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  Dear Dumb Diary #1: Let's Pretend This Never Happened

  by Jim Benton

  School was okay today. Actually, it was better than okay. Angeline got her long, beautiful hair tangled in one of the jillion things she has dangling from her backpack, and the school nurse -- who is now one of my main heroes -- took a pair of scissors and snipped two feet of silky blond hair from the left side of her head, so now Angeline only looks like The Prettiest Girl in the World if you're standing on her... (more)
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  A Tea Shop Mystery: Book 1

  Death by Darjeeling (Tea Shop Mysteries)

  by Laura Childs

  When a man is poisoned by tea, Theo is the prime suspect. Now she has to prove her innocence and track down the real killer-before someone else takes their last sip. Just the right blend of cozy fun and clever plotting. Tea lovers, mystery lovers, <this> is for you. (Susan Wittig Albert, author of Mistletoe Man )
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  Dark: Book 15

  Dark Secret

  by Christine Feehan

  Christine Feehan has thrilled legions of fans with her seductive, sensual Carpathian tales. Now, she presents the enthralling story of Rafael, a savage hunter from the darkest jungles, and the beautiful prey he would never let escape.
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  Murder Under Blue Skies

  by Bill Crider, Willard Scott

  After 20 years as the nation's most popular weatherman on the top-rated TV morning show, "Hello, World", Stanley Waters looks forward to semi-retirement and a sunny future as innkeeper of the bed-and-breakfast Blue Skies in the beautiful rolling hills of Virginia. But an unexpected storm front brings scattered violence, and one of the guests at the cozy B&B's gala grand opening drops dead. Now Stanley must... (more)
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  Lord George Herbert's a Night in a Moorish Harem: The Secret of My Sex (Night in a Moorish Harem)

  by Colleen Doran, George Herbert, Greg Baisden, Mike Dringenburg

  Sir George was quite an adventurer in the Victorian days. His memoirs relate landing in a harem full of exotic women from all over the world. In this new adaptation of the Victorian erotic novel, each beauteous resident retells, in full spicy detail, her path leading to the harem. Each tale is rendered by a different artist. From Eddie Campbell to Colleen Doran, some of the leading independent comic artists reveal... (more)
• Behind the Sun: The Diary & Art of Hillel SlovakJames Slovak, Hillel Slovak

  

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  Behind the Sun: The Diary & Art of Hillel Slovak

  by James Slovak, Hillel Slovak

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  Wildcat Arrows

  by Dara Joy

  With twenty-nine corporate syndicates after his hide, Wildcat disappeared on the mining colony of Cretion. Now crewmember Lucky Red must command her captain's beloved ship, the Sugarbabe.
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  Bed-And-Breakfast: Book 17

  Suture Self (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries (Paperback))

  by Mary Daheim

  A bum hip has bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn limping off to Good Cheer Hospital -- a questionable "haven of healing" where two recent patients didn't make the cut after routine surgery. Judith's trepidation at undergoing the knife is eased only by sharing a room with cousin Renie, who's in for rotator cuff repair. Though the cousins survive their surgeries, the ex-pro quarterback next door is... (more)
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  Fiddle Dee Death

  by Caroline Cousins

  Mystery among the moonlight and the magnolias . . . OK, forget the magnolias. It's the end of December, after all, and frost silvers South Carolina's Low Country. But Pinckney Plantation is still open for visitors who want to see the pride of Indigo Island. The old house claims a long history-or so says the script the tour guides go by. What the script leaves out are the doors that apparently unlock... (more)
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  The Runaway Jury

  by John Grisham

  He has waited for this moment. He has planned his every move. He has made it onto the jury in the most explosive trial of the century. Now the verdict belongs to him. . . . They are at the center of a multimillion dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now... (more)
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  Antigone

  by Sophocles

  Paul Woodruff's translation of one of Sophocles' most famous tragedies captures the dramatic and poetic intensity of the ancient Greek play without sacrificing accuracy. This edition also features an Introduction and annotations by the translator.
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  Island of the Blue Dolphins

  by Scott O'Dell

  The gripping story of young Karana, who survives by herself for eighteen years on a deserted island off the California coast.
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  Night Ferry to Death (An Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery)

  by Patricia Moyes

  Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife become enmeshed in a web of foreign intrigue and murder in the Netherlands.
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  A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (Puzzle Lady Mysteries (Paperback))

  by Parnell Hall

  Cruciverbalists, rejoice! Pick up a pencil and get ready to solve a puzzling murder-and an actual crossword puzzle-in this sparkling debut of a unique amateur detective: Miss Cora Felton, an eccentric old lady with a syndicated puzzle column, an irresistible urge to poke into unsettling events, and a niece who's determined to keep her out of trouble. When the body of an unknown teenage girl turns up in the... (more)
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  Last Puzzle & Testament (Puzzle Lady Mysteries (Paperback))

  by Parnell Hall

  It’s no mystery why readers love the Puzzle Lady, Miss Cora Felton, the eccentric amateur detective who keeps everyone guessing as she keeps herself in the thick of trouble. Find out why critics agree that “Cora is emerging as a lovable and unique sleuth” ( Chicago Sun-Times ) in “a fun series for mystery fans and cruciverbalists” ( USA Today ). Wealthy widow Emma Hurley died with only her servants at her side —... (more)
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  On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mysteries)

  by Cleo Coyle

  "The perfect cup of coffee is a mystifying thing. To many of my customers, the entire process seems like some sort of alchemy they dare not try at home...." Ten years ago, Clare Cosi left an unhappy marriage along with a job she loved: managing the historic Village Blend coffeehouse in New York's Greenwich Village. For a decade, she was happy raising her daughter in the quiet suburbs of New Jersey; but now that... (more)
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  A Tea Shop Mystery: Book 6

  Chamomile Mourning (Tea Shop Mystery)

  by Laura Childs

  At Charleston's Spoleto Festival, Theodosia Browning's Poet's Tea is forced indoors by rain--which is the least of her problems after a local auction house owner plummets from the balcony to his death. With a full kettle of suspects, Theodosia finds herself chasing a criminal who plans on showing her just how dangerous it is to stick her sensitive nose where it doesn't belong.
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  Jack and the Beanstalk

  by Steven Kellogg

  Join young Jack as he climbs a giant beanstalk to a magic castle in the clouds. Meet a hen that lays golden eggs and a harp that sings by itself. And don't forget the ogre. A classic fairy tale with a vigorous look that will leave you chanting "Fee-fi-fo-fum!"
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  Great Expectations

  by Charles Dickens

  Great Expectations, described by G. K. Chesterton as a “study in human weakness and the slow human surrender,” may be called Charles Dickens ’s finest moment in a remarkably illustrious literary career. In an overgrown churchyard, a grizzled convict springs upon an orphan named Pip. The convict terrifies the young boy and threatens to kill him unless Pip helps further his escape. Later, Pip finds himself in the... (more)