Playaway Digital Audio
981) The blue window
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English
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"Secrets abound in Lorna's family. Her mother Marika, who survived the Nazi occupation of Holland, abandoned the family when Lorna and her brother Wade were just seven and twelve years old. The reason she left, and her whereabouts afterward, were shrouded in mystery. As is a darker secret Marika has repressed for nearly seventy years. Now that Lorna, a respected psychotherapist, has a child of her own, she's determined to make Marika a part of their...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In this diary written during the COVID-19 pandemic, Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia records her most heartfelt emotions while dealing with personal and political battles, such as imposing health restrictions on her small European nation; living in lockdown; and dealing with her demanding grandmother.
984) Happily ever after
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
HL 670L
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English
Description
Meet Prince Maxon before he fell in love with America, and a girl named Amberly before she became queen. See the Selection through the eyes of a guard who watched his first love drift away and a girl who fell for a boy who wasn't the prince. Features four novellas from the world of Kiera Cass's Selection series, two of which appear here in print for the first time. Additional content includes new scenes from The Selection, The Elite, and The One;...
985) Vampire most wanted
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[2014]
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English
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For Basha Argeneau, anything is better than facing her estranged family. Even hiding out in sweltering southern California. But when a sexy immortal in black shows up determined to bring her back to the clan, she'll do anything to keep far, far away from the past she can't outrun. Marc Notte isn't here to play games-especially not with someone as crazy as the infamous blonde. Asked by Lucian Argeneau to bring her back for questioning, Marcus is determined...
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English
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"Sookie Stackhouse attracted vampires, werewolves, and various otherworldly creatures. Even fellow authors fell in love with her and Charlaine Harris's "magical and mysterious twist on traditional vampire stories" (Houston Chronicle). And though Sookie's story has come to an end, these tales of her and the characters who populated her world will give you a different perspective on the series you thought you knew ... In "Wing and a Prayer," Rachel...
988) Armageddon
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English
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One of the Air Force's top guns, Captain Breanna Stockard is training Brunei pilots to fly the EB-52 Megafortress. But when a violent attempted kidnapping threatens a major arms deal about to take place, Breanna and her husband, Major Jeff 'Zen' Stockard, must uncover a plot that, in this volatile region of the world, could mean Armageddon.
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
For generations, the Lenore women have manufactured a perfume unlike any other, and guarded the unique and mysterious ingredients. Their perfumery, hidden in the quiet rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, creates one special elixir that secretly sells for millions of dollars to the world's most powerful people-movie stars, politicians, artists, and CEOs. The signature perfume is actually the key to their success. Willow, the coolly elegant Lenore...
990) Brown enough
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Brown Enough, Christopher Rivas's first book, is a literary memoir about what it truly means to be Brown in America. Holding the weight of being a Latino man, Christopher wonders where he falls on the color line, widened through his experience as an ethnically ambiguous actor of color in Hollywood and the man!) dangers and pitfalls that come from owning one's Brownness. Told through the lens of his personal stories and in a unique and literal voice,...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl says the most vivid and transforming experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or any other of her stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to 'investigate' it, as though it was a news flash! And so, using her 60 Minutes skills, she explores how grandmothering changes a woman's...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Falling presents a warm, wise, and wonderfully vivid novel about a mother who asks her three estranged daughters to come home to help her end her life. Ronni Sunshine left London for Hollywood to become a beautiful, charismatic star of the silver screen. But at home, she was a narcissistic, disinterested mother who alienated her three daughters. As soon as possible, tomboy Nell fled her mother's overbearing...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A double homicide in the nation's capital opens the psychological case files -- Detective Alex Cross. Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public -- she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice-president. So why was she parked in a Bentley convertible idling behind a DC private school, in the middle of the night, with the man who was the head of that school? Who shot them both, point blank, and why?...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Explore the wild world of the southern United States in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. These books are known for their adventurous spirit and their portrayal of the southern reaches of America. Each novel can be enjoyed separately, or together. While Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has become more popular than the first novel, the two build upon one another and are a fascinating examination of mid-1800s...
997) Vanishing girls
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"Two sisters inexorably altered by a terrible accident, a missing nine-year-old girl, and the shocking connection between them"--
998) The infects
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Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A celebration of zombie culture features the story of 17-year-old Nero, who is stranded in the wilderness with fellow juvenile delinquents when their counselors transform into flesh-eating maniacs.
999) Unnatural causes
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Series
Dr. Katie LeClair mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Katie LeClair has finally settled down as the new doctor in Baxter, Michigan. After years of moving, schooling, and training, she wants nothing more than to find a place she can call home, and a small town outside of Ann Arbor seems perfect. But that idyllic dream is immediately shattered when one of her patients is found dead.
1000) Rapid Spanish: Vol. 2
Publisher
Earworms
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Learn Spanish by listening to specially composed melodies, with their rhythmic repetitions of Spanish and English words and phrases. Volume 2 focuses on words and phrases of basic conversation.