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The zookeeper's wife [playaway]
by Diane Ackerman
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When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing and, during rare moments of calm, piano ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605145259 More Information |
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For one more day [playaway]
Mitch Albom
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What if you could spend one more day with a lost love one? Charley Benetto chose to live with his father when his parents divorced. He returns to his hometown decades later when his life is falling apart and finds his mother, who died eight years earlier, still living there
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Getting things done [playaway] : the art of stress-free productivity
David Allen
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Veteran coach and management consultant Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to thousands. He shows how to assess goals, relax, and stay focused
2006; ; isbn:1598951416 More Information |
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The canon [playaway] : [a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science]
Natalie Angier
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Most of the profound questions we will explore in our lives--evolution, global warming, stem cells--have to do with science. So do a lot of everyday things, like our ice cream melting and our coffee getting cold and our vacuum cleaner running (or not). What does our liver do when we eat a caramel? How does the horse demonstrate evolution at work? Are ...
2007; ; isbn:9781598959772 More Information |
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Roughneck Nine-One [playaway] : the extraordinary story of a special forces A-team at war
Frank Antenori and Hans Halberstadt
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Documents the controversial April 2003 battle between Green Beret forces and Iraqi soldiers near the village of Debecka, a battle that was marked by extensive news media coverage and the Navy bombing of supporting Peshmerga fighters
2006; ; isbn:9781602529243 More Information |
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Wild indigo [playaway]
Sandi Ault
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The high desert of New Mexico becomes the backdrop for this debut novel of ancient rituals, restless spirits, a desperate female Fed, and a crime that could destroy an entire culture
2007; ; isbn:9781605146799 More Information |
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The teahouse fire [playaway]
Ellis Avery
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Murder she wrote [playaway] : panning for murder
by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
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2007; ; isbn:9781605145990 More Information |
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The Camel Club [playaway]
David Baldacci
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The Camel Club is a four-man group of Washington, D.C. misfits who meet weekly to discuss political conspiracies they believe exist and what actions they might take. When club members witness the murder of Secret Service employee Patrick Johnson, they find themselves in the middle of a bigger conspiracy than they could ever have imagined
2007; ; isbn:9781602526037 More Information |
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The collectors [playaway]
David Baldacci
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When the Speaker of the House and the director of the Library of Congress's rare books room are both murdered, the mysterious Camel Club, headed by a man calling himself Oliver Stone, sets out to solve the murders and save the nation
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Tripping the prom queen [playaway] : the truth about women and rivalry
Susan Shapiro Barash
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"Susan Shapiro Barash has exploded the myth that women help one another, are supportive of one another, and want one another to succeed. Based on interviews with woman across a broad social spectrum, she has discovered that the competition among women is more vicious precisely because it is covert. She tells us: Why women can't and won't admit to ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605147574 More Information |
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Life class [playaway] : a novel
Pat Barker
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It is the spring of 1914 and a group of young students have gathered in an art studio for a life-drawing class. Paul Tarrant and Elinor Brooke are two parts of an intriguing love triangle and, in the first days of war, they turn to each other. As spring turns to summer, Paul volunteers for the Belgian Red Cross and tends to wounded, dying soldiers from ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605148991 More Information |
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