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eBooks for December December 2017
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Humor & mystery for the holidays. Take a break with an eBook during the hustle & bustle! All titles are available for download to a variety of devices at nh.overdrive.com Questions? Call Cary at the library, 603-757-1838
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All I Want for Christmas Is Fudge by Nancy CocoThis Christmas, event planner Jenn Christensen has come back to the winter wonderland of Mackinac Island, Michigan, to race for charity in the Santa Fun Run, rekindle her love for CSI tech Shane Carpenter, and indulge in her BFF Allie McMurphy's fabulous fudge. But there's one event she didn't plan--chasing down a killer.
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Antiques Slay Ride by Barbara AllanThe Christmas rush is on as Brandy Borne and her quaintly quirky mother, Vivian, sniff out plum collectibles for resale, only to find the owner of a Santa's workshop worth of treasures has received some deadly tidings. It's beginning to look a lot like murder.
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Christmas Files : Operation Snowstorm by Alan WilkinsonThe Christmas Files: Operation Snowstorm is a hugely entertaining comedy thriller that shows us Santa and his toymaking operation as we've never seen them before. The story centres around ruthless billionaire Luther Averus's plot to get rid of Santa and claim Christmas for himself.
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Decked with Holly by Marni BatesWhen Holly Dayton gets seasick on vacation, she stumbles into drummer Dominic Wyatt's open suite and finds herself caught up in rumors and a fake romance.
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The Dog who Came for Christmas by Sue PethickWhen her son finds a scrappy little dog named Max, Renee and her family bond with the little pup, but when his owner shows up to claim him, Renee meets the first man to intrigue her since her divorce.
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Festivus : The Holiday for the Rest of Us
by Allen Salkin
An illustrated guide to celebrating the national anti-holiday that originated on the classic Seinfeld episode presents tongue-in-cheek advice about such traditions as an "airing of grievances" and "feats of strength" competitions, providing complementary recipes, songs, and instructions for making a tinsel-free Festivus pole.
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Holidays on Ice With Six New Stories by David SedarisA best-selling classic features essays on the joys and embarrassments of favorite holidays, in a volume that includes tales of tardy trick-or-treaters, the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to another culture and a barnyard Secret Santa scheme gone awry.
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An Idiot Girl's Christmas : True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List by Laurie NotaroIn a hilarious compendium of essays and accounts of her autobiographical misadventures and life experiences, the author of The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Guide describes a series of Yuletide disasters and mishaps, from a Christmas tree tug-of-war with her mother to a catastrophic introduction to her future in-laws.
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Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'NanManaging a failed seafood restaurant in a run-down New England mall just before Christmas, Manny DeLeon coordinates a challenging final shift of mutinous staff members, an effort that is complicated by his love for a waitress, a pregnant girlfriend, and an elusive holiday gift.
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A Little Fruitcake : A Childhood in Holidays by David Valdes GreenwoodAn entertaining array of twelve stories, one for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas, captures the spirit of the holiday and the whimsical unpredictability of family celebrations, from crazy relatives and Christmas pageants to the annual fruitcake.
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Merry Humbug Christmas by Sandra D. BrickerFeatures two seasonal romance novellas linked by a "Twelve Days of Christmas" theme.
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Seven Days of Usby Francesca Hornak It's Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew's elder daughter--who is usually off saving the world--will be joining them at Weyfield Hall, their aging country estate. But Olivia, a doctor, is only coming home because she has to. Having just returned from treating an epidemic abroad, she's been told she must stay in quarantine for a week...and so too should her family. For the next seven days, the Birches are locked down, cut off from the rest of humanity--and even decent Wi-FI--and forced into each other's orbits.
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Skipping Christmas by John GrishamA novel by the author of The Summons finds Luther and Nora Krank opting to forego the unfulfilling end-of-year traditions, much to the chagrin of their friends and neighbors.
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The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys BowenWhile serving as an assistant to the hostess of a large Christmas house party in Tiddleton-under-Lovey, Georgie gets the attention of her retired detective grandfather after dead bodies begin showing up.
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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook : Holidays by Joshua PivenA guide to dealing with the trials and tribulations of the holiday season offers a variety of whimsical coping strategies for dealing with obnoxious relatives, surviving an office holiday party, escaping a runaway parade balloon or a stampede of rabid shoppers, rescuing someone stuck in a chimney, silencing a group of carolers, and other festive scenarios.
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Margret and H.A. Rey's Merry Christmas, Curious George by Cathy HapkaA holiday story starring the irrepressible curious little monkey finds George excitedly accompanying the man with the yellow hat to a tree farm to find the perfect Christmas tree only to be accidentally carried away in a tree that is delivered to a children's hospital.
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Night of the Living Eggnog by Kirk ScroggsWhen a carton of eggnog turns into a deadly menace that bubbles over and devours everything in its path, Wiley and Grampa must find a way to save their beloved Gingham County from certain doom and so turn to Roberto Claus, Santa's second cousin, for some much needed assistance in figuring out just what to do.
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A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas
by Ralph Covert
The classic Christmas story is told from Fritz's point of view, in a holiday title based on the popular musical of the same name.
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