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"Jimmy 'Kamikaze' Kirkus is a basketball star, destined for a legendary future in the NBA. At the age of five, he can make nine shots in a row. By high school, he's got his own Sports Illustrated profile. To the citizens of Columbia City, it seems like he was born for the sport. But Jimmy soon confronts the 'Kirkus curse' when tragedies begin to emerge. Not even basketball can save him from his family's sorrow-filled past"--
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As children in 1920s Levy, S.C., Maggie and George's idyllic youth was interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious magician, and the dark secret he carries will leave one person dead, a house burned down, and all of their lives forever altered. Though George has lived with his long buried past, he decides, at 80, that it's time to return to South Carolina and face the truth.
1483) Cat's foot
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"What if a man who lost his foot in a war and decides--many years later--to find it? 'It was a good foot, and we parted so hurriedly, I never had a chance to really think about it as a foot, so off I went...' So begins this lean little novel--a quest, a wandering, a contemplation of the immense foolishness of war but the beauty and wonder of life in all its manifestations. adventure and wonder"--Back cover.
1485) Projekt marzeń
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Caroline MacAfee is a skilled carpenter, her daughter Jamie, a talented architect. Together they are the faces of Gut It!, a home renovation series on local public television." When life brings sudden changes, both women ask themselves, "Who am I?...as the blueprints they've built their lives around suddenly need revising.
1487) Widow verses
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"Marian Collingswood, a poet of some renown, thought she had passed all the excruciating tests life offered. An imperious father and unsupportive mother. A marriage with its fair share of drama, including a professionally discontented husband, who nearly destroyed their relationship. But just when she had navigated the challenges life sent her way, and was about to embark on a fulfilling retirement, her husband Nathan’s untimely passing forced her...
1488) One snowy night
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"Sweet Home, Alaska, was once a thriving town, but everything changed when two young lives were cut short. Businesses have closed, and the population has dwindled to 573. After the accident that took her sister's life, Hope McKnight discovered she was pregnant, and gave up dreams of college to raise her daughter. When Donovan Stone returns to sell his family's properties, he's shocked to find Hope still there. The pull between Hope and Donovan is...
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If you could look at one life in two different ways, what would you see? Louis and Louise are separated by a single moment in time, a strike of chance that decided their future. The day they were born is when their story begun. In one, Louis David Alder is born a male. In the other, Louise Dawn Alder is born a female. Louis and Louise are the same in many ways - they have the same best friends, the same parents, the same dream of being a writer and...
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"Un productor cinematográfico sacrifica sus vicios, sus aficiones, su mascota, sus amistades y su variada y gratificante vida sexual cuando conoce a Varsovia, la mujer de pies feos a quien siente una inmediata necesidad de atarse de por vida. Siempre se consideró un tigre, pero se da cuenta de que se ha convertido en gato doméstico. Jordi Soler narra, con gran sentido del humor y una ácida visión satírica, a un ritmo tan vertiginoso como el...
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"The author of The Union Street Bakery and At the Corner of King Street returns to Alexandria, Virginia, with a heartfelt tale of reconnection. Rae McDonald was fifteen when a car accident took her sister's life and threw her own into reckless turmoil. When she got pregnant a year later, she found a loving couple to adopt the child. Since then, she's buried her grief and guilt under a heart of stone. Lisa Smyth survived the fateful crash, but never...
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"When thirty-one-year-old Natalie Bright's boyfriend dumps her and immediately gets engaged to his ex-girlfriend, she escapes her heartbreak and moves to the charming village of Chamillon on the Île de Ré. She's determined to build a new life there: writing about farmers' markets for a local magazine, exploring the local vineyards on her bike, and taking advantage of the sunshine. And in the Café Belle Vie she finds a bustling community - including...
1493) Nie odchodź
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Mike Scanlon, trzydziestosześcioletni lekarz, odbywa służbę w Afganistanie, tęskniąc do pozostawionej w kraju żony Chloe i niedawno urodzonej córeczki. Wiadomość o nagłej śmierci Chloe jest dla niego wstrząsem. Równie wielkim okazują się szczegóły, które odkrywa wkrótce po powrocie, a które zmuszają go do zadania sobie pytania, na ile i czy w ogóle znał swoją żonę-- i siebie. Musi też zdecydować, czy jest w stanie sam...
1494) Point of retreat
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Layken i Willa łączy więcej niż typowe młode pary. Mają za sobą podobne doświadczebua, podobne potrzeby. Oboje stracili rodziców i muszą poradzić sobie z wychowaniem młodszego rodzeństwa. Wygląda na o, że są̨ dla siebie stworzeni. Ich związek rozpada się jednak, gdy na drodze Willa pojawia się jego dawna miłość Vaughn. Chłopak utrzymuje z nią knotakt, chociaż wie, że Layken może mu nie wybaczyć kłamstw.
Layken and Will's...
1495) Szczęście za horyzontem
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"Czasem spalone mosty to najlepszy początek. Justyna popełnia wielki błąd, po którym nie może już wrócić do dawnego życia: pracy w eleganckim biurowcu, wygodnego apartamentu i związku, który opiera się na przyjemności. Janek wszystko zrobił, jak należy, jednak na każdym polu ponosi klęskę. Ma kłopoty finansowe, beznadziejną pracę, której nie znosi, a jego dzieci są zaniedbane. Tych dwoje spotka się przypadkiem. Zderzenie dwóch...
1496) They rode good horses
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Brady McCall and Franklin T. Stilwell, aged 10 and 15, witnessed their families die in a brutal attack. Orphaned and alone halfway across the frontier, with no time for mourning and only their horses for a lifeline, the boys embark on a journey that spans half a century. As old men, they reflect back on a friendship forged in blood and tempered in honor, and plan one more grand crusade before going quietly into a life where only memories define who...
1497) The ninth step
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"Helen is a recovering alcoholic struggling through a twelve-step program. Now it's time to make amends for a crime she got away with-a hit and run accident that killed the wife of school teacher Edgar Woolrich. It's time to face the consequences. When she finally gathers the courage to meet him, the ninth step begins with a lie-the first of many as their relationship grows, and Helen knows it's far too late to reveal the truth to a man she's come...
1498) Sunny days & sea breezes
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"Jodie Jackson is all at sea, in every sense. On a ferry bound for the Isle of Wight, she's leaving her London life, her career, and her husband behind. She'd like a chance to turn back the clocks, but she'll settle for some peace and quiet on her brother Bill's beautifully renovated houseboat, Sunny Days. But from the moment Jodie steps aboard her new home, it's clear she'll struggle to keep herself to herself. If it isn't Marilyn, who cleans for...
1499) The story of our life
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Colm strolled into my life fifteen years ago. If there's ever such a thing as love at first sight, that was it for us both. A few weeks later we married. This was going to be forever. The dream come true. Until it wasn't. Because a couple of months ago everything changed. We discovered a devastating truth, one that blew away our future and forced us to revisit our past. So what would you do if your 'happy ever after' was taken from you? This is what...
1500) Rebel revealed
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Time of death volume 5
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"After learning that he's more interrwined with the mysterious Seres than he could have ever imagined, Kyle sets off on a collision course with Ayers. The hunt for his nearly invincible enemy forces Kyle to consider exacdy how lar he's willing to go to set the time stream back on its proper course"P. [4] of cover.
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