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Author
Series
Dear Daphne novel volume 3
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"With holidays approaching in the charming town of Appleton, and Daphne Ballinger{u2019}s deadline to "get hitched" drawing closer, Daphne finds herself happily distracted with the unexpected tasks of "motherhood." Young Mabel is enjoying the attention, but the clock is ticking and unless love comes her way, Daphne{u2019}s delightful life will start unraveling by spring."--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Images Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This book focuses on 20 case studies of the most popular garden trends from around the United States, how they transformed a site, demonstrating how various challenges were involved and overcome to create beautiful gardens, and how the project(s) could have been done with more affordable options.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Not Dead Yet is the mantra of the current boomer population of 73 million who still think of themselves as young. This cohort is facing challenges as they age but are not content to throw in the towel on a full and rewarding life. The authors help readers face what's comes their way as they age with humor, optimism, energy, and honesty"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Personal essays exploring identity, family, and community through the prism of race and black culture. Confronts the medical profession's racial biases, shopping while black at Whole Foods, the legacy of Michael Jackson, raising black boys, haircuts that scare white people, racial profiling, and growing up in Southside Chicago"--
Author
Series
Dear Daphne novels volume 2
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Daphne Ballinger is required to marry within the next year in order to inherit her eccentric late aunt's sizeable estate. She also must take over Aunt Dee's newspaper advice column. Though a socialite neighbor tries to help Daphne find a perfect man even if it includes speed dating, she finds greater rewards in helping a young, parentless girl with an ailing grandmother.
7) Dream eyes
Author
Series
Dark legacy volume 2
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Gwen Frazier is no stranger to ghosts. She sees them in pools of water, windows, mirrors -- any reflective surface -- at the scene of violent deaths. But finding justice for the dead is something she's not trained to do and a luxury she can't afford. What pays the bills is her work as a psychic counselor who sees auras and interprets dreams. The death of her friend and mentor, Evelyn Ballinger, brings Gewn back to the small town of Wilby, Oregon,...
8) Rendezvous
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Determined to prove to her betrothed, the Earl of Greystone, that she is less than a model of virtue and an unfit choice for a wife, spirited Augusta Ballinger arranges a midnight rendezvous with disastrous results.
9) Selp-helf
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A tongue-in-cheek lifestyle guide by the popular YouTube personality shares irreverent recommendations for everything from how to dress for a date to performing magic tricks.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through...
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
City of fear: A convict steals a container from the prison infirmary, thinking it contains cocaine, and escapes, intending to sell the drug for a fortune. However, the powder is really a highly radioactive substance that will kill everyone who is exposed to it.
Human desire: A Korean War veteran comes back to his job as a railroad engineer, and becomes entangled with a violent co-worker and the man's alluring wife in a web of deception, suspicion,...
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