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Miss Read's Christmas Tales: Village Christmas and Christmas Mouse (The Fairacre Christmas Omnibus)

by Miss Read

Published: 1995-10-10

Paperback: 174 pages

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Miss Read's many fans will be delighted to renew acquaintance with two of her most popular Christmas novels, available here in one edition. In Village Christmas, a family new to Fairacre is viewed with suspicion by their elderly neighbors, the Waters sisters, until an unexpected turn of events works...

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While I'm Falling

by Laura Moriarty

Published: 2009

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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

by Allie Brosh

Published: 2013

Paperback: 369 pages

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#1 New York Times Bestseller“Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations.FROM THE PUBLISHER:Every time Allie Brosh posts something...

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The Freedom Star

by Jeff Andrews

Published: 2012-07-29

Kindle Edition: 339 pages

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COMPELLING HISTORICAL FICTION-In the first of what will be a two-volume set, The Freedom Star immerses readers in the lives, dreams, and sufferings of two families, one owned by the other, at the outset of America’s Civil War. Isaac yearns for the freedom that Henry, his boyhood friend a...

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MY Ã?NTONIA (complete and unabridged with illustrations)

by Willa Cather

Published: 2013-02-28

Kindle Edition: 243 pages

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MY ÁNTONIA -illustrated with beautiful period photos of pioneer life -formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience -linked table of contents to reach your chapter quickly “One of the thousand novels everyone should read” The Guardian "No romantic novel ever written...

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The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet

by Jim Robbins

Published: 2012-04-17

Hardcover: 240 pages

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The Man Who Planted Trees is the inspiring story of David Milarch’s quest to clone the biggest trees on the planet in order to save our forests and ecosystem—as well as a hopeful lesson about how each of us has the ability to make a difference.“When is the best time to plant a tree? ...

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Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life

by Daniel Klein

Published: 2012-10-30

Hardcover: 176 pages

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One of the bestselling authors of Plato and a Platypus travels to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books, seeking the best way to achieve a fulfilling old ageDaniel Klein journeys to the Greek island Hydra to discover the secrets of aging happily. Drawing on the lives of his Greek...

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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

by Simon Winchester

Published: 2008-05-06

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant C...

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The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess---in Her Own Words

by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan

Published: 2012-10-02

Hardcover: 304 pages

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A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir—the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English Duk...

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Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown

by Chuck McFadden

Published: 2013-05-06

Hardcover: 248 pages

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In this first biography of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. in more than thirty years, Chuck McFadden explores the unique persona of one of the most idiosyncratic politicians in California history. Son of California political royalty who forged his own political style against the tumultuous backdro...