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Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home

Hold Me Tight and Tango... by Maria O Finn

Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. ...
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The Girl Who Fell from... by Heidi W. Durrow

A timely and moving bicultural coming-of-age tale about the daughter of a Danish immigrant and a black G.I.
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Wicked Plants: The Weed That... by Amy N Stewart

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a...
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Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

In the winter of 1946, Henry McAllen moves his city-bred wife, Laura, from their comfortable home in Memphis to a...
Heart in the Right Place

Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan

The true story of a spoiled, high-powered Washington lawyer (me) who is forced to leave
The Earth Moved

The Earth Moved: On the... by Amy N Stewart

A fascinating exploration of the world underground and one of its most amazing denizens.
From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up: The... by Amy N Stewart

Amy Stewart had a simple dream. She wanted a garden. When she and her husband finished graduate school, they headed west...
Flower Confidential

Flower Confidential: The Good, the... by Amy N Stewart

We buy more flowers a year than we do Big Macs, spending $6.2 billion annually. We use them to mark...
Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain

Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain by Kirsten Menger-Anderson

In 1664 Dr. Olaf van Schuler flees the Old World and arrives in New Amsterdam with his lunatic mother, two...