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|  | | Been There, Noted That: Essays In Tribute To Life
54 illustrated personal-experience essays inspire, appreciate, and celebrate where we’ve been, who we are, and what we share.
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A touching book of loss, grief,and renewal
Frank relishes fast success and early retirement, but struggling to preserve his life's work thrusts him into a desperate battle to protect the people he cares about most. Beverly seeks a new beginning in Tarpon Springs-until those she trusts steal control of her destiny, forcing a fight for her very survival. All twelve-year-old Kevin wants is attention from the only man he respects, yet murder and the wrenching indifference of a callous legal system toward one vulnerable child proves even friendship might never be enough. Riven by tragedy, consumed by grief, all three must confront the wondr | |  | | Fantasy Patch
Media master Danté promotes designer prescription drugs, but conspiracy and murder paint a picture even he cannot erase.
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Ancient Hawaiian myths and unlikely ‘ohana family bring truths to Rochelle’s unexpected life in a place she never belonged.
Chicago native Rochelle DuFortier likes to imagine the future, her world a series of picture postcards so vivid they sometimes seem real. When a foolish mistake at thirteen causes her mother’s death, she’s sent to a secluded Hawaiian valley, an outsider “haole-girl” among pidgin-speaking boys who hurl flaming papala spears under the full moon to summon her mother’s spirit. After boarding school and a prestigious university back east, the ambitious young woman is torn between chasing new career opportunities, discovering her mother’s heritage in a remote French village, and meeting obligations | |  | | What Sara Saw
What Sara Saw paints exquisitely vivid portraits of two young people who must follow their hearts to recapture that innocent grace long lost to the whims of circumstance and fate.
The boy looked back.
A simple pencil drawing, this depiction of a child watching from the reeds of a country pond frustrates and angers Geoffrey, unexpected reactions that stir Phrekka's lifelong passion for understanding the elusive power artists infuse in their creations.
Their only clue a "Sara" signature, the unemployed graphic designer persuades the enchanting Korean-American curator to help him discover more images by this enigmatic artist. From her world of privilege and mystical spiritualism to his of heartland farms and fundamentalist values, they will cross the co | |  | | Zhasou Pure
The galaxy needs Zhasou plants from Seelius, an isolationist planet busy with deadly purges for ethnic purity.
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