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  Have You Done Your Best?...

  Booker T. Washington

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  Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  HAVE YOU DONE YOUR BEST?: If you have not already done so-and I hope you have-I think that you will find this a convenient season for each one of you to stop and to consider your school-year very carefully; to consider your life in school from every point of view; to place yourselves, as it were, in the presence of your parents, or your friends at home; to place yourselves in the presence of those who stand by and support this institution; to place yourselves in the presence of your teachers and of all who are in any way interested in you.

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  Dysfunctional Regulatory Bodies...

  D.R. Cameron

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  BruceG is a Professional Grower in the Kingdom of Aspen trying to complete an environmental plan to protect the aquifer at Justin’s feedlot. But, he is continually thwarted by “systemic discrimination” being practiced by Professional Builders from a “dysfunctional” government regulatory body because they believe only builders can do feedlot plans. 
  A ‘turf war” pursues. 
  Queen Mara, a Political Appointee within the Ministry, takes up the builder’s cause and decrees only builders can do feedlot designs. She threatens closure of Justin’s Better Beef Haven. BruceG fights back and Queen Mara files a complaint against him for challenging her edict and offending her ego. 
  Now BruceG has to deal with a scarecrow, his own self-regulatory body, the League of Growers, who decides on complaints and can discipline its’ members. The ensuing investigation is fraught with biases contributing to procedural unfairness. 
  Saving Justin’s feedlot and protecting the aquifer hangs in the air. 
  The author, Doug Cameron, has worked close-up and “in the face of” various regulatory bodies for over 40 years. He is familiar with their legislated power and the harassment and abuse they can dish out when challenged—all hidden from the public. The lack of an overseer to rein-in scarecrows gone awry is a major issue. 
  This book uses satire to expose the inner workings, stupidity, biases and unnatural justice used by reg-bodies to protect their own self-interests and/or self-image rather than protect the interests and well-being of the public.

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  The Mysterious Mr Oliver

  Emma Melbourne

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  Emma Melbourne returns with the highly anticipated second book in the Miss Fleming series! 
   
   
   
  Isabelle Fleming has many admirers, but she would trade them all for a sensible man . . .  
   
   
   
  Miss Isabelle Fleming is the beauty of the season, but she's ready to escape from the ton. After a whirl of balls, routs, and Venetian breakfasts, Isabelle has yet to meet a man who can see beyond her looks, and she's beginning to doubt she ever will. So when her sister Amelia invites her to Stonecroft, her country estate, Isabelle is relieved to get out of London. She plans to spend her time writing a novel and enjoying the scenery, but she doesn't expect the scenery to include Mr. Oliver, Stonecroft's new land agent. He's a former soldier with a mysterious past, and he doesn't seem to notice Isabelle's appearance. Isabelle, however, can't help but notice Mr. Oliver . . .  
   
   
   
  The Mysterious Mr. Oliver is a regency romantic comedy about facing your fears, forgiving yourself, and falling in love.

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  Choke on My Name

  Lily X

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  tbc

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  Tie Me Knot

  Allie Brahms

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  So far, while working at a ghost matchmaking agency, the past week has gone thusly:  
    
  1) a murdered ghost bride who is very very pissed off (don’t blame her, I’d be pissed off too) 
    
  2) adopted by Chinese hellhounds (I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOGS, OKAY) 
    
  3) wake up magically soul-bonded to the sexy demon slayer Zhen (While I agree he’s -expansive hand waving- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!) 
    
  I do not need a fourth incident to make my life more interesting, please and thank you.  
    
  Spoiler alert: I get one anyway.  
    
    
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  Magically bonded, insta husband just add ghost, speed marriage?, ghost matchmaking, ghosts deserve love too, Kris might have accidentally been feeding Chinese hellhounds, oops?, chosen family, Kris and Zhen actually communicate, buying hardcovers is a marriage proposal, just ask Kris, demon slayer on crutches can still fight, as the bad guys find out, whole story is just mindless violence and fluff, Zhen is a walking green flag, Chinese mythology, multicultural romance, ghostly shenanigans ensue, seeing ghosts isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

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  Adventure of the Spectred Bat...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Craig...

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  The Adventure of the Spectred Bat: A beautiful young woman, just weeks away from giving birth, arrives at Baker Street in the middle of the night. Her sister was attacked by a bat and died and now it is attacking her. Could it be a vampire sent by the local band of Gypsies?
  
  Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called upon to investigate. The step-father, the local Gypsies and the furious future mother-in-law are all suspects. And was it really a vampire in the shape of a bat that took the young mother-to-be's life?
  
  This adventure takes the world's favorite detective away from London to Surrey north to the lovely but deadly Lake District. The story was inspired by the original Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and like the original, leaves the mind wondering and the heart racing.
  
  The original Sherlock Holmes story that inspired this one is appended to the paperback edition of this book.

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