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"1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains...
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"In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her. Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister...
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Driven by the desire to do good in the world, Hamou Badi, marked by djinns, becomes an officer of the law in Casablanca under the French Protectorate and is caught in the crossfire as the fight for Moroccan independence erupts, forcing him to choose between all he knows and all he loves.
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though, unhappiness is hardly grounds for divorce, except in Reno, Nevada. At the Golden Yarrow, the most respectable of Renos famous "divorce ranches," Lois finds herself living with half a dozen other would-be divorcees, all in Reno for the six weeks residency that...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2022]
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English
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Logan Foster is a neurodivergent 12-year-old orphan, with an eidetic memory and zero filter who only wants to find the sibling he believes he has, but cannot remember. When he's fostered by a couple who are clearly hiding something, Logan assumes his placement won't work out, which is too bad because he's finally made a real friend in Elena, the older girl next door. But when, he discovers that his adoptive parents are superheroes and the characters...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as the bestselling novelist now turns to shorter fiction, in a collection of six stories and a novella featuring all the storytelling magic that has delighted his fans. In stories all set in New York City, an elderly, widowed man secretly tapes concerts in Carnegie Hall, until the investment banker sitting next to him turns him in; a lawyers unadulterated joy in roller-skating in Central Park...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload Our current definition of "productivity" is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. Were overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date?a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity,?The House of Hidden Meanings?is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower?while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them unique. The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower theyre learning to live with. One can shape-shift?but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2023]
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English
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In 1947, during the early years of the Cold War, a field in Roswell, New Mexico was disturbed by a strange crash and smattering of debris. Some say the bodies of extraterrestrial beings were strewn across the ground, that a UFO had crashed there, and that the government was covering up the evidence in a massive conspiracy. But what really happened at Roswell? The infamous "crash from outer space" has become a fixture in our culture, inspiring a surge...
12) The Husbands
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem - she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can't remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2023]
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English
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Ten timely financial steps to build the life you really want. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to rethink everything. Now, when it comes to envisioning a post-pandemic future, financial expert Jill Schlesinger hears one question over and over: IS THIS REALLY HOW I WANT TO LIVE? The Great Money Reset is your guide to getting real and building your best life. A bible for navigating our present era of seismic change, Schlesinger's book shows us how to...
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical dressmaker commissioned for a royal wedding finds herself embroiled in scandal when a gossip columnist draws attention to her undeniable chemistry with the groom. Niamh O Conchobhair has never let herself long for more. The magic in her blood that lets her stitch emotions and memories into fabric is the same magic that will eventually kill her. Determined...
15) Emperor of Rome
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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.In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us through the nearly three centuries--and some thirty...
16) The Morningside
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2024]
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English
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From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tigers Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and new Theres the world you can see. And then theres the one you cant. Welcome to the Morningside. After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place...
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Playaway Products, LLC
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[2023]
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Español
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Un viaje a traves de la historia del siglo XX de la mano de unos personajes inolvidables que descubriran que en una sola vida caben muchas vidas y que, a veces, lo dificil no es huir sino volver. En plena Guerra Civil espanola, el joven medico Victor Dalmau, junto a su amiga pianista Roser Bruguera, se ven obligados a abandonar Barcelona, exiliarse y cruzar los Pirineos rumbo a Francia. A bordo del Winnipeg, un navio fletado por el poeta Pablo Neruda...
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Playaway Products, LLC
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[2023]
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English
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Nicole Victoria didn't grow up with wealth. But she learned the secrets to financial freedom and now specializes in helping twenty and thirty-something women effortlessly manage their money and build bank accounts that never stop growing. Money isn't everything, but everything takes money. Maybe you have debt. You feel like you'll always be playing catch up. Maybe you've tried to get help before, tried to budget, followed traditional advice... but...
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Playaway Products, LLC
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[2023]
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English
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The perfect resource for your journey to start a business Entrepreneurship For Dummies is the essential guide to becoming your own boss and a successful entrepreneur. We make it simple to learn every step of the process. Identify an opportunity, learn your customers' needs, test your product, protect your intellectual property, secure funding, and get ready for that all-important launch. In classic Dummies style, this book is packed with practical...
20) Word workout
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Findaway World, LLC
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2014.
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English
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A graduated program for building vocabulary featuring thousands of words, beginning with words known by most college graduates and ascending to words known only by the most educated, intelligent, and well-read adults. Includes information about synonyms, antonyms, and word origins, and advice on proper usage and pronunciation.