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5261) Seven years
Author
Series
Seven series (Dannika Dark) volume 1
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It's been seven years since Lexi Knight lost her brother in a tragic accident. On the anniversary of his death, her brother's best friend shows up unexpectedly-a man she hasn't seen since the funeral. He is no longer the boy Lexi once knew, but a dangerous-looking man with tattoos and dark secrets. He broke her trust and abandoned her family, yet what he reveals makes it impossible to stay angry. Lexi has been secretly infatuated with Austin since...
5262) Looking for a miracle
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2008
Language
English
Description
Confined to a wheelchair for 13 years, Rebekah Stoltzfus believes it'll take a miracle for her to ever enjoy the blessings of marriage or self-sufficiency.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2016], p2014
Language
English
Description
Reluctant to accept an invitation from former high school nerd Tim to embark on a seemingly innocuous fly-fishing excursion, Jack nonetheless agrees to go along. But as Jack and company drift along the quiet North Platte River, tensions fly like rigged nymphs as Tim grows increasingly hostile towards the overly friendly fising guide, Randall "Duke" Conner.
5265) Saving Grace
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lady Johanna, widowed at sixteen, vowed she would never marry again. But when King John selects a groom and demands she remarry, it seems she has no choice. Then her foster brother suggests she marry his friend, warrior Gabriel MacBain. Hesitant at first, Johanna begins to fall for Gabriel when he sheds his gruff facade and surrenders his heart completely. And when the King threatens to tear their marriage apart and destroy Gabriel, Johanna realizes...
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 29-32
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This collection includes four exciting Jack and Annie adventures.
5267) Unspeakable
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"A family of four murdered in their hotel room. A single mother and her boyfriend both stabbed to death. A sordid history of violent crimes, repeated over and over- but decades apart. Olivia Barker is a therapist with no connection to the murders. But she has heard things. Stories that keep her up at night. Details that only a killer would know. A killer who could be one of her patients. Olivia has no proof for her suspicions. But as the body count...
5270) On the plain of snakes
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux fearlessly drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines.
Author
Series
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air--and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia....
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The Smiths. An artist who helped define a period in popular culture, Johnny Marr tells his story in a memoir as vivid and arresting as his music. The Smiths, the band with the signature sound he cofounded, remains one of the most beloved bands ever, and have a profound influence on a number of acts that followed{u2014}from the Stone Roses, Suede, Blur,...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
"It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the young republic teetered on the edge of collapse. Adams vs. Jefferson is a gripping account of a true turning...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are all eight of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Chronicles of Avonlea, and Further Chronicles of Avonlea. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
China is killing Americans and working aggressively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some cases, compliant. Why? If anyone could crack the code, it's the renowned nonpartisan investigator Peter Schweizer. Schweizer's previous three number one New York Times bestsellers sent shock waves through official Washington, sparking FBI investigations and congressional probes that continue to this day. Schweizer and his team...
5277) Everything on a waffle
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Primrose recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in a small fishing village in British Columbia in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
5278) Inkspell
Author
Series
Inkheart trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he leaves his apprentice Farid behind. Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow him back into the enchanted book.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.
5280) Conversational French
Series
Publisher
Pimsleur
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
Presents sixteen French language lessons for English speakers. Based on the method developed by Dr. Paul Pimsleur and designed to teach you to understand and speak conversational French in a relatively short time.
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