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  The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh

  by A. A. Milne

  Presents a comprehensive, unabridged collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, accompanied by Shepard's original full-color illustrations, as well as headbands and ribbon markers, colorful bookplate, and biographies of the author and illustrator.
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  When Things Fall Apart

  Heart Advice for Difficult Times

  by Pema Chödrön

  The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors among Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. A collection of talks she gave between 1987 and 1994, the book is a treasury of wisdom for going on living when we are overcome by pain and difficulties. Chödrön discusses: Using painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage ... (more)
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  Yotsuba&!: Book 3

  Yotsuba&! Vol. 3

  by Kiyohiko Azuma

  Volume 3 . . . . . . in which Yotsuba learns even more lessons on a variety of subjects--that food should be stored in bags rather than left in one's pocket, that souvenirs are a good way to show you care, that a giant bouquet of flowers can be had for as little as 10 yen, that Heaven is full of flowers and good food, and that carnival games are harder than they seem. Join this green-haired girl in her... (more)
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  Moomins: Book 9

  Moominvalley in November

  by Tove Jansson

  Tove Jansson's Moomin characters and books are admired the world over. In the United States the series beginning with Finn Family Moomintroll (first published in English in 1945) has accumulated generations of fans. Since Farrar, Straus and Giroux began reissuing the books in 1989, grateful readers old and new have been thrilled to have the stories available again. At last the final installment is being... (more)
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  Don't You Want Me?

  by India Knight

  Sex. There's a lot of it about. And Stella is definitely not getting her fair share. She's got a few handicaps: she's the wrong side of thirty, she's a single mum (to the adorable Honey), and her French hot-bloodedness is liable to turn grown men pale. Mind you, the men she meets are either perma-tanned, tight-trousered smoothies with strangely white teeth or - easy, tiger - balding, poorly socialized podgers. One... (more)
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  Talking to Addison

  by Jenny Colgan

  Holly is a frustrated florist who flees the houseshare from hell to move in with a motley crew of friends: there is Josh, a sexually confused merchant banker; Kate, a high-flying legal eagle with talons to match; and the gorgeous Addison, who spends his days communicating only with his computer. One glimpse of Addison, and Holly is smitten. Now the only problem is how to get him to swivel his chair away from the... (more)
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  Amanda's Wedding

  by Jenny Colgan

  Amanda is the kind of girl you love to hate: rich, thin, blonde, and vicious enough to be Satan's own PR agent. Melanie and Fran, Amanda's charming, wisecracking old school friends, simply can't believe it when Amanda manages to get herself engaged to kind, decent Fraser-Mel's old crush, and minor royalty, no less. Determined to save Fraser from a life sentence with the social-climbing Queen of Preen, Mel and Fran... (more)
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  The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook

  by Sesame Street

  A collection of 12 read-aloud stories featuring the Sesame Street Muppets.
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  The Complete Tales

  by Beatrix Potter

  This handsome edition brings all of Beatrix Potter's 23 tales and verses together in one book. Each story is complete and unabridged, and all the original illustrations, both color and black-and-white, are included. Potter's tales were often connected with real people, places and animals, so each story has a brief introductory note about its history. As an added bonus, The Complete Tales also includes four... (more)
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  West End Girls

  by Jenny Colgan

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  French Relations

  by Fiona Walker

  A summer holiday with her eccentric, infuriating family and assorted glamorous hangers-on is the last thing Tash French would usually volunteer for. But her mother is insistent and, out of a job and recently ditched by her boyfriend, Tash decides that spending July in the vast rambling Loire chateau might have its compensations. It's a summer of lust, bed-hopping, unresolved sexual tension, horses, dogs, bolshy... (more)
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  Lodes Chronicles: Book 2

  Tongue in Cheek

  by Fiona Walker

  From the very first day that they move to the Oddlode Valley, it's inevitable that young teacher Mo Stillitoe, recently separated socialite Diana Lampeter and cool, retired dressage diva Anke Brakespear will find their lives entangled. Despite their differing generations and backgrounds, the women are on a relocation collision course. As inept removal men deliver furniture - and even horses - to the wrong houses,... (more)
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  Well Groomed

  by Fiona Walker

  When Tash French's grandmother mistakes a Christmas cracker ring for an engagement ring, a wedding of astronomical proportions is planned. Tash and her partner Niall go along with it, but Tash starts to have her doubts as her eyes begin to wander.
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  Snap Happy

  by Fiona Walker

  Juno is voluptuous, hedonistic, and funny. On her thirtieth birthday, she decides to have a wild one-night-stand to mark the occasion. But seducing her new flatmate before he's had a chance to unpack his belongings is not a wise move. Just over from New York, Jay Mulligan is intense, mysterious and, as Juno joyously discovers, far better than breakfast in bed. It's only when they both get out of that bed on the... (more)
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  Kiss Chase

  by Fiona Walker

  Felix Sylvian looks like the Angel Gabriel in a sulk and is as irresistible to women as melted chocolate on a ripe strawberry. But he has one nasty habit he can't seem to break: a sadistic tendency to ride rough-shod over any girl foolish enough to fall for him.
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  Lodes Chronicles: Book 1

  Lots of Love

  by Fiona Walker

  When Ellen Jamieson breaks up with her long-standing boyfriend, she plans to go traveling. But first she agrees to house-sit for her parents, who are trying to find a buyer for their idyllic cottage in the Cotswold village of Oddlode. The village is full of quaint and eccentric characters, both blue-blooded and below the salt, and Ellen is the subject of much speculation. Under the wing of Ophelia "Touchy Pheely"... (more)
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  The Wedding Day: A Novel

  by Catherine Alliott

  Annie O'Harran is the wrong side of thirty. A harassed single mother (of almost teen-aged Flora), she's escaped her faithless first husband with a few shreds of dignity intact, and against all expectations- met her hero: David Palmer is a kind and gentle doctor with a private practice in Belgravia, and Annie has a blissful summer ahead to plan their wedding. But first Annie must escape the constant interruptions... (more)
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  Between Males

  by Fiona Walker

  Odette decides to throw away the high-powered job that doesn’t leave time for relationships and start her own club/restaurant. When the venture seems doomed by a gorgeous rival chef, Odette sets her sights on revenge. Accepting a menial job in her enemy’s kitchen, she plots his downfall—but ends up getting her heart broken, fingers burnt, and her goose cooked.
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  My Life on a Plate

  by India Knight

  Optioned for film and published in sixteen countries, this British sensation explodes the myth that all people need to be truly happy is love and marriage. Meet thirty-three-year-old Clara Hutt: irreverent, sometimes unkind, always self-deprecating. Clara is a part-time magazine writer with a perpetually mysterious husband and two small boys, and some days she wakes up with the feeling that her life isn't all it... (more)
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  Pamper Your Partner: An Illustrated Guide to Soothing and Relaxing Your Mate with the Sensual Healing

  by Penny Rich