Andrea Emmes
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Have you ever wondered how birds know when to fly south for the winter? This introduction to bird behavior explores how and why woodpeckers peck, how pelicans fly without flapping their wings, why birds sing, and more. The How Do series is a great introduction to various STEM topics, each written in a format that encourages audiences to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring the science behind them.
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Growing up as a slave girl, Miriam learned how to be brave‚ and smart. When her baby brother, Moses, was in grave danger, Miriam and her mom saved his life. As Miriam matured, she became a gifted musician and discovered other God-given talents. And when God called Miriam‚ along with her siblings to guide the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, she was ready to lead. With God's help, you can be just like Miriam called and courageous!
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Growing up as a slave girl, Miriam learned how to be brave‚ and smart. When her baby brother, Moses, was in grave danger, Miriam and her mom saved his life. As Miriam matured, she became a gifted musician and discovered other God-given talents. And when God called Miriam‚ along with her siblings to guide the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, she was ready to lead. With God's help, you can be just like Miriam called and courageous!
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[Library Ideas, LLC]
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"New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho, of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, creates a meaningful and diverse picture book about how names define us. Names reveal generational ties and histories, weaving an intricate tale of the past. Names--and correctly saying them--are important. Each one carries the hopes, dreams, and traditions of those who came before us. Six children connect with the reader and proudly celebrate their names and backgrounds:...
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When a beautiful US Marshal is assigned to protect a judge, she leaves her heart unguarded in this suspenseful tale of danger, faith, and romance.
Keeping witnesses safe is all in a day's work for deputy U.S. marshal Carly Masterson. But protecting the judge who was indirectly responsible for her mentor's death is another story. Still, she won't let harm come to Judge Nicholas Floyd, or the niece and nephew in his care. Carly is determined...
Keeping witnesses safe is all in a day's work for deputy U.S. marshal Carly Masterson. But protecting the judge who was indirectly responsible for her mentor's death is another story. Still, she won't let harm come to Judge Nicholas Floyd, or the niece and nephew in his care. Carly is determined...
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"Fritzi is a witch. The lone survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, she's determined to find her only remaining family member and bring the hexenjägers--zealot witch hunters--to justice for the lives they ended. To do this, she will need to take down their leader, the merciless and enigmatic Kommandant Dieter Kirch. Otto is a hexenjäger--but that's just his cover. Years ago, the hexenjägers burned his innocent mother alive, and he has been plotting...
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"When Arthur Livingston seeks out the agency to find a missing heiress, Eunice Holbrooke realizes her past has finally caught up with her. In order to avoid Arthur and conceal her real identity, Eunice goes undercover on another case. But will the truth she uncovers set her free or place her-and her heart-in peril's way?"--
New York, 1887. Arthur Livingston seeks out the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency to find a missing heiress, and Eunice Holbrooke...
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"Daphne Beekman is a mystery writer by day, inquiry agent by night. She happily works behind the scenes, staying away from danger. But when Herman Henderson arrives on the doorstep, desperate for someone to investigate numerous attempts on his life, Daphne finds herself in the thick of a case she's determined to solve, and her heart put in jeopardy"--
10) To steal a heart
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"Gabriella Goodhue had put her past as a thief behind her, until a woman in her boardinghouse is unjustly accused and she is caught gathering evidence by Nicholas Quinn, a fellow street urchin against whom she holds a grudge. Nicholas refuses to lose her twice and insists they join forces-but their feelings are tested when danger follows their every step"--
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American heiresses (Jen Turano) volume 2
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As part of a bargain with her grandmother, Poppy Garrison accepts an unusual proposition to participate in the New York social season. Forced to travel to America to help his cousin find an heiress to wed, bachelor Reginald Blackburn is asked to give Poppy etiquette lessons, and he swiftly discovers he may be in for much more than he bargained for.
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American heiresses (Jen Turano) volume 3
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"In 1886, Beatrix Waterbury's train is disrupted by a heist, scientist Norman Nesbit comes to her aid. He's swept up in the havoc she always seems to attract-including the attention of the men trying to steal his research - and they discover the curious way feelings can grow despite chaos"--Provided by publisher.
1886. When Beatrix Waterbury's mother banishes her from New York for her involvement with the suffrage movement, she's off to Chicago to...
14) A Love for Leah
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Amish of Pontotoc volume 2
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For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, faith can open minds-and hearts-to create surprising bonds for a lifetime . . .
Independent-minded Leah Gingerich has always been outspoken. And even though she is now a progressive Mennonite, she's rediscovering the joys of family traditions back in her Amish hometown. Yet she can't help but clash with her handsome new Amish neighbor, Jamie Stoltzfus. He's too hard-headed and old-line to see that his traumatized...
15) Bushwhacked
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Sometimes the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets…Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has packed up her life in Washington, D.C., to move to the tourist town of Fair Haven, Michigan, and take over the maple syrup business she inherited from her uncle.But trouble seems to find Nicole wherever she goes.Caught in a snow storm on her way into town, she hits what she thinks is a deer. It turns out to be the manager of the local animal shelter,...
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Darby Quinn has a bone to pick with Cinderella. Burned one too many times by ex-boyfriends, Darby has lost all belief in the happily-ever-after that the fairy-tale princess promised her. She's sworn off love, Prince Charmings, and happy endings and she's happy about it. Really. Or at least she was...until she met Jake, her gorgeous neighbor and the manager of her favorite restaurant. But Darby has rules about dating, ones she's culled from her years...
17) Almost Sleighed
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The truth always comes with a price…Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has finally settled in to her new home in Fair Haven, and her first maple syrup season is upon them. It's not going as smoothly as she'd hoped.Their sap lines keep springing leaks, and as if that wasn't enough, Nicole finds their groom-mechanic, Noah, apparently trampled in one of the horse stalls.Fair Haven's interim police chief is ready to declare it an accident, but Nicole...
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Amish of Pontotoc volume 4
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For the Amish of Pontotoc, Mississippi, all roads lead to faith, family, and tradition, even when the path is unconventional-especially at Christmas ...
Tillie Gingerich is so in love with Melvin Yoder that she agrees to leave her conservative Amish home to live with him in the English world. But when the struggle to make ends meet leads to conflict, and reveals troubling weaknesses in their relationship, Tillie returns to Pontotoc-pregnant and...
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Knowing the truth……is sometimes worse than believing the lie.Especially when murder is involved.When Nicole's uncle dies and she inherits his maple syrup farm, she thinks it's time to leave her career as a criminal defense attorney behind for a life that allows her to stay far away from murderers and liars.For half a day at least.Her uncle's suicide looks like it wasn't a suicide at all.The local police chief doesn't want to reopen the case. Murder's...
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Moms are invited to see the physical seasons and tasks of motherhood as inherently spiritual-not busywork that keeps them from a spiritual life. If God used birth, life, and death to redeem his Creation, who has a front-row seat to his work if not mothers? For moms of young children, it's hard to find time to shower, much less sharpen spiritual practices. Surrounded by crackers, laundry, and crayon-smeared bills, it's been months since moms have sat...