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Staff Picks
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User ID Jenefer Shute |
In a hurry to catch her plane Vera, a New Yorker in Los Angeles, is scammed while returning her rental car in the Avis parking lot. The con man allows her to gather her belongings. Thinking no personal information is compromised by the rental car... >> Read more |
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The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint Brady Udall |
Edgar Mint was run over by a mail truck when he was seven years old. The fact that he survived is a miracle -- a miracle performed by Dr. Barry Pinkley. Edgar's life, which was one of poverty and neglect on an Indian reservation, takes a new... >> Read more |
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The Great Deluge Douglas Brinkley |
In the author's note he states that as a historian he "knew a wicked hurricane could alter world history". Douglas Brinkley is an academic historian at Tulane University, resident of New Orleans and commentator for network news channels. The... >> Read more |
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The Remember Box Patricia Sprinkle |
"The Remember Box was Aunt Kate's private place, the one we were sternly forbidden to open. As I reached toward it, a ray of sunlight set golden dust motes swirling around me like little lost worlds. Suddenly I was reluctant, even fearful, a... >> Read more |
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland |
Susan Vreeland’s first novel follows a mysterious painting from the present day back through the lives of its owners. The book, which is made up of eight independent but intertwined stories, begins with a reclusive professor who is hiding what... >> Read more |
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The Garden at the Edge and Beyond Michael Phillips |
Michael Phillips has written a touching fantasy in the flavor of George MacDonald and C.S.Lewis. The character, whose name is unimportant, awakens into a strange yet beautiful world. With the help of the individuals he meets, he begins to re-... >> Read more |
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