Bernadette Dunne
1) Son
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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
3) First test
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Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindalen, daughter of nobles, serves as a page but must prove herself to the males around her if she is ever to fulfill her dream of becoming a knight.
5) Blind alley
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Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is shocked when her work on the skull of a newly discovered victim reveals a face nearly identical to that of Jane, her adopted daughter with detective Joe Quinn, and the situation worsens when Eve and Joe learn Jane has been targeted by a serial killer obsessed with women who look like Cira, a beautiful young actress in ancient Rome.
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A fascinating dual biography of the women who founded today's beauty industry
They were both born in the nineteenth century in humble circumstances–Helena Rubinstein in an orthodox Jewish household in Kraków, Poland, Elizabeth Arden on a farm outside Toronto. But by the 1930s, they were bitter rivals in New York, the rulers of dueling international beauty empires that would forever change the way women thought about cosmetics, salons, and wrinkles....
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When America entered World War II, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books. Outraged librarians sent donated books to our troops. The War Department joined the publishing industry in an extraordinary program: 120 million books printed in small, lightweight paperbacks. Beloved by the troops and still fondly remembered, theirs is an inspiring story.
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A night at the opera ends on a bitter note when the celebrated diva's voice emits only a dying gasp. Daisy Dalrymple soon discovers that the notoriously difficult opera star had her share of adversaries, and now she is up to her fashionable bob in temperamental artists—one of whom is a cunning killer.
10) Signora da Vinci
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A fictionalized account of the life of Caterina, the mother of Leonardo da Vinci, in which the young woman disguises herself as a man during the Italian Renaissance in order to watch over her son, who was taken from her the day after his birth to be raised by his father.
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"New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail). The 28th book and the seventh Christmas mystery in the Meg Langslow series, The Gift of the Magpie is yet another wonderfully merry and funny book from New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews. Meg's running Caerphilly's Helping Hands for the Holidays...
16) Thankful
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"Christina and Aden have secretly loved each other since childhood. Because Aden has lived with Christina's family since his parents died ten years ago, everyone sees them as siblings. When Christina's parents pressure her to start courting, Aden will have to speak up or lose her forever"--
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"New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray spins a beautiful holiday tale of finding love in unexpected places. Twenty-year old Ruth Stutzman is a wonderful caregiver--but she has no experience with kinner. Laid off from her job at a retirement home due to budget cuts, she's relieved to find work--even if it means temporarily watching widower Martin Rodes' brood of six!Martin has done the best he can since his wife's passing, but he and...
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Three best-loved authors capture the Christmas spirit in the irresistible stories of three generations of Delaneys who find love and passion during the holiday season. CHRISTMAS PAST by Iris Johansen. From the moment he first laid eyes on her, Kevin Delaney felt a curious attraction for the Gypsy beauty. He didn't believe her talk of second sight, but as Christmas approaches, he realizes she's working a different kind of magic. CHRISTMAS FUTURE by...
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Since the Gold Rush, California prospectors have siphoned off the waters of isolated Tufa Lake, exposing the fragile, otherworldly mineral formations of the lake basin. Now a local environmental group seeks to block the latest incursion by developers-a massive mining operation funded by TransPacific, a US-Hong Kong interest that seems to be behind a series of break-ins, disappearances, and shady land deals. Into this stark, lunar landscape treads...
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The "memoirs" of one of Japan's most celebrated geishas describes how, as a little girl in 1929, she is sold into slavery; her efforts to learn the arts of the geisha; the impact of World War II; and her struggle to reinvent herself to win the man she loves. A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Speaking...