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High Country Summers

The Early Second Homes of Colorado, 1880–1940

By: Melanie Shellenbarger

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High Country Summers

The Early Second Homes of Colorado, 1880–1940

By: Melanie Shellenbarger

High Country Summers considers the emergence of the “summer home” in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains as both an architectural and a cultural phenomenon. It offers a welcome new perspective on an often-overlooked dwelling and lifestyle. Writing with affection and insight, Melanie Shellenbarger shows that Colorado’s early summer homes were not only enjoyed by the privileged and wealthy but crossed boundaries of class, race, and gender. They offered their inhabitants recreational and leisure experiences as well as opportunities for individual re-invention—and they helped shape both the cultural landscapes of the American West and our ideas about it. Shellenbarger focuses on four areas along the Front Range: Rocky Mountain National Park and its easterly gateway town, Estes Park; “recreation residences” in lands managed by the US Forest Service; Lincoln Hills, one of only a few African-American summer home resorts in the United States; and the foothills west of Denver that drew Front Range urbanites, including Denver’s social elite. From cottages to manor houses, the summer dwellings she examines were home to governors and government clerks; extended families and single women; business magnates and Methodist ministers; African-American building contractors and innkeepers; shop owners and tradespeople. By returning annually, Shellenbarger shows, they created communities characterized by distinctive forms of kinship. High Country Summers goes beyond history and architecture to examine the importance of these early summer homes as meaningful sanctuaries in the lives of their owners and residents. These homes, which embody both the dwelling (the house itself) and dwelling (the act of summering there), resonate across time and place, harkening back to ancient villas and forward to the present day.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816529582

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9780816529582

Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition

By: Alan Cowsill,Melanie Scott,James Hill

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Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition

By: Alan Cowsill,Melanie Scott,James Hill

The best-selling, official, and definitive guide to the characters of the dynamic, ever-expanding Marvel Universe. Compiled by a team of comic book experts in close collaboration with Marvel Comics, this fully updated and expanded edition features more than 1,200 iconic Superheroes and villains, with hundreds of expanded entries detailing their adventures since the previous edition (2019). Major new characters have also been added, and the latest Marvel Universe crossover events, such as Judgment Day, Empyre, and War of the Realms, are included as in-depth features. With every character illustrated with superb artwork from the original Marvel Comics, this is the one book every Marvel fan must own. © 2023 MARVEL

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0593960521

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9780593960523

Ultimate Marvel

By: Adam Bray,Lorraine Cink,Melanie Scott,Stephen Wiacek

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Ultimate Marvel

By: Adam Bray,Lorraine Cink,Melanie Scott,Stephen Wiacek

Every significant Marvel Comics character, location, weapon, gadget, and vehicle: one ultimate encyclopedia. Packed full of incredible facts and stunning images, this authoritative encyclopedia contains more than 650 entries and features a foreword by the legendary comic book writer Roy Thomas. All of Marvel's iconic superheroes and villains are here, from Captain Marvel to Corvus Glaive and Iron Man to Gwenpool. Amazing vehicles are examined, such as the Avengers' Quinjets and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarriers. Magical artifacts, including Thor's hammer Mjolnir, are analyzed and extraordinary locations, such as Wakanda and Asgard, are explored. Advanced technology is explained, including Iron Man's incredible armor, and key events in the Marvel Comics universe are richly unpacked. Ultimate Marvel is an ideal go-to resource for enthusiasts who wish to brush up on their Marvel knowledge, and for a new generation of fans eager to start delving into the world of Marvel comics. © 2017 MARVEL

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1465495371

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9781465495372

Marvel Greatest Comics

100 Comics that Built a Universe

By: Melanie Scott,Stephen Wiacek

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Marvel Greatest Comics

100 Comics that Built a Universe

By: Melanie Scott,Stephen Wiacek

100 Marvel comics that built a universe. Which comic books have helped define Marvel Comics and make them the pop-culture phenomenon they are today? Find out in Marvel Greatest Comics, a compelling showcase of some of the most trailblazing and inspiring comic books ever created. From the groundbreaking original Human Torch and his aquatic adversary Namor, the Sub-Mariner in 1939 to the game-changing 1960s Super Hero icons such as Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four, to smart modern makeovers in the 21st century like Guardians of the Galaxy and Squirrel Girl, Marvel have set the pace. This book's specially curated and expertly appraised selection is a stunningly illustrated and insightful assessment of Marvel Comics and its legacy through the comics that made the company great. These are the comics that changed the face of an industry. These are Marvel's greatest comics. © 2020 MARVEL

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0744037735

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9780744037739

An Ocean Apart: A War Bride's Tale

By: Melanie A. Ippolito

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An Ocean Apart: A War Bride's Tale

By: Melanie A. Ippolito

The citizens of Belfast, Northern Ireland were keenly aware of the war raging in Europe and elsewhere. They duly put up their blackout curtain, formed fire-watch patrols and stood patiently in endless queues with their ration booklets. They never expected the German Luftwaffe would actually bother to attack their remote island. That complacency was shattered in April of 1941. After that first attack, eighteen year old Elizabeth Fleming refused to evacuate along with her two younger sisters, to the seaside town of Bangor, thirteen miles up the southern side of the Belfast Lough. Just over a week later, Elizabeth was caught away from home during the second and most deadly attack. She was plagued with nightmares for months afterwards. In late April of 1942, Richard Harrison, a laboratory technician serving with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, boarded an army transport ship in route to N. Ireland. Six weeks later the two would meet at a dance in a Belfast ballroom.

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Lulu.com

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0359635830

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9780359635832

Jumper

By: Melanie Crowder

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Jumper

By: Melanie Crowder

In a ripped-from-the-headlines story, nineteen-year-old Blair's passion for fighting fires lands her a spot with the Forest Service and sets her on a wilderness adventure that quickly turns catastrophic. How far would you go to save yourself? Blair Scott is in her second season as a wildland firefighter when the Forest Service puts out a call for an additional class of smokejumpers. She and her best friend Jason both apply, though neither expects to get in since they’re only nineteen. But it’s been a devastating fire season, and they are both accepted. But going to training camp is only the first step—everyone expects the teenage rookies will wash out in the first week. Blair has always been touchy about people telling her she isn’t good enough, so she begins taking unnecessary risks to prove herself. It doesn’t take long before everything spins out of control, leaving Blair struggling to cope. A story of courage, self-knowledge, and ultimate triumph over the elements, Jumper is a dramatic wilderness adventure that explores what it takes to survive—in every sense of the word. * "Never less than riveting." –Kirkus, starred review * "[A] pulse-pounding thriller." –Publisher's Weekly, starred review YALSA Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers selection 2023 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection 2024 Texas TAYSHAS Reading List selection Reading the West Book Award longlist

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0593326962

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9780593326961

Opposing Australia’s First Assisted Immigrants, 1832-42

By: Melanie Burkett

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Opposing Australia’s First Assisted Immigrants, 1832-42

By: Melanie Burkett

This book unravels the paradoxical denigration of the first significant group of free (non-convict), working-class emigrants to the Australian colony of New South Wales in the 1830s. Though their labour was sorely needed, the colonial elite rejected the new arrivals on the grounds that they were ‘lazy’ and ‘immoral’. These criticisms stemmed from political, economic, and cultural motivations that ultimately sought to protect, legitimise, and cement the elite’s financial and social hegemony. The author seeks to explore the ulterior motives behind the public denouncements of immigrants by exposing the conflicting and opportunistic rationales used. Brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland through the experiment of ‘government-assisted migration,’ these immigrants are often remembered as ‘brave pioneers’ today, but this book exposes the deep antagonistic attitudes toward immigration that remain entrenched in Australian society. Uncovering early forms of class antagonism in Australia, this book presents useful insights for those researching Australian history and migration studies, as well as scholars of colonial history, by providing a model for re-evaluating and confronting a long-standing pattern in most settler societies: hostility toward immigrants.

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Springer Nature

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3030849201

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9783030849207

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: St. Petersburg

By: Christopher Rice,Melanie Rice

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: St. Petersburg

By: Christopher Rice,Melanie Rice

Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: St Petersburg will lead you straight to the best attractions this city has to offer. This uniquely visual guidebook includes illustrated cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, plus 3-D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot. Detailed listings highlight the best hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide. Insider tips reveal on everything from where to find the best markets and nightspots to great attractions for children. A free pull-out city map is clearly marked with sights from the guidebook and includes an easy-to-use street index, as well as detailed street views of key areas. Transportation maps and information on how to get around the city make finding one's way easier than ever before, and there's even a chart showing the distances between major sights to help with itinerary planning. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: St Petersburg shows you what others only tell you.

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1465412689

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Mazie

By: Melanie Crowder

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Mazie

By: Melanie Crowder

*"Deserves a standing ovation." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *" This is a terrific and realistic piece of historical fiction that is perfect for theater lovers and historical fiction fans." --SLC (starred review) *"The peppy first-person narrative keeps the story zipping along, and adroitly placed period details make the setting come alive in this bighearted, exuberant novel." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) An eighteen-year-old aspiring actress trades in starry Nebraska skies for the bright lights of 1950s Broadway in this show-stopping novel from award-winning author Melanie Crowder. Mazie has always longed to be on Broadway. But growing up in her small Nebraska town, that always seemed like an impossible dream. So when an opportunity presents itself to spend six weeks auditioning, Mazie jumps at the chance, leaving behind everything--and everyone--she's ever known. New York City is a shock to the senses: thrilling, but lonely. Auditions are brutal. Mazie's homesick and she misses the boyfriend whose heart she broke when she left. Nothing is as she expected. With money running out, and faced with too many rejections to count, Mazie is more determined than ever to land a role. But when she discovers that booking a job might mean losing sight of herself, everything Mazie always thought she wanted is called into question. Mazie is the story of a girl caught between two lives--and two loves--as she navigates who she is, what matters most, and the cost of following her dream. Praise for Mazie: "Entertaining and heartfelt."-- Booklist "Mazie’s authenticity makes this novel stand out. Recommended for all collections, especially where theater is popular."– School Library Journal

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0525516743

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Raising Real Men

Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys

By: Hal Young,Melanie Young

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Raising Real Men

Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys

By: Hal Young,Melanie Young

Families with boys often find the world reacts to them in mock horror. Even though parents love their sons, privately they admit that boys can be a handful to raise--they are boisterous, competitive, reckless, distractable. The challenge of wills between parent and son starts early, and the quest to civilize young bulls may seem hopeless some days. Yet believers know that God has given them children as a gift of heaven, specially chosen for their particular families and marked as a blessing. If that's so, why does it seem so hard? How can we prepare these boys to serve God when it's all we can do to make it through another day? Isn't there a better way? Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys shows the answer is emphatically yes. Written by the parents of six boys, Raising Real Men provides hope and encouragement to families with sons. Starting from the premise that God made boys to become men, Hal and Melanie Young offer Biblical principles and tested, practical ideas for training the manly virtues that can drive parents and teachers up the wall. This is a practical guide to equipping the hearts and minds of boys without breaking or losing your own. "...earthy, realistic, humorous, and scriptural ..." -- Douglas Wilson, author, Future Men "This is just what the doctor ordered for parents who want to raise capable Christian men of character." -- John Rosemond, author, Parenting By The Book

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Great Waters Press

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0984144307

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9780984144303

There Has to Be Another Way

A doctor’s healing journey begins where medicine ends. The inspiring true story about the birth of QEC.

By: Dr. Melanie Salmon

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There Has to Be Another Way

A doctor’s healing journey begins where medicine ends. The inspiring true story about the birth of QEC.

By: Dr. Melanie Salmon

This is the inspiring and beautiful story of how a doctor, suffering from her own trauma, developed a profound healing tool for herself and her patients. The underlying cause of many of the physical and emotional problems in the world today is unrecognised and unhealed trauma. Dr Salmon’s message to her patients is: ‘There is hope. At last you can find out who you really are and you can walk free.’ It's a must read book for anyone suffering from any form of trauma, or those simply wanting to live a fuller life, free from the confines of our conditioning and limiting belief systems.

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662918607

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9781662918605

The Antelope in the Living Room

The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life

By: Melanie Shankle

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The Antelope in the Living Room

The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life

By: Melanie Shankle

Welcome to the story of a real marriage. Marriage is simultaneously the biggest blessing and the greatest challenge two people can ever take on. It is the joy of knowing there is someone to share in your joys and sorrows, and the challenge of living with someone who thinks it’s a good idea to hang a giant antelope head on your living room wall. In The Antelope in the Living Room, New York Times best-selling author and blogger Melanie Shankle does for marriage what Sparkly Green Earrings did for motherhood—makes us laugh out loud and smile through tears as she shares the holy and the hilarity of that magical and mysterious union called marriage.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414390580

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9781414390581

Life in the Hothouse

How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change

By: Melanie Lenart

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Life in the Hothouse

How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change

By: Melanie Lenart

In this insightful, compelling, and highly readable work, Melanie Lenart, an award-winning journalist and science writer who holds a PhD in Natural Resources and Global Change, examines global warming with the trained eye of a professional scientist. And she presents the science in a clear, straightforward manner. Why does the planet’s warming produce stronger hurricanes, rising seas, and larger floods? Simple, says Lenart. The Earth is just doing what comes naturally. Just as humans produce sweat to cool off on a hot day, the planet produces hurricanes, floods, wetlands, and forests to cool itself off. Life in the Hothouse incorporates Lenart’s extensive knowledge of climate science—including the latest research in climate change—and the most current scientific theories, including Gaia theory, which holds that the Earth has some degree of climate control “built in.” As Lenart points out, scientists have been documenting stronger hurricanes and larger floods for many years. There is a good reason for this, she notes. Hurricanes help cool the ocean surface and clear the air of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. From the perspective of Gaia theory, these responses are helping to slow the ongoing global warming and Lenart expounds upon this in a clear and understandable fashion. There is hope, Lenart writes. If we help sustain Earth's natural defense systems, including wetlands and forests, perhaps Mother Earth will no longer need to rely as much on the cooling effects of what we call "natural disasters"—many of which carry a human fingerprint. At a minimum, she argues, these systems can help us survive the heat.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816527237

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9780816527236

Sunrunner's Fire

By: Melanie Rawn

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Sunrunner's Fire

By: Melanie Rawn

Third in the bestselling Dragon Prince series returns to a lush epic fantasy world replete with winged beasts, power games of magical treachery, and a realm of princedoms hovering on the brink of war • “Marvelous!”—Anne McCaffrey It began with the discovery of the star scroll—the last repository of forgotten spells of sorcery, the only surviving record of the ancient foe who in times past had nearly destroyed the Sunrunners and their magic. Now, as Andry, the new Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, begins to master this potentially deadly knowledge, while Pol, son of High Prince Rohan, seeks to touch the minds of dragons, the long-vanquished enemy is mobilizing to strike again, drawing on forbidden lore to play an ever-shifting game of treachery and betrayal—and secretly infiltrating even the most strongly protected of citadels. And soon, Pol, Andry, Rohan, his Sunrunner wife Sioned, and all whom they hold dear will find it hard to tell friend from foe as spell wars threaten the devastate the land—and dragons soar the skies, inexorably lured by magic’s fiery call….

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Astra Publishing House

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110116557X

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9781101165577

Once Upon a Time in Great Britain

A Travel Guide to the Sights and Settings of Your Favorite Children's Stories

By: Melanie Wentz

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Once Upon a Time in Great Britain

A Travel Guide to the Sights and Settings of Your Favorite Children's Stories

By: Melanie Wentz

Wentz provides information about attractions, restaurants, and other sights tied to dozens of beloved children's books throughout the British Isles. Chapters cover classics such as "Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit" (and other Beatrix Potter tales), "Paddington Bear" and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books for all readers. 30 illustrations.

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Macmillan

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0312283385

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9780312283384

Catholic Higher Education

A Culture in Crisis

By: Melanie Morey,John Piderit

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Catholic Higher Education

A Culture in Crisis

By: Melanie Morey,John Piderit

Today, Catholic colleges and universities are dealing with critical questions about what constitutes Catholic collegiate identity. Based on their research, Morey and Piderit describe the present situation and offer concrete suggestions for enhancing Catholic identity, culture, and mission at all Catholic colleges and universities. The authors define the critical issues and analyze and address them by using the rich construct of culture, particularly organizational culture; and they provide four different models of how Catholic colleges and universities can operate and successfully compete as religiously distinctive institutions in the higher education market.

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Oxford University Press

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0199739048

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9780199739042

Rainbow in the Dark

By: Melanie Young

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Rainbow in the Dark

By: Melanie Young

The emotional story of a young woman who overcomes the terror inflicted by her abusive husband. Brandi is a strong woman and once she is no longer under Rudy's power, she focuses on rebuilding her and her daughter's lives, blocking men out in the process. Once she lets down the shield she built around herself, she learns that real love can triumph over anything.

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1105824543

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9781105824548

Inklings

By: Melanie M. Jeschke

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Inklings

By: Melanie M. Jeschke

It's 1964 and young American Kate Hughes anticipates finding knowledge--and perhaps love--at Oxford University.? She discovers possibilities in David MacKenzie, a young lecturer who carries on the legacy of his friend and mentor, C.S. Lewis.? But conflict arises when she also catches the eye of the dashing Lord Stuart Devereux. Kate's heart is torn between the two men, and her convictions are challenged as her vulnerability draws her to a rendezvous she may regret. Sprinkled with allusions to classic English literature, references to C.S. Lewis, and an appearance from Professor J.R.R. Tolkien himself, this wonderful first novel unfolds with grace into an endearing story that will delight both devotees of The Inklings and readers of romance. This new Harvest House edition of Inklings contains the original novel and an all-new sequel titled Intentions.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736914366

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9780736914369

Giant Pumpkin Suite

By: Melanie Heuiser Hill

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Giant Pumpkin Suite

By: Melanie Heuiser Hill

Twelve-year-old Rose Brutigan has always been different from her twin brother, Thomas, but now she towers over him in too many ways. But when a serious accident changes the course of the summer, Rose is forced to grow and change in ways she never could have imagined.

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Candlewick Press

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0763691550

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9780763691554

Let It Be Me

By: Melanie Schuster

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Let It Be Me

By: Melanie Schuster

Forty-year-old Vera Jackson, the editor-in-chief of a top magazine, is stunned when Marcus Deveraux, who is ten years her junior, declares his love, but a dark secret from Marcus's past resurfaces, putting their relationship on the line. Original.

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Kensington Books

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1583144242

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9781583144244

One-Click Buy: April Harlequin Presents

By: Helen Bianchin,Julia James,Jane Porter,Sharon Kendrick,Melanie Milburne,Sandra Field,Abby Green,Kate Hewitt,Julie Cohen,Kate Hardy,Anna Cleary,Lucy Monroe

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One-Click Buy: April Harlequin Presents

By: Helen Bianchin,Julia James,Jane Porter,Sharon Kendrick,Melanie Milburne,Sandra Field,Abby Green,Kate Hewitt,Julie Cohen,Kate Hardy,Anna Cleary,Lucy Monroe

One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all April Harlequin Presents with one click! Love and pride, jealously and betrayal, misunderstandings and redemption...these are the elements which give Harlequin Presents the kind of sexual tension that crackles with electricity, and make it one of the most popular romance series in history. Now get twelve new sizzling stories with one simple click of the mouse. Bundle includes The Martinez Marriage Revenge by Helen Bianchin, The Italian's Rags-to-Riches Wife by Julia James, The Sheikh's Chosen Queen by Jane Porter, Accidentally Pregnant, Conveniently Wed by Sharon Kendrick, Innocent Wife, Baby of Shame by Melanie Milburne, The Billionaire's Virgin Mistress by Sandra Field, Bought for the Frenchman's Pleasure by Abby Green, The Greek Tycoon's Convenient Bride by Kate Hewitt, Mistress in Private by Julie Cohen, In Bed with Her Italian Boss by Kate Hardy, My Tall Dark Greek Boss by Anna Cleary and Housekeeper to the Millionaire by Lucy Monroe.

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1426815786

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Roll of a Lifetime

By: Melanie Greene

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Roll of a Lifetime

By: Melanie Greene

Things Rachel Groff needs: her daughter out of diapers, the back child support she’s owed, freedom from her devious, dirtbag ex-husband. Rachel has inched her way towards financial security over three years of solo parenting. Clinging to her hard-won independence, she is on guard against the type of man who deceived her in the past. Men like the too-hot and too-charming divorced dad who claims to be nothing like her ex. Things Theo Melis loves: kayaking along the bayou, baking pies, being with his son. His big gamble has paid off: his brewpub is in the black and garnering great reviews. Now Theo’s focused on earning a favorable rating from his manager’s ex-wife. He’s taken with her strength and ferocity of purpose, and proud when she allows him to help her escape the stresses of life. But one moment Rachel melts into him; the next, she jerks away, leaving him overheated and confused. Theo longs to earn Rachel’s trust. Rachel’s heart yearns for him, but her instincts have devastated her before. Every step they take could be a disastrous misstep. If they move in unison, can they discover a path worth taking?

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Melanie Greene

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1941967132

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My Soul to Keep

By: Melanie Wells

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My Soul to Keep

By: Melanie Wells

As nasty as I knew Peter Terry to be, I never expected him to start kidnapping kids. Much less a sweet, funny little boy with nothing to protect him but a few knock-kneed women, two rabbits, and a staple gun… It’s psychology professor Dylan Foster’s favorite day of the academic year–graduation day. A day of pomp, circumstance, and celebration. And after all the mortar boards are thrown, Dylan and some of her best friends will gather around a strawberry cake to celebrate Christine Zocci’s sixth birthday. But the joyful summer afternoon goes south when a little boy is snatched from a neighborhood park, setting off a chain of events that seem to lead exactly nowhere. Police are baffled, but Christine’s eerie connection with the kidnapped child sends Dylan on a chilling investigation of her own. Is the pasty, elusive stranger Peter Terry to blame? Exploding light bulbs, the deadly buzz of a Texas rattlesnake, and the vivid, disturbing dreams of a little girl are just pieces in a long trail of tantalizing clues leading Dylan in her dogged search for the truth.

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Multnomah

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0307561550

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9780307561558

The Golden Key

By: Melanie Rawn,Jennifer Roberson,Kate Elliott

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The Golden Key

By: Melanie Rawn,Jennifer Roberson,Kate Elliott

In Tira Virte, art is prized for its beauty and as a binding legal record of everything from marriages to treaties. Yet not even the Grand Duke knows how extraordinary the Grijalva family's art is, for certain Grijalva males are born with the ability to alter events and influence people in the real world through that they paint. Always, their power has been used for Tira Virte. But now Sario Grijalva has learned to use his Gift in a whole new way. And when he begins to work his magic both the Grijalvas and Tira Virte may pay the price.

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Astra Publishing House

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1101515813

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9781101515815

Window Wall

By: Melanie Rawn

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Window Wall

By: Melanie Rawn

Melanie Rawn's delightful creation of the world of Albeyn is a place where the magical races have joined with humans in a melting pot of powers, and everyone loves the theater of magic. In Window Wall, her irrepressible cast of characters mature—at least a little. Not that they'll ever settle down. For nearly two years, Cade has been rejecting his Fae gift, his prescient Elsewhens—simply refusing to see or experience them. But the strain is driving a wedge between him and his theater troupe, Touchstone, and making him erratic on stage and off. It takes his best friend Mieka to bully Cade into accepting the visions again. But when Cade finally looks into the possible futures, he sees a royal castle blowing up, though his vision does not tell him who is responsible. But he knows that if it is in his visions, he can take action to stop it from happening. And when he finally discovers the truth, he takes the knowledge to the only man in the Kingdom who would believe him: his deadly enemy the Archduke. The Glass Thorns Series #1 Touchstone #2 Elsewhens #3 Thornlost #4 Window Wall #5 Playing to the Gods (forthcoming) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1466855169

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Worthy

Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else

By: Melanie Springer Mock

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Worthy

Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else

By: Melanie Springer Mock

In Worthy, college professor Melanie Springer Mock sifts through the shape and weight of expectations that press Christians into cultural molds rather than God’s image. By plumbing Scripture and critiquing the ten-billion-dollar-a-year self-improvement industry, Mock offers life-giving reminders that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Set free from the anxiety to conform to others’ expectations, we are liberated to become who God has created us to be.If you’re worn out from worrying that you’ve missed God’s One Big Calling, and if you’re tired of trying to fit yourself into some cookie-cutter Christian mold, step away from the expectations and toward God’s heart.

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MennoMedia, Inc.

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1513802569

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9781513802565

Hidden Among the Stars

By: Melanie Dobson

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Hidden Among the Stars

By: Melanie Dobson

From the award-winning author of "Catching the Wind" comes another gripping time-slip novel about hidden treasure, a castle, and ordinary people who resisted evil in their own extraordinary way.

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Tyndale House Publishers

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1496417321

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Rules for Resistance

Advice from Around the Globe for the Age of Trump

By: David Cole,Melanie Wachtell Stinnett

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Rules for Resistance

Advice from Around the Globe for the Age of Trump

By: David Cole,Melanie Wachtell Stinnett

Some of us have been here before. Many people living today in America and around the world have direct experience with countries where an autocrat has seized control. Others have seen charismatic, populist leaders come to power within democracies and dramatically change the rules of the road for the public, activists, and journalists alike. In Rules for Resistance, writers from Russia, Turkey, India, Hungary, Chile, China, Canada, Italy, and elsewhere tell Americans what to expect under our own new regime, and give us guidance for living—and for resisting—in the Trump era. Advice includes being on the watch for the prosecution of political opponents, the use of libel laws to attack critics, the gutting of non-partisan institutions, and the selective application of the law. A special section on the challenges for journalists reporting on and under a leader like Donald Trump addresses issues of free speech, the importance of press protections, and the critical role of investigative journalists in an increasingly closed society. An introduction by ACLU legal director David Cole looks at the crucial role institutions have in preserving democracy and resisting autocracy. A chilling but necessary collection, Rules for Resistance distills the collective knowledge and wisdom of those who “have seen this video before.”

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The New Press

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1620973553

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One-Click Buy: October Harlequin Presents

By: Natasha Oakley,Sandra Marton,Helen Bianchin,Sara Craven,Anne McAllister,Diana Hamilton,Melanie Milburne,India Grey

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One-Click Buy: October Harlequin Presents

By: Natasha Oakley,Sandra Marton,Helen Bianchin,Sara Craven,Anne McAllister,Diana Hamilton,Melanie Milburne,India Grey

One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all October Harlequin Presents with one click! A Spanish prince, an Italian Billionaire, an Australian playboy...this collection from Harlequin Presents has it all! Get all eight October titles in one convenient bundle: The Tycoon's Princess Bride by Natahsa Oakley, The Spanish Prince's Virgin Bride by Sandra Marton, The Greek Tycoon's Virgin Wife by Helen Bianchin, Innocent on Her Wedding Night by Sara Craven, The Boss's Wife for a Week by Anne McAllister, The Mediterranean Billionaire's Secret Baby by Diana Hamilton, Willingly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded by Melanie Milburne, and The Italian's Defiant Mistress by India Grey.

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1426807694

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Pearl

A Caribbean Story

By: Melanie R. Springer

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Pearl

A Caribbean Story

By: Melanie R. Springer

After three young friends’ playful attempt at Obeah (voodoo) on a pesky older sister, she dies. Could their fooling with black magic actually have worked? In a tale that will challenge the bonds of friendship and family relationships, the stage is set for an extraordinary coming of age. A dark comedy, with its action hinging around the mysterious passing of a teenage girl named Pearl. It is about everyone except Pearl; about her mother Loretta, and brother Omar - A little boy whose mischievous exploits finally get the better of him. The Enticingly Boyish Characters of Omar, Jeffrey & Chicken Positively Come Alive! The drama unfolds as Uncle Junior, and the village community respond in surprising ways to the corpse - still in house, while ongoing carnival festivities create a surreal atmosphere. Through their stories we get glimpses of Pearl; a girl struggling with the usual teenage angst while trying to find her place and purpose in society. Fabulously well-paced, Pearl takes place amidst a backdrop of hot Caribbean summers and rollicking Crop-Over celebrations, the wild Atlantic Ocean and miles of rolling cane fields. Pearl is a universal story! Family dysfunction, issues of race, class, culture, tradition, and just plain old bad habits push our characters to their wits’ end. An exciting read.

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1440122725

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