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"The next page-turner in the award-winning Joanna Stafford series takes place in the heart of the Tudor court, as the gutsy former novice risks everything to defy the most powerful men of her era. After her priory in Dartford is closed--collateral damage in tyrannical King Henry VIII's quest to overthrow the Catholic Church--Joanna resolves to live a quiet and honorable life weaving tapestries, shunning dangerous quests and conspiracies. Until she...
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An inventive and action-packed mix of fantasy, science fiction, and mythology, all in a realistic contemporary setting.
Rowan has won a battle, but not the war. With proper allies, Rowan’s armies could storm the demon stronghold, capture its ruler, and end the reign of demonkind. But while nations clash, a greater struggle lies elsewhere. In his desperate pursuit of Astaroth, Elias Bram scours the world for clues to the...
Rowan has won a battle, but not the war. With proper allies, Rowan’s armies could storm the demon stronghold, capture its ruler, and end the reign of demonkind. But while nations clash, a greater struggle lies elsewhere. In his desperate pursuit of Astaroth, Elias Bram scours the world for clues to the...
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A Weaverly Path: The Tapestry Life of Silvia Heyden offers an intimate, visually stunning portrait of Swiss-born tapestry weaver Silvia Heyden and captures the inner dialogue and meditations of an extraordinary artist in the moments of creation. The film follows Heyden during a year of weaving and reflection. Heyden creates works inspired by the Eno River in Durham, North Carolina and shares how nature, music, her Bauhaus influences, and her life...
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When a group of Kansas women start a Frauenverein—a benevolent society devoted to aiding widows and orphans—life changes for more than just the hurting people they seek to help. With classes paused for the planting season, Alexandertol's schoolteacher Augusta Dyck is glad for some meaningful work to occupy her time. She even knows exactly whom their town's benevolence society should help first: quiet, reserved widower Konrad Rempel and his young...
14) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
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"Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering...
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DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Includes 5 additional poems only available on the digital download.
“Billy Collins puts the ‘fun’ back in ‘profundity.’ ”—Alice Fulton
From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines new poems with selections from four previous books—Nine Horses, The...
“Billy Collins puts the ‘fun’ back in ‘profundity.’ ”—Alice Fulton
From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines new poems with selections from four previous books—Nine Horses, The...
17) No. 6: 8
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For Shion, an elite student in city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study and occasional visits with his friend Safu are the order of the day. One fateful day however he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy from a typhoon. But this boy is a fugitive living outside the tapestry of control of the city.
19) No. 6: 7
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For Shion, an elite student in city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study and occasional visits with his friend Safu are the order of the day. One fateful day however he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy from a typhoon. But this boy is a fugitive living outside the tapestry of control of the city.
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"College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been...
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