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Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition 2 by Naoko Takeuchi

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Before Sailor Moon, there was Sailor V! Minako Aino is 13 years old when she meets a talking white cat named Artemis, who tells her something unbelievable: With a magic pen, she has the power to transform into the elegant, masked hero Sailor V. Experience Minako’s adventures, before she became Sailor Venus, featuring a new, glittering cover, a fresh translation, and remastered interior art!

 

A year before meeting Sailor Moon–and her destiny as a member of the Sailor Guardians–Minako was the first hero to find her calling. At age 13, all this teen can talk about is finding a boyfriend, but her dreams change when a talking cat with a crescent moon on his forehead reveals her true identity as the Soldier of Justice, Sailor V! Magic has returned to modern Tokyo, and she must use her powers to stop the Dark Agency, which is trying to manipulate Japan’s entertainment industry and enslave the population.

Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition 2 by Naoko Takeuchi
Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition 2 by Naoko Takeuchi

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This definitive, two-volume “Eternal Edition” of the Codename: Sailor V manga follows the ten-volume Sailor Moon Eternal Edition. They feature new cover illustrations by Sailor V and Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi, a new translation, entirely redesigned lettering, and, for the first time, all the color pages from the original magazine run in the 1990s, at the largest size available anywhere in the world!

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Golden Poppies: A Novel by Laila Ibrahim

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From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Mustard Seed comes the empowering novel of two generations of American women connected by the past and fighting for a brighter future.

Golden Poppies: A Novel by Laila Ibrahim
Golden Poppies: A Novel by Laila Ibrahim

Rating: 1 out of 5.

It’s 1894. Jordan Wallace and Sadie Wagner appear to have little in common. Jordan, a middle-aged black teacher, lives in segregated Chicago. Two thousand miles away, Sadie, the white wife of an ambitious German businessman, lives in more tolerant Oakland, California. But years ago, their families intertwined on a plantation in Virginia. There, Jordan’s and Sadie’s mothers developed a bond stronger than blood, despite the fact that one was enslaved and the other was the privileged daughter of the plantation’s owner.

With Jordan’s mother on her deathbed, Sadie leaves her disapproving husband to make the arduous train journey with her mother to Chicago. But the reunion between two families is soon fraught with personal and political challenges.

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As the harsh realities of racial divides and the injustices of the Gilded Age conspire to hold them back, the women find they need each other more than ever. Their courage, their loyalty, and the ties that bind their families will be tested. Amid the tumult of a quickly changing nation, their destiny depends on what they’re willing to risk for liberation.

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Don’t Make a Sound: A Sawyer Brooks Thriller by T.R. Ragan

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Her own past could be a reporter’s biggest story in this twisting thriller about murder and family secrets by the New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan.

Plagued by traumatic childhood memories, crime reporter Sawyer Brooks still struggles to gain control of her rage, her paranoia, and her life. Now, after finally getting promoted at work, she is forced to return home and face her past.

River Rock is where she’d been abandoned by her two older sisters to suffer alone, and in silence, the unspeakable abuses of her family. It’s also where Sawyer’s best friend disappeared and two teenage girls were murdered. Three cold cases dead and buried with the rest of the town’s secrets.

Don't Make a Sound: A Sawyer Brooks Thriller by T.R. Ragan

Rating: 1 out of 5.

When another girl is slain in a familiar grisly fashion, Sawyer is determined to put an end to the crimes. Pulled back into the horrors of her family history, Sawyer must reconcile with her estranged sisters, who both have shattering memories of their own. As Sawyer’s investigation leads to River Rock’s darkest corners, what will prove more dangerous—what she knows of the past or what she has yet to discover?

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Brain Games – Sticker by Number: Dream Big Spiral-bound

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This Sticker by Number book offers a fun activity that will keep your brain engaged while you create totally awesome art! As in paint by number, each design is divided into dozens of spaces. Each space has a number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full-color masterpiece emerges from the original unfinished illustration.

 

Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Dream Big
Brain Games – Sticker by Number: Dream Big

Rating: 1 out of 5.

Keep your brain engaged while creating fun, inspiring art! 

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Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir by Aspen Matis

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From Aspen Matis, author of the acclaimed true story Girl in the Woods, comes a bold and atmospheric memoir of a woman who—in searching for her vanished husband—discovers deeper purpose.

 

Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir by Aspen Matis
Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir by Aspen Matis

Aspen’s and Justin’s paths serendipitously aligned on the Pacific Crest Trail when both were walking from Mexico to Canada, separately and alone—both using thru-hiking in hopes of escaping their pasts. Both sought to redefine themselves beneath the stars. By the time they made it to the snowy Cascade Range of British Columbia—the trail’s end—Aspen and Justin were in love. 

Embarking on a new pilgrimage the next summer, they returned to those same mossy mountains where they’d met, and they married. They built a world together, three years of a happy marriage. Until a cold November morning, when, after kissing Aspen goodbye, Justin left to attend the funeral of a close friend. 

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He never came back. As days became weeks, her husband’s inexplicable absence left Aspen unmoored. Shock, grief, fear, and anger battled for control—but nothing prepared her for the disarming truth. A revelation that would lead Aspen to reassess not only her own life but that of the disappeared as well. 

The result is a brave and inspiring memoir of secrets kept and unearthed, of a vanishing that became a gift: a woman’s empowering reclamation of unmitigated purpose in the surreal wake of mystifying loss. 

The 21 Divisions: Mysteries Magic of Dominican Voodoo by Hector Salva

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One of the first books to explore the unique tradition of Dominican shamanism, the magical practices called the 21 Divisions.

The 21 Divisions: Mysteries and Magic of Dominican Voodooby Hector Salva
The 21 Divisions: Mysteries and Magic of Dominican Voodoo by Hector Salva

Rating: 1 out of 5.

Like all forms of Caribbean Voodoo, practitioners of the 21 Divisions believe in one God, a distant God that doesn’t get involved in human affairs. Followers of this Dominican spiritual tradition believe that God created intermediaries to help humans, beings known as Los Misterios. 

The Misterios are powerful beings with rulership and dominion over universal forces and human conditions. Practitioners of the 21 Divisions have ways of connecting with the Misterios to achieve success in life, improve their careers, resolve love and relationship issues, heal illness, and much more. 

Filled with detailed insider information and real stories of healing, magic, and mystery, this book will serve as an illuminating guide to the 21 Divisions. Hector Salva―one of the foremost authorities on the practice of the 21 Divisions―offers his insights into: 

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Georgia Discovered: Exploring the Best of the Peach State by Chris Greer

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From the mountains to the coast, city streets to expansive farmland, modern skyscrapers to charming antebellum homes, author and photographer Chris Greer has explored the vibrant state of Georgia to bring you the very best locations. The book includes a tremendous variety of destinations and activities for even the most discerning traveler, including craft breweries, lush vineyards, secluded hiking trails, and historical icons. No matter what you’re interested in, visitors and residents alike will find plenty to love in this book. Greer’s decades of experience as a photographer are on display from the beginning, with fine art photography featured throughout. You may never look at another travel book the same way.

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Rating: 1 out of 5.
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The Prisoners, the Earthquake and the Midnight Song by Bob Hartman

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Teach children about Jesus’ ongoing power to save through the proclamation of the gospel and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

The Prisoners, the Earthquake and the Midnight Song by Bob Hartman

Rating: 1 out of 5.
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Based on Acts 16, this is a fun and compelling retelling of how a Philippian jailer and his family learned the wonderful truth about Jesus Christ. The ascended Jesus’ ongoing power to save, and the unstoppable spread of the gospel, are imaginatively and powerfully brought to life by Bob Hartman. Bob is a compelling storyteller and author of the Lion Storyteller Bible, which has sold over 130,000 copies in the UK and has been translated into 11 languages, and of YouVersion’s Bible App for Kids. 

Children will discover… 

– How God works to save sinners through the power of Jesus and the presence of his Spirit. 

– The powerful witness of Paul and Silas, who sang while they were held captive and refused to break free when an earthquake destroyed the prison they were trapped in. 

– How God works through his followers. 

– How to imagine the sights and sounds of a Bible story. 

Ideal for children aged 3-6. 

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A Change of Fortune by Traci Hunter Abramson

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Horse Magick: Lawren Leo (Author)

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Discover inner strength and wisdom by bringing the power of the equine spirit to life with spells, meditations, and creative visualization.

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Along with the bear, horses are a primary creature associated with shamanism and traditions influenced by it. They appear in 25,000-year-old cave paintings, such as those at Lascaux. They find a role in the modern African diaspora traditions such as Haitian Vodou, whose devotees are called “horses” for the spirits who ride them during trances. 

Rating: 1 out of 5.

The spirit of the horse exists in the subconscious minds of humans and takes shape in various forms, whether as a symbol of fertility in the land, as in Celtic mythology, or as a psychopomp, which leads the dead to the next world. The horse has made its way into the current of our collective unconscious as a universal archetype. 

Horse Magick contains spells, rituals, chants, and meditations for many purposes, loosely based around equine imagery. Numerous traditions are represented, as are many deities, including Athena, Epona, and Baba Yaga. No contact with actual horses is required. 

Through the use of spells and rituals, readers are able to magickally ride to their chosen destinies and fulfill their desires. Workings involve crystals, candles, and Tarot cards, items easily accessible for most readers. 

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The Distance From Four Points Paperback by Margo Orlando Littell

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Soon after her husband’s tragic death, Robin Besher makes a startling discovery: He had recklessly blown through their entire savings on decrepit rentals in Four Points, the Appalachian town Robin grew up in. Forced to return after decades, Robin and her daughter, Haley, set out to renovate the properties as quickly as possible―before anyone exposes Robin’s secret past as a teenage prostitute. Disaster strikes when Haley befriends a troubled teen mother, hurling Robin back into a past she’d worked so hard to escape. Robin must reshape her idea of home or risk repeating her greatest mistakes. Margo Orlando Littell, author of Each Vagabond by Name, tells an enthralling and nuanced story about family, womanhood, and coming to terms with a left-behind past.

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The Poppy War, Book 3 by R.F. Kuang (Author)

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R.F. Kuang Book 3 (The Poppy War, Book 3) Hardcover – May 28, 2020 by R.F. Kuang (Author)
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Acts (New Cambridge Bible Commentary) Paperback – by Craig S. Keener

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As the earliest narrative source for the origins of Christianity, Acts is of unrivalled importance for understanding early Christianity and the mission that originally brought it from Judea and Galilee to gentiles, and even the heart of the Roman Empire. This volume is an abridged version of Keener’s monumental, four-volume commentary on Acts, the longest and one of the most thorough engagements with Acts in its ancient setting. Sensitive to the work’s narrative unity, Keener’s commentary is especially known for its direct engagement with the wide range of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman sources. The original commentary cited some 45,000 references from ancient extrabiblical sources to shed light on the Book of Acts. This accessible edition, aimed at students, scholars, and pastors, makes more widely available the decades of research that Keener has devoted to one of the key texts of Early Christianity.

Acts (New Cambridge Bible Commentary) Paperback – by Craig S. Keener

Rating: 1 out of 5.
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The Body in the Ditch by: Phillip Strang

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The Body in the Ditch by: Phillip Strang
The Body in the Ditch (DI Tremayne Thriller Series Book 8) Phillip Strang
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The Unpopular Sheriff Andrew Allan

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The Unpopular Sheriff by [Andrew Allan]
 
Sheriff Pete stands off against his doubters and a murderous mafia in the dusty, deadly plains of the Midwest. One heck of a thriller.
 
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A Perfect Mother Jo Crow

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A Perfect Mother Jo Crow
 
A picture is worth a 1000 words—& every one is a lie in this domestic thriller about a mom who must provide for her child after her husband disappears
 
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When Moths Burn (James Strait Mysteries Book 2) John Eidswick

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When Moths Burn (James Strait Mysteries Book 2) John Eidswick
 
Reluctant vigilante James Strait is trying to put his violent life behind him, but the past won’t let him go.
 
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Pride and Prejudice in Las Vegas A.R. Winters

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Calculating Desires (Rockford Security Series Book 4) L. A. Dobbs

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Calculating Desires (Rockford Security Series Book 4)
 
Calculating Desires (Rockford Security Series Book 4) L. A. Dobbs
 
When you’re on the run, getting attached can get you killed.
 
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Quotes & Inspiration Of The Day #M.5.20

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Fate is a Hunter Susan Wüthrich

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Fate is a Hunter by [Susan Wüthrich]
 
She will do anything, go anywhere to find her her missing children! Gripping family mystery.
 
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ALL THE GOOD GIRLS by Willow Rose

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ALL THE GOOD GIRLS (Harry Hunter Mystery Book 1) Kindle Edition by Willow Rose
Detective Harry Hunter of Miami PD’s homicide squad throws himself into a case no one asked him to solve.

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Lies that Bind by Ashley Farley 

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Lies that Bind: Unraveling the Secrets of a Dysfunctional Family by [Ashley Farley]

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Rain Will Come Kindle Edition by Thomas Holgate

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Rain Will Come Kindle Edition by Thomas Holgate

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Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker

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Now, Then, and Everywhen (Chronos Origins) Paperback – April 1, 2020 by Rysa Walker (Author)

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The Missing Sister by Elle Marr

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The Missing Sister by [Marr, Elle]





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A Nantucket Affair Pamela M. Kelley

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A Nantucket Affair by [Pamela M. Kelley]
 
Everyone thought Sue and Curt had the perfect marriage. But eyebrows are raised when Curt drops 15 pounds soon after blonde beauty Brandi is hired.

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Dark Russian Angel (A Vancouver Mafia Romance) Odette Stone

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Dark Russian Angel (A Vancouver Mafia Romance) by [Odette Stone]
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No Trivial Pursuit (Harley Ellis Book 1) John Ellsworth

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No Trivial Pursuit by [John Ellsworth]
 
LAPD 1955 and female detectives pursue daughter of one who is wanted for murdering Capitol Films mogul.
 

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This Terrible Beauty: A Novel Katrin Schumann

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This Terrible Beauty: A Novel by [Katrin Schumann]
 
An unforgettable story of one woman’s journey to reclaim what she lost in a country torn apart by the devastating legacy of WWII.

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Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake Book 4) Rachel Caine

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Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake Book 4) by [Rachel Caine]
 
She’s investigating a cold case no one else could—by going places no else would dare.
 
 

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Free Fall: Critical Incident #2 (Critical Incident Series) Douglas Dorow

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Free Fall: Critical Incident #2 (Critical Incident Series) by [Douglas Dorow]

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Saving Calypso Kindle Edition by D. Z. Church

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Saving Calypso by D. Z. Church
 
Swagger meets savvy. Runaway Calypso Swale holds a key to end climate change. Big Oil wants her found, her secret, and her dead. Now, the hunt is on.
 
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Wings and Broken Things: Trixie Silvertale

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Wings and Broken Things: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Mitzy Moon Mysteries Book 3) by [Trixie Silvertale]

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The Cabin Boxset: EMP Survival in a Powerless World James Hunt

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The Cabin Boxset: EMP Survival in a Powerless World by [James Hunt]

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Introspectors: Rick Post

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Introspectors: Investigators with an edge: they know what you're thinking by [Post, Rick]
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The Post Office: John Ellsworth

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Cruel Obsession: A Mafia Romance (The Obsession Duet Book 1) J.L. Beck

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