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2) Until August
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"The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry here to the island...
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""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...
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In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor, but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day Los Angeles, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they've met before. Across these seemingly unrelated...
10) Emmett
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Seventeen-year-old self-absorbed Emmett navigates love and relationships in this queer retelling of Emma.
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"Complications arise when Marietta's secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man. 1828, the London countryside. For years, Marietta Stone has harbored a secret infatuation for the handsome Frederick Finch and has poured out her deepest feelings in a series of passionate love letters that she keeps in a locked drawer. But when Marietta's private letters are accidentally delivered to Frederick's house, she must retrieve them immediately...
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"Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Valentine's Day with flowers, candy, and cards? Learn all about Saint Valentine, a man whose kindness and love inspires us each year to let others know how much they mean to us. Told as a charming poem, this beautifully illustrated book will be enjoyed by children and the adults who read with them"--
13) Wherever you go
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From the creators of the bestselling All Are Welcome comes a modern and inclusive picture book that celebrates the many milestones of a child's life ranging from a school play to graduation with an emphasis on kindness and community. Where will you go? Who will you be? I savor the moments that you're here with me. Follow a set of kids and their families through the big and small moments with colorful illustrations and beautiful, rhyming text--a book...
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A brush with love (2019 ; 85 min.): Jamie Spellman struggles to balance her dream of painting with the reality of such a difficult career choice while having to choose between two men who seem perfect but for very different reasons.
When love springs (2023 ; 84 min.): A junior PR professional arrives at a quaint B&B for her parents' vow renewals and runs into a former flame who broke her heart. Panicked and afraid of humiliation, she pretends the...
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The Color of Always is a collection of personal stories, testimonies, heirlooms, evocations, and evangelisms for queer creators and readers that celebrates feeling good about who you are, and coming into your own at last.
A graphic novel anthology of slice-of-life romance stories from across the spectrum of LBTQIA+ experience.--Publisher.
19) I wish you would
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At the Senior Sunrise overnight, Natalia must work with ex-best friend Ethan to find seven of the class's confessional letters before any secrets, including their own, are revealed.
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Celebrate all the wonderful things about grandmothers along with the American Girl characters Kaya, Josefina, Rebecca, Nanea, and Melody in this Little Golden Book! From teaching us traditions to comforting us and telling us stories, grandmothers do it all with love. This Little Golden Book about all the ways grandmothers show their love for their grandchildren is perfect for children ages 2 to 5 and American Girl fans of all ages. It features full-color...