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"It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night. Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by tragedy that pulled her deep into silence as a toddler. Calli's mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often...
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Feeling overshadowed by his more-successful younger brother, Harold is shocked by his brother's violent act that irrevocably changes their lives, placing Harold in the role of father figure to his brother's adolescent children and caregiver to his aging parents.
43) Rash
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In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free, " sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.
44) Skin hunger
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In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the world, and a group of boys fights to survive in the academy that has resulted from his efforts.
45) Sacred scars
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In alternate chapters, Sadima works to free captive boys forced to copy documents in the caverns of Limori, and Hahp makes a pact with the remaining students of a wizards' academy in hopes that all will survive their training, as both learn valuable lessons about loyalty.
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Investors are in a jam. A troubled global economy, unpredictable markets, and a bewildering array of choices create a dangerous landscape. To meet this challenge, most of us rely on professionals to take risk on our behalf. Here, analyst and investor Brian Portnoy delivers a powerful framework for choosing the right money managers and investment vehicles--and avoiding the losers. Portnoy reveals that the right answers are found by confronting our...
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A collection of life-affirming tales includes the dystopian "Rollingwood, " in which a divorced father struggles with employment while caring for an ailing infant; and the title story, in which a narrator's marriage and sanity unravel in a single breathless sentence.
48) Saving manatees
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What has the whiskers of a walrus, the eyes of a mole, the wrinkles of an elephant, the tail of a beaver, and the gentle nature of a sloth? A slow-moving, water-loving, plant-eating, gentle giant called a manatee. The manatee has been swimming the oceans for ages. But today this ancient animal faces an uncertain future. Stephen Swinburne takes young readers into the underwater world of manatees as he assists marine biologists who monitor the health...
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Acclaimed musician and painter Stephen Tunney is also the author of Flan-a surprise hit that drew positive comparisons to William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch and Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Sixteen-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin has an amazing talent-he has the ability to see the fourth primary color, and therefore the unique future paths of time and matter. Because his eye color is illegal, he is forced to wear special goggles. But everything changes...
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Stars Wars meets Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers in this high-stakes intergalactic adventure! The Moon Platoon is the first book in an action-packed series for tweens that's perfect for fans of Eoin Colfer and Lisa McMann. In the year 2085, Benny Love is pretty used to surviving on what he and his family can scavenge on Earth. But when he wins a scholarship for a life-changing trip to visit the Lunar Taj, the first-ever resort on the Moon, Benny...
51) A Free Man
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A Free Man is a satirical tall tale presented as the drug and alcohol fueled conversation of two old friends getting reacquainted over one night. It's also a boy-meets-girl story of the worst kind and a time travel story about a future where the world is ruled by robots and humans are vermin. When timelines cross, the world as we know it bends ... Skid Roe is completely self-absorbed and delusional. His struggle to exercise free will is constantly...
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Two-time Nebula Award winner Catherine Asaro takes her immensely popular Skolian Empire saga to new heights. The renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, Del prefers rock music to interstellar politics. His singing career has recently gained momentum on Earth, which has an uneasy relationship with his family's empire. But with intergalactic tensions running high, Del finds it harder and harder to avoid family expectations. "Asaro's Skolian saga is now nearly...
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Number one on David's list of The Very Worst Things is NOTHING. To him, it means not belonging anywhere. It means not owning a single toy. Living in foster homes for the last six years, David now has trouble making friends and keeping up in school. More than anything in the world, he just wants something to call his own. He thinks he's found that something when he hatches an owl named King Arthur with the help of his "girl genius" friend, Mab. But...
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"Making the very complex...awesomely simple” is no mere catch phrase, it is truly John Spences mission in life. In Awesomely Simple, trusted advisor and strategist John Spence draws on his extensive personal experience working shoulder-to-shoulder with some of America's top business leaders to show exactly what it takes to achieve lasting business success. As a consultant and executive coach to more than a dozen Fortune 500 firms, he has spent the...
55) Powers
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Annals of the Western Shore volume 3
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When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities.
56) The fourth wall
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Walter Jon Williams regularly draws praise for pushing the limits of the science fiction genre. His third novel featuring AR (augmented reality) games designer Dagmar Shaw, The Fourth Wall follows Sean, a washed-up child actor recruited to star in Dagmar's latest movie project. But when people on set start dying, Sean wonders if Dagmar's secretive behavior is hiding a more dangerous game.
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Over the past several years, sellers who offer high-value products and services to businesses have experienced profound changes in the way they do business. Winning the Professional Services Sale argues for fundamental changes in the sellers mindset. Rather than pressing to sell, salespeople must help their clients buy, even if that purchase ends up with a competitor. The book rejects myopic, conventional sales wisdomsuch as the need for elevator...
58) Ungifted
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
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In Sonata for Miriam, two events occur that will change composer Adam Anker's life forever. Embarking on a journey that ranges from New Zealand to Poland, and then Sweden, Anker not only uncovers his parents true fate during World War II, but he also finally faces the consequences of an impossible choice he was forced to make twenty years before -- a choice that changed the trajectory of his life.