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81) Sealskin
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"What happens when magic collides with reality? Donald is a young fisherman, eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous and makes a terrible mistake. His action changes lives; not only his own, but those of his family and the entire tightly knit community in which they live. Can he ever atone for the wrong he has done, and can love grow when its foundation is violence? Based on the legend of...
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Told from the perspective of beloved housekeeper Kinky Kincaid, a starring character in Taylor's cherished series, An Irish Country Cookbook explores Ireland's rich culture through its comfort food and storytelling tradition. Over 140 authentic tried-and-true recipes and ten short stories set in the colorful village of Ballybucklebo will delight series fans and new readers alike.
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"The Conquest, published in 1913, is the first of seven novels written by Oscar Micheaux, better known as a prolific pioneer African-American filmmaker. This novel, along with two that followed, The Forged Note in 1915 and The Homesteader in 1917, mirrors Micheaux's experience as a black pioneer of the American West. The son of former slaves, his family had settled in Kansas as a part of the Exoduster movement in the post-Reconstruction era." "Micheaux...
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In Fannie Flagg's high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she's "not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade." When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing "I won't come back until I'm somebody." But in our hearts she already is. Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey...
87) Thrush green
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Introduces the small village of Thrush Green, and all the local families.
88) The lonely pony
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Princess of pets volume 4
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Ruby Palace is no place for pets! But Princess Bea won't let royal rules stop her from helping animals in need... Bea gets a big surprise when she discovers a beautiful pony alone on the beach. Bea is determined to find Sandy's owner, if only the pony would stay put! When Sandy goes missing just before the royal garden party, can Bea find her before she runs into trouble?
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Thrush Green series volume 12
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Celebrations are being prepared to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nathaniel Patten, one of Thrush Green's most famous sons. A statue is being put up to mark the occasion and when the long-anticipate day arrives, events culminate in more than one cause for rejoicing.
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Thrush Green series volume 4
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Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place. But as autumn turns to winter, feelings are running high in the village. Miss Fogerty, a respected teacher at the village school for over thirty years, is troubled by the methods of the new young teacher. Dotty Harmer takes up driving, much to the concern of others, and it isn't long before she is involved in an accident and a threatening court case. And when the good...
99) Postcards
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Postcards is the story of Loyal Blood who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime he committed in 1944. Loyal traverses the American West for forty years, living a hundred different lives. His only contact with his past is through a series of postcards he sends home - not realising that in his absence disaster has befallen his family.
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"In 1896 ... Sarah Orne Jewett published her finest work, The Country of the Pointed Firs, about a woman writer who retreats one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, to find seclusion to do her work. In the novel and stories collected here, Jewett explores the world of the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal towns, offering a detailed view of lives molded by the long Maine winters, by the surrounding rock-filled fields, and by...
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