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Major Pettigrew's last standPosted November 3, 2011
This delightful story takes place in Edgecombe St. Mary, a picturesque English village where culture and tradition are valued above all else, making it the perfect home for Major Ernest Pettigrew who is the epitome of an English gentleman. When Major...
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The grave tattoo a novel.Posted November 3, 2010
College lecturer and Wordsworth expert, Jane Gresham, has long believed that Fletcher Christian of The Mutiny on the Bounty fame did not die on the island, Pitcairn, but returned to his home country. When a well preserved and strangely tattooed bo...
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The school of essential ingredientsPosted March 5, 2010
For Lillian, food is the means by which one expresses love, comfort, and passion. Her culinary career begins after her father walks out and her mother loses herself in books. As Lillian experiments with cooking, she notices that the only thing that r...
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The perfect ChristmasPosted November 16, 2009
If you're like me, then you look forward to the easy reading, lighthearted novellas many authors publish around the holidays, and Debbie Macomber's latest heartwarming and hilarious contribution, The Perfect Christmas, won't disappoint. All Cassie wa...
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Before I diePosted October 6, 2009
Diagnosed with leukemia when she was 12 years old, Tessa is now 16 and has only months to live. Knowing time is of the essence, she makes a list of several things she wants to do before she dies. The reader follows along as Tessa breaks t...
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Right behind youPosted August 20, 2009
In one brief, explosive moment, Kip McFarland's life changes forever. What appears to be a heinous crime to outsiders is an accident caused by nine- year-old Kip who lashes out at life's unfairness without any thought of the consequences....
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Does my head look big in this?Posted July 1, 2009
Amal decides to wear the hijab even though she realizes that it won't be well received among her classmates. Although this story is about Amal's decision and the grief she faces for so outwardly expressing her religious beliefs, it is also abou...
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Me, the missing, and the deadPosted April 14, 2009
In Jenny Valentine's Me, the Missing, and the Dead, Lucas meets Violet, a deceased pianist who's funeral urn he spies in a London taxi cab office. Compelled to learn more about Violet and guided by her ghost, Lucas does some digging.  ...
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Copper sunPosted March 13, 2009
Strangers arrive at Amari's African village. Just as the welcoming ceremony begins, the strangers start firing guns and beating the villagers. Stunned, Amari watches as her family and friends are murdered. Some, including Amari, are...
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