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"Oklahoma 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley knows that her stepfather doesn't have good intentions toward the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home as wards. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees to the woods, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the rugged Winding Stair Mountains, the notorious territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, Ollie and Nessa form an...
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Boxcar children volume 17
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English
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A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.
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"A young woman discovers the love and family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer at her grandparents' old house in North Carolina"--
Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on the market--the home that Keaton didn't know existed until now--she jumps at the chance to head south. But the moment she steps foot inside...
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"Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories depict impeccably designed manors and shiny new yachts, the secret reality holds nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus's scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend...
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"Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rushed their beloved dog Tim to the emergency vet on Christmas Eve. The good news: Tim survived after the vet cleared the obstruction -- a pair of women's lace undies. The bad news: the undies were not Brenda's. A year after the breakup, Brenda has put her life back together. She's trained for a marathon, is writing a children's novel, and she's found purpose...
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Summer beach volume 3
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English
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"Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones's legacy. But Oliva's legacy comes with thorns--intertwined are secrets of her aunt's death; a controlling grandmother who is determined to crush anyone or anything that will interfere with her son's political...
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Love Inspired
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[2024]
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English
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"Training service dogs is Autumn McCaw’s passion. She won’t let anything jeopardize her business’s chance of success, including her former love Wyatt Nelson. But with a looming deadline to prove herself capable, she has no choice but to hire the one man who hurt her years ago. Relying on the single dad is tough—especially since he has trust issues of his own. But can Autumn and Wyatt overcome their past to save her business…and...
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Routledge & Kegan Paul
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1984
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English
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The Verney family of England between the 1590 and 1724, showing that " ... most of their energies were directed within the family, their concerns with marriage and children, with relationships between mem- bers of the Verney clan, with managing their estates and property." (flyleaf of paper cover).
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[N.V. Martin]
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1988
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English
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The emigrant ancestors for this family came from Switzerland to America in 1728 and settled in the Weaverland District, Lancaster Co., Pa. Abraham Martin (1828-1907) was born in Salisbury Township, Lancaster Co., Pa, near Hersheys Church. He married (1) Susanna (1828-1851), daughter of Jonas Burkholder, in 1849. They had one surviving son. He married (2) Barbara Wenger (1829-1906) in 1852. They were parents of fourteen children. Descendants live in...
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Criterion collection volume 570
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Criterion Collection
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©2011
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Français
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"Zazie, une petite fille de dix ans, débarque à Paris. Sa mère qui est venue passer le week-end avec son amant, la confie à son oncle Gabriel. Dans le taxi de Charles, Gabriel lui montre les monuments de la capitale, mais Zazie s'en moque. Ce qu'elle veut, c'est connaître le métro. Hélas ! A sa grande déception, le métro est en grève...
Zazie is an energetic, saucy little girl from the suburbs who comes to Paris with her mother Jeanne for...
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2000.
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"Driven to emigrate by England's devastating anti-Catholic policies, the first Carroll brought with him to Maryland an iron determination to reconstitute his family and fortune. But instead of a more tolerant environment, he found an increasingly militant Protestant society that ultimately disenfranchised Catholics and threatened their wealth and property. Confronting religious antagonisms like those that had destroyed their Irish ancestors, this...
20) The Throop tree
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Throop Press
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1971
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English
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Adrian Scroope changed his name to William Throope (1638-1704) and immigrated from England to Massachusetts during or before 1666. He married Mary Chapman in 1666, and they settled at Bristol, Rhode Island. Descendant lived throughout the United States.
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