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1) Persuasion
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A delightful social satire of England's landed gentry and a moving tale of lovers separated by class distinction.
2) Emma
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Follows the adventures of the self-assured and accomplished Emma, a twenty-one-year-old girl of privilege who believes she is immune to romance and has several chaotic and often humorous experiences.
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Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century England, the novel opens with the Bennet family, a respectable yet financially modest clan residing in the rural town of Longbourn. The Bennets consist of the witty and sharp-minded Mr. Bennet, his good-natured but sometimes frivolous wife Mrs. Bennet, and their five daughters-Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. The crux of the story unfolds with the arrival of the eligible and wealthy bachelor Mr....
4) Sudden Blow
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Meet Jane Yeats. She's a still-grieving widow who smokes and sometimes drinks too much. Jane is also an acclaimed business writer who supports herself exposing corruption among the business elite. In this first mystery, Jane is asked to investigate the murder of a highly unpopular developer. The prime suspect is his estranged gay son. The murderer could also be someone involved in organized crime. Clever, fast-paced, irreverent and brimming with insider...
5) Outfoxed
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A murder mystery among the fox hunting set in Virginia. The victim is one of two candidates for the post of master of the foxhounds. The post is being vacated by the present master, 70-year-old Jane Arnold, and it is she who nabs the killer.
6) Bad Date
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In Bad Date, crime journalist Jane Yeats is on the scene again, full of her trademark smart-ass attitude and fondness for Irish ale - not to mention her problems with her next-door neighbor, a crack-addicted prostitute whose body comes to rest on Jane's front lawn one morning. Our reclusive sleuth's life accelerates faster than her new Harley as she is thrust headlong into an unsolicited investigation of a string of unsolved sex-trade mysteries. Not...
8) Full Cry
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In the third novel of her captivating foxhunting series, Rita Mae Brown welcomes readers back for a final tour of a world where most business is conducted on horseback-and stables are de rigueur for even the smallest of estates. Here, in the wealth-studded hills of Jefferson County, Virginia, even evil rides a mount. The all-important New Year's Hunt commences amid swirling light snow. It is the last formal hunt of the season; therefore, participation...
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Fanny Price, a teenaged girl of low social rank brought up on her wealthy relatives' countryside estate, feels the sharp sting of rejection when her cousin Edmund, the only person who treats her as an equal, is won over by a flirtatious, exciting--and unprincipled--London girl.
10) Buried Stuff
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An avid antique collector, Jane Wheel owns a lot of stuff. In fact, she owns too much stuff, which often gets her into trouble. So finally she agrees to do the unthinkable: she holds her very first garage sale.
Thankfully the sale ends almost before it begins, interrupted by a hysterical phone call from Jane's mother, Nellie. But Jane's relief doesn't last long. Nellie is calling to tell Jane about a mysterious discovery on a neighbor's property:...
11) Guess who
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Read with Dick and Jane volume 4
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ABDO
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2004
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A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
12) See Jane Run!
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From the award-winning author of Sudden Blow and Bad Date comes another compelling mystery featuring Jane Yeats, a crime journalist with a passion for hard-boiled adventure, Harleys, and hops.
Overnight, Jane is forced to confront the shocking nightmare that has haunted her for years — the chance murder of her lover, Pete. Only the certainty that William Shortt, a serial rapist and killer, had been imprisoned for life has kept her clinging to the...
13) The Hunt Ball
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Author of the New York Times best-selling Mrs. Murphy mysteries, Rita Mae Brown delivers the goods with The Hunt Ball, the most entertaining entry yet in her popular foxhunting series. When a faculty member of the local prep school is murdered, the headmistress and "Sister" Jane Arnold, master of the foxhounds at Virginia's Jefferson Hunt Club, work together to uncover a killer. It seems the slaying may have been politically motivated, as students...
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Jane and the Dragon volume 7
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The King is having a day off so Jane and her friends have the chance to play bandyball. Dragon joins in the game but is a disaster. Jane's friends are sorry but they can't play with him any more - he is too big and clumsy. Jane sticks up for Dragon but the others won't budge. Jane manages to get the others to involve Dragon as referee instead - but the playing a physical and noisy game like bandyball without disturbing the King is extremely tricky......
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Jane and the Dragon volume 13
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The King commissions a beautiful portrait of the Queen and Jane is entrusted to guard it before the grand unveiling gala. Meanwhile, Dragon is practicing a spectacular landing for the upcoming festivities when he crashes... causing Jane to leave her post momentarily to check on his well being. The next day when the Queen's portrait is unveiled the court is shocked to see her beautiful image has been defaced. Jane is to blame and saddled with extra...
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Jane and the Dragon volume 11
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When Gunther pulls a practical joke on Jane, Dragon discovers he and Gunther share a similar sense of humor: lowbrow. Jane begins to feel left out, so she enlists Jester to give her a crash course on crass humor. But Jane still can't fit in with Gunther and Dragon and becomes jealous. Meanwhile, the Merchant urges Gunther to use his newfound friendship to trick Dragon into moving freight for them. Jane discovers this scheme and tries to warn Dragon,...
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Jane and the Dragon volume 3
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Jane's encouragement to Jester to do his impression of Ivon leads to Ivon challenging Jester to face saving duel. Jane is mortified, Jester is terrified and Jane's efforts to save her friend from public doom seem, well, doomed. But Jester has discovered that he can choose weapons and he chooses wit. If only Jane could have had more faith in her friend's ability to stand up for himself.
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Jane and the Dragon volume 9
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Jester is the King's hope for singing at the inter-kingdom competition of song. However, Jane's overenthusiastic voice coaching leads to Jester losing his voice. But when Jane hears a beautiful toned mystery crooner, hope is rekindled… and then dashed when auditions fail to find the singing source. Jane discovers the crooner is Dragon but he swears her to secrecy - singing is not acceptable dragon behavior. Jane is forced to pretend that she is...
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Jane and the Dragon volume 10
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When the King and Queen are gone for the day on royal business, Jane is entrusted with "protecting the royal heirs," i.e. babysitting. Unfortunately, watching the bratty Prince and playful Princess wreaks havoc with Jane's plan to study for one of Sir Theodore's knighthood tests. So Jane asks Dragon to keep an eye on the two children for an hour while she studies. The result: Dragon manages to misplace the Princess in a game of hide n' seek....
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Jane and the Dragon volume 12
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When Smithy's pig bites the Prince, the King decides that Pig must be tethered. Smithy is devastated – Pig is his pet and friend. When the King sells Pig to the merchant, Dragon decides to spirit his porcine friend to safety. Smithy takes the rap for Pig's jailbreak and is dismissed from the castle staff. Jane finds out the truth as to why Pig bit the Prince. Now to solve this whole piggy problem, Jane must get the Prince on her side and make the...
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