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|  | A Proud Taste for Scarlet & Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg
This fictionalized biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine takes place in heaven while she waits for her dear husband King Henry II to arrive. To pass the time, Eleanor, her mother-in-law and her priest take turns reminiscing about both the good and bad times in Eleanor's life, giving the reader an unusual and amusing look at her and the Middle Ages. AUTHOR: E. L. Konigsburg
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Flamingo Rising by Larry Baker
Abe's father builds an extravagant drive-in theater next door to an equally extravagant funeral parlor, beginning a rivalry that has repercussions for Abe when he falls in love with the daughter of his father's enemy. AUTHOR: Larry Baker
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Sea of Grey by Dewey Lambdin
The 10th installment in the author's series about the British navy, set during the Napoleonic Wars. In this episode, his hero Alan Lewrie is reunited with his rotter of a father, who shipped Alan off to sea at age 15 in order to enjoy the fruits of the ill-gotten estate that rightly was his son's. After this interlude, Alan is off to sea again--to Haiti where, as his men are decimated by fever, he must hire black slaves to man his ship. AUTHOR: Dewey Lambdin
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Monkey's Play Time
Description not available.Youngsters can follow Monkey as he scampers through the pages of this delightful board book playing with a vast array of friends including a happy bear, an acrobatic sheep, and a dancing pig.
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Some Sunday
Description not available.Still recovering from the death of her beloved husband from AIDS, Sandy Hutchinson, a thirty-six-year-old African American woman, begins to find the courage to heal with the help of her husband's brother, but an unexpected stranger forces her to choose between two men, while her best friends - Janice, Britney, and Martha - deal with challenges of their own.
CATEGORY: General
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 | So Good by Venise Berry
Lisa meets Walter at the wedding of her friend Sundi, falls in love with him, and marries him despite rumors about his unsavory past. This novel tells her story, plus those of Sundi and Lisa's sister Danielle, and illustrates the problems facing black women today--as well as their strengths and coping methods. AUTHOR: Venise Berry
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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