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The Beautiful Ruined World

by Kent Nelson ...

Juliet Ruskin, married with a young child, finds herself troubled by the lies she's told her husband and the larger secret of her past. To cope, Juliet decides to write down her story, hoping to find forgiveness at the end. The story Juliet writes tells of the disintegration of a family who leave their seventeen-year-old daughter behind when they move across the country. Soon expelled from private ... Read more

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Juliet Ruskin, married with a young child, finds herself troubled by the lies she's told her husband and the larger secret of her past. To cope, Juliet decides to write down her story, hoping to find forgiveness at the end. The story Juliet writes tells of the disintegration of a family who leave their seventeen-year-old daughter behind when they move across the country. Soon expelled from private
... Read more
The Beauty Closer By

by Kent Nelson ...

The Beauty Closer By is an environmental novel set in the small town of Calhan, Colorado, on the plains thirty miles east of Colorado Springs. Calhan's bleak, but nearby are bluffs and the Paint Mines, a geological formation of colorful clays that were used in olden days by Native Americans for paints and pottery. These are favorite places for Terry Pendletonm who's landed in Calhan after ... Read more

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The Beauty Closer By is an environmental novel set in the small town of Calhan, Colorado, on the plains thirty miles east of Colorado Springs. Calhan's bleak, but nearby are bluffs and the Paint Mines, a geological formation of colorful clays that were used in olden days by Native Americans for paints and pottery. These are favorite places for Terry Pendletonm who's landed in Calhan after
... Read more
The Mercy of Others

Stories

by Kent Nelson ...

In Death Valley, a man picks up a Dutch woman hitchhiker, and things go from bad to worse. A father in South Carolina receives a goodbye call from his daughter, prompting him to fly to New Mexico to look for her. A couple from Minnesota with a sordid past spend the winter in an RV park in Texas. A truant kid and his girlfriend in Nebraska find a moose that's wandered into the state. A Black woman ... Read more

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In Death Valley, a man picks up a Dutch woman hitchhiker, and things go from bad to worse. A father in South Carolina receives a goodbye call from his daughter, prompting him to fly to New Mexico to look for her. A couple from Minnesota with a sordid past spend the winter in an RV park in Texas. A truant kid and his girlfriend in Nebraska find a moose that's wandered into the state. A Black woman
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The Spirit Bird

Stories

by Kent Nelson ...

Series series
The flight path of The Spirit Bird traces many landscapes and different transitory lives. A young man scratches out a living from the desert; a woman follows a rarely seen bird in the far reaches of Alaska; a poor single mother sorts out her life in a fancy mountain town. Other protagonists yearn to cross a racial divide, keep developers from a local island, explore their sexuality, and mourn a ... Read more

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The flight path of The Spirit Bird traces many landscapes and different transitory lives. A young man scratches out a living from the desert; a woman follows a rarely seen bird in the far reaches of Alaska; a poor single mother sorts out her life in a fancy mountain town. Other protagonists yearn to cross a racial divide, keep developers from a local island, explore their sexuality, and mourn a
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Touching That Lasts

by Kent Nelson ...

Explore the human longing for connection in these fourteen deceptively simple stories that stay hooked in the imagination long after the final page.In these fourteen breathtaking stories, award-winning author Kent Nelson explores how very different people from disparate cultures (a rancher involved in a fight for water rights, a musician hired to play for a catatonic woman, a Native young man and ... Read more

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Explore the human longing for connection in these fourteen deceptively simple stories that stay hooked in the imagination long after the final page.In these fourteen breathtaking stories, award-winning author Kent Nelson explores how very different people from disparate cultures (a rancher involved in a fight for water rights, a musician hired to play for a catatonic woman, a Native young man and
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Birds in the Hand

Fiction and Poetry About Birds

Edited by Kent Nelson, Dylan Nelson ...

A unique anthology of avian literatureFrom the myths of ancient Greece to the fables of Aesop, from Chaucer to contemporary poetry and fiction, birds are central to literature because they connect us intimately to the natural world. Whether we watch birds at our feeders, travel vast distances to identify rare species, or simply pause in a busy day to listen to the coo of a dove or the trill of a ... Read more

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A unique anthology of avian literatureFrom the myths of ancient Greece to the fables of Aesop, from Chaucer to contemporary poetry and fiction, birds are central to literature because they connect us intimately to the natural world. Whether we watch birds at our feeders, travel vast distances to identify rare species, or simply pause in a busy day to listen to the coo of a dove or the trill of a
... Read more
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The Wildest Hunt

True Stories of Game Wardens and Poachers

by Randy Nelson ...

Narrated by Kent Klineman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

A lively collection of wilder-than-fiction poaching stories from across Canada and the US, including insights from investigating officers involved in real poaching situations.Get ready to hear some of the wildest true crime imaginable. Showcasing fish and wildlife poaching stories from every province and territory in Canada and every state in the United States, decorated fishery officer Randy ... Read more

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A lively collection of wilder-than-fiction poaching stories from across Canada and the US, including insights from investigating officers involved in real poaching situations.Get ready to hear some of the wildest true crime imaginable. Showcasing fish and wildlife poaching stories from every province and territory in Canada and every state in the United States, decorated fishery officer Randy
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The Boys from Biloxi

A Legal Thriller

by John Grisham ...

Narrated by Michael Beck ...

Unabridged

17 hours 22 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From “a legal literary legend” (USA Today) comes a gripping thriller of two childhood friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the law as adults, with all of John Grisham’s trademark twists and turns.For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for ... Read more

$34.00 CAD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From “a legal literary legend” (USA Today) comes a gripping thriller of two childhood friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the law as adults, with all of John Grisham’s trademark twists and turns.For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for
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A Man Called Ove

The global bestselling phenomenon

by Fredrik Backman ...

Narrated by Joan Walker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

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The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community
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The Judge's List

A Novel

by John Grisham ...

Narrated by John Grisham, Mary-Louise Parker ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Whistler
Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham returns to Florida, where The Whistler’s Lacy Stoltz takes on a cold case that reveals a judge’s darkest secrets.“One of the best crime reads of the year . . . a world-class shocker, worth staying up all night to finish.”—The Wall Street JournalIn The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham returns to Florida, where The Whistler’s Lacy Stoltz takes on a cold case that reveals a judge’s darkest secrets.“One of the best crime reads of the year . . . a world-class shocker, worth staying up all night to finish.”—The Wall Street JournalIn The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime
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American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

A Novel

by Jeanine Cummins ...

Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi ...

Unabridged

16 hours 43 min

#1 New York Times BestsellerOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK“Extraordinary.”—Stephen King“This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel of las Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.”—Sandra CisnerosTambién de este lado hay sueños. On this side too, there ... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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#1 New York Times BestsellerOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK“Extraordinary.”—Stephen King“This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel of las Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.”—Sandra CisnerosTambién de este lado hay sueños. On this side too, there ...
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The Guardians

A Novel

by John Grisham ...

Narrated by Michael Beck ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An idealistic lawyer makes dangerous enemies as he fights to free an innocent man sentenced to life in prison in this “suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes” (Associated Press).In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no ... Read more

$34.00 CAD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An idealistic lawyer makes dangerous enemies as he fights to free an innocent man sentenced to life in prison in this “suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes” (Associated Press).In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no
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