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Discworld volume 25
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Pratchett's witty reach is even longer than usual here, from Pulp Fiction to His Girl Friday. Readers who've never visited Discworld before may find themselves laughing out loud." — Publishers Weekly
A war of words and a battle for the truth in Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld series
The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything. But then comes the Ankh-Morpork
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For many mystery readers, Alpine, Washington–Mary Daheim’s fictional small town in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains–has become a beloved second home, a delicious retreat from the stresses of life. Yet the editor of The Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord, knows all too well that the picturesque old logging town is loaded with scandal: family feuds, illicit romance, chicanery, and sometimes deadly violence.
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Members of the Burl Creek Thimble Club, a quilting circle in small-town Alpine, Washington, are planning a fete to welcome back Genevieve Bayard, who left Alpine, decades ago. But Gen's homecoming is cut decidedly short when she dies at a dinner party. Emma Lord, owner and publisher of the local newspaper, arrives on the scene to report the incident and sleuth her way to the truth.
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Not even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news--except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of his funeral, Jack's widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town's beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel....
9) Full speed
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Pub. Date
2003
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English
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Jamie Swift, owner of a local South Carolina newspaper, and her enigmatic partner, millioniare playboy Max Holt, posing as husband and wife as they become involved with a corrupt minister, a gang of gangsters on the loose, a hound dog named Fleas, and a wise-cracking computer whiz.
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 21
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
11) Unseen riches
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Series
Chronicles of the golden frontier volume 2
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
13) Cheri on top
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Returning home to run her family's small-town newspaper, Cherise Newberry becomes the boss of her high school crush and former brother-in-law J. J. DeCourcy and tries to keep things between them strictly professional until an explosive news story brings them together.
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House of wolves volume 1
Language
English
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Joe Wolf applies a cutthroat determination to his life's work, from to building a California business empire to parenting three sons and a daughter. Kill or be killed. So when the patriarch takes a deadly cruise on San Francisco Bay, Joe Wolf's bloodline becomes SFPD's lifeline. Detective Ben Cantor trails the "pack of wolves" as the siblings vie for control of their legacy of power and assets. All four have the means and the motive to commit murder,...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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"Single mum Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the "Island Times" gives her a new assignment - taking over the paper's food column. Hayley's not sure she has the chops--she's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu - with one exception. When rival food...
17) The full box
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Audio Rennaisance
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
The series kicks off with Full House, featuring polo instructor Nicholas Kaharchek and divorced mother Billie Pearce. With Full Tilt the series shifted to Beaumont, South Carolina and a new romance between Jamie Swift, a local newspaper reporter, and Maximillian Holt, a mysterious millionaire. Their time together has gone Full Speed into all sorts of adventures, but the experience has been a Full Blast.
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