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c2005
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The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
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Indiana cousins volume 1
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Crippled in a horrific accident, Wayne Lambright feels unable to care for himself, much less Loraine Miller, his future bride. Will he sacrifice his happiness to give Loraine a better life? When ex-boyfriend Jake Beechy returns, Loraine's heart is torn. Will she renew an old love or keep her promise to the new?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
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Ashley Baxter, convinced she is unlovable, hides her heart from her family, the man who loves her, and even God, but she moves to a position of hope and faith with the help of four Alzheimer's patients, and the life-changing events of September 11, 2001.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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"Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school--both teetering on the edge--it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the "natural wonders" of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another" --Provided by publisher.
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2023.
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A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties--the Jazz Age--has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland...
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"More than two decades ago, Ashley Baxter Blake made her most grievous mistake in Paris. New information about that terrible time causes Ashley to see that experience in a new light. Now, Ashley and her husband are about to take a trip to Paris. In Paris, Alice Michel is having dinner with her son Gabe and his new friend, Jessie Taylor. As the dinner conversation goes on, Alice tells the young couple that her life was saved by a conversation with...
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Pub. Date
c1995
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South of the Big Four is a gracefully told, arresting look at an America in which the center no longer holds, where a new kind of forgiveness and understanding must be found. In the tradition of A Thousand Acres and A Map of the World, the novel's sudden truths and lasting images transcend the daily lives of its Midwestern characters to create a penetrating, resonant story, made all the more remarkable because it is the author's debut.
10) Return
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Baxter family series. Redemption volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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Devastated by the events of September 11, 2001, Luke Baxter has walked away from everything that mattered to him: his faith, his family, and Reagan, his only love. What Luke doesn't know is that he is about to become a father. Someone in his family discovers the truth, but she has a secret of her own -- one that will change the Baxter's lives forever
11) Freckles
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines to find out about his past.
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Baxter family series. Standalone novels volume Prequel
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A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Karis wedding to Tim Jacobs. Its supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth cant shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm a sign? Something bad is about to happen. Elizabeth knows it. Indeed, there are dark currents of conflict and doubt coursing through the Baxter family. In the midst of them, Kari Baxter...
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Nothing exciting ever happens in Hawkins--at least until Will Byers vanishes one night on his way home from his friend's house. His mother is convinced that he's still out there somewhere, but the police chief has his doubts as she starts to unravel. Upon meeting a mysterious girl known only as Eleven, Will's friends start an investigation of their own. The kids and the grown ups will have to pool their resources, though, if they have any hope...
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Quick response research report volume 161
Pub. Date
[2003]
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Studies the effects of a tornado on an urbanized area. Fujita Scale does not describe urban types of damage effectively, which could lead to difficulties in the Fujita Scale damage assessment process.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
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Named "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around her home, Kimmel's witty memoir takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent post-war period, where people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards
19) The heirloom
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume Prequel
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"Clara Bender believes a visit to Hickory Hollow may help her find direction after her father remarries. While restoring an heirloom quilt with her great-aunt Ella Mae Zook, the two form a warm bond. When Clara's life is again upended by an unexpected incident and a young Amish man, will she find where her heart belongs?"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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In her fictional journal, 11 year old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Ind.heir steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.