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THE CURIOUS WORLD OF CALPURNIA TATE

Whether wrangling a rogue armadillo or stray dog, a guileless younger brother or standoffish cousin, Callie Vee and her escapades will have readers laughing and crying in this return to Fentress, Texas. Travis keeps bringing home strays. And Callie has her hands full keeping the animals—her brother included—away from her mother’s critical eye. Will she succeed?

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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO PARADISE

So You Too Can:

– Move to a South Pacific Island

– Wear a Loincloth

– Read a Hundred Books

– Diaper a Baby Monkey

– Build a Bungalow

And Maybe, Just Maybe, Fall in Love!

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* Individual results may vary.

The true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom,

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A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER

In this ‘bewitching supernatural romp,’ (Philadelphia Daily News),

Zelazny created the similar tension between two worlds, the real

and the sinister, as he did in his renown Chronicles of Amber

series. Told from the point of view of Jack the Ripper’s dog Snuff,

each of the 31 chapters in A Night in the Lonesome October is a

diary entry for every night of October. Loyally accompanying a

mysterious knife-wielding gentleman named Jack on his midnight

rounds through the murky streets of London,

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CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?

One of our recommended books for 2017 is Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast

Through words and illustrations, with evident pain and remarkable humor, Roz Chast revisits the struggle she went through with her aging parents as their physical and mental abilities gradually declined and they eventually became unable to care for themselves.

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THE GREAT CHRISTMAS KNIT-OFF

In the tradition of Trisha Ashley and Jenny Colgan, this first book in a new series by Alexandra Brown—author of the popular Cupcakes at Carrington’s series—tells the hilarious, heartwarming story of a jilted bride who anticipates a lonely Christmas but instead finds herself in the tiny village of Tindledale, where the residents share her obsession with knitting.

When life unravels, it’s time to knit…

Sybil has always taken comfort in her passion for knitting, creating beautiful knits stitch by stitch. But her world suddenly unravels when her fiancé ditches her for her identical twin sister at her Star Wars-themed wedding,

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THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY

“A genuinely funny comedy . . . with a Pratchettian mix of gusto and warmth. . . . An assured, even virtuoso performance.”

The Guardian (U.K.)

Award-winning YA author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. His star has waned. The world is leaving him behind. His agent, the beautiful and ruthless Minerva Cinch, convinces him that his only hope is to write a sword-and-sorcery blockbuster. Unfortunately, Philip—allergic to the faintest trace of Tolkien—is utterly unsuited to the task. In a dark hour, a dwarfish stranger comes to his rescue. But the deal he makes with Pocket Wellfair turns out to have Faustian consequences.

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