Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ~Edith Sitwell
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The rise of magicks
by Nora Roberts
In a conclusion to the trilogy that began with Year One, Fallon finds the limits of her magick skills tested by the needs of the Purity Warrior victims at the same time she is confronted by an old nemesis.
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Criss Cross
by James Patterson
An ominous message by a copycat killer forces Alex Cross and John Sampson to investigate whether an innocent man has been executed. By the best-selling author of Cross Fire. 800,000 first printing.
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The dog I loved
by Susan Wilson
Offered a job at a crumbling estate, a wrongly convicted former inmate tackles painful secrets at the side of a cantankerous disabled former soldier and his devoted service dog. By the best-selling author of One Good Dog.
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Sargent's women : four lives behind the canvas
by Donna M. Lucey
Describes the lives of four high-society women who were immortalized in portraits done by the iconic artist, John Singer Sargent, each one incredibly wealthy, beautiful and commanding who experienced numerous mysteries, passions and tragedies during the Gilded Age.
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Into the crooked place
by Alexandra Christo
A first entry in a planned duology by the author of To Kill a Kingdom follows the experiences of four magical outsiders who must overcome their differences in order to save their gritty world from a devastating, magic-triggered conflict. Simultaneous eBook.
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Santa is coming to Idaho
by Steve Smallman
The Jolly Old Elf heads south from his home in the North Pole to Idaho to deliver presents and good cheer, with a little help from the youngest reindeer, and not so much from his brand-new, high-tech Santa-nav system
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Country living Christmas at home : holiday decorating, crafts, recipes
by Valerie Rains
The popular country lifestyle magazine offers 200 ideas for decking the halls and feasting during the holidays, including table settings, wreaths and no-sew stockings and recipes like Turkey Roulade with Sausage-Cornbread Filling, Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes and Red Velvet Snowballs.
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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
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