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1341) The world made straight
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Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods near his home, discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours on the forest floor, he's released from the trap by the shrewd, vicious farmer who set it--but his confrontation with the subtle evils that underlie the life of his small Appalachian community has begun.
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Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak. When Sarah grows up to become the librarian in her quaint Southern town of Dove Pond, her gift helps place every book in the hands of the perfect reader. Recently, however, the books have been whispering about something out of the ordinary: the arrival of a displaced city girl named Grace Wheeler. If the...
1345) Gesell Dome
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"Winner of the 2013 Dashiell Hammett Prize--Through a skillful weaving of characters and plotlines, coming together like a completed puzzle, Saccomanno has crafted a monumental novel where individual stories unnerve us while building to the unexpected and explosive finale."--El Mundo. Like True Detective through the lenses of William Faulkner and John Dos Passos, Gesell Dome is a mosaic of misery, a page-turner that will keep you enthralled right...
1346) Murphy in the City
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Murphy, a small terrier, reluctantly leaves his farm for a trip to the city, where he finds many things to do--and bark at--but he is happy to return to his barn at the end of the day.
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In 1965, Dana Crawford, a stylish Ivy Leaguer and Junior Leaguer, convinced a group of wealthy investors to buy a block of wobbly buildings on Jack Kerouac���s Skid Row, which she renovated into Larimer Square. Fifty years later, it is still one of Denver���s most popular destinations. Dana���s passion for preservation, for giving new economic life to historic buildings, has become a catalyst throughout the city. With vision, brilliance...
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"Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei have moved to the country to be closer to their ailing mother. While their father is working, the girls explore their sprawling old house and the forest and fields that surround it. Soon, Satsuki and Mei discover Totoro, a magical forest spirit who takes them on fantastic adventures through the trees and the clouds--and teaches them a lesson about trusting one another"--
1350) Reap what you sew
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"Tori Sinclair has found a sense of home with the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle. During their get-togethers, she can relax with her sewing and listen in on Sweet Briar's latest gossip. But when the town is chosen to be the setting of Warren Shoemaker's movie, the sewing circle gets cought up in bigger drama. With dreams of stardom, everyone is hoping to be cast as an extra - which lucky Tori is. But fame has its price, as they learn when...
1351) Walking on trampolines
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The life of good-girl Lulu is irrevocably shaped by unconventional best friend, Annabelle, with whom she shares confidences and challenges in their coastal home town before a falling out and Lulu's choice about doing something extraordinary.
1352) Take good care of the garden and the dogs: family, friendships, and faith in small-town Alaska
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After the success of her first book and a near-fatal bicycle collision, the author contemplates both her spiritual and temporal recovery and reflects on how the community of Haines, Alaska, helped her through the ordeal.
1356) Second lives
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The 1880s gold rush in Colorado featuring half a dozen protagonists, among them a miner, a farm girl and a poet. A look at the way people handle success and failure, the trick being not to take either too seriously. By the author of Sierra.
1357) Good morning, city
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"A picture book about how the different inhabitants of a city wake up and start their day, from the popular NY1 morning news anchor, Pat Kiernan"--
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"The sky is getting dark. In the city, a little girl is eating her dinner, brushing her teeth, and getting ready for bed. Meanwhile, her mother is putting on her coat and getting ready to go to work. Where is she going and who will she see along the way? As the night goes on, readers will see nurses, cleaners, delivery workers, doctors, police officers, journalists, and many other workers who help keep the city running all through the night."--
1360) Any empire
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"[A] group of small-town kids find themselves bound together by geography, boredom, and a string of mysterious turtle mutilations. Years later, with Army tanks rolling through the streets of their hometown, these young adults are forced to confront painful questions of privilege, duty, betrayal, and courage" -- from publisher's web site.
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