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1281) Original sins: a novel
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Why would a runaway Virginia slave--having built a rewarding life in the East Indies as a silk merchant--risk everything by returning to America in 1840, eighteen years after taking her freedom? Anibaddh Lyngdoh claims that she intends to introduce a new kind of silk to the floundering American silk industry. But her true reason is to find the child she abandoned when she ran away.
1282) One final breath
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Dive team investigations volume 3
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English
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Investigator Gabe Chavez and Dive Team Captain Anissa Bell have a complicated history. But when Anissa's fractured past collides with Gabe's investigation of a shooting, they must work together to catch the murderer before someone else dies.
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"Sanji goes missing when she does not return from fetching firewood in the forest. Sanji's brave mother goes on a quest in the search for her daughter. The forest is habitat to chimpanzees that swallow vulnerable children for sport. This is a tale of bravery and strong love between a mother and a daughter"--Back cover.
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The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts ... My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth ... Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of our lives. As with every action we have taken over the last four years, it ultimately boils down to whether what we are doing could help us to find Madeleine. When the answer to that question...
1287) La noche de plata
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Español
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Carola Rey Rojo, especialista en secuestros y homicidios infantiles, y madre de la niña desaparecida veintisiete años atrás, ahora en excedencia de la policía española, vuelve a Viena con el encargo amistoso de deshacer la biblioteca de un marchante de arte recientemente fallecido. Junto con su amigo y colega, el inspector-jefe Wolt Almann, se verá envuelta en una trama que pondrá en evidencia que nadie es lo que parece y que uno nunca acaba...
1288) The troll heart
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The witching hours volume 2
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English
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After their chilling encounter in Transylvania, Anna and Max just want to stay out of trouble, but trouble has other plans. Their father, the Professor, has taken them to the cold and foggy fields of England, where a new mystery is afoot. A small boy has disappeared near a strange and mysterious river, lost without a trace and Anna and Max join the search to find him. But as the river's sinister secret is revealed, can the siblings save the missing...
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Polish
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A stylish and funny search-and-find adventure with a twist, packed with twin-sister mischief. The store is a riot of dots and stripes, patterns and checks, so it's not easy to find one little girl in a spotty dress. Children will love finding Harriet on every page as the madcap chase moves from the fashion floor to home furnishings and into the toy department. More and more people join in until at last naughty Harriet is reunited with her family.
1290) La mala semilla
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Español
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Una prometedora teniente en el momento más duro de su carrera, una mujer asesinada de forma violenta, un niño desaparecido y un sinfín de secretos inconfesables.
1291) Wyzwanie
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Polish
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"W Fishtail w stanie Montana w bliskim sąsiedztwie mieszkają dwie rodziny--Ann i Pitt Pollockowie oraz Bill i Pattie Brownowie. Cała czwórka zna się od dzieciństwa, a ich synowie, Peter i Matt, są najlepszymi przyjaciółmi. Wkrótce po tym jak chłopcy wraz z dwoma miejscowymi kolegami poznają Juliet Marshall, która po gorzkim rozwodzie rodziców odwiedza swojego ojca, cała piątka staje się nierozłączna. Pewnego sierpniowego dnia nastolatkowie...
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Children make terrible pets: Lucy, a young bear, mmets a charming little boy in the forest -- All the world: Story follows a circle of family and friends over the course of a day and shows the importance of all things great and small in our world -- Crow call: Liz and her father, who has been away at war far longer than she can remember begin their journey to reconnect -- Elizabeti's doll: When her new baby brother arrives, Elizabeti, a young Tanzanian...
1294) Deliver her
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"On the night of Alex Carmody's sixteenth birthday, she and her best friend, Cass, are victims of a terrible car accident. Alex survives; Cass doesn't. Consumed by grief, Alex starts cutting school and partying, growing increasingly detached. The future she�d planned with her friend is now meaningless to her. Meg Carmody is heartbroken for her daughter, even as she�s desperate to get Alex�s life back on track. The Birches, a boarding school...
1296) La elefanta del mago
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace who tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
"El mayor deseo de Peter es encontrar a su hermana pequeña Adele. Para ello, consulta a una adivina, de quien recibe un enigmático consejo: 'Tienes que seguir a la elefanta.' Pero, ¿de qué elefanta...
1297) Silent hill
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Rose is a desperate mother who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After Sharon disappears, Rose begins her desperate search to get her back. She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind...
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"Sobrevivir al Demogorgon no es tarea fácil, pero tal vez no tan difícil como sobrevivir a la adolescencia en Hawkins. Si sientes que tu vida está un poco del Revés, quizás necesites una guía para sobrevivir al mundo de Stranger Things. Sigue los consejos de este útil manual y no sólo sabrás cómo conservar a tus amigos, sino también cómo pelear contra las sombras. Esta guía de supervivencia para el mundo de Stranger Things es ideal para...
1299) The nightmare game
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Dark ground trilogy volume 3
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English
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Robert tries to get answers from Magee, the strange man he met on the airplane, and works with Tom and Emma to try to rescue Lorn and the others before winter arrives, while Lorn takes it upon herself to find answers and a way to escape her past, if not her present, captivity.
1300) Hector's bunyip
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"Six-year-old Hector is the youngest member of a loving and eccentric foster family. His best friend is a giant, scaly, imaginary creature he calls his "bunyip." A misunderstanding prompts the child welfare agency to put Hector into an orphanage. But before the agency can act, Hector disappears - apparently kidnapped by his bunyip!"--Container.