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Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Pub. Date
p1998
Language
English
Description
"The Happy Prince and Other Stories" is a collection of whimsical, fantastical, and deeply moral tales by Oscar Wilde, the renowned nineteenth century Irish poet and playwright. Though best known for his plays and the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Wilde was an accomplished and talented author of children's stories and fairy tales. This collection includes many of his most enduring short stories: the sad and beautiful "The Happy Prince", where...
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Language
English
Description
“Intention is a force in the universe, and everything and everyone is connected to this invisible force.”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This beautiful edition of Wayne’s international bestseller explores intention—not as something we do—but as an energy we’re a part of.
We’re all intended...
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This beautiful edition of Wayne’s international bestseller explores intention—not as something we do—but as an energy we’re a part of.
We’re all intended...
6) Bob
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Language
English
Description
"It’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia. Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really, really important about Gran’s house. It turns out she’s right. Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit, didn’t forget Livy, or her promise. He’s been waiting five years for her to come back, hiding in a closet like she told him to. He can’t remember...
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Series
Everyman's library volume 66
Language
English
Formats
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In an updated version of the Faust story, the devil and his minions pay 1920's Moscow a visit and wreak havoc on the artistic community. Bulgakov's satire was banned in Russia by Stalin, and only published in England 27 years after the author's death.
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Series
Publisher
Bolinda Audio Books
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
The Honourable Phryne Fisher - she of the Lulu bob, green eyes, Cupid's Bow lips and diamante garters - is the 1920's most elegant and irrepressible sleuth. This collection of Phryne short stories and other Phryne miscellany - including Phryne's favourite shoes and hats, decadent cocktail recipes and her best tips for discouraging unwanted admirers - is a gorgeously collectable treat for all Phryne fans.
Author
Publisher
Chivers Audio Books
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
Rani came to Tingle Reef when she was a baby mermaid, and nobody knows where she came from. Now strange things keep happening to her, almost as if by magic. What's going on? Rani's pet sea horse, Octavius the octopus, and a scary sea-witch help her find out.
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English
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The name Elizabeth Lowell has become synonymous with electrifying fiction that seamlessly combines suspense, intrigue, and passion. And now the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author brilliantly displays her incomparable talents in a story of treachery, greed, conspiracy, and murder that will hold the reader spellbound until the final word. It is the opportunity of a lifetime for Kate Chandler, the chance to cut seven rare, priceless sapphires...
11) Moby Dick
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Series
Language
English
Description
Narrated by the crew member Ishmael, this epic whaling adventure follows the crew of the Pequod as its captain, Ahab, descends deeper and deeper into madness on his quest to find and kill the white whale that maimed him. Beyond the surface of ship life, whaling, and the hunt for the elusive Moby Dick are allegorical references to life - and even the universe - in this masterpiece by Herman Melville. Regarded as the Great American Novel, Moby Dick...
12) Hear no evil
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Miami defense attorney Jack Swyteck returns, and this time he is handling a case that starts with the murder of an officer at the U.S. Naval base on Guantanamo Bay and the arrest of his wife for the crime, and concludes with a shocking surprise that will change Jack’s life forever.
13) The snowy day
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Series
Language
English
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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
14) Library lion
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Language
English
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Description
A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.
Author
Series
Peterson field guide volume 43
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
p1991
Language
English
Description
Features twenty-eight common species of eastern and central North American bird songs, grouped primarily by the acoustic similarity of the birds. Includes the sounds of three mammals whose vocalizations may be confused with those of birds.
16) Weird kid
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Language
English
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Description
Jake Foster, a shapeshifting alien of goo disguised as a human, and his spunky friend Agnes investigate the mysterious takeover of their neighbors by "imblobsters" and uncover the reason Jake is losing control of his ability to keep his human shape.
"Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the fact that he has shapeshifting abilities he can’t control. Or that his parents found him as a ball...
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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Barb Thompson never for one moment believed her daughter committed suicide. Neither did Detective Jerry Berry or ballistics expert Marty Hayes or attorney Royce Ferguson or dozens of Ronda's friends. For eleven grueling years, through the ups and downs of the legal system and its endless delays, these people and others helped Barb Thompson fight to strike that painful word from her daughter's death certificate.
18) Extra yarn
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Language
English
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Description
With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.
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Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"Even though Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back in Soren's life, but she's been through an ordeal too terrible for words. And Ezylryb, Soren's mentor, has disappeared ... In order to rescue him, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest."--P. [4] of cover.
20) Falling
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
FBI profiler Kelly Feinman struggles with her latest case, the kidnapping of an infant, while dealing with her own husband's leaving with their daughter, and tracks the kidnapper, Matt Connor, who has stolen the baby to seek revenge on his girlfriend.