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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Eben M. D. Alexander
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, Apr 15th).
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A #1 New York Times Bestseller -- Thousands have had near- death experiences, but scientists argue that they are impossible. Then neurosurgeon Eben Alexander's brain was attacked by a rare illness. His recovery is a medical miracle-- but not the real miracle. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond the physical world with an angelic being who guided him to the Divine source of the universe. Reading his story will change your life. more
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Dead Ever After (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Charlaine Harris
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series The Final Sookie Stackhouse Novel -- There are secrets in the town of Bon Temps, ones that threaten those closest to Sookie, and could destroy her heart ... Sookie Stackhouse finds it easy to turn down the request of former barmaid Arlene when she wants her job back at Merlotte's. After all, Arlene tried to have Sookie killed. But her relationship with Eric Northman is not so clear- cut. He and his vampires are keeping their distance. And a cold silence. Then a shocking murder occurs, and Sookie is arrested. more
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The Lost Art of Mixing (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Erica Bauermeister
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition (2013, May 22nd).
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An Indie Next Pick -- Sequel to the national bestseller The School of Essential Ingredients. Lillian and her restaurant have a way of drawing people together. There's Al, the accountant who finds meaning in numbers and ritual; Chloe, a budding chef who hasn't learned to trust after heartbreak; Finnegan, quiet and steady as a tree; Louise, Al's wife, whose anger simmers just below the boiling point; and Isabelle, whose memories are slowly slipping from her grasp. And there's Lillian, whose life has taken a turn she didn't expect. more
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The Blossom Sisters (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Fern Michaels
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author -- Fern Michaels explores the enduring bonds of family as one man loses everything-- only to find the freedom to create a bold new life. Gus Hollister owes his success to his feisty grandmother, Rose, and her sisters Iris and Violet. Collectively, they raised Gus, sent him to good schools, and helped him start his accounting firm. Rose even bought him Gus first house-- and warned him that Elaine, his greedy wife, was a gold- digger. Now Gus is losing everything, and returns to Rose's Virginia farmhouse. With the help of the Blossom sisters, Gus is about to move on to the next phase of his life. more
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Unintended Consequences (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Stuart Woods
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes-- as an attorney for the premier white- shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he's seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of a mystery that is, even by his standards, most peculiar. It soon becomes clear that beneath the bright lights of Europe lurks a shadowy underworld-- and its only rule is deadly ambition. more
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The Burning Air (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Erin Kelly
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 22nd).
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The MacBrides lead a cozy life of upper- class privilege: good looks, a beautiful home, tuition- free education at the prestigious private school where Rowan is headmaster, an altruistic righteousness inherited from magistrate Lydia. But when Rowan and his three grown children gather for the first time since Lydia's passing at the family's weekend home-- a restored barn in the English countryside-- years of secrets surface, and they discover a stranger in their midst. A stranger who is convinced that Lydia was a murderer. more
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The Ophelia Cut (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: John Lescroart
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A New York Times Bestselling Author -- For the first time since 2009, defense attorney Dismas Hardy returns to defend a close friend against murder charges in John Lescroart's most suspenseful and intricately plotted novel to date. Brittany McGuire is the twenty- three- year- old daughter of Susan Weiss and Moses McGuire, and defense attorney Dismas Hardy's niece. Popular and pretty, Brittany has always moved easily from one boyfriend to the next. But recent ex Rick Jessup can't seem to get over her. His abuse escalates, culminating in a terrible night when Brittany is raped. Within twenty- four hours, Jessup is dead, Moses is the prime suspect, and Dismas has been hired to defend him. more
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Y (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Marjorie Celona
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 22nd).
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An Indie Next Pick -- Swaddled in a sweatshirt with nothing but a Swiss Army knife tucked between her feet, little Shannon is discovered on the doorstep of the YMCA by a man who catches only a glimpse of her mother as she disappears. Bounced among foster homes, Shannon endures abuse and neglect until she finally finds stability with a kind but no- nonsense single mother. Yet Shannon defines life on her terms, and never stops longing to uncover her roots. more
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Karen Russell
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 22nd).
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A New York Times Bestselling Author -- From the Author of the bestseller and Pulitzer Prize- finalist Swamplandia! comes a magical new collection that displays a young writer of superlative originality and invention coming into the full range and scale of her powers. In the marvelous title story-- an unforgettable parable of addiction and appetite, mortal terror and mortal love-- two vampires in a sun- drenched lemon grove try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood. more
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The Dead Shall Not Rest (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tessa Harris
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 22nd).
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London, 1780. It is not just the living who are prey to criminals. Corpses are dug up from fresh graves and sold to unscrupulous men of science. Dr. Thomas Silkstone's leading rival, Dr. John Hunter, has learned of the imminent death of eight- foot- tall Charles Byrne, the "Irish Giant, " and will do anything to get his body for research. When Hunter is implicated in the murder of a castrato, Thomas must find out how far the surgeon will go in the name of knowledge. more
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