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[2021]
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"In The Power of Strangers, journalist Joe Keohane takes us through an inquiry into our shared history, one that offers surprising and compelling insights into our own social and political moment. But if strangers seem to some to be the problem, history, data, and science show us that they are actually our solution. In fact, throughout human history, our address to the stranger, the foreigner, the marginalized, and the other has determined the fate...
83) Summer people
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When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Archs final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage...
87) The Atlas of Us
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Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she's working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.
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My dragon books volume 33
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
But what if your dragon is always eager to talk to strangers? What if he has no problem going with someone he doesn’t know? What if he wanted to get in a car with someone because mom was late picking him up from school? What if he loves to take toys or gifts from strangers and throw a major fit if you tell him not to? What if he’s confused between “friendliness” and personal safety? What should you do? You help him understand stranger danger...
91) Lost and found
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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Lost and found tells the story of a child who gets lost in a crowd of strangers. Her eyes fill with tears and she starts to get scared. But she is lucky for she is approached by a police officer. He helps her find her Mom and Dad.
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Just weeks away from ditching DC for greener pastures, Solange Perreira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin on a random couple's big day. It's an easy gig... until she stumbles upon a situation that convinces her the pair isn't meant to be. What's a true-blue romantic to do? Crash the wedding, of course. And ensure the unsuspecting groom doesn't make the biggest mistake of his life. Dean Chapman had his future all mapped out. He was about...
93) The summer man
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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"Amanda Young grew up in Port Isley, a remote seaside community perched on the outermost shores of Washington. She's watched as, each summer, the tight-knit small village braces for the invasion of vacationers seeking refuge from city life. But this year, a new kind of visitor arrives in Port Isley, bringing something most unexpected. Soon after the season begins, a teenage girl's mutilated body is found in a local park. The police declare it a random...
98) Noel
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[2005]
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Five strangers lives intertwine on Christmas Eve to tell a story of companionship, love, and healing which unfolds against the backdrop of New York City. A delightful tale of redemption, faith, and the joy of living; proving miracles are closer than you think.
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[2022]
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"Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family's farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbor, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife's fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet's quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar...
100) Brightwood
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
When her mother disappears and a menacing stranger tries to claim her home, Brightwood Hall, for himself, Daisy must use her wits, courage, and help from her imaginary friends to survive.
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