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AFFRILACHIAN FOLKTALES - FORD
Lyn Ford tells stories from her native culture, the African-American tradition of the Appalachian region. Her stories are derived from family, community, the oral tradition of her culture, and her own life experience. A professional storyteller, Ford tours the United States and Canada. She has been featured at storytelling festivals throughout North America, including the National Storytelling Festival.
193516666
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AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ZOMBIE WAR
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. S13
077043741
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ANGELS AMONG US
Guardian angels, warrior angels, humans acting as angels. Angels protecting us, guiding us, never leaving our sides ... stories reminding us of the Angels Among Us. Featured authors: Monica Blanton, Susan Burdorf, Ashlea Burns, Callie Cool, Sky Diamond, Sara Drake, Stephanie Greenhalgh, Beth Hoyer, Theresa Oliver, Jennifer Paquette, Dana Piazzi, Nikki Shah, Melissa Somoza and Kim Stevens. S13
098578664
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BEHIND THE SIGNS - TONCRAY
Homeless people must confront many stereotypes about the causes of their homelessness. Too often we assume crime, substance abuse, laziness, or lack of ambition are simply bad choices that account for it all, never stopping to consider the myriad other possible causes of an individual's poverty. Behind the Signs considers in great detail the reasons for the desperate situation of each homeless person depicted in this true story and why each was unable to pull away from that lifestyle
147595456
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BURIED IN A BOOK
After losing her job as a journalist at the age of forty-five, Lila Wilkins accepts an internship at A Novel Idea, a thriving literary agency in North Carolina. Being paid to read seems perfect to Lila, although it's difficult with the cast of quirky co-workers and piles of query letters. But when a penniless aspiring author drops dead in the agency's waiting room--and Lila discovers a series of threatening letters--she's determined to find out who wrote him off.
042524619
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ca-FEAST OF FOOLS MORGANVILLE
In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans have learned to live in relative peace. Still, students like Claire Danvers know that after dark, studying can take a backseat to staying alive. But the tenuous good-neighbor policy is really turned on its head with the arrival of Mr. Bishop.Bad to the bone, the ancient old-school vampire cares nothing about harmony. Staying at the top of the food chain isn't enough. What he wants from the town's living and dead is unthinkably sinister. P13
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ca-GLASS HOUSES MORGANVILLE
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood. P13
045121994
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ca-LORD OF MISRULE MORGANVILLE
In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn’t the only threat. Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural. P13
045122572
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ca-MIDNIGHT ALLEY MORGANVILLE
Claire Danvers's college town may be run by vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. To what end, Claire will find out. And it's giving night school a whole new meaning. P13
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ca-THE DEAD GIRL'S DANCE MORGANVILLE
Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose. P13
045122089
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CITY OF DRAGONS - HOBB
After a long and harsh journey, Kelsingra is finally near, on the far side of the toxic Rain Wild River. But the greatest trial still lies ahead for the dragons and their human keepers. Rapidly approaching enemies driven by wickedness, greed, and dark desires covet the treasures that await within the magical city's walls. And to reach their ancestral sanctuary, the dragons must reawaken a power lost to them generations earlier. The dragons must learn to fly.
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DAVE BING A LIFE OF CHALLENGE - SHARP
What kind of person loses sight in one eye and then through dedicated practice and honed skills becomes one of the top 50 NBA players of all time? What kind of person, with limited business experience, builds a start-up company into a thriving corporation and is recognized as one of the world’s most successful black executives? What kind of person, while running a $350 million business, takes the time to reach out to black youths lacking father figures and provides counsel and support? And what kind of person, instead of enjoying a well-deserved luxurious retirement, chooses to become mayor of a large city that many long ago had written off as dead? Dave Bing, that’s who.
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DRAGON HAVEN VOL 2 - HOBBS
Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expedition and will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable and its waterways uncharted.
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DRAGON KEEPER VOL 1 - HOBBS
Too much time has passed since the powerful dragon Tintaglia helped the people of the Trader cities stave off an invasion of their enemies. The Traders have forgotten their promises, weary of the labor and expense of tending earthbound dragons who were hatched weak and deformed by a river turned toxic. If neglected, the creatures will rampage--or die--so it is decreed that they must move farther upriver toward Kelsingra, the mythical homeland whose location is locked deep within the dragons' uncertain ancestral memories.
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GENTLE GIANT OF DYNAMITE HILL - LEE
These are the firsthand accounts of sisters Helen and Barbara Shores growing up in Jim Crow Birmingham with their father, Arthur Shores, a prominent Civil Rights attorney, during the '60s. Between 1948 and 1963, some 50 unsolved Klan bombings happened in Smithfield where the Shores family lived, earning their neighborhood the nickname “Dynamite Hill.” Shores' daughter, Barbara, barely survived a kidnapping attempt. Twice, in 1963, Klan members bombed their home. The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill is an incredible story of a family's unfair suffering, but also of the Shores' overcoming.
031033620
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HOW TO SPEAK PIRATE
A Treasure Chest of Seafaring Slang - Avast ye scurvy dogs! Ever wondered what all that pirate slang means? Learn to speak like the saltiest rogue that ever sailed the seven seas using this handy dictionary: Find the perfect pirate name. Try out dating tips for the buccaneering set. Learn to curse like a 17th century sailor! Learn the many ways of asking your mateys to go for a drink. Celebrate International Talk like a Pirate Day with your newfound lingo!
096949778
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IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - BORYSENKO
In this sprightly and timely book, Borysenko offers wise counsel on making the most of the uncertainty, suffering and loss, and financial setbacks of the present moment. She believes that all of us can develop resilience as a deep spiritual resource to help get us through rough patches. She defines it poetically as "a graceful way of flowing through life, adapting to difficult circumstances with the ease of water assuming the shape of whatever container it's poured into."
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KATIE COURIC THE BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT
Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and TV personality, the founder of numerous cancer research and awareness organizations, and a New York Times bestselling author. The former anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, she now serves as special correspondent for ABC News.
081298258
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LADY ALMINA & the REAL DOWNTON ABBEY
Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart, Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman.
077043562
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LAST CHANCE BOOK CLUB
After a painful divorce, Savannah White wants nothing more than to find her happy place. So when she gets the chance to pack up her life -and her son - and move to the idyllic town where she spent childhood summers, she jumps at the opportunity. Last Chance is just as charming as she remembered. She's even invited to join the local book club, where talk soon turns to Savannah's plan to bring the ramshackle downtown movie theater back to life. S13
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LITERARY: 101 FAMOUS POEMS
101 FAMOUS POEMS. Fully indexed by title, author, and first line, this much-loved collection, in print since 1916, is a wide-ranging collection of the best-known English language poets, from William Shakespeare Robert Frost, from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS THEN and NOW - RYAN
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Random Acts of Kindness, the editors of Conari Press have compiled Random Acts of Kindness Then and Now, which includes the original book along with new material sourced from Facebook, Twitter, and various other social networks. It combines the best of 21st century crowd-sourced wisdom with the best of 20th century social activism
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REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS - THEOHARIS
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis provides a revealing window into Parks’s politics and years of activism. She shows readers how this civil rights movement radical sought—for more than a half a century—to expose and eradicate the American racial-caste system in jobs, schools, public services, and criminal justice.
080705047
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RED TEMPLAR
After nearly losing his life in Africa, retired Army Ranger and historian John Holliday is ready for some R&R back in the U.S. But when a disheveled Russian called Genrikhovich intercepts him in the airport, Holliday's homecoming will have to wait. Genrikhovich claims to know of a long-lost sword called Aos-the companion to Holliday's own Templar sword. Holliday quickly finds himself on a flight to Turkey, where he begins following a trail that will lead him to the dark heart of Russia-where the ancient Templar Order has secretly wielded power for centuries...
045123630
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SAVE HAVEN - SPARKS
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.
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TAKE THE KIDS FISHING - POND
This book is a bundle of more than 75 humorous tales from the hinterlands of America, and collected from Pond's "Back Forty" column, syndicated to newspapers around the country. This book is fun reading for anyone with a love of the outdoors or a taste for the country.
096177665
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THE ASHES OF CASTLEMONT - NORTHRUP
When Colonel Jonathan Stevens returns to the devastated South following the Civil War, he finds his whole world destroyed. This—combined with the pain of losing an arm, a son, a wife, and a daughter—drives him to curse God, as he feels certain that he has been forsaken. When a former Yankee soldier stumbles into his life, he begins to feel that he might be able to turn things around, despite the fact that his neighbors and friends will hate him for it. In Norman Northrup's beautifully written novel, one man will struggle with the ease of the life he used to know and the fear of daring to do what is right. Will God be victorious in his life? Or will his life remain hidden in The Ashes of Castlemont?
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THE CANTERBURY TALES - CHAUCER
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly written in verse although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.
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THE CASE OF D.B. COOPERS PARACHUTE
Portland police detective Neil Ferguson uncovers a series of puzzling and threatening clues that lead to the identity of D.B. Cooper, the mysterious man who hijacked a plane and parachuted with $200,000 in 1971. But when Ferguson delves deeper into a web of blackmail and murder, he realizes there may in fact be two D.B. Coopers. S13
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THE CHANUR SAGA - CHERRYH
No one at Meetpoint Station had ever seen a creature like the Outsider. Naked-hided, blunt-toothed and blunt-fingered, Tully was the sole surviving member of his company -- a communicative, space-faring species hitherto unknown. He had been a prisoner of his discoverers, the sadistic, treacherous kif, until he escaped to the hani ship The Pride of Chanur. This seemingly defenseless fugitive held information that could prove the ruin or glory of any species at Meetpoint Station, and whomever Tully allied with would stand to gain power and riches beyond imagining. For with Tully came the key to opening trade with a previously unknown sector of space -- a sector of space controlled by a race called “humans.”
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THE GREAT GATSBY
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s. S13
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THE HOST - MEYER
The novel introduces an alien race, called Souls, which takes over the Earth and its inhabitants. The book describes one Soul's predicament when the mind of her human host refuses to cooperate with her takeover.
031606805
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THE HUNGER GAMES
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, to her, is second nature.
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THE PASSAGE
The Passage depicts a post-apocalyptic world of psychic vampires. S13
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THE UNOFFICAL HUNGER GAMES WILDERNESS SURVIVAL GUIDE
Building temporary shelters to protect from rain, cold, wind and sun. Finding and purifying water--even when there are no streams or lakes nearby. Building and using fire for cooking, signaling, warmth and making tools. Identifying and cooking wild edible plants. Building twitch-up snares. Camouflage techniques. Hunting and stalking skills. Making your own survival bow and arrows and other tools. Survival first aid. Navigation tips and tricks for travel, rescue and evasion, and much, much more. S13
144032855
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VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, WEREWOLVES, AND GHOSTS
25 Classic Stories inspired by folklore and mythology that explore the darker side of human nature and that crafted tales that defied convention, stirred up controversy, and gave life to a storytelling genre that has endured for generations. P13
045153194
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WORLD WAR Z - BROOKS
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 post-apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks. It is a follow-up to his 2003 book, The Zombie Survival Guide. Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the decade-long horror, World War Z is the record of the plague years.
030734661
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ZOMBIESQUE
From a tropical resort where visitors can become temporary zombies, to a newly-made zombie determined to protect those he loves, to a cheerleader who won't let death kick her off the team, to a zombie seeking revenge for the ancestors who died on an African slave ship-- Zombiesque invites readers to take a walk on the undead side in these tales from a zombie's point of view. P13
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