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Despite an attempt on her life by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai has continued to fight for the rights of children to become educated. As the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her courage and conviction, continue to push her to fight for what she believes in. This riveting and inspiring biography tells the story of a young girl whose bravery and intellect continue to amaze the world.
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Despite an attempt on her life by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai has continued to fight for the rights of children to become educated. As the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her courage and conviction, continue to push her to fight for what she believes in. This riveting and inspiring biography tells the story of a young girl whose bravery and intellect continue to amaze the world.
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Provides an illustrated biography discussing the life and career of former U.S. congressman Norman Mineta. Describes how ten-year-old Norman and his family were interned at Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, and how his experiences there gave him a spirit of public service. Details how he became the first Asian mayor of a major city then served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives where he was instrumental in passing the...
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Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother--and then vanishes. Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn't rejoin her family in America until age...
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"An unusual and entertaining memoir." —New York Times Book Review
At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping companies in Kyoto. Cutting Back recounts Buck's bold journey and the revelations
10) Malala
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Despite an attempt on her life by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai has continued to fight for the rights of children to become educated. As the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her courage and conviction continue to push her to fight for what she believes in. This riveting and inspiring biography tells the story of a young girl whose bravery and intellect continue to amaze the world.
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A billionaire bachelor, the woman who's been crushing on him, and a fateful accident at his boarding stable...
Third grade teacher Heather Carver has had her eye on Levi Rhodes for a couple of years now, but he seems to be blind to her attempts to charm him. She's about to throw in the towel when an accident on his horse farm finally has him looking her way.
Levi, who started his boarding stable from scratch, thinks he has everything he needs. Plenty...
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Brushstrokes in Time written by Sylvia Vetta is a memoir of fictional Chinese artist, Little Winter, is written for her American daughter. It takes the story of Communist China beyond the death of Mao and for the first time in fiction shows the birth of the radical art movement, The Stars, in 1979. Her haunting love story connects us to this time of hope for freedom of expression in China, and to a man frustrated by 'being kept in small shoes'. Superbly...
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Resilient, kickass, and determined, Aislinn's walled herself off from anything that might make her feel again. Until a wolf picks her for a bond mate and a Celtic god rises out of legend to claim her for his own.
Aislinn Lenear lost her anthropologist father high in the Bolivian Andes. Her mother, crazy with grief that muted her magic, was marched into a radioactive vortex by dark creatures. Three years later, stripped of every illusion that ever...
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He's a wounded Army cowboy. She's a horse trainer with deadly aim. It could be true love, if he can shelve his pride and she doesn't run back home first. Dwayne Carver is set to inherit his family's ranch in the heart of Texas Hill Country, which would be great if his first love wasn't raising and training horses. In order to keep up with his ranch duties and fulfill his dreams of owning a horse farm, he hires top trainer Felicity Lightburne. Felicity,...
15) The Lost Century
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On the eve of the return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, young Ophelia asks her peculiar great-aunt Violet about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II, the disappearance of her uncle Raymond, and whether her grandmother, Emily, was a murderer.
Emily's marriage-three times-to her father's mortal enemy causes a stir among three very different Hong Kong Chinese families, as well as among the young cricketers...
16) He Came Back
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In "HE Came Back," a gripping romantic suspense, a woman's life takes a haunting turn as her husband returns home transformed. Sean's mysterious assignment and distant behavior raise questions. A phone call from a stranger reveals unsettling truths. Struggling with his PTSD nightmare, Annie fights to keep their connection alive. Amidst secrets and a pregnancy, their trust falters. Can they rediscover each other before it's too late?
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A cowboy with anger management issues, the woman whose ranch he "stole," and their chance to get everything they want for Christmas...including each other. Austin Royal loves his life on his new ranch with his brothers. But he doesn't love that Shayleigh Hatch came with the property, nor that he has to take the blame for the fact that he now owns her childhood ranch. They rarely have a conversation that doesn't leave him furious and frustrated-and...
18) Vanished
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-"Gripping, disturbing and very realistic." (Rosie Malezar for Readers' Favorite)
- "I'm an advocate for women in sexual assault, abuse and domestic violence, and I have to give this author two thumbs up for how she writes her stories." – Amazon Reviewer- Jamie
-"Lorhainne Eckhart is a very prolific and talented writer. Get to know her work, you won't regret it." – Amazon Reviewer – Karen
- "Loved this book...Five stars don't come from me easily....
19) Captured
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As Captain Eric Hamilton settles into his new life on the base, he is haunted by the decision he never thought he would have to make again. He had given up his beloved sea for his wife and children, but now, with his friend's life hanging in the balance, he must confront a familiar dilemma. Lieutenant Commander Joe Reed has been captured while deployed in Iraq, and as Eric watches helplessly from home, a sense of emptiness consumes him. Life seems...
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A restaurant heiress, a dating app, and the cowboy just down the street she's sworn off...
May Sotheby is the heiress to the ritziest restaurant in Grape Seed Falls. In business for over a hundred years, her father wants the restaurant in Texas Hill Country to stay in the family for generations to come, so he lays down some hard news for May: She has one year to find a husband or the restaurant where she's worked since a teen will go to her already-married...