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4241) Dark of the west
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Series
Glass alliance volume 1
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Athan, the youngest son of General Dakar of Savient, wants nothing to do with his father's military and political ambitions, but when his mother is murdered, he is ordered to go undercover in the kingdom of Etania, befriend Princess Aurelia, and gather intelligence about her indomitable mother, who stands between the general and his ultimate goals of conquest.
4242) The jetsetters: a novel
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"When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young and she...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 266 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 22 cm.
Description
In this family history interwoven with recipes, Kathleen Flinn returns readers to the mix of food and memoir beloved by readers of her bestselling The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry. Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good explores the very beginnings of her love affair with food and its connection to home. It is the story of her midwestern childhood, its memorable home cooks, and the delicious recipes she grew up with. Flinn shares tales of her parents'...
4244) Rosetown
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In 1972, Flora Smallwood, nine, copes with her parents' separation with the help of her friends, Yury and Nessie, a new pet, and the familiar routines of life in Rosetown, Indiana.
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Pub. Date
2021
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"Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. Jim Akutsu, considered by some to be the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, resisted the draft and argued that he had no obligation to serve the US military because he was classified as an enemy alien. Hiroshi Kashiwagi renounced his United States citizenship and refused...
4246) The third mushroom
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie's Grandpa Melvin, a world-renowned scientist in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, comes for an extended visit, he teaches her that experimenting--and failing--is part of life.--
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"The intimate, multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod--the iconic place where they've celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bonds--based on more than a hundred in-depth interviews by a Rolling Stone editor whose pieces have appeared in such publications as Town & Country, Esquire, and Vanity Fair. Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the Kennedy family. It is where,...
4248) The Nan movie
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell.
4249) Wallace the brave
Author
Series
Wallace the brave volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
170 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
Description
Follows the adventures of Wallace, his best friend Spud, and new girl Amelia, as they explore their hometown of Snug Harbor.
4250) In the same boat
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing. For Sadie it is a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year. When her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, Sadie is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago. Now she has to spend 265 miles in the same boat with him. It's a chance to sort out her relationship with the boy she...
4251) Hold your tongue
Author
Series
Nunatak first fiction volume no. 60
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
266 pages cm
Description
"After learning that his great-uncle Alfred has suffered a stroke, Richard sets out to tell his father. Waylaid by memories of his stalled romance, stories of run-ins with Mennonites, floods, working a honey wagon, struck by visions of Métis history, and embracing his heritage, Richard confronts his desire to leave town as he searches through Ste. Anne and Southeastern Manitoba. Evoking an oral storytelling epic that weaves together one family's...
4252) Sed
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Minni vive en la parte más pobre de Mumbai, con acceso limitado a agua potable y horas de espera para usar el grifo comunal. Últimamente, el acceso está amenazado por cortes de agua y, como Minni descubre una noche, por ladrones. Sin embargo, en el edificio donde trabaja al servicio de una familia privilegiada, tienen agua potable y hasta una piscina en el techo. Un día Minni se encuentra con el jefe de la mafia del agua. ¿Debe denunciarlo,...
4253) Weeds: season 7
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (353 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York, New High! After serving three years in the joint, the onetime suburban soccer mom is making a fresh start in New York City and going back to doing what she does best: selling pot. But when some old friends return, they could send everything up in flames.
4254) Before my eyes
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Pub. Date
2014.
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292 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Told in three separate voices, dreamy Claire, seventeen, with her complicated home and love life, shy Max, also seventeen, a state senator's son whose parents are too focused on the next election to see his pain, and twenty-one-year-old paranoid schizophrenic Barkley teeter on the brink of destruction.
4255) Downton Abbey: a new era
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.
4257) Stowaway
Pub. Date
c2008
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After befriending American Tommy Randall in Shanghai, tiny Chinese orphan Ching-Ching falls asleep in Tommy's car, which soon becomes cargo on a ship bound for San Francisco. Along the way, Ching-Ching plays matchmaker to Tommy and Susan Parker, who eventually marry and adopt her. But when the couple's clashing personalities lead them to divorce court, the one-time orphan must again work her magic to try to keep her new family together.
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Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"THE OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE GROUNDBREAKING DUNE CONCLUDES... After his father's untimely death, young Leto ascends to Duke of House Atreides while Duncan Idaho starts down the path to become one of Leto's right-hand men. Meanwhile, Baron Harkonnen wastes no time moving against the new Duke by stoking the centuries-long feud between the Harkonnens and Atreides. A new dawn rises when Crown Prince Shaddam successfully ousts his father from the throne...
4259) One true way
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
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213 pages ; 22 cm
Description
From the moment she met Samantha, star of the school basketball team, on her first day at Daniel Boone Middle School, Allison Drake felt she had found a friend, something she needs badly since her brother died and her father left--but as their friendship grows it begins to evolve into a deeper emotion, and in North Carolina in 1977, it is not easy to discover that you might be gay.
4260) Everyday
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While Ian is in prison for drug smuggling, he will only see his wife and four children occasionally. Each member of his family will develop a different relationship with him as he is not there to offer the guidance of a father and husband. By the time he is allowed visits at home, their lives have become forever separated. However, the bonds that hold a family together will keep them forever linked.
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