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Eww! What's on My Shoe?

In the latest installment of Nancy Krulik's popular George Brown, Class Clown series, George is preparing for picture day, and his friend Alex is preparing to break the Schminess World Record for the largest ABC (Already Been Chewed) gumball. While George is selecting his outfit, Alex is busy becoming famous. Can George learn to be a supportive friend, despite the jealousy he feels, or will the super burp ruin his best friend's chances of fame and his own fourth grade reputation?
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Soccer Spirit

Anna, Brittany, and Jasmine have a problem: their school cancelled the girls' soccer team. They have to join the team at their arch rival school! They're not happy about it, but they're glad they get to play. The girls on their new team, though, aren't exactly welcoming. Will Anna, Brittany, and Jasmine ever feel at home?
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The Slitheen Excursion

1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're aliens. For the aliens, it's the perfect holiday - they get to tour the sights of a primitive planet and even take part in local customs. Like gladiatorial games, or hunting down and killing humans who won't be missed. With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen. But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the Parthenon?Featuring the Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant in the hit Doctor Who BBC Television series.
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Family Secrets (Davenport Manor Book 1)

On a 200-year old property lives Emma Davenport, an original resident of the Manor. Her brother, Daniel, is actually her sixth-great nephew and an actor. As his current movie is being filmed on the property, Emma falls for one of the actors, Todd Foster. The ghosts of Emma's past (literally) begin to haunt Todd and the secrets she has been hiding must be told in order for the spirits to rest.
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All I Ever Wanted

Winterfest is heating up in Abbott Springs... As the town’s yearly festival kicks off, cold days turn into steamy nights, new flames will be ignited, and old romances will be rekindled. All About Us by Marilyn Brant—All Sami Abbott ever wanted was permission to be herself. At home, she aims to be the perfect daughter but never measures up. At college, she’s the bold girl who had a one-night stand with sexy musician, Alex Hamilton. When he arrives unexpectedly in Abbott Springs, her worlds collide and she must reconcile the girl she tries to be with the person she really is. All I Need by Caisey Quinn–All pink-haired rocker chick Everly Abbott thought she wanted was acceptance in her straight-laced hometown. But her best friend and bandmate Justin Cohen is about to show her that what she thinks she wants isn’t necessarily what she needs. All for Love by Rhonda Helms–All Maya Monterey ever wanted was to belong. Happiest with the Abbott family, Maya’s been secretly in love with sexy pastry chef Oliver Abbott for years. With a flirty new look, she’ll pull out all the stops to get him to notice her. And if her plan fails, she’ll walk away from the only home she’s ever known–and Oliver–for good. All or Nothing by Lexi Ryan—After years of placing the wrong bets, all Aubree Baxter wanted was someone to take a chance on her. Golden boy Kennedy Hale plays it safe in life and love, but to keep Bree in Abbott Springs, he’ll have to go all in.
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Jaimie: Fire and Ice

Jaimie Wilde comes from a family of risk-takers. Maybe that's why Jaimie doesn't believe in taking risks. She's a logical, practical woman. Zacharias Castelianos has taken risks all his life. Ex-Special Ops Marine, ex-government operative, Zach lives for challenge. He's fearless. Then he meets Jaimie. A power blackout strands them in his Manhattan penthouse, fifty stories above the city. Jaimie is there by mistake. She's an unwanted guest and Zach isn't in the mood for company. Until she's in his arms. They have one amazing night together, but when morning comes, Jaimie is gone. Zach tells himself he's over her. Jaimie tells herself she's over him. They're both lying to themselves and they're going to discover that the hard way, when Jaimie's life is in danger and only Zach can protect her. One problem. Is Zach only protecting Jaimie from the stalker who is pursuing her... or is he also protecting her from the hot passion that burns between them and quickly turns to unquenchable flame?
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Invasion of the Overworld

The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling electronic adventure, already a bestseller!Gameknight999 loved Minecraft. He reveled in building structures, playing on servers, creating custom maps, and more. But above all else, he loved to grief—to intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users. As the self-proclaimed “King of the Griefers," Gameknight played the game for himself at the expense of everyone else, keeping the list of his friends in the game short.But when one of his father's inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside the digital world of Minecraft. What will happen if he's killed in the game? Will he respawn? Disconnect? Die in real life? Unsure, Gameknight must play the game with all of his skill and knowledge. He has to stay one step ahead of the sharp claws of zombies and pointed fangs of spiders. Eventually, he discovers the best-kept secret about Minecraft,...
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The Menagerie 2 (Eden)

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FINAL EXTINCTION EVENT... THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ORIGINS... THE RISE OF APEX PREDATORS… Nearly sixty-five million years ago an asteroid collided with the Yucatan Peninsula in the fifth and final Extinction Event that nearly destroyed all life on Earth. But when a recent earthquake exposes something unusual 2000 feet beneath the Yucatan Peninsula, cryptanalysts Alyssa Moore and John Savage are called in to investigate this peculiar structure that bears uncanny resemblances to writings discovered in Eden. Working with the Department of Defense, John and Alyssa discover the remains of what is believed to be the cataclysmic bolide to have struck the Earth sixty-five million years ago is actually a broken-off section of an intergalactic ark. Inside this remnant, they discover a zoological lab containing a menagerie of apex predators gathered from all points of the universe. But as John and Alyssa begin to tie in the writings on the ship to writings they discovered in Eden, a DOD military faction seeking intel unwittingly disrupts matters by awakening sleeping giants. Finding themselves fighting for self-preservation and for the salvation of Earth, John and Alyssa battle soldiers trying to kill them for the sake of completing a hidden agenda . . . . . . and against the most vicious predators in the universe.
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The Honorable Nobody (Heroines on Horseback Book 2)

Disappointed in love and in friendship, Miss Lydia Dean wants nothing more than to retreat from Society. Unfortunately, her fortune-hunting mama is determined to see Lydia in the center of every ballroom, flirting her way to the Match of the Season. And when Lydia suddenly finds herself head-over-heels in love, it is with a most unsuitable suitor: the horse-mad Peregrin Fawkes. It isn't just that he's untitled and unwealthy -- she's terrified of horses. An Honorable nobody like Mr. Fawkes had no business even glancing at the Dean heiress, and well he knew it. He meant to concentrate on his horses, and his secret hope to win the Epsom Derby. But fate -- and the irrepressible Lady Grainne Archwood -- keep pushing them into one another's arms, until they finally seem to tempt fortune too many times. From London's glittering ball-rooms to the fabled gallops of Epsom Downs, The Honorable Nobody weaves an enchanting tale of a love that conquers all.
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The Living and the Dead in Winsford

There is nobody in the world who knows that we are here . . . A woman arrives in the village of Winsford on Exmoor. She has travelled a long way and chosen her secluded cottage carefully. Her sole intention is to outlive her beloved dog Castor. And to survive the torrent of memories that threaten to overwhelm her. Weeks before, Maria and her husband Martin fled Stockholm under a cloud. The couple were bound for Morocco, where Martin planned to write an explosive novel; one that would reveal the truth behind dark events within his commune of writers decades before. But the couple never made it to their destination. As Maria settles into her lonely new life, walking the wild, desolate moors, it becomes clear that Winsford isn't quite the sanctuary she thought it would be. While the long, dark evenings close in and the weather worsens, strange things begin to happen around her. But what terrible secrets is Maria guarding? And who now is trying to find her? A haunting, masterly unravelling of a dreadful crime, in The Living and the Dead in Winsford Håkan Nesser, the bestselling, award-winning author of the Van Veeteren series, tightens the tension like a noose .
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