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Bruno and the Carol Singers : A Christmas Mystery of the French Countryside - Martin Walker

Publisher: Random House Digital
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/18/2012

ISBN-13: 9780385350310
ISBN-10: 0385350317

St. Denis is experiencing its coldest winter in years--bringing the promise of snow and shared chocolats chauds in the village's cafés--and Bruno is occupied with his Christmastime duties. From organizing carolers to playing Father Christmas for the local schoolchildren, Bruno has his hands full . . . at least until some funds raised for charity go missing. Then it's up to Bruno to save the day (and perhaps manage a Christmas miracle) in this charming holiday installment of Walker's best-selling series.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie - Ayana Mathis

Publisher: Random House Inc
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/06/2012

ISBN-13: 9780385350280
ISBN-10: 0385350287

In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them, a world that will not be kind.

Santa's Secret Penguin Spy - Nicole Cage

Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/4/2012

ISBN-13: 1234

Juvenile - Ziffle is not just any penguin. He is a secret spy sent by an agency to help keep an eye on boys and girls expecting a Christmas Eve visit from Santa Claus. Ziffle needs to know just one thing-which children in the world are being naughty and which are being nice. Ziffle is no elf. Armed with a cell phone and a direct line to Santa, he does not need a train, plane, or even wings to deliver his message. Ziffle can just text a name! But all the boys and girls know that if their mom or dad has to tell them twice, Ziffle has another secret spy device that allows Santa to see the entire human race from the comfort of his big chair at the North Pole.

A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows - Diana Gabaldon

Publisher: Random House Digital
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780345545374
ISBN-10: 0345545370

Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield's parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not be the whole story. Now, in "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows," readers finally learn the truth.

Antifragile : Things that Gain from Disorder - Nassim Taleb

Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/27/2012

ISBN-13: 9781400067824
ISBN-10: 1400067820

The best-selling author of The Black Swan shares philosophical insights into how adversity and chaos can bring out the best in individuals and communities, drawing on multiple disciplines to consider such topics as the superiority of city states over nation states, the drawbacks of debt and why modern developments usually fail.

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Finding Mercy - Karen Harper

Publisher: Harlequin
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2012

ISBN-13: 9780778313977
ISBN-10: 0778313972

When Alex Caldwell, a Wall Street whistle-blower under witness protection, arrives in her close-knit Amish community, Ella Lantz, who spends her days tending her lavender fields, finds her life forever changed by this man who brings violence--and love--to Home Valley.

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Imperfect : An Improbable Life - Jim Abbott and Tim Brown

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780345523259
ISBN-10: 0345523253

A one-handed pitcher who became one of the select few to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball, explains how he rose above his disability to excel at the sport he loved through high school, college and adulthood. 30,000 first printing.

Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt

Publisher: Dial Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/19/2012

ISBN-13: 9780679644194
ISBN-10: 0679644199

Her world upended by the death of a beloved artist uncle who was the only person who understood her, 14-year-old June is mailed a teapot by her uncle's grieving friend, with whom June forges a poignant relationship.

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Mr. Churchill's Secretary - Susan Elia MacNeal

Publisher: Bantam Books Trade Paperback
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/03/2012

ISBN-13: 9780553593617
ISBN-10: 0553593617

After German Luftwaffe bomb London, Maggie Hope--trained in math and code breaking, but only able to find a job as Winston Churchill's secretary--uses the unfettered access her position demands to try to unravel a plot to assassinate Churchill himself.

According to Hoyle - Abigail Roux

Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/30/2011

ISBN-13: 9781615817917
ISBN-10: 1615817913

By the close of 1882, the inhabitants of the American West had earned their reputation as untamed and dangerous. The line between heroes and villains is narrow and indistinct. The concept that a man may only kill if backed into a corner is antiquated. Lives are worth less than horses. Treasures are worth killing for. And the law is written in the blood of those who came before. The only men staving off total chaos are the few who take the letter of the law at its word and risk their lives to uphold it. But in the West, the rules aren't always played according to Hoyle.

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