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(0)Heather Henderson
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One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk, " and her medical records--chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all--showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Cahalan tells the astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the...
2) A son's vow
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Charmed Amish life volume 1
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"Lukas and Darla had been close friends until her father caused the fire that killed five Amish men, including himself and the mill owner, Lukas's father. Now Lukas is responsible for the mill and his three siblings. But when he learns Darla's brother is taking his anger out on Darla, Lukas can't simply stand by and watch"-- Provided by publisher.
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Charmed Amish life volume 2
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"Rebecca Kinsinger wants nothing more than to be a teacher. But when she's given the opportunity she's been waiting for at Charm Amish School, she's dismayed to discover that teaching is hard work--work she's afraid she's not very good at. That is, until Lilly Yoder joins the class. A thirteen-year old who's just lost her parents, Lilly is in need of someone like Rebecca. For the first time since starting her new job, Rebecca feels like she can do...
4) The survivor
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Families of honor volume 3
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After successfully battling cancer, twenty-three-year old Mattie Troyer, now that she is healthy, enters into a relationship with her best friend, Graham Weaver, but her hopes for a happily ever after are dashed when it is rumored that Graham has fathered a baby with another woman.
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Charmed Amish life volume 4
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"Levi Kinsinger returns to Charm, Ohio, and finds a sense of purpose in life for the first time since his father's death when he agrees to help a young widowed neighbor. Friendship builds to attraction, but Julia is keeping something from Levi. She is really an unwed mother pretending to be a widow"--
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Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. The author, a geologist shows how all disasters are connected. Humans persist in building centers of civilization in places of past disasters. We believe that our technology will protect us next time. Yet we rarely win these battles with the Earth because we do not understand natural disasters deeply enough. The author has two goals for her book. The first is to show how...
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680L
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"One day a young couple wakes to find a boy asleep on their porch. Unable to speak, the boy cannot explain his history. What kind of people would leave their child with strangers? All John and Marta know is that they have been chosen to care for this boy. As their connection to him grows, they embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into an unlikely family, but how long can their happiness last?"-- From dust jacket flap....
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"In Philadelphia, good girl Kate is dumped by her fiancae the day she learns she is pregnant with his child. In New York City, beautiful stay-at-home mom Vanessa finds herself obsessively searching the Internet for news of an old flame. And in San Francisco, Dani, the wild child and aspiring writer who can't seem to put down a book-- or a cocktail-- long enough to open her laptop, has just been fired again. In an effort to regroup, Kate, Vanessa,...
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Hope River novel volume 2
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The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy. Though she is happy to be back in Hope River, time and experience have tempered Becky's cheerfulness,...
13) A sister's wish
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Charmed Amish life volume 3
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Amelia Kinsinger may seem like the perfect Amish woman, but she is harboring a secret: She's been in love with bad boy Simon Hochstetler for as long as she can remember. Life hasn't been kind to Simon. He ran away from an abusive home and landed in prison. Now back in Charm, he's determined to put his wild past behind him and make a new life.
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"You know a book is good when you actually welcome one of those howling days of wind and sleet that makes going out next to impossible." -The New York Times
In The Earth Moved, Amy Stewart takes us on a journey through the underground world and introduces us to one of its most amazing denizens. The earthworm may be small, spineless, and blind, but its impact on the ecosystem is profound. It ploughs the soil, fights plant diseases, cleans up pollution,...
15) Code white
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Pub. Date
2013
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Preparing to implant a revolutionary mini-computer into the brain of a blind boy that will enable him to see, brilliant young neurosurgeon Ali O'Day finds her efforts sabotaged by a bomber who is demanding Ali herself as a ransom.
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"The Grateful Life is a guide to discovering - and realizing - one's dreams though a positive attitude. Through years of research and practice, authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons have discovered that grateful living can transform lives. Grateful people are happier people. They are healthier and less stressed. They report much higher levels of satisfaction with their relationships, and are less likely to credit "luck" with the good fortune...
