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The animal kingdom is full of amazing critters with terrifically interesting tongues. Curly ones. Backward ones. Ones for smelling. Ones for cleaning. Even ones for eating ice cream! This book is packed with totally weird facts about those terribly unique tongues, including the flamingo tongue, which really isn't a tongue at all!Suitable for ages 4 to 8 years. REVIEWS: "Suitable for multiple audiences! Both my first-grader and preschooler...
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"Rachel's fans will enjoy her latest case, which highlights the consequences of greed as well as the abilities of the disabled." -Booklist
As St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold knows firsthand, the demands of the profession can take a toll on young lawyers. Some turn to drugs, some give up the job and occasionally one gives up altogether. According to the medical examiner, Sari Bashir belongs in the latter category. After she fell from the eighth floor...
4) Tongue Tied
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There is no lover for you in all of Carum Sound.Prophecy or not, Princess Conora refuses to accept a life of celibacy-especially not after meeting the suave and sensual Prince Calosandros from beyond Carum Sound. Their similar Gifts even provide a connection: he can speak any language, and she can talk to animals. So, when he proposes marriage during their first meeting, Conora sees an opportunity to regain control of her life and impulsively accepts...
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With recipes for everything from Coconut Crab Crumpets to Kasundi Keema Lasagne Rolls, award-winning food writer Gurdeep Loyal celebrates the hybrid third-culture cooking of second-generation migrants around the world today. Born in Britain to Indian parents, Gurd felt constantly pulled by the clashing expectations of both cultures. But through his passion for food and cooking he was able to embrace the delicious contradictions of his plural British...
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A stand-alone psychic romantic suspense from NYT and USA Today bestseller Marie Harte. When empath Kitty Nelson is forced to work with rude artist Dane Hanson on a mission to recover a stolen antique, the sparks fly. Kitty's psychic skills don't work on him. And Dane thinks she's the hottest thing he's ever seen. But when the op turns deadly, Dane realizes he wants to keep the feisty redhead for a lot longer than this mission. That's if she'll let...
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A riveting mystery that recalls the work of Umberto Eco and Barry Unsworth, A Stolen Tongue is the captivating debut novel that launched critically acclaimed author Sheri Holman's literary career.
In 1483, Father Felix Fabri sails from Germany to Mount Sinai on a pilgrimage to venerate the relics of Saint Katherine of Alexandria. But at each of the shrines he visits throughout Greece and Palestine, he finds that the remains of Katherine's body are...
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Fresh from finishing university in England, Adam Woods arrives in Venice to begin a new chapter in his life. He soon secures employment as the personal assistant of Gordon Crace -- a famous expatriate novelist who makes his home in a dank and crumbling palazzo, surrounded by fabulous works of art, piles of unanswered correspondence and the memories of his former literary glory.
Before long Adam becomes indispensable to the feeble Crace, and he finds...
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Another exquisite regency murder mystery from your new favourite author, Beth Andrews.
Anthea Halliwell's once-bright future is cruelly taken from her the moment she is accused of stealing a necklace dripping with rubies and diamonds and attempting to sell it.
Her beloved Captain Crispin breaks off their engagement at the first hint of scandal and marries her friend instead. Then to make matters worse, her father gambles away their fortune.
Heartbroken...
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Mid-pandemic, 2021 began darkly, full of worry. Light began to enter with the first vaccines in February. This effort is a poet's diary of 2021 in the form of haiku. It is my contribution to an effort organized among poets all over the country to meet a simple challenge to create one haiku each week of the year:
"Haiku-one per week-nothing is expected"
I enjoyed finding the images, feelings, words to express the moments that shaped each week, sometimes...
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Will Melina regret faking to be ill to avoid doing her chores? Can Don Pericle organise a wedding for a groom who doesn't know? Who has stolen the marble pisces from the cathedral's floor? Twelve humorous short stories dripping with the Sicilian sunshine, ringing with not-so-well-kept secrets, fragrant with freshly fried arancine rice balls, ideal for your coffee break or as a bedtime read.
Written and Narrated by Stefania Hartley, The Sicilian Mama.
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From New York City to Los Angeles, top bars are serving up cocktails spiced with chiles, wasabi, ginger, and other fieryflavors. Spice & Ice brings this trend to the home bar with recipes for 70 tongue-tingling drinks, including Wasabi-tinis and Jumpin' Juleps. As the author of the High Spirits column for Chile Pepper magazine, Kara Newman is the perfect coach for crafting beverages that bite. Don't worry: these beverages may be peppery and warming,...
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The Luck Uglies must face their greatest enemy in this second installment of the series that's a perfect match for fans of Chris Colfer's Land of Stories series and books by Kelly Barnhill. "There is not a single dull moment in this story. A total delight," raved Bookslist in a starred review!
Rye O'Chanter was shocked to discover that her father was the leader of the notorious band of outlaws known as the Luck Uglies. Now she too has been declared...