation Room (A Luke Stone Thriller)

by Jack Mars

Published: 2017-07-14

Paperback: 261 pages

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“One of the best thrillers I have read this year. The plot is intelligent and will keep you hooked from the beginning. The author did a superb job creating a set of characters who are fully developed and very much enjoyable. I can hardly wait for the sequel.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos...

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* * * Informative,
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Turtles All the Way Down

by John Green

Published: 2019-06-11

Paperback: 320 pages

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THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES and FRESH AIR“So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York TimesNamed a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe,...

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Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell

Published: 2017-07-27

Paperback: 0 pages

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Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell—perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty.Ellie...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (The Sherlock Holmes Collection) (Volume 5)

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes Collection

Published: 2016-08-29

Paperback: 120 pages

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A new edition of Sherlock Holmes's most famous case. Click "Sherlock Holmes Collection" on this page to see the other titles.The Kindle e-book is FREE when you buy the paperback.