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In the Belly of Jonah is a fast-paced mystery with a likable protagonist and an intricately woven narrative brimming with bizarre yet believable twists. The first in a series, the book expertly lays the groundwork for Liv Bergen, amateur sleuth, and her love interest, FBI Agent Streeter Pierce. Liv becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of Jill Brannigan, a summer intern at the limestone mine Liv manages near Fort Collins, Colorado (a...
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"World-class chef Henry Ross (Dylan Neal) and homicide detective Maggie Price (Brooke Burns) team up to solve complicated mysteries.
Gourmet Detective: Famed culinary consultant Henry Ross is a charming food industry insider in San Francisco. When suspicious sabotage ends in a shocking murder at his friend’s 5-star restaurant, Henry is put on the case with strong-willed police detective and single mom, Maggie Price. Despite Maggie’s protests,...
29505) The eloquence of blood
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Ex-soldier and Jesuit Charles du Luc investigates the 1686 murder of a woman who was trying to prove she was the heir to the Mynette fortune and claim money that was otherwise intended for Louis le Grand School in Paris.
29506) A map to the sun
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"A gripping YA graphic novel about five principle players in a struggling girls' basketball team. During their first season, this diverse and endearing group of teens are challenged in ways that make them reevaluate just who and how they trust."--Provided by publisher.
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Best laid plans: She was the sexiest thing in a hard hat that architect Cody had ever seen, yet structural engineer Abra also had a will as strong as a steel girder. But he has plans for her that even this spirited beauty could not resist.
From this day: B.J. Clark, the manager of an inn in Vermont, resents the efforts of the inn's new owner, Taylor Reynolds, to modernize it, while Taylor's fascination with B.J. makes him think about abandoning his...
29509) Web of the Black Widow
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"One of Marvel Comics' longest-running female heroes finally gets her due! Natasha Romanoff is the deadliest spy in the Marvel Universe and the beating heart of the Avengers. But when a mysterious figure starts exploiting her past, the Widow may have to go back to Black - and off the grid. Who can she trust in this web of deceit? And more importantly - can her friends trust her? Don't miss the spy tale of the century!"--Provided by publisher.
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Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as "Lily" in Lima in 1950, when she flits into his life one summer and disappears again without explanation. He loves her still when she reappears as a revolutionary in 1960s Paris, then later as Mrs. Richardson, the wife of a wealthy Englishman, and again as the mistress of a sinister Japanese businessman in Tokyo. However poorly she treats him, he is doomed to worship...
29511) After the rain
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The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold...
29512) The first Mrs. Rothschild
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"In this award-winning historical saga, passionate young lovers in a Jewish ghetto rise to become the foremost financial dynasty in the world. It is the turn of the eighteenth century in Frankfurt, Germany, and young Gutle and Meir Amschel Rothschild struggle to establish themselves in the cramped and restricted Judengasse. But when Meir's talents as a novice banker catch the attention of a German prince, Meir is suddenly afforded entrée into the...
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"Meet Beth Ross, the first teenaged President of the United States. In a nation where corporations can run for office, the poor are used as human billboards, and tacos are delivered by drone, our only hope is this nineteen-year-old Twitter sensation. But the real question isn't whether she's ready for politics--it's whether politics is ready for her. Writer Mark Russell (GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU) and artist Ben Caldwell (STAR WARS: CLONE WEARS)...
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"In 1850 in Massachusetts, Whittaker House stood as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It’s where two freedom seekers, Little Annie and Clementine, hid and perished. Whittaker House still stands, and Little Annie and Clementine still linger, their dreams of freedom unfulfilled. Now a fashionably distressed vacation rental in the Berkshires, Whittaker House draws seekers of another kind: Black women who only appear to be free. Among them are Dominique,...
29516) The Djinn in the nightingale's eye (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): five fairy stories
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handful of brilliantly imaginative historical and contemporary fairy stories for grow-ups by the Booker Prize-winning author of "Possession". Packaged in a beautiful little illustrated edition similar to Byatt's extremely successful collection, "The Matisse Stories", this collection will make a lovely, affordably priced gift that will introduce her magical writing to many new readers.
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"The collected correspondence of Mari Sandoz focusing on her political activism in behalf of American Indians in the mid-twentieth century. Introduced and edited by Kimberli Lee, the letters document Sandoz's role as a non-Native chronicler and advocate for Plains Indian cultures"--Provided by publisher.
29519) Lucky
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A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city, only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.