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  • See You Later, Litigator!

    Charles M Schulz

    Hardcover (HarperEntertainment, Oct. 1, 1996)
    Here's the World Famous Attorney at your service! From accidents to bankruptcy to dog bites, Snoopy is always ready to take the case.Legal beagles of every stripe will be charmed by this comical look at the learned profession as Snoopy battles bureaucracy, maneuvers through the system, and communicates the finer points of law to his many clients. Continually buffing his image and polishing off just enough doughnuts to keep his mind and wit sharp, Snoopy shares his unique canine perspective on the practice of law.
  • Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor

    Rain Pryor, Cathy Crimmins

    Hardcover (HarperEntertainment, Oct. 31, 2006)
    The loving yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard PryorRain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s. Her mother was a Jewish go-go dancer who wanted a tribe of rainbow children, and her father was Richard Pryor, perhaps the most compelling and brilliant comedian of his era.In this intimate, harrowing, and often hilarious memoir, Rain talks about her divided heritage, and about the forces that shaped her wildly schizophrenic childhood. In her father's house, she bonded with Richard's grandmother, Mamma, a one-time whorehouse madam who never tired of reminding Rain that she was black. In her mother's house, and in the home of her Jewish grandparents, Rain was a "mocha-colored Jewish princess," learning how to cook everything from kugel to beef brisket.It seemed as if Rain was blessed with the best of both worlds, but it didn't quite work out that way. Life at Mom's was unstable in the extreme, while at Richard's place Rain was exposed to sex and drugs before she had even learned to read. "Daddy," she told her father one day, sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner at the advanced age of eight, "the whores need to be paid." Jokes My Father Never Taught Me is both lovingly told and painfully frank: the story of a girl who grew up adoring her father even as she feared him—and feared for him—as his drug problems grew worse. In 1980 Pryor tried to kill himself by setting himself on fire, then joked that it had been an accident: "No one ever told me you couldn't mix cookies with two types of milk!" In his later years, Pryor succumbed to multiple sclerosis, and Rain watched in tears as her father became a shell of his former self. Once, in an unusually introspective mood, Pryor asked his daughter, "Why do you love me, Rainy, when I can be so mean?" Jokes My Father Never Taught Me answers that poignant question and many more. It is an unprecedented look at the life of a legend of comedy, told by a daughter who both understood the genius and knew the tortured man within.
  • The Case of the Creepy Castle

    Judy Katschke

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, Aug. 22, 2000)
    Trenchcoat Twins Case Report...from Mary-Kate & AshleyHow scary is this: It was Halloween, and Ashley and I didn't have a mystery to solve! Yikes! But things were about to get even scarier.Great-grandma Olive took us and our friends to a fun house called Creepy Castle. Before we could say "boo!" we were surrounded by werewolves, vampires--even a suit of armor that walked around all by itself!And then our friends started to disappear, one by one! Soon Ashley and I were the only two left. If we didn't crack this case fast, the next visitors to vanish would be us!
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  • Faith in a Long Shot

    Joanna Campbell

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, Jan. 28, 2003)
    Will it be victory – or tragedy – when Triple Crown fever hits the Thoroughbred series? When Image comes in second in the Florida Derby, Melanie and Jazz decide to enter her in the Kentucky Derby. Image has proven she has what it takes to win against colts. But competition will be tough. Image will be running against Wonder's Star, Gratis, and Celtic Mist. Will the race to win the Derby be Star's greatest success? Ages 8+
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  • Cindy's Last Hope

    Joanna Campbell

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, July 30, 2002)
    Cindy McLean and her partner, Ben al–Rihani, can‘t find a jockey to ride Gratis in the Kentucky Derby. The only person besides Cindy who can handle the difficult horse is a stubborn and inexperienced groom named Wolf. But Cindy doesn‘t like Wolf‘s attitude, and refuses to give him a chance. Besides, he doesn‘t even have his jockey‘s license yet. Cindy wants to ride Gratis herself, risking irreparable damage to her already injured shoulder. Ben won‘t allow it. But stubborn Cindy is hard to stop. Will someone come to her rescue before it‘s too late? Ages 8+
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  • Rolling Thunder: Pole Position Adventures NASCAR #1

    T. B. Calhoun

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, Sept. 9, 1998)
    Fifteen-year-old Kin Travis is spending the summer with his stock-car legend granddad, Hotshoe Hunter. Kin wants to learn to drive but doesn't know where to start. Then his younger sister and brother, Laura and Laptop, arrive from Boston with a message from the past...and a plan for the future! Official NASCAR Adventures! Each one authentic! Each one Original! Each one exciting! This action-packed new series brings the roar, speed, and spectacle of NASCAR racing to youthful fans across America. Don't miss a single one of these official day's heroes, and tomorrow's drivers come together for fast cars and nonstop racing thrills.
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  • New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley #46: The Case of the Unicorn Mystery:

    Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, March 1, 2005)
    In Mary-Kate and Ashley's most unusual case yet, thier number once suspect is a unicorn! But that's impossible. Unicorns don't exist. All the Trenchcoat Twins know is that someone -- or something -- has destroyed thier friend Lindsay's picture-perfect tulips for the upcoming flower show and all clues point to a live unicorn!
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  • New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley #42: The Case of the Cheerleading Tattletal:

    Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, June 29, 2004)
    Mary-Kate and Ashley are back at cheerleading camp and their squad is practicing hard to win the big competition. Each day they create unique cheers and stunt, but somehow, within hours, the rival squad seems to find out about it and put it into their own routine. Someone on the twins' squad is a snitch. Can the twins find and stop the tattletale in time?
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  • The Case of the Game Show Mystery

    Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, Jan. 8, 2002)
    Ashley and I were thrilled to be on our favorite TV game show, Double Trouble. But someone wanted us to lose -- big-time. This was one case we had to solve on the double!
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  • Ashes of the Sun

    Hanovi Braddock

    Mass Market Paperback (HarperEntertainment, Feb. 15, 1996)
    Hanovi Braddock Ayesh knows that danger lurks in the Miritiin Mountains, and danger is just what she wants. With her beloved cities of Neah turned to dust and rubble in the goblin wars, with even their memory fading to legend, what reason does she have to go on living? She's ready to die--as long as she goes down killing goblins. But the Miritiin minotaurs have plans for Ayesh, plans that don't include her death--yet. And as Ayesh becomes entangled in the inticate web of Miritiin poitics, she realizes that allies can be even deadlier than enemies.
  • Ashleigh #6: A Dangerous Ride

    Joanna Campbell

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, July 7, 1999)
    Is Ashleigh forgetting her dream?Ashleigh Griffen loves riding with her best friend, Mona Gardener, so when Mona starts jumping and competing in horse shows, Ashleigh wants to give it a try.But without the right clothes, a fancy horse, or a nasty attitude, Ashleigh feels out of place. Spurred on by a group of snobby horse-show girls, she rises to the challenge, determined to beat them at their own game.Soon Ashleigh and Stardust are jumping and showing all the time, and winning, too! But no matter how good she gets, Ashleigh still wants to be a jockey. Doesn't she?
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  • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Joanne Mattern, Ed Parker, Kathryn Yingling, Robert Louis Stevenson

    Paperback (HarperEntertainment, Sept. 12, 1996)
    Respected scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll engages in some bizarre behavior that baffles his friends, as his experiments lead to the appearance of the destructive and evil Edward Hyde. Original.
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