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  The Glass Castle

  by Jeannette Walls

  Jeannette Walls's father always called her "Mountain Goat," and there's perhaps no more apt nickname for a girl who navigated a sheer and towering cliff of childhood both daily and stoically. In The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric, nomadic parents: Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant, alcoholic father. To call the elder Walls's childrearing style... (more)
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  Hercule Poirot: Book 6

  The Mystery of the Blue Train

  by Agatha Christie

  On the luxurious Blue Train, beautiful American heiress Ruth Kettering's dire predictions come true-she's murdered. With few clues, Hercule Poirot must look into Ruth's startling secret life.
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  Miss Julia: Book 8

  Miss Julia Strikes Back

  by Ann B. Ross

  America’s favorite Woman of a Certain Age takes the law into her own hands when a band of jewel thieves targets her town It’s lonely and boring in Miss Julia’s normally boisterous town, what with husband Sam off on a long-planned tour of Russia and Hazel Marie vacationing in Mexico with Mr. Pickens. After inviting twenty-five of her closest friends to a party in her home, Miss Julia discovers that she’s... (more)
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  The Fish in Room 11

  by Heather Dyer

  Everyone agrees-there's something fishy about the Flots! Toby can't remember a time he didn't live at the hotel by the sea. Left there as a baby, he's grown up without a family of his own. So when he meets Eliza Flot down by the pier, he takes to her like a fish to water. When he gets to know her parents, that tips the scales even more. In fact, Toby practically joins the family. So what if they're mermaids? But... (more)
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  Sundays at Tiffany's

  by James Patterson

  Jane was a sweet, funny, chubby seven-year-old, desperately seeking love from her self-obsessed mother, Vivienne, and a father who was wrapped up in a life with his beautiful young girlfriend. Jane's only friend was handsome, funny, thirty-something Michael. He was different; no one else could see him, or believe he existed beyond the realms of Jane's very creative imagination. The pair would talk from morning... (more)
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  Creative Beading, Vol. 3: The Best Projects from a Year of Bead&Button Magazine

  • Step-by-step instructions for beadweaving, stringing, wirework, and more • More than 75 stunning projects • Editor-tested, beader-approved! Exciting new beadweaving techniques, creative stringing ideas, and playful wirework projects. That’s what readers have come to expect from Bead&Button magazine, and that’s what they’ll find in Creative Beading, Vol. 3, the annual bumper book of the best... (more)
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  Careers in the Fashion Industry (World of Work (New York, N.Y.).)

  by John Giacobello

  Gr 7 Up-Down-to-earth, practical information for fashion-career hopefuls. After a short introduction touching on the pros and cons and history of the industry, chapters carefully discuss different aspects of the field. Design, modeling, makeup, retailing, and journalism/photography are all included. A chapter on prominent figures in the history of contemporary fashion will give readers a good idea of where a... (more)
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  Russian Winter

  by Daphne Kalotay

  A mysterious jewel holds the key to a life-changing secret, in this breathtaking tale of love and art, betrayal and redemption.When she decides to auction her remarkable jewelry collection, Nina Revskaya, once a great star of the Bolshoi Ballet, believes she has finally drawn a curtain on her past. Instead, the former ballerina finds herself overwhelmed by memories of her homeland and of the events, both... (more)