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Highlight a book with a proper name (first and last) in the title.  The name can be either a real person or a fictional character.

Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam :: M. C. Beaton


Christie Whitman for the People: A Political Biography :: Sandy McClure

Myra Breckinridge :: Gore Vidal

The Rebellion of Yale Marratt :: Robert H. Rimmer



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Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day (Bk 16) :: Barbara Park

 

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Caddie Woodlawn
Author: Carol Ryrie Brink
Caddie Woodlawn, which has been captivating young readers since 1935, was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Now it is in a brand-new edition with lively illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. In her new foreword, Carol Ryrie Brink lovingly recalls the real Caddie, who was her grandmother, and tells how she often "sat spellbound, listening, listening!" as Caddie told stories of her pioneer childhood. Children everywhere will love redheaded Caddie with her penchant for pranks. Scarcely out of one scrape before she is into another, she refuses to be a "lady," preferring instead to run the woods with her brothers. Whether she is crossing the lake on a raft, visiting an Indian camp, or listening to the tales of the circuit rider, Caddie's adventures provide an exciting and authentic picture of life on the Wisconsin frontier in the 1860s. And readers will discover, as Caddie learns what growing up truly means, that it is not so very different today.
Cordina's Crown Jewel
Author: Nora Roberts
Cordina's Crown Jewel, " part of the Cordina's Royal Family miniseries, marks Roberts's 100th title with Harlequin and Silhouette. This brand-new story features Princess Camilla de Cordina, who runs away, assumes a new identity, and begins working for archaeologist Delaney Caine. But as her irritation towards Delaney grows into desire, she knows she'll soon have to reveal her true identity.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Author: Beverly Cleary
Dear Mr. Henshaw,
I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I'll give you a lift to school."
Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life.
Donna Kooler's Cross Stitch Inspirations :: Donna Kooler
Beautifully full-color illustrated large book with patterns and directions for inpirational needlepoint/cross-stitch.
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by Marilyn Pappano:

The Taming of Reid Donovan

by:  Max Brand

Dan Barry's Daughter

Ronicky Doone

The Quest of Lee Carson

The Survial of Juan Oro

 

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Sandy by Elizabeth Janet Gray

Jack and Jill by James Patterson

Catherine's Song by Marie Beaumont

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MacKenzie's Baby (Harlequin American Romance) :: Anne McAllister

Maddie's Love - Child (From Here To Paternity) (Harlequin Presents, No 1884) Author: Miranda Lee

Red Wolf's Return (Silhouette Special Edition) Author: Mary J. Forbes

Silver Feather (Signet Historical Romance) Author: Cassie Edwards

White Eagle's Touch (Blackfoot Warrior)Author: Karen Kay

 

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Lucy's E-Journal

Sydney Omarr's Astrological Revelation About You

Lila : An Inquiry into Morals



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LIZZIE   by Evan Hunter.  Fictionalized account of Lizzie Borden.

http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780440148166-Lizzie



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Nostradamus and his prophecies

ISBN-13: 9780486414683
ISBN-10: 048641468X
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 9/8/2000
Pages: 822
Book Type: Paperback
Book Description: Complete, definitive study of the controversial French prophet: critical biography, historical background, and parallel texts in English and French of all the prophecies, most of the famous—and infamous—interpretations, and much more.

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The Passions of Chelsea Kane :: Barbara Delinsky

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After the death of her adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the need to uncover her biological heritage. Taking a break from her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New Hampshire town where she was born, determined to learn the truth, her only clue a tarnished silver key.

One of her first discoveries, however, is something quite unexpected: the irresistibly attractive Judd Street. Buoyed by love and resolution, the determined Chelsea slowly begins to uncover the dark mystery of her past. But as she inches closer to the truth, she realizes that someone is trying to stop her, first by scaring her, then by trying to harm her. The danger escalates until one terrifying night when all secrets are laid bare.

With memorable characters and writing that will stir the hearts and minds of all readers, The Passions of Chelsea Kane is the kind of compelling narrative that has earned Barbara Delinsky an ever-widening readership.

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Alice in Exile by Piers Paul Read

The Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White House by Paul Alexander

Kato Kaelin: The Whole Truth - The Real Story of O.J., Nicole, and Kato by Marc Elliot

Mark Skousen's 30 Day Plan to Financial Independence by Mark Skousen

SeinLanguage by Jerry Seinfeld

 

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Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
Author: Carlos Castaneda

This volume shows the reader the means by which a "man of power" sees, as opposed to merely looking, and how by his concentrated "seeing" he can, indeed must, "stop the world." In it, Carlos Castaneda describes the lessons, the omens, the exercises of the will and body, the arduous trials and tests, the simple yet mysterious demonstrations, the extraordinary visions and experiences by which don Juan, his mentor and friend, prepares him for the task of perceiving things as they are, instead of describing them by the words, conventions and standards of conventional, a priori ideas and language. Here, in the high mountains and in the bright arid desert, Castaneda reaches for power in a series of startling encounters with the unknown--a confrontation with death and the past in the form of an albino falcon, with the twilight wind, with a flesh-and-blood mountain lion, with a mountain fog--and learns the techniques, the concentration, the compassion of the hunter, the man who is "without routines, free, fluid."

That description doesn't really say much...this is Carlos Castenada's mystical experience.  He goes down to Mexico and gets involved with Don Juan and shaman/healer.  He sets off on a wild adventure with hallucinogenic drugs, mystical experience, and testing his perception of reality.   It's pretty amazing.  This is the first book in the series.

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The Airship: The World of Teddy Ruxpin :: Ken Forsse, Russell Hicks

I also have 3 other Teddy Ruxpin books on my shelf, they show some wear but still great kids books from the past!

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Corinna's Cause :: Joanna Makepeace

3 for 1 on my entire bookshelf!!!!!!! Non-Smoking home.

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I am rather shocked not to have seen Ramona Qumby, Age 8 or any Hannah Montana books listed here!  Keep the others coming!

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