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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. From the author of The Blondes comes a twisted, darkly humorous story about a woman?s attempted murder, her lost memories, and the old friends who try to put her back together?or finish her off for good.When Mia Sinclair-Kroner wakes from a coma, all she can remember are the movies she?s known and loved. Her college friends quickly assemble for a weekend party, in an effort to help her remember. But with old friends come old wounds, and it soon becomes clear that Mia?s accident might not have been an accident at all.Was it Agnes, driven by her unspoken resentments? Or Zoey, who covets everything Mia has? Have the years apart only fanned the extinguished flame between Ethan and Mia, compelling him to violence? Or did Victor, who moved away, return with an agenda? Or was it Martin, the wealthy husband, who put a country estate between Mia and her past?As old tensions and new suspicions rise, these friends must wade through their film knowledge, shared history, and everything that?s kept them apart in order to figure out which one of them is trying to end things once and for all.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A youth group?s temple road trip through India is a liberating escape for a former mean girl and sunshine boy to explore their past and their feelings for each other in the much-anticipated novel about self-discovery by the award-winning author of My So-Called Bollywood Life.Born and raised in the US, Tara Bajaj hides her family secrets. With beautiful clothes, a popular social media presence, and a spot on the Rutgers High Bollywood dance team, she does it well?until her carefully cultivated image shatters. Shut out by friends and with her future in flux, Tara accepts a guide position for a youth group?s temple tour through North India. Rediscovering the heart of her ancestry is as good a place as any to start over.Silas D?Souza-Gupta is an aspiring photojournalist retracing the journey his two mothers took when they fell in love. The last thing he expects on this road trip through his roots is a girl with a history of her own. As Tara and Silas embark on the trip to remote pilgrimage sites from Punjab through the Himalayas, they each discover what it means to be a child in the Indian diaspora, the significance of karma, and the healing power of love.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Paul Bennett had the perfect wife, the perfect family, the perfect life?until one fateful Christmas brought an unthinkable tragedy. In deep despair, he turns to drinking to drive away the pain, but he only succeeds in driving away his wife. His marriage shattered, his family gone, Paul now despises Christmas.But can the holiday he so detests hold a miraculous surprise? After an accident in which he loses consciousness, he wakes up in the company of the shepherds who will soon travel to Bethlehem to see the newborn Christ in the manger. Can Paul find salvation on the night that forever changed the world? Can he discover the true spirit of Christmas.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A woman vanishes from a Texas town. Did she simply run off, or is something darker at play?When Patrick Dielman shows up at Detective Jo Larsen?s desk insisting that his wife, Jenny, is missing, Jo wonders if it?s a case of a bored housewife running away.But as she digs deeper into Jenny?s life, Jo learns that Dielman keeps a stranglehold on the family finances, down to the last nickel, and that Jenny?s first marriage dissolved following the death of her young son. By all accounts?including her doctor?s?she never recovered from the loss. Between a controlling husband, a tragic past, and a callous ex-husband, Jo can?t be sure if she should suspect foul play or accept that the woman may have wanted to disappear.For Jo, whose own demons are shadowing her every step, finding Jenny becomes more than the typical protect-and-serve.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Tom Cardy knew he was a lucky man. He had the perfect wife, great land, good workers and a bright future. But one fateful day his luck changed when his wife, Caroline, was killed in a stage-coach ambush.Along with good friend Jack Madrid, he begins the hunt for Caroline's killer. At first it seems all their leads are dead ends. Their number one suspect ends up dead too.But after a detour to find the brothers of a man killed in the ambush, things start to come together. They meet Jubal Johnson, manager of the local bank who is sympathetic to Tom's loss, and they hear about Rune Ballard, a lout who might have been involved in the ambush but ends up dead.Slowly, the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place and Tom at last, through another innocently slain person, finds the one responsible for his beloved Caroline's death.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. During the dying days of the Civil War, Letha Bartlett lovingly tends to the wounded in a Confederate hospital in Richmond, Virginia. A widow herself, her gentle touch and fiercely protective personality bring comfort and courage to the soldiers in her care. When Granville Pollard, a Northerner who spurned his Union father to fight for the Confederacy, enters the ward, Letha is captivated by his cultured bearing and singing voice. Granville has lost both his fiancée and his feet to the war, leaving him emotionally and physically crippled. Together with a gruff patient named Sergeant Crump, Letha mends Granville, restoring his hope for a future. But the war is not over and death hovers, striking a blow that will plunge Letha and Granville into an abyss from which only the most faithful love can save them. Based on a true story, Sing for Us is a riveting tale of love and hope in the last days of the Civil War.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. An Amazon Best Book of the Year A Goodreads Best Book of the Month From the internationally bestselling author Catherine McKenzie comes an evocative tale of two women navigating the secrets and lies at the heart of a wildfire threatening their town. After a decadelong career combating wildfires, Elizabeth has traded in her former life for a quieter one with her husband. Now she works as the local arson investigator in a beautiful, quaint town in the Rockies. But that tranquil life vanishes when she and her husband agree to divorce and a fire in nearby Cooper Basin begins to spread rapidly. For Elizabeth, containing a raging wildfire is easier than accepting that her marriage has failed. For Elizabeth?s ex-friend Mindy, who feels disconnected from her husband and teenage children, the fire represents a chance to find a new purpose: helping a man who has lost his home to the blaze. But her faith is shattered by a shocking accusation. As the encroaching inferno threatens the town?s residents, Elizabeth and Mindy must discover what will be lost in the fire, and what will be saved.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Minna, an appealing rabbit character, comes up with a great Valentine's Day project which involves enlisting her little brother to do kind things for their neighbors.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. For Holly Marshall, there?s no such thing as a perfect match. That?s reflected in the unpredictable, fun clothing combos the aspiring artist wears around her hometown of Sugar Springs?and in her inability to fit in anywhere else. But when she sets out to prove to her family that she?s ready to grow up by settling down, could she have found her perfect mismatch in a play-by-the-book guy wearing a business suit? High-powered attorney Zack Winston is a man who always gets what he wants. While Holly wouldn?t mind sampling what Zack so deliciously has to offer, she needs someone who plans to stick around?and Zack?s disdain of small towns suggests he won?t. But as the camaraderie of Sugar Springs begins to charm, and Zack?s brothers show what family is all about, he and Holly may just get the chance to have it all?if they?re brave enough to reach out and take it.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Sofia is trained in secret as a painter in her father?s workshop during a time when women did not paint openly. She loves her work, but her restless spirit leads her to betray her extraordinary gifts to marry a man who comes to despise her for not producing a son.After Sofia?s father is crushed by his own fresco during an attack motivated by a vendetta, Sofia realizes she must escape her loveless marriage. She flees to Siena, where, disguised as a boy, she paints again. When her work attracts the notice of a nobleman who discovers the woman under the dirty smock, Sofia is faced with a choice that nearly destroys her.Meticulously researched settings and compelling characters are united with a strong heroine in this rich portrait of medieval Italy.Revised edition: This edition of The Towers of Tuscany includes editorial revisions.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A vanished mother, the grip of darkness, a lifelong mystery. Forty years later, a prosecutor faces them all again, this time as a murder suspect in a pulse-pounding legal thriller of psychological suspense.On a steaming night in 1977, New York City is plunged into darkness and two boys, Joe and Robbie, are abandoned by their mother, Lois. Forty years to the day after this unforgivable moment, Joe is a hard-drinking ADA and Lois has resurfaced: Joe wakes from another alcoholic fog to learn she?s been found murdered on a Coney Island beach.Joe throws himself into his work, struggling to reconcile his memories of Lois with the relative stranger found by the NYPD. And when another murder hits close to home and DNA links Joe to both crimes, he sinks deeper into the abyss. Joe can?t remember a thing. His last hope as the evidence mounts against him is Aideen Bradigan, a brilliant and dogged lawyer from his past.It will take Aideen?s drive and Joe?s own shrewd legal mind to uncover a potentially terrifying truth?and to shatter the devastating secrets that claw back to that fateful night in the dark.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Frederick and Ishbu live in Miss Dove?s classroom, where they learn?and eat?to their hearts? content. But one fateful evening Natasha arrives with disturbing news: her father, a famous professor and scientist, has gone missing! For the second time in their lives, the rats embark on a worldwide journey. They travel the globe to save their friend and meet such colorful characters as a secret clan of badgers, two vicious rat terriers, and a stuffy English show mouse. It?s another whirlwind adventure they?ll never forget. Rayyan, Omar (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. From author Leah Vernon comes the action-packed second installment in the Union series about a young woman?s battle for power in a racially divided futuristic world.A thousand years into the future, a Black elite class reigns while the underclass toils at their feet. With her society?s future hanging in the balance, young Avi Jore enters into an arranged marriage. But the ceremony turns violent when the servants rebel and kill Avi?s father.In the aftermath of General Jore?s death, Avi and her sister Jade vie for power in a vicious contest. As the rightful heir, Avi has no choice but to defend what?s hers?at any cost. With her loyalties tested and her enemies closing in, Avi must rely on her sister Saige, who searches for allies outside the Union?s walls.As Avi and Saige navigate threats and betrayals in the wake of worsening unrest, they forge a path forward that could forever change their turbulent world.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Ali?s grandma can?t hear or see very well these days, and she doesn?t remember very much anymore. But Ali likes hanging out with her. So when Ali?s mom takes out a wooden trunk full of Grandma?s old photos, he sits with his grandmother, trying to figure out who is in all the old pictures. At first, his grandma doesn?t seem to remember. But with a little help from Ali, she is soon sailing through the photos?and taking Ali along with her through the wondrous journey of her life. With daring, joy, and love, Ali?s grandma shows him the importance of making and sharing beautiful memories that will live on in the ones we love. First published in Turkey, this endearing picture book is a joyous celebration of life, family, and love. Urgan, Senta (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A Word Award winner. It?s 1939, and Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Seventeen-year-old farm girl Cornelia has been heartbroken since the day her mother died five years ago. As a new tragedy provides Cornelia still more reason to reject her parent?s faith, a mysterious visitor appears in her hour of desperation. Alone and carrying a heavy secret, she makes a desperate choice that will haunt her for years to come. Never telling a soul, Cornelia pours out the painful events of the war in her diary. Many decades later, Cornelia?s granddaughter, Benita, is in the midst of her own crisis, experiencing several losses in the same week, including the grandmother she adored. The resulting emotional and financial stress takes its toll on her and her husband, Ken, who is unemployed. On the brink of divorce, she discovers Cornelia?s diary. Now the secrets of her grandmother?s past will lead Benita on an unexpected journey of healing, reunion, and faith.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. An inspiring true story of love, hope, and victory?and of one woman who was determined to make a difference in the wake of a crime.On August 6, 1993, twenty-year-old Natasha Alexenko was assaulted at gunpoint. After nearly a decade, her backlogged rape kit was finally tested and her rapist, who roamed free for ten years, was brought to justice. On the day he was sentenced, Alexenko vowed that she would no longer be a statistic and would do whatever she could to help police on behalf of other rape victims. In 2011, she founded Natasha?s Justice Project (NJP), a nonprofit committed to ending the rape-kit backlog.This unflinching memoir chronicles her journey from trauma to triumph. Despite personal setbacks and bureaucratic obstacles, Alexenko refuses to give up on her determination to raise awareness of a problem even worse than she imagined, as tens of thousands of untested rape kits languish in crime storage facilities across the country. Written for fellow survivors, their families, law enforcement, and anyone impacted by rape, her deeply personal story is a testament to the power of one person to make a profound change.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Sophie McPhee loves her long locks. Curly, curly, fancy, twirly. Twirly, whirly, long, and girly. She thinks long hair is the best! Until.those long locks become a snarly, tangly mess. Ouch! Suddenly, long hair isn?t so much fun. And no matter what she does, Sophie can?t control that hair! Then Sophie comes up with the perfect solution?why not donate her hair to someone who really needs it. Pelton Villnave, Erica (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. There?s never been a better time to be woman. We live in an era when girls are told they can do anything. So why aren?t we seeing more women rising to the top ranks of corporations and the government? Why don?t our girls have more women in leadership roles to look up to?Women Who Don?t Wait in Line is an urgent wake-up call from politico and activist Reshma Saujani. The former New York City Deputy Public Advocate and founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code argues that aversion to risk and failure is the final hurdle holding women back in the workplace. Saujani advocates a new model of female leadership based on sponsorship?where women encourage each other to compete, take risks, embrace failure, and lift each other up personally and professionally.Woven throughout the book are lessons and stories from accomplished women like Susan Lyne, Randi Zuckerberg, Mika Brzezinski, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, who have faced roadblocks and overcome them by forging new paths, being unapologetically ambitious, and never taking no for an answer. Readers are also offered a glimpse into Saujani?s personal story, including her immigrant upbringing and the insights she gleaned from running a spirited campaign for U.S. Congress in 2010.Above all else, Women Who Don?t Wait in Line is an inspiring call from a woman who is still deep in the trenches. Saujani aims to ignite her fellow women?and enlist them in remaking America.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Even a penguin has a hard time being cool in this hilarious adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes. Harper, Lee (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. He may not live in this lifetime?but he may be the love of her lifetime Actress Clara McCallum just got her big break. She?s thrilled about landing the lead role in a big WWII film. But her dream-come-true excitement is short-lived. She?s just received devastating news and has been reeling ever since. The last thing Clara wants is to spend Christmas alone in New York City, but she?s determined to stay on location for the movie. Anything for her craft, right? Which is perfect since she?s playing a woman who?ll do anything for the love of doomed soldier Jed Landry. But Clara?s resolve turns to astonishment when she steps off an old-fashioned locomotive from the set and finds herself whisked back in time-and into the arms of the real-life Jed. She?s convinced it?s some sort of hallucination. But before long she finds herself swept away by the handsome soldier, and wondering if her plunge into the past could change the course of the future?and turn out to be the best Christmas present ever.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In this heart-warming story from million copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse, Nora has given up on finding happiness. But has it been waiting for her all along?As Nora and her British Army officer husband, Gordy, pack up yet another home and leave the sun of Cyprus for the drizzle of England, she can?t shake a feeling of regret?at her failure to follow her own dreams, but also, if she?s honest, at having ended up an officer?s wife at all, drifting through a life of temporary homes and temporary relationships.Since losing her parents at a young age, Nora?s life has been lacking an anchor: someone or something to make her feel secure. Her marriage has been her only permanent relationship, and just as even that appears to be fizzling out, a tragedy forces Nora into the role of legal guardian to her seven-year-old nephew, Ted. Faced suddenly with a responsibility she never dreamed of, how can Nora possibly offer the boy the kind of unconditional love he deserves, when she?s never experienced it for herself?But as she navigates the precarious and unfamiliar world of parenthood, Nora begins to see herself through Ted?s eyes, as someone worthy of love and even joy. When she?s welcomed into the previously intimidating huddle of mums at the school gate, she has to wonder: is it too late to smash down the other barriers she?s built?and to have a second chance at a happy marriage with Gordy.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Everything is going according to story for CeCi (Cinderella), Bianca (Snow White), and Rory (Sleeping Beauty)?until the day that Zell (Rapunzel) decides to leave Grimmland and pursue her life. Now, Zell?s best friends are left to wonder whether their own passions are worth risking their predetermined ?happily ever afters,? regardless of the consequences. CeCi wonders whether she should become a professional chef, sharp-tongued and quick-witted Bianca wants to escape an engagement to her platonic friend, and Rory will do anything to make her boorish husband love her. But as Bianca?s wedding approaches, can they escape their fates?and is there enough wine in all of the Realm to help them? In this hilarious modern interpretation of the fairy-tale stories we all know and love, Letters to Zell explores what happens when women abandon the stories they didn?t write for themselves and go completely off script to follow their dreams.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. ?Lauren Thoman?s I?ll Stop the World is a whip-smart mystery with a vibrant cast of characters that gives off great eighties vibes. I was absolutely dazzled by this unputdownable genre-bending novel that?s equal parts coming-of-age suspense and emotional tale of forgiveness and second chances.? ?Mindy KalingThe end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of friendship, fate, and inexplicable second chances.Is it the right place at the wrong time? Or the wrong place at the right time?Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, but the ripple effects are still felt after thirty-eight years. Justin always knew he wouldn?t have much of a future. He just never imagined that his life might take him backward.In a cosmic twist of fate, Justin?s choices send him crashing into the path of determined optimist Rose Yin. Justin and Rose live in the same town and attend the same school, but have never met?because Rose lives in 1985. Justin won?t be born for another twenty years. And his grandparents are still alive?for now.In a series of events that reverberate through multiple lifetimes, Justin and Rose have a week to get Justin unstuck in time and put each of them in control of their futures?by solving a murder that hasn?t even happened yet.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. From the author of One of Those Faces comes the haunting story of a young woman?s return home to face her tragic past, the fire that killed her family, and what remains in the ashes.Alexis ?Lex? Blake swore she would never return to the town where she?d lost her home and her family in a devastating fire that only she survived and can barely remember. But when her aunt dies, leaving behind a mountain of debt, Lex has no choice but to head back to Northern California to settle her family?s estate.The small town is much the same way Lex left it: tight knit, staunchly religious, and wary of the Blakes, as evidenced by her run-ins with the sheriff, the preacher, and the nosy locals. The one saving grace is her old flame, but even Kael McPheron isn?t enough to distract Lex from the bitterness of her past.Preparing her family?s property for sale forces Lex to contend with strange occurrences and mysterious phone calls that begin to unlock buried childhood memories. And when a body turns up?and then another one?Lex realizes that the mystery of that night is deeper than she ever imagined, and the threat that already destroyed her life once still burns.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Frankie Stein looks nothing like his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stein, or the spooky-looking kids at Miss Wart's Academy for Ghouls & Goblins. His clean-cut looks make it hard for him to make friends. But Frankie knows a thing or two about being scary. He can make grotesque faces, paint bone-chilling pictures, and yelp as loud as a coyote. When he experiments with potions in the classroom and grows two fangs, he wins over the other kids, showing that popularity depends on more than how you look. Once again, Frankie Stein proves that he's happiest when he's true to himself. Kevan Atteberry's digital illustrations lend a hand to this back-to-school spook-tacular story. Atteberry, Kevan J. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A popular cheerleader?raped, beaten, and left for dead. An edgy outsider with a gift. An unlikely team that could take down a killer.Bea Washington?s life has been a mess ever since that night?the night her best friend and boyfriend betrayed her, the night that got Bea kicked out of Athena Day School for Girls, the night that sent Bea straight into rehab.Now clean, Bea is starting over at sprawling Packard High School, in a city shaken from two assaults on young women. The latest victim, Willa Pressman?the one who actually survived?doesn?t remember a thing. But Bea has a disturbing new ?skill,? the ability to draw the truth out of people?literally. She can see?and then draw?images from other people?s minds. And when she looks at Willa, Bea is shocked by what she sketches.Bea might be the only person who knows Willa?s secrets?and who can take down the killer before he strikes again.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Can their love survive the darkest of days?1943: Europe is at war?but neutral Ireland is isolated from the storm. In a sleepy coastal village south of Dublin, eighteen-year-old Aileen Sweeney meets soldier Niall O?Rourke at a dance, and the spark between them soon ignites a powerful love.But when Niall makes a life-changing and contentious decision, Aileen?s hopes and dreams fall apart. In an instant Niall is transformed from dashing suitor to social outcast, and the fallout leaves each of them navigating the consequences alone. Putting her innocence behind her, Aileen must make her own tough choices?choices that will set the course of the rest of her life.Aileen and Niall have promised to stay true to each other while they?re apart, but in a world at war and where nothing is certain, can their relationship really survive the distance of an ocean.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A child peeling an orange on the subway. A bearded man with gentle eyes holding a tin cup on the corner. When we see life through the lens of faith, everyday moments become a source of hope and strength. In this collection of essays, chaplain Andrea Raynor reveals the unexpected places she has experienced the Divine and shows us how we, too, might come to see life as a spiritual adventure?one on which we are never truly alone.Raynor?s own life has required more than a little bit of faith. She served as chaplain to the morgue at Ground Zero and has ministered to hospice patients for more than twenty years. She?s survived breast cancer and tended a brother wounded by the Vietnam War. Any one of these experiences could have shaken her belief, and yet she sees the holy in them all.It?s easy to lose our way, to forget who we are and why we are here. But each moment, no matter how trying, helps us chart our course and lights our path toward a more spiritually fulfilling life?all that?s required of us is an open heart and a little faith on the journey.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In the midst of World War II, Ireland has declared herself neutral. Troops found on Irish soil must be reported and interned, no matter which side they are fighting for. When midwife Nan O?Neil finds a wounded young Canadian pilot at her door, she knows she?s taking a huge risk by letting him in. Not only is she a widow living alone, but if caught harboring a combatant, she?ll face imprisonment.Still, something compels Nan to take in ?flyboy? Dutch Whitney, an RAF pilot whose bomber has just crashed over County Clare. While she tends to his wounds and gives him a secret place of refuge, the two begin to form a mutual affection?and an unbreakable bond.But Nan has another secret, one that has racked her with guilt since her husband?s death and made her question ever loving again. As Nan and Dutch plan his escape, can he help restore her faith.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paul Bennett had the perfect wife, the perfect family, the perfect life?until one fateful Christmas brought an unthinkable tragedy. In deep despair, he turns to drinking to drive away the pain, but he only succeeds in driving away his wife. His marriage shattered, his family gone, Paul now despises Christmas.But can the holiday he so detests hold a miraculous surprise? After an accident in which he loses consciousness, he wakes up in the company of the shepherds who will soon travel to Bethlehem to see the newborn Christ in the manger. Can Paul find salvation on the night that forever changed the world? Can he discover the true spirit of Christmas.…