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Christian Merrane has always been outgoing, popular, and adventurous. For as long as he can remember, his spirit has been one to force him into constant motion. He had always been curious to learn and fearless to accept any challenge. Throughout his life, he...

Christian Merrane has always been outgoing, popular, and adventurous. For as long as he can remember, his spirit has been one to force him into constant motion. He had always been curious to learn and fearless to accept any challenge. Throughout his life, he...

David Haynes "strikes out from the Waiting to Exhale formula" (Newsday) in a "hilarious" (Publishers Weekly), "consistently on-target" novel (Kirkus Reviews) about faithless boyfriends, spoiled siblings, preteen beauty queens, and Whitney Houston wannabes.Author: David HaynesISBN-10: 0156005727ISBN-13: 9780156005722Publisher: Mariner BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/1999Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize:...

A funny, foody and feel-good novel from the author of What Would Mary Berry Do?Author: Claire SandyISBN-10: 1509831282ISBN-13: 9781509831289Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2017Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.93d

He helped you move on... Until you discovered what he did.Louisa Adams has done her best to hold herself together in the years since she lost her husband in a car accident. But each morning she wakes to find his side of the bed...

She wants to move on from the past. He's hoping to be her future. Maggie Marks moved to New York City after a traumatic end to her marriage. Estranged from her father, there's only one person she has counted on her entire life. Elijah....

" ...]some of the young men gave the couple, and the sad expression left his face for a moment. Although he had long since reached the time of life when a man is fain to be content with such illusory delights as vanity bestows,...

A Prince who Destroyed my Life, is a book of identifying some of the structural and ideological obstacles to gender equality in Pakistan through story of a minor girl who is wedded off at the tender age of 13 to a 35-year-old highly qualified...

Adam Young, a builder and general contractor from Albuquerque, is addicted to opioids and alcohol. His marriage to Maria falls apart one day when he is the only one present to the SIDS death of their daughter, Ava. Although ruled a "crib death" by...

Your father needs to know, not in words but in unspoken, demonstrated affection, that you, whom he has loved the most, have heard his unreleased sobs. He needs to know that his life is significant in your eyes; that you see the load he...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICEThe longest river in Europe, the Volga, divides the continent in two. On one side, mighty mountains, large Russian cities with white stone churches, translucent blue lakes of icy water, a cold wind blowing from the North Sea, and,...

Don't mess with me or mine. This is the unspoken code of the Sicilian people. The small island is beautiful but filled with suffering, brutality, and oppression. The only way for people to get through their lives is to excise any weakness and make...

The novel follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope-a rural, pastoral, and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love "rectangle" among the beautiful but self-absorbed Hetty Sorrel; Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her; Adam...

From the author of A Little Hope--a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick--comes another "heartwarming, character-driven" (Booklist) life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling...

A Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premi red on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirizes English upper-class society. It has been performed on...

At Inlet Beach, storefronts are draped with garland, sprinkled with fairy-lights and dusted with Christmas magic. Window boxes overflow with evergreens and sea stars, as the sleepy beach town welcomes visitors for the annual Christmas Lights Festival. But things are not as perfect as...

"Absent . . . One from Another" is the second installment in the "Hattiesville Trilogy." The first part, "The Wedding Party" was published in 2012. "Absent . . ." opens three years after "The Wedding Party" ends with an unanswered question and reveals some...

Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler's books have looked at topics as considerable and diverse as hell, extraterrestrials, and Vietnam. His acclaimed twelfth novel, A Small Hotel, chosen for O Magazine's Summer Reading List, offers a more intimate scope as it chronicles the complexities of...

Bookseller-turned-amateur detective Delhi Laine is back with another atmospheric mystery--but this time, it's a family affair.Nineteen years ago, Delhi Laine's two-year-old daughter disappeared. After a frantic but inconclusive search, authorities determined that she must have drowned, her body washed away from the picturesque English...

Author: Diana RosieISBN-10: 1447293037ISBN-13: 9781447293033Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2016Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d

I wrote this book, because I grew up in the small Village of Lakeland, MN, by the St. Croix River. The church, family, neighbors, and friends support, and walk along side of you. It is a great feeling! The beauty of the Grand Tetons,...

The first book written by American novelist Willa Cather is named Alexander's Bridge. Bartley Alexander is a well-known bridge builder and construction engineer going through a midlife crisis. After being married to Winifred, Bartley brings back his relationship with an old flame in London,...

Erika Montgomery's A Summer to Remember is "an unforgettable tale of love, loss and finding your place that glitters as brightly as the golden age of Hollywood."--Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today Bestselling author of Feels Like FallingBest Debut Novels of Spring and Summer *Library...

Two families, like so many before them, set sail for the "golden land," of America. One family was drawn by the glow of the American dream. The other group was driven out of Europe by violence, political upheaval, and the ever-darkening shadow of an...

A "big-hearted, lively, and expansive portrait of a family" that follows a neurodivergent father, his nonbinary teenager, and the sudden, catastrophic reappearance of the woman who abandoned them (Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author). Morgan Flowers just wants to hide. Raised by their...

Fueled by the Blues, football, and guilt, white small-town hero Johnny Spink's future explodes when he falls for an African-American girl, the brilliant daughter of his mentor. During a quest to the Mississippi Delta, Johnny is crushed by the blues he craves and becomes...

A never-before-seen Christmas guest arrives to the island, filled with secrets of her own. The Sheridans welcome a brand-new baby. Complications arise left and right as the Sheridan sisters grapple with another season of changes.The Sheridan sisters' mother, Anna Sheridan never spoke much about...

The debut novel, first published over twenty years ago, from the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression and Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity--a luminous and moving evocation of the love between a...

A brutal fable full of poetry, desire, and blood, where the naïveté of a young Haitian girl struggling against impossible odds collides with the unrelenting cruelty of the world."You will be alone in the great night." That's what Papa has always prophesied to her....

Lori Golden's family have had more than their fair share of troubles. But through it all, Lori and her sister, Jessie, have always supported each other. Then Jessie is killed. And Lori's world turns upside down.Devastated, Lori struggles to cope with her loss, and...

Nora Blackbird gets the scoop as she turns the spotlight on a killer in the latest from the author of Little Black Book of Murder.... While a pregnant Nora relaxes in her best friend's Bucks County pool, she doesn't have far to look for...

From USA Today bestselling author Bette Lee Crosby comes a heartwarming novel about letting go of the past to make way for a brighter future.Tracy Briggs has finally gotten her act together. She's focusing on her own life and helping her hearing-impaired son learn...

Twenty-four years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Carol Denman has finally made peace with Katie's father. But releasing her ex-husband from blame and facing how deeply she held herself responsible were only the first steps in Carol's journey toward peace. With...

Author's vision on day to day life and 10 short stories are bought to life in this book with fictitious characters and eye-catching illustrations. Reading them will put you in a great mood. The book's main idea is to give inspiration, a boost of...

"You cannot control who falls in love with who... Love is the only uncontrollable factor."Adrian Bennett loves two women. Lilah Winston, the love of his life and Lorelei Anastasio, his childhood sweetheart. His obligation to both consumes his thoughts and tears at his heartstrings....

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes an irresistible novel about the power of starting over. Eleven years ago, Jem Catterick and Ralph McLeary fell deeply in love. They thought it would be forever, that they'd found their...

"Equipped with a copy of Walden, notebooks of Buddhist philosophy, and a loyal friend, a young man seeks an adventure of freedom and independence with a cross country hitchhiking trip to the ocean where he hopes to recover from the death of his mother....

An intricately crafted story of madness, magic and misfortune across three generations from the author of The Middle of Somewhere and House Broken... Vermont, 1972. Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family's auto...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Are we free to create our own destinies or are we just part of a system beyond our control? A joyful family saga about free will, forgiveness, and how we are all interconnected. In October 1989, a set...

Valeria Allegro was hoping to embark on a life of freedom when she left Italy to travel to Australia for an arranged marriage with Roberto Morandi. The last thing she expected to encounter was harassment by Roberto's friend and neighbour, Luca Abandonato. Valeria begins...

Every small act of history is a drama of time, place, and people. Welcome to Jamestown, New Jersey where in 1962-1964, six characters intersect in a conflict of change and complacency. During desegregation battles in the early 1960s, one African American family in a...

The gripping new bestseller from the nation's favourite storyteller.Are some memories best forgotten?Maureen Bancroft has never learned the art of putting herself first. As a widow with a gentle temperament and humble ways, she's been easy to take advantage of.All that changes when an...

A small town story of one woman's hilarious effort to save ChristmasMarianne Wallace dreads the empty nest. She loves her husband, but she's thrived on being a mother, and nothing will stop her from having a final epic Christmas before her youngest son leaves...

A cherished heirloom opens up a century of secrets in a bittersweet novel about family, hard truths, and self-discovery by the author of Millicent Glenn's Last Wish.Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky...

Pat Nolan, an American man, is summoned to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter Megan, who has committed suicide. The body, however, is not Megan's, and it becomes instantly clear to Pat that Megan staged this, that she is in serious...

Two marriages. Three little lies. Someone's going to die... I hold my breath as my handsome husband walks through the door. I've planned the perfect surprise birthday party for him. Our friends are gathered and the champagne is flowing. But when I catch the...

In the riveting conclusion to Megan Hart's passionate new family drama, the secrets they keep are no match for the truths their hearts will never let go.Still stuck in his small Central Pennsylvania hometown, Ilya Stern is used to feeling like a disappointment. After...

"Natalie Ca turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about a Puerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian grandfathers. Kamilah Vega is desperate to convince her family to update...

A small town story of one woman's hilarious effort to save ChristmasMarianne Wallace dreads the empty nest. She loves her husband, but she's thrived on being a mother, and nothing will stop her from having a final epic Christmas before her youngest son leaves...

The next purrfect read from Rachel Wells - a true festive treat!Christmas is around the corner, and Alfie and George can't wait. This year, the residents of Edgar road have come together to put on a festive show and raise money for a local...