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"Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city...
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"There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn't be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch. Kelly, the bookworm next door. James, a cynical burnout. Casey,...
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Years after their parents' murder, identical twin brothers, determined to clear one name at the expense of the other, ask Laura Moran and her Under Suspicion crew to solve this brutal crime and as they get close to the truth, they find the danger from the past finding its way into the present.
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Red Comet Press LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Playtime! A book that turns tummy time into interactive playtime.Like our bestselling book, Tummy Time!, Playtime! folds out and stands up in front of newborns during the all-important tummy time - a practice encouraged by healthcare professionals to prevent flat spots on the back of the head, and to strengthen muscles in babies' necks and upper bodies. These early months are also when a baby's brain is developing faster than at any other time in...
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2024.
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English
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays. Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt...
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Lake Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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We all know size doesn't matter, that is until you get shrunk to the size of an ant... or even smaller. Kids will delight in another adventure with Wizz, navigating the world as he gets smaller and smaller, every time you turn the page!
8) Funny story
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"A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry, Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual love story, the one that ends with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to...
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Attention, reader: You're going to LOVE this book! No, really, you are. It's got everything you could ever want: comedy, drama, action, heart. Plus -- are you ready? It's got homework! Ahh yeah! And a trip to the best place ever, the dentist! Ahhhh yeahhh! Additionally -- brace yourself -- it's got raisins! Nature's candy. AHH YEAHHH! This book is so great, you won't be able to stop reading it. I DARE you not to have fun" --
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"When he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée and his favorite chair, Benny Catspaw gets a strange inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of - a seven-foot-tall self-described "bad weather friend" named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world."--
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2024.
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"The first in a new series spun off from the Daisy Tea Garden Mysteries, Daisy's daughter Jazzi Swanson has opened her own book and tea shop, providing a variety of literature and flavored beverages for a rural New York community. But Jazzi has not only inherited her mother's gift for brewing tasty drinks -- she also has a nose for sniffing out murder. New York State's Belltower Landing is a lakeside resort town where tourists spend their summer days...
14) Hello, hands!
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Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
[2024].
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English
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From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do.
15) Hello feet!
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Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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From splashing in the bath to wiggling in the sand, from pulling off socks to taking first steps, join baby in discovering what tiny feet can do.
16) NIGHT FOR DAY
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2024.
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"Two people destined to be together, but to never see each other again, fight against the greatest odds in this powerful and moving fantasy novel by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim. Exes Ward Dunbar and Camille Buhay thought they would never see each other again. They had broken up to pursue their dream jobs on opposite sides of the country - her to New York City, and him to Los Angeles. But years later, they unexpectedly reconnect in London,...
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Downtown Bookworks Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Introduce little ones to the delicious foods, meaningful rituals, lively holidays, and expressive language of their people. Clever illustrations and simple rhyming text provide a fun first taste of Jewish culture. -- Back cover.
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Silver Dolphin Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Celebrate five classic nursery rhymes with this board book with traceable elements that are perfect for little hands! Perfectly sized for little ones, this innovative take on nursery rhymes allows young children to touch and trace along the shapes on every page as they learn "The Wheels on the Bus," "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and more. Favorite nursery rhymes from school, playful illustrations, and interactive tracing...
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