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Earth's children volume 2
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In this sequel to The Clan of the Cave Bears, Jean Auel continues the story of Ayla. Ayla sets out on a journey to meet others like herself during which she encounters a herd of horses and rescues a young man from death.
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Space Odyssey series volume 1
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Two frightened navigators , three frozen hibernauts, and a talkative computer named Hal ride on the spacecraft Discovery, hoping to unravel the mystery of a crystal monolith left on the moon by alien intelligence.
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 2
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Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger make a harrowing journey to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a mythical place where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds, seeking help to fight the evil afoot in the owl world.
8) The parting
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The People themselves dare to challenge the Old Ways of their heritage...and each patriarch must choose a side. Nearly one hundred days have passed since the untimely death of Nellie Mae Fisher's beloved younger sister, Suzy, and Nellie dares again to dream of a future with handsome Caleb Yoder. But with rumors about Suzy still flying among the People, there are those who would keep the young courting couple apart...including Caleb's own father. Meanwhile,...
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Kallik, Lusa, Toklo, and Ujarak unite and begin their journey to discover what it means to be a bear in the wilderness, and when they gather near a remote lake to learn from their elders, they learn that one of their group is in danger, as not all bears have the best intentions.
10) Magyk, book 1
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Septimus Heap volume 1
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After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.
12) World Series
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An history of the century-old World Series, lavishly illustrated with photographs.
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Left Behind series. Main series volume 7
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The members of the Tribulation Force face their most dangerous challenges. Following the assassination of the Antichrist, some are murder suspects; others test the precarious line between subversion and being revealed. All over the news, reporters announce that Rayford Steele is Nicolae Carpathia's assassin, but Buck soon learns the truth. The world mourns the loss of a world leader until events at Nicolae's funeral bring all mourning to an end. A...
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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 2
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Twenty-one-year-old Grace Byler longs to find her missing mother and to uncover the secret that drove her to leave them three weeks before. Grace suspects the reason has to do with her father and his reserved, uncommunicative ways. This conviction led Grace to break off her betrothal to her quiet, staid beau, and she is now resigned to remain single. But when the young Amishman she thought was courting her best friend takes a sudden interest in her,...
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Mitford years volume 3
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Father Timothy Kavanagh, married for the first time at the age of sixty-something, struggles to deal with the upheaval and delight of having a wife, while also presiding over the triumphs and troubles of the people of the small town of Mitford, North Carolina.
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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 1
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Two young women, Amish Grace Byler and graduate student Heather Nelson, stand as counterpoints in parallel plots involving two secrets. Grace's mother is troubled; Heather, whose mother has died of cancer, tells no one in her circle of her own diagnosis of terminal illness, which drives her to Pennsylvania Amish country in search of healing. Grace's mother makes a decision that painfully complicates the action and drives it forward. Grace, her family...
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Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy thrillers volume 3
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When Russia's richest oil baron is killed, Moscow suddenly teeters on the verge of political chaos. And in the dead of night, in the hills overlooking Jerusalem, a senior White House advisor uncovers a chilling ancient conspiracy as real as the morning's headlines.