Eliza Foss
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Irene Kelly mysteries volume 2
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Winner of the Edgar, Macavity and Agatha Awards, Jan Burke is one of America's most admired mystery writers. In this intense sequel to the best-seller Goodnight, Irene, as the race for District Attorney heats up the mudslinging begins, and soon one candidate's son is branded a satanist. He claims innocence, but chilling events soon point intrepid news reporter Irene toward a greater conspiracy.
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"Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's acknowledged "favorite of all the children" and her brother Jack's "psychological twin." She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming and somehow not quite like anyone else on whatever stage she happened to grace. The daughter of the American ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Kick swept into Britain's aristocracy...
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Irene Kelly mysteries volume 6
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In Jan Burke's Liar, investigative reporter Irene Kelly becomes the chief suspect in the murder of her aunt. As she tries to elude police, protect her relatives, and uncover the murderer, Irene must untangle a maze of long-held family secrets.
44) Disturbance
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Irene Kelly mysteries volume 11
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One of America's most popular and acclaimed mystery writers, Jan Burke has earned the Edgar, Macavity and Agatha Awards for her thrilling tales. As founder of the Crime Lab Project and a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute, she brings unmatched authenticity to her novels. In Disturbance, resourceful newspaper reporter Irene Kelly has her hands full investigating a chilling case.
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Irene Kelly mysteries volume 8
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Edgar, Agatha, and Macavity Award-winning author Jan Burke's Flight shifts the focus away from beloved character Irene Kelly, instead focusing on Irene's detective husband, Frank Harriman. Ten years ago mobster Whitey Dane was facing a murder rap. Then the evidence vanished, along with a cop who seemed to be dirty. Now, the missing cop's bones have been discovered in the wreckage of a plane crash, and Frank's investigation sends him down a terrifying...
46) Scruffy
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Puppy place. Main series volume 67
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"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren't sure if she's lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants... and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy...
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A book that explores the seemingly magical world of Jackie Onassis' youth, her fairy-tale marriage to a wealthy and handsome senator and presidential candidate and her astonishing transformation into a deft political wife and unique first lady also explores what the author asserts was Jackie's 31-year struggle with PTSD after the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy.
48) Hocus
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Irene Kelly mysteries volume 5
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Winner of every major prize in mystery writing, Jan Burke has earned a dedicated fan base with her acclaimed Irene Kelly novels. In this thrilling gem, Irene's sleuthing is put to the ultimate test when her husband is taken hostage.
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We have been led to believe that the most private and secure possession we own is our thoughts. What if that isn't true? When police call in forensic psychology professor Elizabeth Monroe to consult in a series of strange murders, for the first time in her stellar career, she's not sure where to begin. Elizabeth sifts through clues that will lead to a psychological profile of the killer. But when the murders are being committed by average people with...
50) Waffles
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Puppy place. Main series volume 68
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"Waffles is exuberant, playful, and smart - maybe too smart! She's quite the escape artist and Lizzie has her hands full trying to keep tabs on her." --
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Julia Cameron returns to the spiritual roots of the Artist's Way in this 6-week Program
Author Julia Cameron changed the way the world thinks about creativity when she first published The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity thirty years ago. Over five million copies later, Cameron now turns her attention to creative prayer, which she believes is a key facet of the creative life. In Seeking Wisdom, a 6 Week Artist's Way Program, readers,...
52) Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College
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A former Ivy League Admissions Officer shares her stories from the frontlines of the admissions wars, and offers advice on how to stand out, get in, and most importantly, stay true to yourself as you prepare for college.
When Becky Munsterer Sabky was a college senior she was rejected by her dream school, Dartmouth. She had done everything right. Checked every box. Played on every team, and yet still she received, "the thin envelope". A decade later...
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A 6-Week Artist's Way Program
Julia Cameron has been teaching the world about creativity since her seminal book, The Artist's Way, first broke open the conversation around art.
Now, in Write for Life, she turns to one of the subjects closest to her heart: the art and practice of writing.
Over the course of six weeks, Cameron carefully guides listeners step by step through the creative process. This latest guide in the Artist's Way Series:
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In Saving the News, Martha Minow takes stock of the new media landscape. As Minow shows, the First Amendment of the US Constitution assumes the existence and durability of a private industry. Although the First Amendment does not govern the conduct of entirely private enterprises, nothing in the Constitution forecloses government action to regulate concentrated economic power, to require disclosure of who is financing communications, or to support...
56) Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart For Life: The Mayo Clinic Plan For Preventing and Conquering Heart Disease
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Improving your heart health and reducing your risk of heart disease are two central goals of Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart for Life! This book identifies all the factors Mayo Clinic doctors know you can use to achieve those ends, organized into 10 easy-to-follow steps. Heart disease is very serious. It kills more of us than all cancers combined. And yet advances in medicine and self-care give you far more control over your heart health than ever. This...
58) Big Wig
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In this playful look at hair, Krull draws upon centuries of hairy history-including the fake beards of Egyptian queens, the hair-filled medicine of the Incas, and the diverse wigs of Queen Elizabeth I-to show just how hair-brained people can be.
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A proven plan to optimize your health by reclaiming your natural ability to burn body fat for fuel
The ability to use body fat for energy is essential to health-but over decades of practice, renowned family physician Catherine Shanahan, M.D., observed that many of her patients could not burn their body fat between meals, trapping them in a downward spiral of hunger, fatigue, and weight gain.
In The Fatburn Fix, Dr. Shanahan shows us how industrially...
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FORMERLY PUBLISHED AS INSIGHT OUT International bestselling author and Stanford University professor Tina Seelig adapts her wildly popular creativity course to a practical guide on how to put your best ideas into action. For the past fifteen years, Professor Tina Seelig has taught her Stanford students how to creatively unleash their unique entrepreneurial spirits. In "Creativity Rules", she shares this wisdom, offering inspiration and guidance to...