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21) Heart of iron
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London steampunk series volume 2
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English
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"In the mist-shrouded streets of London's dreaded Whitechapel district, werewolves, vampires, and a clockwork army are one step away from battle"--Page 4 of cover.
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The Rise of Silas Lapham, by William Dean Howells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
24) Crimson death
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2016.
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"Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn't usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he's being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats. And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him--who subjected him to centuries of torture--might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kind's...
26) Silence fallen
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2017.
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"A new hardcover in the acclaimed Mercy Thompson series--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fire Touched. Attacked and abducted in her home territory, Mercy finds herself in the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world, taken as a weapon to use against alpha werewolf Adam and the ruler of the Tri-Cities vampires. In coyote form, Mercy escapes--only to find herself without money, without clothing, and alone in the heart of Europe......
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Notes from the Underground is Fyodor Dostoevsky's ninth novel, and considered to be one of the first examples of the existential novel. In this radically inventive work, an alienated former minor administrator in nineteenth-century Russia has broken away from society and withdrawn into an underground identity. With its piercing insight into political, social, and moral issues, this classic is one of the most provocative work of literature ever written.
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28) Anna's Hope
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An urban fantasy packed with romance, mystery, and adventure, Anna's Hope is the sequel series to Witch's Bell.Anna Hope Summersville cannot catch a break. She's the kind of girl who trips and drops every break luck throws at her.With lacy socks and a massive collection of frumpy cardigans, she's not your usual witch. Her sisters might confidently dash around in heels and leather, but Anna can't pull that off. Not only would she sneeze and break her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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From the Publisher: Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling story is now one of the biggest family movie events of 2005-celebrate with this irresistible movie tie-in! One summer day, Opal goes into a supermarket and comes out with a scraggly dog that she names Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, her preacher father finally tells her ten things about her absentee mother, and Opal makes lots of unusual friends in her quirky Florida town. And because...
30) Fire touched
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Mercy Thompson series volume 9
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English
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"Mercy Thompson has been hailed as "a heroine who continues to grow and yet always remains true to herself."* Now she's back, and she'll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it's the children who suffer... Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll , they find themselves with something that could be used...
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[The author] takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched...
32) Urban Farms
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Urban Farms provides in-depth profiles of 16 innovative farms located in major metropolitan areas across the country, each operated by passionate individuals and communities committed to growing their own fruits and vegetables and raising animals. Included in these pages are some of the leaders in the movement, from Novella Carpenter's farm in an empty lot in Oakland to Growing Power's vast compound in Milwaukee. In addition to stories about the farms...
33) Broken Witch
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The graduation looms. So does the war. Serena has to do everything she can to save Mag City, but to do that, is to take on Xavier, and he will do anything to claim her.As she struggles to live as herself and the witch within, her city continues to crumble around her. And as it crumbles, her broken mind fractures further.For Serena Sander's mind was always going to break. That – that is her destiny.…Tune in for the thrilling second installment...
34) Today's Exorcist
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Today's exorcist is tomorrow's dead meat.Lily's an exorcist with a gift. An ancient wizard tied her soul to his victims. As they die, she becomes stronger. But it will cost.She's been fighting ghosts for fifteen years. Alone. She planned to keep it that way. But then he comes along – the strapping, excessively attractive jock she last saw in high school. It quickly turns out he's a detective. It also turns out she can't avoid him, no matter how...
35) Prince of Roses
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Games aren't always fun.Valerie wakes up one day – just a normal girl, trying to get by. She ends the day at the foot of the most powerful vampire in the city.When she finds out she's a powerful fay – one of the strongest in centuries – her simple life gets switched for one of action, danger, and intrigue. She must fight by her vampire's side, or she will die there.….Prince of Roses is a thrilling four-part urban fantasy with a dash of romance,...
36) Witch's Bell
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An urban fantasy with everything from romance to mystery, The Witch's Bell Series follows a feisty witch, Ebony Bell, as she solves magical malady after magical malady.Ebony has had just enough time to pat her hair down and wipe the ash and magical residue off her heels, before yet another ridiculously powerful entity starts threatening her lovely little town again. This time she's a little distracted, though. Sure, there might be something incredibly...
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"Ride along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spin-off to the Family Business series as the heir to a crime family finds himself targeted by an enemy and he'll need more than his family by blood to save him... Nevada Duncan is the heir to the Duncan and Zuniga crime family fortunes, but before he can take the mantle of power, he has to be educated about the family business. So, with the encouragement of his father and...
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.
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"Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. She knows whom to trust, where to eat, when to move locations, and how to take care of her dog. It’s the only home she has. When she unwittingly witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended. Suddenly, everyone from the police to the dead boys’...
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