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| April 1, 2008 - Read any book by or about Beatrix Potter, such as: |
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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
by Linda Lear
St. Martin's Press
9780312369347 Check Our Catalog
With never-before-seen illustrations and intimate detail, Lear goes beyond the perennial fascination with Beatrix Potter as a writer and illustrator of children's books, and delves deeply into the life of a most unusual and gifted woman. One 8-page b&w insert. Two 8-page color inserts. More . . . |
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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
9781565124998 Check Our Catalog
Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.... More . . . |
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Plain Secrets: An Outsider Among the Amish
by Joe Mackall
Beacon Press
9780807010648 Check Our Catalog
Journalist Mackall writes about his surprising friendship with an Amish family trying to live a simple life in a complex world. More . . . |
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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
by Sandra Dallas
St. Martin's Press
9780312187101 Check Our Catalog
The author of "The Persian Pickle Club" offers a "lively and engaging" ("Booklist") story of one woman's life on the American frontier that "gives a bright, fresh shading to the tragedies and small sharp joys of nineteenth-century frontier life" ("Kirkus"). More . . . |
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Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See
by Robert Kurson
Random House
9781400063352 Check Our Catalog
The bestselling author of "Shadow Divers" returns with a riveting story of exploration, mystery, and the discovery of an unknown world--this time about one man's incredible odyssey from blindness into sight. More . . . |
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| October 7, 2008: |
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Misery
by Stephen King
Signet Book
9780451169525 Check Our Catalog
After an automobile accident, novelist Paul Sheldon meets his biggest fan. Annie Wilkes is his nurse-and captor. Now, she wants Paul to write his greatest work-just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty... More . . . |
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