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Andrews McMeel Publishing
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2023.
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A beautifully illustrated, interactive guide to ancient, nature-based holidays and customs. Through themed meditations, crafts, and rituals, young readers can learn about old and new ways of honoring the seasons-and create their own!
Each "spoke" in The Wheel of the Year marks an important turning point: the winter and summer solstices, the spring and fall equinoxes, and the festivals of seeding, growing, and harvesting that arrive in between. Within...
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Shay was happy to sell Christmas trees this winter. What she wasn't happy about was having to leave her home and her town.
Ryan wasn't happy to be in town. He'd just lost his father and had been saddled with a failing museum. He was adamant the only option was for it to close, and for him to return to his life.
Shay and Ryan meet and passion swiftly follows, but there's no real future for them if they're both leaving town.
When Shay discovers some...
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Get ready for an adventure like no other with "Talking Dogs: Phil's Big Adventure." Join Phil, a lovable talking dog, as he sets out on a journey through a holiday-themed wonderland full of love, happiness, and joy. His destination is a big, beautiful city where he hopes to experience new adventures and make new friends.Along the way, Phil meets George, a curious turtle, who is also on a mission of his own. The two unlikely companions join forces...
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Cantankerous old Viet Nam Vet buries his wife then reluctantly moves in with his daughter and her family. What follows is a clumsy attempt to reconcile and reunite the Burkhart and Howe families. Unforeseen tragedy follows. Maybe Christmas will prove to be the saving grace?
A Christmas for the Heart is not your conventional holiday anecdote. It will tug at your heartstrings and remind the ordinary reader what Christmas really means. Suddenly, unexpected...
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2023
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's John Inglefield's Thanksgiving describes the Thanksgiving dinner of a New England blacksmith and his family. Two chairs sit empty, one for John Inglefield's recently deceased wife, and another for daughter Prudence. Prudence's sudden and unexpected appearance causes consternation at first, then increasing joy as the family is reunited with the prodigal daughter. But what is the cause of the unspoken distance between Prudence...
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2023
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Going into Society is Dickens's story of a man who sets up a circus in a respectable neighborhood. The main attraction is a dwarf: ""He was a un-common small man, he really was. Certainly not so small as he was made out to be, but where IS your Dwarf as is?""
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This bachelor boss gets a little holiday surprise…only from USA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard! Being stranded with her crush-worthy boss isn't part of Dani Meadows's job description! But she and sexy CEO Nathaniel Winston are snowbound for Christmas…along with an adorable baby who might be Nathaniel's daughter. Nathaniel needs Dani's help. But his fantasies about his executive assistant are nowhere near as hot as the reality of having...
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Stop the wedding!
Dimitri Makarov's former secretary is getting married, but instead of congratulating the happy couple, the masterful oligarch plans to stop the wedding...; For he's just discovered that the blushing bride is also mother to his secret son!
Erin Turner thought her luck was changing until Dimitri dispatches her convenient groom with his signature ruthlessness. But in other ways the high-flying businessman seems completely reformed...
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Published in its entirety for the first time since 1852, this shining collection of Christmas tales was originally selected by Charles Dickens for his periodical Household Words. Each story varies in theme and tone, with scenes of romance, theft, justice, and heart-warming family reunions set alongside haunting tales and chilling ghost stories, while topics addressed range from the meaning of Christmas to disability and race. Contributing authors...
10) Candy Cain Kills
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"The modern day Goosebumps for adults."-Horror Obsessive When Austin's parents drag him and his little sister Fiona to a remote cottage for Christmas, he's less than thrilled about the forced bonding exercise. But after learning that their holiday getaway was the site of a horrific crime, this family on the rocks will have to fight for their lives against a legendary killer… because Candy Cain is slashing through the snow with a very long naughty...
11) Mistletoe Magic
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MISTLETOE MAGIC AND OTHER HOLIDAY TALES is about the wonder and excitement of the holiday season, as shown through the experiences of the characters in these eight stories.
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Sometimes, the smallest hearts show us the way back to the wonder of Christmas.Recently widowed Rae Cavanaugh faces the daunting task of celebrating the holidays with her two young children, all while the shadow of what's missing looms large. Her new neighbor Dylan, navigating the tender role of guardian to his own nephew, brings to their doorstep the possibility of laughter. Together, they discover that the most profound blessings aren't always wrapped...
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"I love this book-funny, perfect and wonderfully good. A not-to-be-missed delight." -New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery
With echoes of classic Hollywood love stories like Serendipity and An Affair to Remember, Viola Shipman's latest winter charmer following the USA TODAY bestseller The Secret of Snow is sure to tug on heartstrings and delight readers who love books about books, missed connections and the magic of Christmas.
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14) New Year's Eve
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For a group of five girls at Westerly High, the last dance of the year will be filled with magic, moonlight, and end-of-year romance-or will it? Midnight will mark the end of one era . . . and the beginning of another. Kip wishes she could turn back the clock. A few months ago, two boys were competing for her. Now she has no one-just four younger brothers who drive her crazy. One kiss, and Gary turned Beth Rose into a princess. But her Prince Charming...
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Christmas is coming, but for ER consultant Mac Sullivan it's just another day. Sincelosing his wife two years ago, he's thrown himself into work and has no interest inserious relationships.
Enter Nurse Louisa Young, who brings warmth, sparkle and Christmas into his ER department.The question is: Can she bring it into his life, as well? Louisa's one Christmas wish isthat maybe, just maybe, she can melt the ice that surrounds the gorgeous consultant'sheart…...
16) Weirdly Bland
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The sequel to the novel, China Laid Bare, which describes the author's time living in Germany."I often tried to think of words to describe the German people. The best I could come up with was weirdly bland or blandly weird. In the end, I settled for weirdly bland." Book 5 of the author's Great Escape series.
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From the Snow Ball…to snow kissed!
Liv Winchester has avoided men and sex since her ex left her with a baby. But new, wealthytrauma consultant Stefano Lucarelli is stunned by her curves and natural nursing talent.
Stefano wants to make this overworked single mom feel like the beautiful woman she isagain. He gives her two tickets to the Snow Ball, pampering treatments, a designer dress,diamonds and a babysitter for the night…and Liv feels like...
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A mom…just in time for Christmas?
Beautiful, bubbly nurse Lara King just can't resist a little girl's Christmas wish-for herdaddy to be happy-so she steps in as the sexy ER consultant's new live-in nanny!
Christian Blake lost his faith in love a long time ago, but now, as Lara fills his housewith warmth and sparkle, he realizes that she's his once-in-a-lifetime chance forhappiness.
As the first snowflakes start to fall, he can only hope that...
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Grab some hot cocoa and this Christmas collection of three festive, contemporary romance novellas, published for the first time.
Holiday Hoopla-Halle Adams needs a loan to keep her store open. Blake Ellison needs a fake date for all his Christmas events. They agree to help each other out until New Years and part ways as friends at the end of their agreement, but will a business deal between the two strangers get hoodwinked by holiday hoopla?
Christmas...
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It was a miracle that he found her-freezing cold and alone in the treacheroussnow-covered terrain of the English mountains. And with nowhere else to go, MirandaHarding finds herself agreeing to spend a magical Christmas Day with her rescuer.
Gorgeous consultant Jake Blackwell doesn't want to let this beautiful woman out of hissight, yet the next morning she's gone. Only to reappear that same day as the new midwifein his OB-GYN department. That's...
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