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  Secrets of the Vine

  Breaking Through to Abundance

  by Bruce Wilkinson, David Kopp

  From the Publisher In this bestselling follow-up to The Prayer of Jabez, Dr. Bruce Wilkinson explores John 15 to show readers how to make maximum impact for God. Dr. Wilkinson demonstrates how Jesus is the Vine of life, discusses four levels of "fruit bearing" (doing the good work of God), and reveals three life-changing truths that will lead readers towards new joy and effectiveness. Luxuriously illustrated by... (more)
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  The Girl Who Chased the Moon

  by Sarah Addison Allen

  Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew, she realizes that mysteries aren't solved in Mullaby, they're a way of life. Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at... (more)
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  Life Without Summer

  by Lynne Reeves Griffin

  Life Without Summer tells the story of Tessa, a mother who has just lost her four-year-old daughter in a hit-and-run accident and the grief counselor, Celia, who tries to help her to put her life back together. When their lives begin to intersect in powerful and unexpected ways, they discover that the answers one needs might be the other’s only chance for peace. Each woman’s intensely personal journey... (more)
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  Prayers for Sale

  by Sandra Dallas

  Hennie Comfort is eighty-six and has lived in the mountains of Middle Swan, Colorado since before it was Colorado.  Nit Spindle is just seventeen and newly married.  She and her husband have just moved to the high country in search of work.  It's 1936 and the depression has ravaged the country and Nit and her husband have suffered greatly.  Hennie notices the young woman loitering near the old sign outside of her... (more)
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  Lowcountry Tales: Book 6

  Return to Sullivans Island

  by Dorothea Benton Frank

  Dorothea Benton Frank returns to the enchanted landscape of South Carolina's Lowcountry made famous in her beloved New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island to tell the story of the next generation of Hamiltons and Hayes. Return to Sullivans Island Whether you were away from the Lowcountry for a week or for years, it was impossible to remember how gorgeous it was. It never changed and everyone... (more)
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  The Nanny Diaries: Book 2

  Nanny Returns

  by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus

  The highly anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, picks up with a decade later as Nan returns to New York City.
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  Shade: Book 1

  Shade

  by Jeri Smith-Ready

  Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last. Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone. Well, sort of. Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability... (more)
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  Spellman Mysteries: Book 4

  The Spellmans Strike Again

  by Lisa Lutz

  The uproarious fourth and final installment in this New York Times bestselling, Edgar- and Macavity-nominated series about a kooky detective family.
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  Full Moon: Book 1

  Once in a Full Moon

  by Ellen Schreiber

  Celeste Parker is used to hearing scary stories about werewolves--Legend's Run is famous for them. She's used to everything in the small town until Brandon Maddox moves to Legend's Run and Celeste finds herself immediately drawn to the handsome new student. But when, after an unnerving visit with a psychic, she encounters a pack of wolves and gorgeous, enigmatic Brandon, she must discover whether his... (more)
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  The Best of Everything After 50: The Experts' Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money, and More

  by Barbara Hannah Grufferman

  The Best of Everything after 50 provides top-dollar advice in an affordable format. When Barbara Grufferman turned fifty, she wanted to know how to be—and stay—a vibrant woman after the half-century mark. She went in search of a “What to Expect” book, but couldn’t find one. So she consulted New York City’s leading doctors, personal trainers, hair stylists, fashion gurus, and financial planners including: • Diane... (more)
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  Charlotte "Charley" Davidson Series: Book 1

  First Grave on the Right

  by Darynda Jones

  A smashing, award-winning debut novel that introduces Charley Davidson: part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper Charley sees dead people. That’s right, she sees dead people. And it’s her job to convince them to go into the light.” But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice.... (more)
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  Friendship Bread

  by Darien Gee

  An anonymous gift sends a woman on a journey she never could have anticipated.   One afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note: I hope you enjoy it. Also included are a bag of starter, instructions on how to make the bread herself, and a request to share it with others. ... (more)
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  Keeping the Feast

  One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy

  by Paula Butturini

  A story of food and love, injury and healing, Keeping the Feast is the triumphant memoir of one couple's nourishment and restoration in Italy after a period of tragedy, and the extraordinary sustaining powers of food, family, and friendship. Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and four years later, married in Rome. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck. They had transferred from... (more)
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  Women Writing for (a) Change: A Guide for Creative Transformation

  by Mary Pierce Brosmer

  In her insightful debut book, Mary Pierce Brosmer shares the unique method of writing that she developed as founder and director of Women Writing for (a) Change, a nationwide organization that teaches women and girls to nurture the conscious feminine voice within them. Imaginative exercises, helpful examples, and provocative anecdotes enable women to explore their writing not just as a means of individual... (more)
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  The Cookbook Collector

  by Allegra Goodman

  Starred Review. If any contemporary author deserves to wear the mantel of Jane Austen, it's Goodman, whose subtle, astute social comedies perfectly capture the quirks of human nature. This dazzling novel is Austen updated for the dot-com era, played out between 1999 and 2001 among a group of brilliant risk takers and truth seekers. Still in her 20s, Emily Bach is the CEO of Veritech, a Web-based data-storage... (more)
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  Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Connecting Through Food and Travel

  by Rita Golden Gelman

  “Rita serves up a tasty smorgasbord of stories—funny, heartwarming, and quirky. These tales remind us of what we seek in our own life's journey: a meaningful connection with people we meet and joy in finding new friends in unexpected places. Whether you choose to stay home or start packing, these stories will stir you." —Maya Frost, author of The New Global Student   “Charming - a wonderful gift for your... (more)
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  Hothouse Flower and the 9 Plants of Desire

  by Margot Berwin

  In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula—to claim what is hers. Lila Nova lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment.... (more)
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  Between Me and the River

  by Carrie Host

  Carrie Host knows that the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness takes a split second to change your life, as well as the lives of your partner, parents, children and all who love you. Packed with inspiration, advice, comfort and hope, Between Me and the River is Host's candid and uplifting memoir of how she found the strength and fortitude to triumph over a rare form of cancer, and craft a new and meaningful... (more)
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  The Christmas Cookie Club

  by Ann Pearlman

  Mark your calendar. It's the Christmas Cookie Club! Every year on the first Monday of December, Marnie and her twelve closest girlfriends gather in the evening with batches of beautifully wrapped homemade cookies. Everyone has to bring a dish, a bottle of wine, and their stories. This year, the stories are especially important. Marnie's oldest daughter has a risky pregnancy. Will she find out tonight how that ... (more)
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  Under the Covers and Between the Sheets

  The Inside Story Behind Classic Characters, Authors, Unforgettable Phrases, and Unexpected Endings

  by C. Alan Joyce

  Bibliophiles, grab your glasses! Here is a compendium of interesting- and often scandalous-facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien's Middle-earth to Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, Under the Covers and between the Sheets includes sections such as: * You Don't Say: Commonly-used words and phrases that were coined or popularized in classic words... (more)