Buildings, bridges, and books don't exist without the workers who are often invisible in the final product, as this joyous and profound adapted-for-audio picture book reveals from acclaimed author...
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Author: Wheeler, LisaSummary:Genre: Juvenile fiction, Science fiction
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Author: Matthiessen, PeterSummary:
Matthiessen reveals a complex historical struggle between American Indians and the United States government and how it influenced the events that lead to the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier.
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Author: Kepler, LarsSummary:
Detective Joona Linna is on leave dealing with personal and professional issues when he gets pulled into the investigation of a horrific murder at a home for wayward teenage girls. One girl is...
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Author: Krakauer, Jon.Summary:
Argues that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson, noted for his campaign to open schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has not been truthful about his past, his reasons for opening...
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Author: Grossman, Lev.Summary:
The stunning conclusion to the New York Times best-selling Magicians trilogy. Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to...
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Author: Grossman, Lev.Summary:
A thrilling and original coming-of- age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world. Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he's still secretly...
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Author: Grossman, Lev.Summary:
Quentin and his friends are now the kings and queens of Fillory, but the days and nights of royal luxury are starting to pall. After a morning hunt takes a sinister turn, Quentin and his old...
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Author: Kincaid, Gregory D.Summary:
For George and Mary Ann McCray, watching their disabled son Todd move out is unbearable--even though he's in his twenties. But Todd has a dog named Christmas and an entire community ready to help...
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Author: Brown, Daniel JamesSummary:
A middle-grade adaptation of the best-selling book describes the American rowing team's triumphant and unlikely win during Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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Author: Pirsig, Robert M.Summary:
For the first time, listeners will have access to Pirsig's personal writings in this posthumous collection. Edited by Wendy Pirsig, the collection includes unpublished speeches, letters, and...
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Author: Swanson, PeterSummary:
Nine strangers, including FBI Agent Jessica Winslow, receive a cryptic list with their names on it. There seems to be no connection between the people, until they begin to die in unusual...
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Author: Sheinkin, SteveSummary:
When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football...
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Author: Clarke, Arthur C.Summary:
THE LAST THEOREM charts the story of Ranjit Subramanian, a man fascinated by Fermat's Last Theorem--so simple that anyone can understand it, yet not proved for more than three centuries....
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Author: L'Amour, LouisSummary:
This volume presents eight of Louis L'Amour's ever popular short stories, including "Mistakes Can Kill You," "The Man from the Battle Flat," "The Lion Hunter and the Lady," "The One for the Mojave...
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Author: Poore, MichaelSummary:
A wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself. "Tales of gods and men akin to Neil Gaiman's Sandman...
Genre: Romance fiction