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  There but for the

  by Ali Smith

  Imagine you give a dinner party and a friend of a friend brings a stranger to your house as his guest. He seems pleasant enough. Imagine that this stranger goes upstairs halfway through the dinner party and locks himself in one of your bedrooms and won't come out. Imagine you can't move him for days, weeks, months. If ever. This is what Miles does, in a chichi house in the historic borough of Greenwich,... (more)
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  Sassy: Book 4

  The Dazzle Disaster Dinner Party

  by Sharon M. Draper

  Sassy wants to cook a fancy meal and it turns out to be a disaster. The recipe goes wrong. The cooking is a mess. And -- the dog eats the cake. Thank goodness for friends and for all of the wonderful items Sassy stashes in her sack. Who knew stuff in a sack could save a dinner party?! Well, when you’re Sassy Simone Sanford, a little ingenuity goes a long way. Backmatter provides simple and safe recipes that kids... (more)
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  At Last

  by Edward St. Aubyn

  For Patrick Melrose, 'family' is more than a double-edged sword. As friends, relations and foes trickle in to pay final respects to his mother, Eleanor - an heiress who forsook the grandeur of her upbringing for 'good works', freely bestowed upon everyone but her own child - Patrick finds that his transition to orphanhood isn't necessarily the liberation he had so long imagined. Yet as the service ends and the... (more)
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  The Interactive Dinner Party Cookbook: Recipes And Planning For Meals With Family And Friends

  by Zander G. Trebbert

  The Interactive Dinner Party Cookbook: Recipes And Planning For Meals With Family And Friends is an eBook for iPad written specifically for the sociable chef. The book uses a multi-touch interactive approach to share a variety of techniques and recipes for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and desserts. With a wealth of photographs, videos, graphics, tables, charts, and calculators,... (more)
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  The Dinner Party Cookbook: Recipes And Planning For Meals With Family And Friends

  by Zander G. Trebbert

  The Dinner Party Cookbook: Recipes And Planning For Meals With Family And Friends is an eBook written specifically for the sociable chef. The book uses text, images, tables, diagrams, video, and reference material to share a variety of techniques and recipes for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and desserts. With a wealth of photographs, video, graphics, and tables, it's the perfect... (more)
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  Miss Marple Mysteries: Book 2

  The Thirteen Problems

  by Agatha Christie

  Alternate title: The Tuesday Club MurdersMiss Marple puts her deductive skills to use in thirteen of her most fiendish cases in this short story collection from the reigning matriarch of mystery.
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  To the Lighthouse

  by Virginia Woolf

  TO THE LIGHTHOUSE is a haunting psychological portrait of the Ramsay family and their friends who gather for a brief vacation in the Ramsay summer home on the Hebrides Isle of Skye. There is talk of a boating trip to the lighthouse at the island's end. But the year is 1914, a World War intervenes, and it is a somber group that finally assembles to make the ritual journey.
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  The Time Machine

  by H. G. Wells

  The story that launched Wells's successful career-the classic tale of the Time Traveler and the extraordinary world he discovers in the far distant future. A haunting portrayal of Darwin's evolutionary theory carried to a terrible conclusion. Wells story is darker than the movie versions.
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  The Year's Best Horror Stories (DAW): Book 13

  The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIII

  by Karl Edward Wagner

  Thirteen is a lucky number for Series XIII, for some of the best horror tales of the last thirteen years were published in time to make this volume. As Karl Edward Wagner says, "I sifted through to find stories that hold the power to chill readers' imagination -- whether through icy terror or with a disquieting shiver. Here are the eighteen stories from 1984 that best succeeded in evoking a mood of... (more)
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  Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride

  Based on a True Story

  by Pam Munoz Ryan, Brian Selznick

  One evening in April 1933, Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt stole away from a White House dinner, commandeered an airplane and took off on a glorious adventure over Washington D.C. - while still dressed in their glamorous evening gowns! This picture book celebrates the courage and pioneering spirit of two great friends and American heroes.
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  Maybelle in the Soup

  by Katie Speck

  Maybelle is a lovely, plump cockroach. She lives in her own cozy little home under the refrigerator of Mr. and Mrs. Peabody. Maybelle knows it’s best to stay hidden away, but she simply adores food. Just once she would love to taste something yummy before it hits the floor! When the Peabodys invite a Very Important Guest for dinner, Maybelle can’t resist. She takes a teeny taste—and splashes into the biggest... (more)