Last night it felt like the fun part of the Christmas season has begun. We have our tree up and decorated, the house is filled with shiny objects of green, red and silver, and we even have a few presents wrapped under the tree. What made it truly feel like Christmas was walking, with hot cocoa in hand, to Weaver’s Winter Wonderland. This year is was particularly crazy. The gentleman who decorates his house every year had won the Great Christmas Light Fight, a national competition, the night before and everyone came out last night to congratulate him. The energy was so positive you really felt the magic.
Max and the Gatekeeper
James Todd Cochrane
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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A war has been waging for centuries; a magical and technological battle between good and evil. This conflict will affect life everywhere, but not everyone is aware it exists. When twelve-year old Max Rigdon is sent to stay with his grandfather for the summer, he unwillingly enters the fight.
The day Max steps off the bus he is marked with an evil curse and immediately becomes the target of evil men and creatures with designs on ruling the universe. Not only does this curse cause Max physical pain but it allows his enemies to track and find him. He soon learns that the reason for this unwanted attention is because his grandfather is the keeper of a gateway; a powerful machine that makes travel to hundreds of strange unknown worlds possible. The enemy will do anything to gain possession of this power in their quest to control all worlds.
With the help of his friend Cindy and others, Max must quickly learn the necessary skills to survive if he is to avoid the deadly trap that has been planned for him and his grandfather. A trap that has been decades in the making with Max as the missing piece. If successful it will change life as we know it.
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The Lighter Side of Large
Becky Siame
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Humor & Satire
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Hell hath no fury like a fat woman scorned – or deprived of caffeine. Bella is a Samoan-New Zealander who doesn’t fit in. Tiny seats, tight clothes, narrow aisles: navigating a one-size-fits-all world is a heavyweight task for a single mom who tips the scales at 278 pounds. Not even her islander family understands her. Only with her eclectic trio of friends (including a gay barrister and a homeless woman) does she find acceptance – and lots of coffee.
When her ex-husband and sister announce their upcoming wedding and the proud family matriarch insists she attend, Bella embarks on a mission: lose the weight, get a job, and find a man to prove they just can’t keep a good mother down.
After she’s kicked out of a clothing store because of her size, her crusade against weight discrimination kickstarts a writing career but sets her at odds with the adventurous new man in her life who’s got skinny issues. It also puts her in the crosshairs as her sister plots revenge when she discovers her fiancé still has the hots for Bella.
Bella’s sudden fame and obsession with the achieving perfect body begins to take its toll on her friendships and love life. How much is she willing to lose and how far is she willing to go to carve out the perfect body?
The Lighter Side of Large is a glimpse through Bella’s eyes into the humorous and tragically real world of the well-endowed, the perils of perfection and the joy of learning to love oneself. It debuts the new genre of “Reality Fiction,” which takes real events and turns them into a novel. Deeper than the average girl-power chick lit, more outrageous than a memoir. Bella’s journey to reinvent herself is a story with something everyone can relate to.
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We Never Lost Hope: A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story
Naomi Litvin
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs | History
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Author Naomi Litvin recreates her parents’ incredible love story in the powerful memoir, We Never Lost Hope. Litvin, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and an American Jewish GI who landed at Normandy, lets her family members reveal the stories of their lives before, during, and after the Holocaust. Told in five indelible voices, the book gives a you-are-there punch and a moving immediacy. Lovely and haunting, We Never Lost Hope is a reminder that genocide can happen anywhere, and that we all must be vigilant against the forces of hatred.
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Death Runs in the Family (The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries Book 3)
Heather Haven
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Lee Alvarez’ ex-husband, Nick — a man she divorced with joy in her heart and a gun in her hand – sprints back in her life only to disappear again. She’d love to leave it at that, but could he be responsible for the recent death of her cousin, who keeled over at the finish line of a half-marathon in front of hundreds of spectators? As PI for the family run business, Discretionary Inquiries, Lee follows the clues to Vegas, where she joins forces with Shoshone PI, Flint Tall Trees.Together they uncover a multi-million dollar betting syndicate, a tacky lounge lizard act, and a list of past but very dead runners, plus future ones to off. At the top of the ‘future’ list is the love of her life, Gurn Hanson. Hoping to force the culprits out in the open, Gurn and Lee’s brother, Richard, vow to run San Francisco’s famous Palace to Palace 12K in only a few days. Can Lee keep the two men she loves from hitting the finish line like her cousin? With more at stake than she ever dreamed possible, Lee is in a battle against time to stop the Alvarez Family’s race with death.
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25 Days of Christmas Treats: Delicious, no-fail recipes to please even the pickiest eater!
Barb Asselin
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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Now Updated for the 2014 Holiday Season!!
Do you love the holidays but find that they are gone before you know it? Do you have the best of intentions to cook great food and plan delicious meals, but the time just gets away from you? Would you like to create special family moments that your loved ones will look forward to year after year? Then, this book is for you.Inside are 25 delicious, no-fail recipes your family and friends will love.
Not only that, you will also get a 25-day schedule to get the most out of your baking time.If you follow the schedule, you will have a homemade supply of yummy treats to give to teachers, take to parties, and to enjoy on your own – all month long!
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