Jeff Woodman
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Biggie Weatherford mysteries volume 4
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English
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Author Nancy Bell's popular Biggie series has entertained countless fans as Biggie and her observant grandson J.R. solve enthralling mysteries in their down home town of Jobs Crossing, Texas. Luther Abernathy has a bad habit of opening everyone's mail and sharing their most intimate secrets with anyone who will listen. So it's no surprise J.R. finds him murdered one day. Time for Biggie to offer her sleuthing abilities in the investigation.
142) Dr. Perricone's 7 secrets to beauty, health, and longevity: the miracle of cellular rejuvenation
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Shares seven important secrets of age-proofing from the inside out, offering a holistic approach to staying young that explains how to use nutritional supplements to rebuild the body at a cellular level.
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An illustrated collection of poems about a variety of elementary school experiences. By turns wistful and funny, the 38 poems in this collection capture the ups and downs of elementary school life with uncanny accuracy. These poems, complemented by lively black-and-white drawings, speak to children's hearts, to their fears, and to the special joys found in every corner of a classroom. "Humorous and poignant."
144) B for Buster
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In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.
145) Charley Skedaddle
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During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters a hostile old mountain woman.
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Biggie Weatherford mysteries volume 2
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English
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Biggie Weatherford, the Miss Marple of Job's Crossing, Texas, is back in this sequel to best-selling author Nancy Bell's hilarious Biggie and the Poisoned Politician (S1085). This time around, Biggie tries to discover who killed the mortician. Shenanigans are afoot in Job's Crossing. When the three-inch heel breaks off gay police deputy Butch Jenkins' cowboy boot, thief Cooter McNutt escapes-until Aunt Vita straightarms Cooter and sits on him. Meanwhile,...
148) Captive!
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World of adventure volume 8
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English
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Ever since his father, a policeman, was killed on duty, Roman Sanchez hasn't been getting along with his friends. And today is another boring day in school. Just as the class is taking a test, two men wearing ski masks sneak into the room. "We're going on a little field trip," one man announces, waving a gun. The kidnappers hustle Roman and his classmates onto a waiting school bus and head out of town. But when the engine stalls, the men hijack a...
149) The last ember
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A search for a priceless artifact stolen from the Second Temple in Jerusalem becomes a race against time, terrorism, politics, and the past. Jonathan Marcus is a promising young archeologist studying at the American Academy in Rome when a terrible accident results in a fellow students death and Jonathan expulsion. He abandons archeology for the law, becoming a skillful advocate for unscrupulous antiquities dealers. When Jonathans firm sends him to...
150) Huge: a novel
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Twelve-year-old Eugene "Huge" Smalls is short, mean, angry, and brilliant, characteristics which win him no friends, but he is also an amateur sleuth with his first real case, which leads him to believe life might be better if he did not imagine himself a character in a Raymond Chandler novel.
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World of adventure volume 1
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English
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William Little Bear Tucker and his friend, Sarah, love to explore the caverns of the Sacramento Mountains. Some day the two youngsters hope to find the cave that holds a golden Apache statue that vanished long ago. But one afternoon, when they discover some spectacular rooms in one of the caverns, they also realize that they aren't alone. Suddenly, armed bandits, the spirit of a headless Indian brave, and bottomless pits are lurking in the darkness...
153) Zak's lunch
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Rather than eat his boring old ham and cheese sandwich, Zak conjures up Lou, a waitress who serves him a delectable feast for the imagination.
156) Frightful's daughter
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Oksi, daughter of Frightful, the peregrine falcon, and her journey from hatchling to adulthood.
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In Success is a Choice, Rick Pitino, the Boston Celtics' legendary coach takes the same proven 10-step method that has earned him and his teams unrivaled success, and gives you a plan of attack for achieving extraordinary success in your own life. Jeff Woodman's energetic narration will leave listeners bursting with enthusiasm to put this book to use.
159) Dragon quest
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Dragonling series volume 3
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English
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"Now that the villagers have finally accepted Darek's dragonling, Zantor, they've all fallen in love with him. Especially Rowena, the spoiled daughter of the Chief Elder--so much so that she wants the dragonling for her very own. But Darek can't give him up! He and Zantor are so close that he can almost get inside the little dragon's mind. So the Chief Elder orders Darek's father to find another dragonling. Even though a dragon mother will have to...
160) Oral history
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A curse laid on the inhabitants of Hoot Owl Holler follows each succeeding generation for a century, in a tale of love, murder, obsession, and betrayal set in Appalachia.