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Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane, are literal flights, and others, like the vain Bruce Anderson's idea of settling down with one of his many admirers, are more metaphorical. With the domineering Irene off pursuing academic challenges, Stuart and Bertie are free to indulge in summer fun. Stuart reconnects...
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The Lost Art of Gratitude is the 6th novel in the "Sunday Philosophy Club" series by Alexander McCall Smith, which center on philosopher and occasional amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie. The book picks up only 2-3 months after "The Comfort of Saturdays" - Isabel and Jamie's son Charlie now being 18 months old.
125) The new neighbors
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As young rabbit siblings excitedly share the news that rats have moved into their building, worried neighbors inform them that rats are dirty, thieving, and destructive--but are they?
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"One of the most popular writers working in Japan today, Mariko Koike is a recognized master of detective fiction and horror writing. Known in particular for her hybrid works that blend these styles with elements of romance, The Graveyard Apartment is arguably Koike's masterpiece. Originally published in Japan in 1986, Koike's novel is the suspenseful tale of a young family that believes it has found the perfect home to grow into, only to realize...
131) Los Bravos
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Conoce a Valentina y sus mejores amigos Jasmine, Andy y Xander. Han vivido en el edificio de apartamentos de Wild Oaks toda su vida. ¡Son Los Bravos!
Cuenta la leyenda que hay un monstruo escondido en lo profundo del bosque de su pueblo. Nadie lo ha visto nunca, pero Los Bravos creen que existe. Pero algo está sucediendo que es más amenazante que cualquier monstruo: inversionistas codiciosos quieren derribar su hogar. Los Bravos saben lo que tienen...
132) Jumpstart the world
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Sixteen-year-old Elle falls in love with Frank, the neighbor who helps her adjust to being on her own in a big city, but learning that he is transgendered turns her world upside-down.
133) Rock patrol
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Sisters Steff and Paulie try to stop the vandalism at the apartment complex where their shy cousin is employed as the building manager.
134) Fishbowl: a novel
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"A goldfish named Ian is falling from the 27th-floor balcony on which his fishbowl sits. He's longed for adventure, so when the opportunity arises, he escapes from his bowl, clears the balcony railing and finds himself airborne. Plummeting toward the street below, Ian witnesses the lives of the Seville on Roxy residents. There's the handsome grad student, his girlfriend, and the other woman; the construction worker who feels trapped by a secret; the...
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The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of the pas de deux. While the tale takes some surprising turns, the improbable adventures of this quirky cast of Scots will affirm the heart and joy in Edinburgh's New Town.
137) Critters collection
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Critters: Carnivorous aliens that resemble furballs with teeth invade Earth, and only a duo of bounty hunters, and a family of farmers, can stop them.
Critters 2: The critters return when a batch of old eggs is accidentally hatched, and the small town of Grover's Bend is once again under siege by the evil furballs.
Critters 3: The evil furballs from space invade a shoddy L.A. apartment building.
Critters 4: Charlie the bounty hunter is trapped...
140) The ice house
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As a worldwide, extreme freeze continues, Louisa's family, neighbors, friendships, and schoolwork are all affected, leading her to build a house of ice in the yard to escape.