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|  | Chicken for the Soul Stories to Harden the Heart & Dampen the Soul by David Fisher
Description not available.A parody of the inspirational series presents stories from the darker side of life, including Stepmother Theresa, set in a sweatshop of an orphanage; The True Meaning of Love, as seen by a stalker; and more. Original. AUTHOR: David Fisher
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Belly-Hum Christmas by Andrea Davis Pinkney, J. Brian Pinkney
In this story set in 1915, a family faces celebrating Christmas without their father who is working far away from home, building the New York City subway system. The father's work is not only backbreaking but also extremely dangerous. Worse yet, his two bosses (nicknamed Mean and Evil by the workers) refuse to let the men have time off for the holiday season. Knowing that he'll be lonely on Christmas, the family finds a special way to share the holiday spirit with him--and their love brings about a Christmas miracle. Scratchboard illustrations accompany the text which includes a recipe for Mim's Belly-Hum Jam. AUTHOR: Andrea Davis Pinkney, J. Brian Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Aladdin Factor by Jack Canfield, Jack L. Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
Common-sense advice to help people help themselves. The author is one of the compilers of the very successful Chicken Soup for the Soul series. AUTHOR: Jack Canfield, Jack L. Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
PUBLISHER: Audio Renaissance
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Los Cochinos (Pigs) by Michael Martchenko, Robert Munsch
A zany picture book in which Megan, who opened the door and let the pigs despite what she was told, is absolutely buried in pigs. AUTHOR: Michael Martchenko, Robert Munsch
PUBLISHER: Annick Press, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman
Part-time CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax drops her gardening gloves and travels to Damascus, where an American woman has been kidnapped while thwarting a skyjacking attempt. With the help her companion, Farrell, and a young archaeologist named Joe Fleming, Mrs. Pollifax endures captivity and torture to save both the girl and a portion of the Middle East. AUTHOR: Dorothy Gilman
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Cypress Point by Diane Chamberlain
A social worker named Joelle is in love with Liam, a colleague, who is also her best friend`s husband--and the friend has been in a coma for months. Liam is torn between his devotion to his wife and his attraction to Joelle, and when things become even more complicated, Joelle calls in a healer, an elderly woman named Carlynn whose own story becomes part of the narrative. AUTHOR: Diane Chamberlain
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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