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41) Nature girl
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
When a rude telemarketer calls while Honey Santana and her son are having dinner she decides to teach him a lesson in good behavior. She lures him and his mistress with a pitch for Florida real estate and includes her ex-husband and 12-year-old son in her plot.
44) Diaries
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow the exploits of renowned veterinarian Dr. Neil Burnie and his Ocean Vet team. In this final episode, Neil provides a fascinating insight into the making of this series. The crew looks back and reveals their favorite moments and close calls. Michael Douglas finally reveals the tragic death of Dr. Neil Burnie from a freak diving accident one week after filming completion, and the crew discusses the impact that Neil had on their lives.
46) Swamplandia!
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the swamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wrestling. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
47) Cry of the wind
Author
Series
Storyteller trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
448 p. ; 25 cm.
Author
Series
Teddy Creque novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"As a Special Constable, Teddy Creque is the only police presence on the remote, sun-drenched island of Anegada, nestled in the heart of the British Virgin Islands. In all his years on the job, Teddy has never considered the possibility that he might have to address an actual crime on his peaceful island. That is, until he receives a hysterical call about a dead man on the beach. Indeed, Teddy is shocked to discover Paul Kelliher, a biologist who...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
477 pages : map ; 23 cm
Description
A missing friend. A dead body on a beach. Multiple suspects and far more questions than answers. Join reporter Adele Plank as she seeks to unravel an increasingly complicated mystery which reaches back more than a century and that now threatens the lives of those closest to her. The Truthing Tree isthe eighth highly-anticipated novel in the popular San Juan Islands Mystery Series by USA Today featured author, D.W. Ulsterman.-The Writer -Dark Waters...
50) Daisy Darker
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Description
"After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker's entire family is assembling for Nana's 80th birthday party in Nana's crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. Then at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family...
51) This other Eden
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast.In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later, the Honeys' descendants and a diverse group of neighbors are desperately poor, isolated,...
Author
Description
Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat • A New York Times Notable Book • Hypnotic in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem us.
“Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine.” —The Boston Globe
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“Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine.” —The Boston Globe
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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
320 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Description
Islands have long been a source of fascination for travellers and theres an endless variety to explore: from storm-battered Faroes to the sort of tropical islands where long-gone pirates may have buried their treasure hauls. Following a similar format to Lonely Planets iconic pictorial The Travel Book, The Islands Book presents 150 of the world's most unique and enchanting islands. All are notable for their history, wildlife or cultural qualities,...
54) A Darker Sky
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Description
Murder is killing the mood at a yoga tourist destination. As dawn breaks on the Canary Islands, a fisherman discovers a woman lying dead on the rocks nearby, her body arranged like a piece of art. To solve the case, Chief Inspector Diego Quintana gets unexpected help from Swedish journalist Sara Moberg, who runs the Scandinavian newspaper on the island, as well as from handsome former investigator Kristian Wede. But not even that can stop the killer...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Junio de 1960. Un temporal mantiene aisladas en la idílica isla de Utakos, frente a Corfú, a nueve personas alojadas en el pequeño hotel local. Nada hace presagiar lo que está a punto de ocurrir: Edith Mander, una discreta turista inglesa, aparece muerta en el pabellón de la playa. Lo que parece un suicidio revela indicios imperceptibles para cualquiera salvo para Hopalong Basil, un actor en decadencia que en otro tiempo encarnó en la...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"Sea, storm, superstition . . . Constable Teddy Creque, the sole police officer on the tiny, sun-soaked island of Anegada, is used to weathering storms. So when Hurricane Leatha hits the Caribbean with brutal force, his main concern is keeping the island's two hundred residents safe. Teddy expects the power to go out. He expects the phone lines to go down. But he doesn't expect the radioed message from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force headquarters,...
57) Sea Glass Island
Author
Series
Ocean breeze volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Formats
Description
With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it's hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero. But Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan; he lost his belief in love. Even after being surrounded...
60) Orphan Island
Author
Description
On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts. And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them -- and taking the eldest one away, never to be...
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