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Human Corpse trade
The Human Corpse Trade: Byron Carmichael Book One
Russ Parsons
Explores the science underlying such cooking techniques as frying, roasting, baking, and chopping; and provides tips and recipes utilizing the author's unique cooking principles.Title: How to Read a French FryAuthor: Parsons, RussPublisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublication Date: 2003/09/08Number of Pages: 320Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: BL2003013824

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Neptune's Children
Neptune's Children
Bonnie Dobkin
A day at the fabled amusement park Isles of Wonder turns deadly when a world-wide biological attack kills every adult, leaving behind only the kids to fend for themselves. Isolated from the world, unsure of what lies ahead, the young survivors assemble under the statue of King Neptune, the mythical ruler of the Isles, to form a new society. Led by the children of the park workers, they choose to remain closed off from the outside world living relatively comfortably inside the self-contained park. But when violence from the infested outside world appears to infiltrate their safe zone, one small group discovers a secret society and a hidden system of underground tunnels, and the stage is set for a war that will determine the future of everyone on the Isles. As alliances are formed and broken, readers will find themselves taking sides in this suspenseful adventure story that addresses the duality of human nature.

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The SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction  from the Continent
The SFWA European Hall of Fame
Kathryn Morrow, James Morrow
A new SFWA Hall of Fame anthologyThese powerful SF stories represent the best writers and stories in most of the major contemporary European languages. Editors James and Kathryn Morrow spent years working with translators to achieve sharp, polished, entertaining versions of these stories in English. This anthology belongs in every library of SF, personal or public.

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Invisible Terror Collection (Forbidden Doors)
Invisible Terror
Bill Myers
Some doors are better left unopened. Join teenager Rebecca “Becka” Williams, her brother, Scott, and friend Ryan Riordan as they head for mind-bending clashes between the forces of darkness and the power of God. The Invisible Terror Collection brings together three fast-paced novels of the supernatural by bestselling author Bill Myers. The Haunting Becka and Scott’s greatest enemy is the owner of an occult bookshop. She is requesting their assistance, but helping to conduct a séance is out of the question. Is it really the spirit of a little girl who is haunting the old mansion in town … or something far worse?The Guardian Who wouldn’t welcome protection, guidance, and the path to enlightenment? But the “spirit guide” who claims to offer them to Becka’s friend Julie is sugarcoating a sinister lie―one that threatens to entangle them in the darkest deception of all.The EncounterWhen Krissi starts talking about receiving mysterious messages from an alien being, only Becka takes her seriously. More is at stake than anyone realizes, and Becka is up against one of her strongest and most frightening enemies yet.

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There's a Spaceship in My Tree!: Episode I (The Star-Fighters of Murphy Street)
There's a Spaceship in My Tree
Robert West
Know Your Star-FightersBeamer: California transplant to a weird Midwestern town. Feels like he’s living on another planet. Scilla: the gangly tomboy next door. Ghoulie: the class nerd. Add one spaceship-shaped tree house capable of taking them most anywhere in the universe. Hop in and blast off for fantastic outer space adventures in Star-Fighters of Murphy Street―the quirky, funny, fast-paced new trilogy by Robert West.Newly arrived from California, thirteen-year-old Beamer MacIntyre feels like an alien in this bizarre Midwestern town. Strangest of all is the spaceship-shaped tree house in his yard. Surprises await Beamer and his two new friends, Ghoulie and Scilla, when they climb inside and blast off to a universe full of adventure―including a surefire way to make the school bully stop harassing Ghoulie (provided it doesn’t backfire!).

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The Gorgons Gaze (Companions Quartet Book 2)
The Gorgon's Gaze
Julia Golding
Connie Lionheart's calculating great-aunt and uncle try to take her away from the tantalizing reach of the Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures. What they don't realize (or do they?) is that Connie is the Society's most important member--she is the only universal companion able to bond with all mythical creatures. Connie's great gift also puts her in great danger, as the evil shape-shifter Kullervo needs her power to destroy the Society once and for all. But how can Connie help anyone, even herself, when she hasn't learned how to use her gift yet? In this second book of the Companions Quartet, Connie and her friends team together again to protect the fragile bonds between humans, creatures, and the world we must share.

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One Hundred Young Americans
One Hundred Young Americans
Michael Franzini

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How to Build a House
How To Build A House
Dana Reinhardt
HARPER’S DAD IS getting a divorce from her beloved stepmother, Jane. Even worse, Harper has lost her stepsister, Tess; the divorce divides them. Harper decides to escape by joining a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennessee who lost their home in a tornado. Not that she knows a thing about construction.Soon she’s living in a funky motel and working long days in blazing heat with a group of kids from all over the country. At the site, she works alongside Teddy, the son of the family for whom they are building the house. Their partnership turns into a summer romance, complete with power tools. Learning to trust and love Teddy isn’t easy for Harper, but it’s the first step toward finding her way back home.From the Hardcover edition.

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The Rhyme Killers
The Rhyme Killers
Naomi Helterbran, Judy Gooden
Where murder takes on a rhyming quality and capture ends the verse.Detective Katie Knight is Philadelphia's top monster hunter. Katie and her partner, Avis Rent are assigned to the Pied Piper case, the name the newspapers have given to the latest serial killer running amuck in the city. The killer's signature is one Katie has never seen. Everything about the case is unusual and eluding. Katie has to prove herself since the antiquated Chief of Detectives wants all women ...especially her out of the homicide division. Katie refuses to give up in spite of the numerous dilemmas she faces. The Rhyme Killers has an ending so bizarre no reader will be able to determine the outcome.

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Dark Well of Decision
Dark Well of Decision
Anne Kimberly
In one frightening moment... after peering into the foreboding opening of an ancient well, thirteen-year-old Zoe finds herself pulled by a strange force down into its liquid depths. Trapped and completely alone, she cries out to a God she is not sure exists. Out of the darkness... a tiny balcony suddenly appears, softly illuminated by flickering lanterns. Where did it come from? It wasn't there before! And where does it lead? In the midst of another world... she is faced with the biggest decision of her life while pitted against a powerful evil that seeks to destroy her.

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