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|  | Seasons of Her Life by Fern Michaels
Ruby is determined to have a better life when she leaves her bitter childhood behind for post-World War II Washington, D.C. A job as a Navy secretary soon blossoms into love and marriage. The life of a military wife turns out to be harsher and lonelier than Ruby bargained for, but though it destroys her illusions, it cannot overcome her determination to succeed and find happiness. She raises two children, creates a home, and begins baking cookies in hope of starting a business. After years of struggle, her cookies start to bring in more money than she ever dreamed of. But closest to her heart is the memory of the man she longs for in her soul, a man no cookie can replace . . . AUTHOR: Fern Michaels
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Sweet Clara & the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, James E. Ransome
Before Sweet Clara is even 12 years old, she is sold away from her mother and forced to work at North Farm Plantation as a field hand. When a kindly older slave takes pity on Clara, she is allowed to work in the big house as a seamstress. As Clara dreams of freedom and of seeing her mother again, she learns to sew. Soon she is using her quilting skills to create a map that will help guide her and other slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad. AUTHOR: Deborah Hopkinson, James E. Ransome
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Preston Falls by David Gates
In this novel about a family coming apart, Doug Willis takes a leave of absence from his job to fix up the country house, renovate his marriage, and play a little guitar. The consequences are not exactly what he had imagined. AUTHOR: David Gates
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | I Am a Little Kangaroo by Fran C. Crozat
A young kangaroo describes its life from the time it grows in its mother's pouch until it learns to get around the meadows of Australia on its own. AUTHOR: Fran C. Crozat
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Dead Ernest by Alice Tilton
One of its more colorful residents, Leonidas Witherall inhabits the fictional Boston suburb of Dalton and is the proprietor of a prestigious boys` school. Leonidas` bewilderment at the unsolicited delivery of a freezer turns to shock when he discover a body inside: Meredith Academy`s ultra dapper French instructor Ernest Finger, a.k.a. lounge lizard Carlos Santos. AUTHOR: Alice Tilton
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust
Set in the same world as the Vlad Taltos books, but centuries earlier, this novel is modeled after Dumas' classic, The Three Musketeers , and tells the story of four sword-savvy friends who join the Palace Guard only to become embroiled in conspiracy after conspiracy. AUTHOR: Steven Brust
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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