Big, Bad Mother Dwarf'er


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No teenage shifter girl. No borgs. No coonhounds. No cases. Do you know what that means? Vacation for Johnny and Lisa! Things are going great until Johnny gets a call from the last person he wants to talk to - his cousin Charlie Walker. A lot of things have changed, and Charlie has some surprising updates for Johnny....and then there's a case he dumps on them. Johnny should have known a break from everything was too good to be true. Two groups of shifters are tangled in armed skirmishes created by a guy giving out join us or die ultimatums. Johnny has another thought he'd like to share. At the end of one of his guns. This case isn't going to be an easy one. They have no intel on the criminals, no leads, a death to investigate and another crime lord to stop before the battles turn into an all-out war. No one is safe. Well, till Johnny shows up with the two dogs by his side.




The Book of Lost Things


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A 12-year-old boy, mourning the death of his mother, takes refuge in the myths and fairytales she always loved--and finds that his reality and a fantasy world start to meld.




Going Bovine


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Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.




Freak the Mighty


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Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.




Dwarf It All


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Nothing in Albuquerque is as it seems. Johnny Walker can tell from the moment he arrives. Why do you think a Level 6 Bounty Hunter is still alive? The crime syndicate has invaded more minds than anyone thought possible. It should have been impossible. But dead men tell no tales or cast spells, right? Then why does it seem like a dead man is casting the magic involved? Johnny and Lisa follow the trail and what they find there only leads to more questions. Cyborgs are real. And one just went rogue. And another. And another. This can't be good. Can Johnny and his team find the mad doctor responsible for rogue cyborgs blowing up multiple cities? Time for the bounty hunter turned private investigator to turn up the heat, track them down and bring them in. Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE to find out. Join Johnny, Lisa and the hounds as they hunt down a mad doctor in Dwarf It All.




Blood Meridian


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25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.




The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4


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Adrian Mole's first love, Pandora, has left him; a neighbor, Mr. Lucas, appears to be seducing his mother (and what does that mean for his father?); the BBC refuses to publish his poetry; and his dog swallowed the tree off the Christmas cake. "Why" indeed.




A Mother's List of Books for Children


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A liste of recommended readings for children, intended for home use and arranged by age, not school grade. Included in the list are fairy tales that are free from horrible happenings. Omitted are all writings which tolerate cruelty or unkindness to animals.




The Naming


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"An epic fantasy in the Tolkien tradition, with a strong girl hero. . . . I couldn’t put it down!" – Tamora Pierce Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She doesn’t yet know she has inherited a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the noble School of Pellinor and enables her to see the world as no other can. It is only when she is discovered by Cadvan, one of the great Bards of Lirigon, that her true identity and extraordinary destiny unfold. Now, she and her mysterious teacher must embark on a treacherous, uncertain journey through a time and place where the forces of darkness wield an otherworldly terror. The first book in a projected quartet, Alison Croggon’s epic about Maerad and her remarkable yet dangerous gift is a beautiful, unforgettable tale. Presented as a new translation of an ancient text, The Naming evokes the rich and complex landscape of Annar, a legendary world just waiting to be discovered.