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Abbey Andersen is the last person to go looking for change. Yes, it's tough that she barely sees her mother these days - but in San Francisco she has great friends, a steady relationship and a job she enjoys. When Abbey is contacted by Irish lawyer Ryan Gilligan she learns in an instant everything she believed about her roots is a lie. She must tra
22) The fair vision
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Gunsmoke
Pub. Date
2012
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Eleanor Stewart takes the American frontier story back to its roots in her first novel, a tale of journeying to a new, unknown, and untamed land.
23) The villa
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Paragon
Pub. Date
2013
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Large print ed. Pbk.
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Initially resistant to her daughter, Tess, going back to her roots, Flavia realises the secrets from her past are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her actions.
24) All at sea
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Quercus
Pub. Date
2011
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Bernard Finch has come a long way from his small-town American roots. Bernard had some trouble in college, so he flew to Europe, where he enjoyed an agreeable life in Rome. That is, until his lover and protector died, leaving Bernie penniless. It was time to re-invent himself. Originally published: 2010
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A lucky harbor novel volume 6
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Forever
Pub. Date
2012
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Grace had a great life in New York, until it shattered. Finding out at age 30 that you're adopted will do that to a person. With everything she once believed in yanked out from beneath her feet, Grace travels across the country to find herself. She goes looking for roots, but what she finds is much, much more.
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Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
2015
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Daisy Driscoll is working as a qualified Sister in Brighton. The war may be over, but Daisy's heart is in turmoil. Abandoned in childhood and haunted by the experience of her first marriage, Daisy no longer trusts anyone. Convinced the roots of her identity lie in India, and desperate to find the truth, Daisy leaps at the chance to leave her lonely
27) Promise Canyon
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Clipper Audio
Pub. Date
2011
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9 10 hrs, 45 mins
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Lilly Yazhi knows all she needs to know about Clay Tahoma, Virgin River's new vet assistant. Sure, he's got a certain appeal befitting his Navajo roots, but she's not falling for Clay's silent, 'earthy' attractiveness. There's just one small problem - she can't contril her attraction to him.
28) Romany and Tom
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Bloomsbury Circus
Pub. Date
2014
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Both Ben Watt's personal journey and a portrait of his parents, 'Romany and Tom' is a vivid story of the post-war years, ambition and stardom, family roots and secrets, life in clubs and in care homes. It is also about who we are, where we come from, and how we love and live with each other for a long time.
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Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2013
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A cookbook of delicious Italian recipes, tying in to a new primetime ITV series. Join Gino D'Acampo as he heads back to his roots in Naples, the land of limoncello and al fresco dining. Having grown up in southern Italy and been raised on its food, Gino is our passionate guide to the delights of Italian cuisine.
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Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2011
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The author tells the story of the final year of the First World War, and goes to the roots of this dramatic reversal of fortune, analysing the reasons for Allied success and the collapse of Germany and its partners. Everything from food supply to finance, from strategy to technology, logistics and morale is explored.
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2012
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The author tells the story of the final year of the First World War, and goes to the roots of this dramatic reversal of fortune, analysing the reasons for Allied success and the collapse of Germany and its partners. Everything from food supply to finance, from strategy to technology, logistics and morale is explored. Originally published: London: A
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Michael O'Mara
Pub. Date
2011
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Luke Thorpe is a 15-year-old wimp. Excellent at maths and awful at sport. Yet, mysterious and uncontrollable changes in his behaviour and appearance are threatening to rocket him out of obscurity. Join Luke on a journey of discovery, embarrassing mishaps and hilarity as he gets to the bottom of his werewolf roots.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2015
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It all seemed so simple: a murder; an obvious suspect; a shaky alibi: DI McLusky never had it so good. Until a second killing challenges all his earlier assumptions. With every new piece of evidence McLusky brings to light, the case becomes more complicated. Does it have its roots in a disappearance eighteen years earlier, or is it firmly based in
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Brother Cadfael volume 16
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Brother Cadfael is called from his herb garden to investigate a murder which seems to have its roots in heresy.
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John Blake
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From his humble roots in north London through his days as an electrician, this biography traces the life of one of Britain's favourite actors - Sir David Jason. It is based on the actor's own memories, as well as recollections from friends, relatives and co-stars of both stage and screen. Previous ed.: 2010
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1927. The discovery of the remains of a middle-aged man buried beneath the snow in the grounds of Maxtead Court, home of the wealthy Scroope family, triggers a series of murders and an intriguing mystery whose roots lie in South Africa and a shocking incident during the Boer War more than 20 years before.
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Harper
Pub. Date
2014
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Olivia Giorgiadis has left her English roots behind. She lives on a tiny Greek island, married to a local man, mother to two small sons. Year on year, island life has followed a peaceful unchanging rhythm. Until now. An earthquake ravages the coast, its force devastating the island. In the aftermath comes a stranger: an Englishwoman, destitute but for the clothes she wears. Olivia welcomes the stranger into her home, the potter's house. But as Kitty...
39) Cowboy crazy
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2012
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From stable to boardroom... Sarah Landon's Ivy League scholarship transforms her from a wide-eyed country girl into a poised professional. Until she's assigned to do damage control with the boss's rebellious brother Lane, who's the burr in everybody's saddle. He's determined to save his community from oil drilling, and she's not going back to the ranch she left forever. Spurs will shine in this saucy romp about ranchers and roots, redemption and second...
40) Swing time
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Two brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either... Dazzlingly energetic and deeply human, Swing Time is a story about friendship and music...
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