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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A Shine of Rainbows	Lillian Beckwith	*Mairi and Sandy live on a lonely Hebridean island, content with each other, despite their lack of children.* When Mairi brings home Thomas, a child from the orphanage, Sandy is jealous of Mai…	OL10591088W
White Banners	Lloyd C. Douglas	A heartening story of a domestic servant who molded wisely the lives of her employers and their children, knowing that service, whether as servant or king, is a noble destiny. **Lloyd Cassel D…	OL12589W
When the Bough Breaks	Jonathan Kellerman	In the first Alex Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when …	OL12723W
Heidi	Johanna Spyri	*The famous Swiss classic about Heidi, a five-year-old orphan girl* who goes to live with her grandfather, and his goats, in an alm (Alpine pasture)...up the Alps. **One of the most loved classic…	OL1455042W
Hercules	Olivia E. Coolidge	*From the terror of Medusa and the Minotaur to the Labors of Heracles and journeys of Theseus, the stories in this collection have thrilled and enthralled people for centuries with their high drama…	OL15141901W
The Story of Atari Asteroids	John Braden,Kid Stuff Publishing	This is the second in a series of five "Story of Atari" books with read-along audio recordings, each book has black and white illustrations on each page, as well as the text of the story. This is a s…	OL15680430W
Story of Atari Star Raiders	John Braden,Kid Stuff Publishing	This is the fifth and last in a series of five "Story of Atari" books with read-along audio recordings, each book has black and white illustrations on each page, as well as the text of the story. The…	OL15680439W
Smiley's People	John le Carré	*John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage* with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, …	OL15723133W
Taylor Swift	Riley Brooks	Photographs and text briefly describe the life and accomplishments of country music star Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift has grown from country's darling to America's sweetheart! Taylor Swift h…	OL16243197W
Happy Are the Peacemakers	Andrew M. Greeley	***Father Greeley's fictional detective, the Most Reverend John Blackwood Ryan, auxiliary bishop of Chicago and amateur sleuth par excellence, becomes involved in another mystery with both theologica…	OL17890W
Snack Attack! (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2)	Natalie Shaw	Retelling of TM & © 2013 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. Movie. ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.'' Read the original book by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett Everyone in Swallow Falls is celebra…	OL20607656W
Model Girl's Farm	Fay Chandos	A new life began for Sandra when she went to live in the country.	OL20648072W
Understanding Comics	Scott McCloud	Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich his…	OL276032W
Landfall, a channel story	Rob Spence,Nevil Shute	*Against the grim background of England at war, the romance of Jery Chambers and Mona Stevens stands out like an unexpected spring day in the midst of a brutal winter.* Jerry is a flying officer …	OL2779743W
The Old Neighborhood	Avery Corman	*Moving from the corner office to the corner candy store, Steven Robbins is willing to forsake everything he's earned to get back a piece of his past.* Growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s, Steve…	OL4279057W
A Woman Called Fancy	Frank Yerby	*Men offered everything they possessed to possess her* -- but there was only one man she wanted. From him she asked only love. ***A Woman Called Fancy, published in 1951, is Frank Yerby's firs…	OL4906751W
The Bastard	Lyle Kenyon Engel,John Jakes	*“Phillipe Charboneau—the bastard. Illegitimate son of an English nobleman,* Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the turbulent adventure that was the beginning of the American Experi…	OL56114W
And the Winner Is...	Jenny Miglis	Much to SpongeBob's annoyance, Patrick tries to win an award by copying everything SpongeBob does. Includes a word puzzle.	OL5706474W
The Vinyl Cafe	Stuart McLean	*Welcome to the Vinyl Cafe. Motto: 'We May Not Be Big, But We're Small'* Welcome back to the Vinyl Cafe and to the wonderful, quirky world of its proprietor and his family and friends. ***…	OL582195W
Sword and Scalpel	Frank G. Slaughter	*ABOUT AUTHOR: Frank Gill Slaughter , pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C.V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies.* His novels drew on h…	OL99269W