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"In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know much about what she's gotten herself into, other than that the work sounds exciting, and that her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity of a lifetime. Edwin has promised that she'll be working with "a desk that has seen the likes of kings and queens, paupers and princes," and...
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"The irresistibly charming memoir of a young woman who started her own business as a dog walker for Londons busy, well-heeled dog lovers. A true love letter to London, dogs, and growing up. Aside from the odd biter or growler, the occasional bolter and the one dog who didnt want to walk, the canines were the easy part. They were a muddy, messy joy in all shapes, sizes and breeds, from greedy Labradors to pampered pugs and everything in between. It...
4) Horse heaven
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"Haunting, exquisite Rosalind Maybrick, wife of a billionaire owner, one day can't quite decide what it is she wants, and discovers too late that her whole life is transformed . . . Twenty-year-old Tiffany Morse, stuck in her job at Wal-Mart, prays, "Please make something happen here . . . This time, I mean it," and something does . . ." "Farley, a good trainer in a bad slump; Buddy, a ruthless trainer who can't seem to lose even though he knows that...
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"If you like playing computer games, why not create your own? This book has all you need to build thrilling racing challenges, crazy platform games, and fiendish puzzles,"--page [4] of cover.
Coding computer programs is one of the most valuable skills for anyone to have. Written for children with little to no coding experience,Coding Games with Scratch guides children through building platform games, puzzles, racers, and 3-D action games. Schools...
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[2022]
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"A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a bighearted mercenary"--
Sleepwalk's hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At fifty years old, he's been living off the grid for over half his life. He's never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and an LSD microdosing...
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Deep Haven novel volume 6
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[2021]
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Sled dog musher and outdoor adventurer Nick Dahlquist doesn't mean to be a loner--he just feels at home in the woods, with his dogs, and also online in his vlogging world, where he's amassed nearly a million viewers. But he's just a simple guy, with simple goals--care for his dogs, teach people how to survive the cold, and run the Iditarod. Unfortunately, life turns cold when his lead dog is injured, and he's low on funds. Good thing he has LadyJHawk...
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[2019]
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"Mary Laura Philpott thought she'd cracked the code: Always be right, and you'll always be happy. But once she'd completed her life's to-do list (job, spouse, house, babies--check!), she found that instead of feeling content and successful, she felt anxious. Lost. Stuck in a daily grind of overflowing calendars, grueling small talk, and sprawling traffic. She'd done everything "right," but she felt all wrong. What's the worse failure, she wondered:...
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[1998]
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Drake is one of those near mythic figures who defies easy categorization. To the English and his patron, Queen Elizabeth, Drake was an intrepid Sea Dog, who swept the seas of the Spanish menace, winning security and riches for his country. To the Spanish, Drake was a vicious brigand who plundered and murdered and proved useful as an instrument of English state-sponsored terrorism. Kelsey speculates on how the Drake legend evolved and makes a reasonable...
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[2008]
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Jim Rockford, an ex-con pardoned for an armed robbery he didn't commit, is a private investigator specializing in closed cases. The wisecracking private-eye's approach to crime is cooler than his sleek Pontiac Firebird and more casual than his mobile home in Malibu. Filled with wry humor, chilling suspense and engaging mysteries.