Anne Bobby
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Harriet the spy volume 1
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Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. She's staked out a spy route, and she writes down everything about everyone she sees -- including her classmates and her best friends -- in her notebook. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before Harriet can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she's written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back...
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"From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. 'Here's a partial list of things I don't believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Vampires. Zombies. Homeopathy. Bigfoot. Canola oil, because there's no such thing as a canola. Note that 'witches' and 'witchcraft' are absent from this list. When really they should be right there...
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"Ann Workman is a naive student. A misfit of sorts, she's traveled all the way from rural Kentucky to graduate school in literature in 1967. But Anne wants more than a good education-she wants a boyfriend. Ann wants the 'Real Thing', to be in love with someone who loves her. Jimmy appears as if by magic, and is everything Ann's been looking for. Although he is from a very different place, a privileged background in suburban Chicago, he is a misfit...
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Inspired by the wartime experiences of her late father-in-law, award-winning author Bobbie Ann Mason has written an unforgettable novel about an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe. When Marshall Stone returns to his crash site decades later, he finds himself drawn back in time to the brave people who helped him escape from the Nazis. He especially recalls one intrepid girl guide who risked her life to help him - the girl in the...
6) Sport
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Harriet the spy volume 3
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When his grandfather dies, eleven-year-old Sport worries that he will be forced to live with his wealthy and greedy mother rather than remain with his kind father and new stepmother.
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Harriet the spy volume 2
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2013
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Harriet the Spy refuses to become ruffled when an unidentified person starts leaving disturbing notes all over the quiet little beach town of Water Mill. She’s determined to discover the author of the notes. And she drags her friend, mousy Beth Ellen, into all kinds of odd and embarrassing situations in her efforts to reveal the culprit. Observing in her own special, caustic way with her ever-present notebook, Harriet the Spy is on the case....
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This astonishing collection of all-new tales by some of the most acclaimed writers at work today is called, simply, Stories. Edited by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline) and Al Sarrantonio (award-winning author of forty books and editor of numerous collections), Stories presents never before published short works from a veritable Who's Who of contemporary literature-breathtaking inventions from the likes of Lawrence Block,...
9) The Calling
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After the death of his father, a man (Brian Chamberlain) is called back home, but quickly re-awakens childhood trauma causing he and his wife (Casey Turner) to quickly depart, but not without being tormented by demons from his past. Based on the 2014 Short Film, this film is for fans of The Shining and the Amityville Horror.
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Soon after returning from their honeymoon, John and Margaret Hix receive the surprise of their life. At age 53, Margaret is pregnant! Against her husband's wishes, Margaret decides to keep the baby. However, she isn't the only one in the family who's expecting: Margaret's daughter is also due soon. As their due dates draw closer, the women must prepare for their incoming infants.
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Margret Becker shocks her grown children with news that she's getting remarried, and her fiancé is only two years older than her eldest child. Although Margret has met the love of her life, her family rejects the age gap and voices their discomfort with the relationship. As the wedding draws near, Margret learns that her chance to start anew could be destroyed by the perceptions of her children.
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Oxford University Press
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In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers.
