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  Touch: Book 1

  Deadly Little Secret

  by Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Until three months ago, everything about sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at an art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia's life becomes far from ordinary.Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death,... (more)
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  Twilight (The Twilight Saga)

  by Stephenie Meyer

  The movie tie-in edition of the #1 bestselling trade paperback includes a collectible full-color, fold-out poster. Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire... (more)
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  Wicked Plants

  The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

  by Amy Stewart

  A tree that sheds poison daggers, a glistening red seed that stops the heart, a shrub that causes paralysis, a vine that strangles, a leaf that triggered a war, and beans that tell the truth. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You’ll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding... (more)
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  Francesca Cahill Deadly: Book 2

  Deadly Pleasure

  by Brenda Joyce

  Step into the glittering world of New York City's high society at the turn of the last century, where murder and pleasure are one and the same, and love becomes the ultimate weapon...Francesca Cahill comes from one of New York's best families. Her mother is a leading socialite, her father, a millionaire. Their expectations for their daughter are simple - marry well, and soon. But the intrepid and... (more)
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  Francesca Cahill Deadly: Book 1

  Deadly Love

  by Brenda Joyce

  Welcome to the world of Francesca Cahill, crime solver extraordinaire. Francesca is no ordinary heroine. She refuses to bow to convention, wears her heart on her sleeve, and is determined to right the ills and injustices of society. Deadly Love begins her mad escapades when the the neighbors' little boy is kidnapped right out of his bed during a society ball. It is January 18, 1902. Francesca stumbles... (more)
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  Francesca Cahill Deadly: Book 3

  Deadly Affairs

  by Brenda Joyce

  As the heiress to a vast fortune amassed by her millionaire father, Francesca Cahill's life should be mapped out for her: find an eligible suitor, marry, and have children. But Francesca is an unconventional young lady who is not about to give up her knack for sleuthing -- even though it brings her closer to danger than she ever could imagine.Murder strikes once again the seamy underbelly of New York's... (more)
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  Ghost Stories (Nancy Drew ) (Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.)

  by Carolyn Keene

  WHEN NIGHT FALLS AND THE HORRORS RISE -- WILL NANCY STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE? What strange dark secrets can a college professor reveal -- after she has risen from the grave? Do dogs howl at the moon . . .do their eyes glow in the night -- one hundred years after their death? What evil power lurks in the fortune-teller's den -- embodied in the sinister form of a terrifying froglike creature? ... (more)
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  Bronwyn The Witch: Book 2

  Charmed & Ready

  by Candace Havens

  After spending most of her life single-practically an occupational hazard for a witch-Bronwyn's finally found a sexy warlock to love. But it's going to take more than a few love spells to keep him from getting jealous about her latest gig-protecting a rock star named Zane from the creepy Goth guys in cloaks who keep showing up at his concerts and zapping his mojo. Bronwyn would like nothing better than to blow... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 7

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  by J. K. Rowling

  In the final installment in the series Harry Potter, with his friends Ron Weasley, and Hermoine Granger, continue the seemingly impossible, quest and burden to hunt and destroy the remaining Horcruxes to thwart Lord Voldemort and his dark plans. Along the way, Harry tackles many hurdles such as: hardship, death, exile, overcoming fear, and choosing between "what is right and what is easy." Somehow, Harry must find... (more)
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  Deadly: Book 1

  Deadly Fear

  by Cynthia Eden

  TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport has made a career out of profiling serial killers. But getting inside the twisted minds of the cruel and the sadistic has taken its toll: She's walled herself off from the world. Yet Monica can't ignore fellow agent Luke Dante, the only man who ever broke through her defenses. ONE DREAM TEAM Luke has the unique ability to put victims at... (more)
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  Deadly Games

  by Cate Noble

  It's the waiting I can't stand. Let me belly crawl across a minefield into an enemy stronghold. Or give me an MP5 and a load of clips and just let me shoot my way in. Anything but this: playing along with the perps while an innocent woman pays the price. I know the last thing Gena wants is a hero - or me. I made the mistake of letting her go once, putting the assignment ahead of the heat between us. Since then... (more)
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  Deadly: Book 2

  Deadly Heat

  by Cynthia Eden

  She wants revenge . . .Six months after her lover died in an arsonist’s blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI’s elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned - not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other... (more)
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  Deadly: Book 3

  Deadly Lies

  by Cynthia Eden

  She wants to hide the past…FBI Special Agent Samantha Kennedy is haunted by memories of the serial killer who abducted her. To keep the darkness at bay, she pretends to be a different, more confident woman. This Samantha doesn’t fear every unknown face. So she throws caution to the wind and shares a night of unbridled passion with a handsome stranger.He needs to uncover the truth…One... (more)
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  All in the Family

  by Taft Sowder

  The family that slays together, stays together.Every family has their problems right? Meet the Adams Family; Herman, Loretta, Jessica and Bobby. They’re your average family. Or are they? Herman is the breadwinner, the man of the house, a mortician. Loretta is the housewife, a trophy all her own. Jessica is the teenage daughter, doing what teenagers do best; and Bobby is the little brother, nearly a teenager and in... (more)
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  The Seven Deadly Sins: Book 1

  Lust

  by Robin Wasserman

  Alpha girl Harper is used to getting what she wants, and that means Adam, Beth's all-American boytoy. Blond, boring Beth, who Kane, the charming playah, secretly wants too. Miranda thinks Kane is out of her league, but she wants him all the same. And then there's the new girl. Kaia. Who only wants trouble -- and he's definitely on his way. Want to know more? Commit
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  Francesca Cahill Deadly: Book 7

  Deadly Illusions

  by Brenda Joyce

  Manhattan, 1902.Irrepressible heiress and intrepid sleuth Francesca Cahill moves from her own elegant world of Fifth Avenue to the teeming underbelly of society, a place of pride, passions...and sometimes deadly perversions.Despite the misgivings of her fiance, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has... (more)
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  Francesca Cahill Deadly: Book 5

  Deadly Caress

  by Brenda Joyce

  The year is 1902. The place is New York City. A famous stage actress has been found strangled in an artist's studio, and the artist herself has vanished. Francesca Cahill, the city's most unconventional heiress and famous amateur sleuth, is once age on the case - for the murder victim is none other than her brother's mistress. And when the sole witness to the crime is also found strangled and only one clue is left... (more)
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  A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium

  by Robert D. Friedel

  Finalist, 2008 Henry Paolucci / Walter Bagehot Book Award given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement—the deep-rooted belief that things could... (more)
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  Francesca Cahill Deadly: Book 8

  Deadly Kisses

  by Brenda Joyce

  "I did not kill anyone, Francesca. And the fact that you wish to destroy evidence suggests you think me capable of murder." New York, 1902 Called to the home of her fiance Calder Hart's former mistress late one night, amateur sleuth Francesca Cahill's curiosity is piqued. But upon arrival, she is shocked to find Daisy Jones's bloodied body - and even more devastated when the evidence... (more)
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  The Cradle Will Fall

  by Mary Higgins Clark

  A minor road accident landed county prosecutor Katie DeMaio in Westlake Hospital. That night, from her window, she thought she saw a man load a woman's body into the trunk of a car...or was it just a sleeping pill induced nightmare? At work the next day, Katie began investigating a suicide that looked more like murder. Initial evidence pointed elsewhere, but medical examiner Richard Carroll saw a trail leading to... (more)