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The Amalfi Coast & Bay of Naples With Your Family The Amalfi Coast & Bay of Naples With Your Family Nick Bruno Frommer's Naples & the Amalfi Coast With Your Family guide is a full colour, practical and accessible book for independently minded UK families looking to make the most of their family holiday. The g… OL15181128W
The Tanglewood terror The Tanglewood terror Kurtis Scaletta When a giant glowing fungus encroaches upon thirteen-year-old Eric's small town, he, his little brother Brian, and a runaway girl try to stop it--and figure out what happened to the Puritan town that… OL15520813W
Wonderstruck Wonderstruck Brian Selznick Expanding upon the genre-breaking form he invented in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick creates another awe-inspiring and multi-layered reading experience. Wo… OL15936008W
Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown Megan McDonald After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel. OL16113672W
These Happy Golden Years These Happy Golden Years Garth Williams,Laura Ingalls Wilder The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wild… OL1719702W
A Little Life A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American novelist Hanya Yanagihara. The novel was written over the course of eighteen months. Despite the length and difficult subject matter, it became a bestseller. OL17370186W
Barkskins Barkskins Annie Proulx "Bark Skins open in New France in the late 18th century as Rene Sel, an illiterate woodsman makes his way from Northern France to the homeland to seek a living. Bound to a "seigneur" for three years … OL17595792W
Love in a global village Love in a global village Jessie Carroll Grearson,Lauren B. Smith "Jessie Grearson and Lauren Smith offer Love in a Global Village: A Celebration of Intercultural Families in the Midwest, an account of the triumphs of fifteen intercultural families and the persever… OL18144959W
The eternal wonder The eternal wonder Pearl S. Buck "The Eternal Wonder tells the coming-of-age story of Randolph Colfax (Rann for short), an extraordinarily gifted young man whose search for meaning and purpose leads him to New York, England, Paris, … OL19704275W
Once in a Lifetime Once in a Lifetime Danielle Steel Millions adored Daphne Fields, for she shared their passion, their pain, their joy, and their sorrow. But America's most popular novelist remained a closed book to the world -- guarding her life with… OL19730W
The Family The Family Jon Davies ix, 109 pages ; 21 cm OL1998046W
Lost among the living Lost among the living Simone St. James "England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex's wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie F… OL20027513W
The awakened family The awakened family Shefali Tsabary "What if I told you that you can put an end to all of your parenting struggles? That you can learn to parent without fear or anxiety? That you can end conflict with your children? That you can create… OL20030066W
Chronicle of a last summer Chronicle of a last summer Yasmine El Rashidi,Yasmine El Rashidi "A young Egyptian woman chronicles her personal and political coming of age in this debut novel. Cairo, 1984. A blisteringly hot summer. A young girl in a sprawling family house. Her days pass quietl… OL20031306W
Honey Girl Honey Girl Morgan Rogers With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly m… OL20873838W
La maison sans-pareil La maison sans-pareil Elliot Skell Démesurée est la Maison Sans-pareil. Elle ressemble à une petite ville gothique tenue par une armée de domestiques. Se suffisant à elle-même depuis toujours, l'immense famille Capelan vit en vase clo… OL24276931W
Un amour aussi grand que le désert de Gobi vu à travers une loupe Un amour aussi grand que le désert de Gobi vu à travers une loupe Tilman Rammstedt Roman d'humour Keith est né dans une famille tout à fait singulière : de sa mère, il sait peu de chose ; de son père, absolument rien. Tout comme ses quatre frères et soeurs supposés, il a été élevé… OL24701788W
Cómo una mujer se convierte en bruja y un hombre en bestia / How a Woman Becomes a Witch and a Man … Cómo una mujer se convierte en bruja y un hombre en bestia / How a Woman Becomes a Witch and a Man … Martha Alicia Chavez 259 pages ; 22 cm OL24813589W
Destins crépusculaires Destins crépusculaires Béatrice Vierne,Niall Williams Une saga familiale qui se déroule en Irlande au milieu du XIXe siècle. Après avoir fui les épidémies et la famine, la clan Foley perd l'une des leurs, la belle Emer. Lancés sur les routes à la recher… OL24822283W
Des amis si proches Des amis si proches Danielle Steel Andy, Izzie, Billy, Gabby et Sean se rencontrent le jour de leur entrée à la maternelle. Très vite, ils deviennent inséparables, et leurs cinq familles n'en forment bientôt qu'une seule, au sein de l… OL27013989W
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