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Hungarian American biochemist Katalin Kati Karikó became fascinated by science as a child and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA-a copy of a part of DNA that provides cells with instructions to make proteins-to help fight illness. An mRNA vaccine had never been made before, and she faced frequent criticism and was told by other scientists she would never succeed. Karikó refused to give up her research, and when the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Hungarian American biochemist Katalin Kati Karikó became fascinated by science as a child and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA-a copy of a part of DNA that provides cells with instructions to make proteins-to help fight illness. An mRNA vaccine had never been made before, and she faced frequent criticism and was told by other scientists she would never succeed. Karikó refused to give up her research, and when the COVID-19 pandemic...
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"Good villains make good TV. Romance novelist Jacqueline Matthis's big career has gone bust and she's ditched the bright lights of New York City for her more affordable South Carolina hometown. Desperate, Jac dreams up a comeback plan -- she is going to be a contestant on the 1, the most obsessively watched reality dating show in the world. After all Jac is a romance writer -- she knows how to pull off a meet-cute and create a spicy plotline. On set,...
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"The second book in the Shake Shop Mysteries--a new murder in town has Trinidad Jones thrown for a scoop! It's Alpenfest in Upper Sprocket! Yodelers are congregating in the square, tourists flocking to the town, and Trinidad Jones is scooping up some fall flavors at her Shimmy and Shake Shop. The cherry on the sundae is her upcoming feature in The Scoop magazine. She's determined to serve up the perfect interview, but it won't be easy, thanks in part...
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"The first shake shop mystery delivers all the delectable ingredients cozy mystery fans crave. This terrific series debut is certain to tempt the reading palates of fans of Cleo Coyle, Sarah Graves, and the much-missed Diane Mott Davidson."—Library Journal, STARRED ReviewThe first in new dessert cozy mystery series! A murder in town is bound to shake things up...After her divorce from her thrice-married embezzler husband, Trinidad Jones is finally...
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IT'S A TIME FOR BOLD ACTION ; As the daughter of the President of the Free City/State of Jerusalem, Charity is in the perfect position to hear about the woes of the world. Unfortunately, that same position keeps her hands tied. At least it does for her public persona. Unable to stand by, she travels to the great and terrible megacity of Barrington. Just before she makes her move to expose a vile arms trader, her father retires - and in doing so, he...
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"Some things aren't supposed to exist outside of our imagination. Thirteen years ago, monsters emerged from the shadows and plunged Kierse's world into a cataclysmic war of near-total destruction. The New York City she knew so well collapsed practically overnight. In the wake of that carnage, the Monster Treaty was created. A truce...of sorts. But tonight, Kierse, a gifted and fearless thief, will break that treaty. She'll enter the Holly Library...not...
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"Listeners will have a devilishly grand time with this rambunctiously robust performance by stellar narrators Quinn Riley and Stephanie Németh-Parker." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)
From the critically acclaimed author of Something to Talk About comes Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made, a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend's mom.
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A deadly, possessive entity imprints on members of Savannah Caleman's family, making her the latest object of obsession in this chilling, historical tale of haunted legacy and terror. In 1922 and in 1988 a deadly, possessive entity imprints on members of the same family, ancient as Genesis and determined to remain free. Savannah Caleman is the latest object of obsession in this chilling, historical tale of haunted legacy and terror. Savannah Caleman's...
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On a good day, any sane person could never imagine what it would feel like to be on a doomed crashing jetliner, much less live to tell the tale.
A combination of fiction and non-fiction, impossible to tell which, this is the story of one man that lives to tell the experience as the jetliner starts breaking apart at the arctic circle above Canada.
Living through the experience is horrendous enough by itself but when Travis James realizes that his...
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An engaging exploration into the enduring popularity of Dirty Dancing and its lasting themes of feminism, activism, and reproductive rights
When Dirty Dancing was released in 1987, it had already been rejected by producers and distributors several times over, and expectations for the summer romance were low. But then the film, written by former dancer Eleanor Bergstein and starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze as a couple from two different...
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With her stammering tongue and quiet ways, Cadence Piper has always struggled to be accepted. After the death of her mother, Cadence sets her heart on becoming a nurse, both to erase the stain her brother has left on the family's honor and to find long-sought approval in the eyes of her father. When Dorothea Dix turns her away due to her young age and pretty face, Cadence finds another way to serve ... singing to the soldiers in Judiciary Square Hospital....
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Growing up in a small Hungarian town, Kati Karikó was curious about everything.
As an adult, she channeled her curiosity into her work as a scientist. An mRNA vaccine had never been made before, and she faced frequent criticism and was told by other scientists she would never succeed. After many years of hard work and dedication,...
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Claire
Know that say about what happens in paradise, stays in paradise? Yeah, no.
That other one about first impressions? C
Check this out: Tall. Broad shoulders. Fine butt. No manners.
Expensive aftershave I could swear I've sniffed somewhere before.
I should keep my mind on the sun, the sand and the tequila, and keep my hands to myself.
But it's Cancun. And there's sun and sand and tequila...and when Mr. Annoying turns on the charm, I can't resist.
That...
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""Addictive. Highly recommended!"-Paulette Jiles, New York Times bestselling author of News of the World Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth century West, from master storyteller Sandra Dallas. Except for the way they loved each other, they were just ordinary, everyday folks. Just ordinary. 1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted...
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"It's not simply that Dot Wilkinson was one of the most decorated women's softball players, bowlers, and athletes of all time and one of the original players from the three-time-world-champion PBSW Phoenix Ramblers softball team (1933-1965). Nor was it the length of her time here on Earth--over a century--although any of these things by itself would be impressive. The magic of Dot's story is in the details. It's the tale of a childhood spent in poverty,...
17) True Blue
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She was jilted on her wedding day. He's the best friend waiting in the wings. Lexie Gallagher is starting to think she's better off alone. Her family fell apart years ago. Her relationships all end in disaster. Is she the common denominator who causes everyone to leave? Everyone but her best friend, Gabe, who whisks her away from the scene of the latest breakup. As the human resources VP for North Brothers Sports, Gabe North understands people and...
18) True Hero
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A one-night fling won't change anything, right?
After suffering a terrible loss, fighter pilot Zane North walks away from his military career and returns home to start a new life-one he's determined to control. Instead, he's confronted by his sister-in-law's unpredictable best friend, the one woman he can't ignore.
Hayden Henry, an up-and-coming designer, has devoted herself to her job. She's had her heart crushed before and isn't looking to give...
19) True Harmony
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He's all business all the time. Now he's suddenly a dad.
Fiddle player Eliza Bancroft had to improvise after an unplanned pregnancy four years ago. Instead of pursuing her dream of performing live music, she changed keys and has focused on being a good mom and a sought-after studio musician in Nashville. Her rhythm is set until she spots her son's father in a local magazine and realizes the man she was unable to track down lives right under her nose...
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Time to rendezvous: seven weeks. Failure imminent.
Lyndsey Collins is in a big damn hurry, she's on the wrong side of the galaxy-and running out of time.
Her primary mission-find Kyle Ranz-has been delayed and jeopardized by another equally important one: to capture a prototype mech that's guaranteed to wreak havoc in the Messa system.
On board the battleship Abyssinian, Lyndsey's loyalties to unexpected friends will be brutally tested against...