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[2006]
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Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother and their friends declare war on the elderly men of Green Town, IL, in an effort to stop the clock on top of the courthouse building, believing that in doing so, they could hold onto their youth and the last days of summer. Doug and his friends find themselves equally matched by town elder and school board member, Mr. Calvin C. Quartermain, and his elderly cohorts.
2) 'Salem's Lot
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"Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work--in fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond...
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[2016]
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English
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Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at the cemetery. Still Meadows, as it's called, is anything but still. Original, profound, "The Whole Town's Talking", a novel in the tradition of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" and Flagg's own "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven", tells the story of Lordor Nordstrom, his Swedish mail-order bride, Katrina, and their neighbors and descendants as they live, love, die,...
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Miss Julia series volume 12
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English
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Struggling to mind her own business when a murder occurs blocks from her home, Miss Julia works to discover who has stolen her identity and prepares for Hazel Marie's due date until she realizes that the wrong person is being accused.
8) Rhino ranch
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Returning home to recover from a near-fatal heart attack, Duane discovers that he has a new neighbor: the statuesque K. K. Slater, a quirky billionairess who's come to Thalia to open the Rhino Ranch, dedicated to the preservation of the endangered black rhinoceros. Despite their obvious differences, Duane can't help but find himself charmed by K.K.'s stubborn toughness and lively spirit, and the two embark on a flirtation that rapidly veers toward...
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Little Blue Truck is back for another adventure--now available in Spanish!Zooom! Wooeeee . . . ! "Make way!" The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayors limousine. With everyone pushing to be first, soon theres a giant traffic jam! But even a wrangle-tangle is no match for El camioncito Azul, who comes to the rescue in...
10) Olive, again
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"Olive Kitteridge has returned, as indomitable as ever ... this time as a person getting older, navigating her next decade as she comes to terms with the changes--sometimes welcome, sometimes not--in her own life. Here is Olive, strangely content in her second marriage, still in an evolving relationship with her son and his family, encountering a cast of memorable characters in the seaside town of Crosby, Maine. Whether it's a young girl coming to...
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Having fallen hopelessly in love with local gardener George Marston, a shameless Agatha Raisin donates the money for a charity ball in the hope of dancing with him, only to discover that he has been murdered by a killer who caused him to be bitten by a poisonous snake.
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Mitford years volume 9
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English
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Set in the quiet, small town of Mitford and starring aging Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh, the books are welcome reminders of the simpler and gentler pleasures of life. Now the series concludes with Light from Heaven. An old, abandoned church is in need of immediate revival--if Father Tim is up to the task.
14) A new song
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Mitford years volume 5
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English
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A retired Episcopal rector accepts an interim post on an island off the coast of North Carolina, where new challenges and adventures await him and his wife.
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Bruce Peyton wonders where he went wrong. A widower, he worries that he has spoiled his thirteen-year-old daughter Jolene, and in doing so, caused so much tension and hostility in his home that his new (and pregnant) wife, Rachel, has left him. He struggles to regain her trust and to raise a daughter he can be proud of, because in Cedar Cove, nothing is more important than family.
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Christmas mysteries (Anne Perry) volume 7
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English
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Three days before Christmas, in the freezing slums of London's East End, thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps and eight-year-old Minnie Maude Mudway join together in a search for Charlie, the donkey who belonged to Minnie Maude's Uncle Alf. Gracie is shocked to learn that only the day before, someone brutally murdered Uncle Alf and made off with his rag-and-bones cart and the beloved beast who pulled it.
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Cedar Cove series volume 9
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[2009]
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English
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In this Cedar Cove installment, the sheriff once hoped to marry Faith Beckwith, but she ended the relationship last month. Now, to keep his mind off unrequited love, the sheriff must focus on a baffling murder case and help his friend, Judge Olivia Griffin, fight cancer. However, when a series of break-ins occur at the house Faith is renting, the sheriff finds himself not only dealing with Faith's predicament, but also his undying feelings for her....
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