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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's...
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Walt's ex-wife is living with one of his deputies; Walt's teenage nephew, Kevin, is grappling with his father's suicide; and Walt's trying to raise twin daughters on his own. Meanwhile, a big wine convention has come to Sun Valley, and three bottles owned by Thomas Jefferson and given to John Adams are sure to bring big bucks at auction, unless a gang of super thieves, which has hit town with an elaborate scheme in which Kevin becomes unwittingly...
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2020.
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One by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder-blackmail that both the United States and...
8) The portrait
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2017.
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"Avid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life"--Amazon.com.
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Lopsided Christmas cake volume 1
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2015.
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"New to the community, the Hochstetter twin sisters volunteer to bake a cake for an Amish charity auction, only to learn they must demonstrate the whole process on stage in front of an audience. Their cooking chaos entertains the audience, attracts the attention of more than one bachelor, and opens the door for romance"--
Twin sisters Elma and Thelma Hochstetler have done everything together for their thirty-two years of life--including remaining...
11) Leah's pony
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A young girl sells her horse and raises enough money to buy back her father's tractor, which is up for auction, in this story of a Depression era farm.
12) Dead of night
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2023.
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"Everyone in Chouteau Forest knows the legend of the Cursed Crypt. It's claimed that the restless spirit of a professor nicknamed Mean Gene Cortini, buried in Chouteau Forest University's crypt, has been causing death and destruction in the Forest for almost two centuries. Local residents are used to disease and natural disasters striking every seven years. But not murder. When Trey Lawson outbids the wealthy Du Pres family at the university's annual...
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"Tessa Kent, an exquisite and precocious fourteen, gives birth to an illegitimate daughter. Her parents, devout Catholics, raise the infant, Maggie, as their own child. At sixteen Tessa is discovered by Hollywood; by nineteen she's an international move star. Maggie lives for her glorious "sister's" infrequent whirlwind visits. Maggie is a captivating, independent eighteen when she accidentally learns the truth. Mortally wounded, she breaks all ties...
14) A fedora offense
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[2017]
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"Valentine's day is approaching and Maggie is in love...with some antiques she bids on at a local auction. A man in a fedora also seems interested but disappears before Maggie can find out who he really is. As she investigates her new purchases she finds hidden paperwork relating to the Vietnam War era."--Amazon.com.
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[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Every summer on Chincoteague Island, there is an auction of ponies who have swum across the channel from Assateague, where ponies run free. If Julie works hard and saves her money all year, perhaps she can win the pony of her dreams, her very own Chincoteague pony"--Publisher.
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Boxcar children volume 85
Pub. Date
2001.
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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When the Alden children join a group of volunteers to fix up an old house for senior citizens, they try to explain the puzzling behavior of their coworkers as well as investigate some unusual events.
18) A change of art
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2021
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"Joy is delighted when sisters Abrielle and Claire Fleury include her in planning an art auction for the hospital. But things take a drastic turn when valuable paintings are stolen! This old-time Charleston family's perfect image begins to crack, especially when Abrielle and Claire's long-lost sister, Belina, appears. Could she have something to do with the missing paintings? Or is someone out there with a grudge against the Fluery family? Meanwhile,...
19) Bandit's trail
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Don Sebastian Valdivia and his secretary, Juan Carreno, attend a horse auction at the Garrison Ranch, where an outlaw stallion, Twilight, is held back until last. The only man who can ride this magnificent beast is Charles Dupont, known as The Crisco Kid, who has bonded with the horse since he was a colt. Because gunman Bud Carew despises The Kid, he desperately wants to possess Twilight. Those attending the auction know that no matter which one wins...
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2011
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As a tribute to her late journalist father, Tuesday Jones is planning a career benefit, auctioning off racing memorabilia and meet-and-greets with drivers. Ex-racing star Diesel Lange has had his own brush with death, and is determined not to waste another minute of his life- especially when he meets Tuesday. He wants nothing more than to shift their romance into high gear, but he knows she✹s still grieving. Can Diesel do the one thing he could...