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Pub. Date
[2005]
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Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the movies. Jake is attractive, smart and maybe a bit too intense for Sarah, so she passes him by. But in passing him up, she may be passing up a real chance for love.
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Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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When an ordinary-looking fifth grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures.
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13 Going On 30 is a delightful be-careful-what-you-wish-for romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. On the eve of her 13th birthday, all Jenna Rink wants is to be pretty and popular. After a humiliating experience with the coolest boy in school, Jenna makes a desperate wish for a new life. Miraculously, her wish comes true, but with one catch... it's 17 years later and she's a 13-year-old trapped inside her 30-year-old body.
4) Mad World
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Will is a misfit who can't catch a break, he's terrorized by his psychotic father at home and taunted by his peers at school. His only solace comes from three classmates who face similar abuse. Without guidance or a sense of purpose, the four friends spend their days getting high and commiserating until they reach a breaking point. With nothing to lose and no escape from the onslaught of ridicule, they decide to unleash their mean streaks in a...
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This book examines and analyses the connections between gastronomy, tourism and the media. It argues that in the modern world, gastronomy is increasingly a major component and driver of tourism and that destinations are using their cuisines and food cultures in marketing to increase their competitive advantage. It proposes that these processes are interconnected with film, television, print and social media. The book emphasises the notion of gastronomy...
6) Shackled
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Chained to a pickup truck in the Californian desert, a young woman must unravel her captor's twisted scheme, before she is undone herself.
7) Fat Fiction
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Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.
9) Deal
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As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protg is his toughest competition.
10) Dance Fu
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A young dancer seeking fame and fortune gets sidetracked and caught up with a crazy crime kingpin. He masters a unique style of martial arts that incorporates his amazing dancng skills in order to venge his uncle's murder.
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Mike (Gary Cole) is a planning a surprise wedding anniversary party for Carol (Shelly Long) - until Carol's long-lost first husband, Roy (Tim Matheson), shows up to shake the family tree. When Roy whisks Carol off to Hawaii, the Bradys take off in pursuit - for fun, sun and the adventure of their lives.
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The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer is a reimagination of Mark Twain's classic American novel. After witnessing Muff Potter get framed for the murder of the town's local doctor, Thomasina Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn write a blood oath and swear to not tell a soul what they saw in order to escape the killer's revenge. They promise to "drop dead" if they were to ever tell anyone. But when the day of Muff 's trial arrives, Tom can't help herself but to...
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"Written with the riveting storytelling and moral seriousness of authors like Emma Donoghue, Adam Johnson, Ann Patchett, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Cartwheel is a suspenseful and haunting novel of an American foreign exchange student arrested for murder, and a father trying to hold his family together. When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the colorful buildings, the street food,...