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Pub. Date
2012
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319 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Agatha is a student at Transylvania Polygnostic University and an aspiring scientist, and when she builds a war machine in her sleep, she is summoned to the Baron's Airship City, where it is a challenge for her merely to survive.
11902) Ever after
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In Ever After, bestselling author Karen Kingsbury has created a moving sequel to Even Now. The book opens as Emily Anderson, now twenty years old, attends college on a soccer scholarship. Through an off-campus job at Fort Lewis, Emily meets a young Army reservist, Justin Baker. Their love—deep, emotional, and built on the foundation of a shared faith—blooms into plans for marriage. Even Emily's parents, Lauren Gibbs and Shane Galanter,...
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Comics for Choice is an anthology of comics about abortion. As this fundamental reproductive right continues to be stigmatized and jeopardized, over sixty artists and writers have created comics that boldly share their own experiences, and educate readers on the history of abortion, current political struggles, activism, and more. Lawyers, activists, medical professionals, historians, and abortion fund volunteers have teamed up with cartoonists and...
11904) Harriet
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
11905) The bear woman
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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253 pages ; 21 cm
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"Blending autofiction and the essay, The Bear Woman takes us on a journey of feminism and literary detective work that spans centuries and continents. In the 1540s, a young French noblewoman, Marguerite de la Rocque, was abandoned by her guardian in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with her maidservant and her lover. In present-day Stockholm, an author and mother of three becomes captivated by the image of Marguerite sheltered in a dark cave all alone after...
11906) The art of dying
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Pub. Date
2019.
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408 pages : map ; 24 cm
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"Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson - a whispering campaign seeks to blame him for the death of a patient in suspicious circumstances. Simpson's protégé Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher are determined to clear their patron's name. But...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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235 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 22 cm
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"Born in 1966 in Ghulja in the Xinjiang region, Gulbahar Haitiwaji was an executive in the Chinese oil industry before leaving for France in 2006 with her husband and children, who obtained the status of political refugees. In 2017 she was summoned in China for an administrative issue. Once there, she was arrested and spent more than two years in a re-education camp. Thanks to the efforts of her family and the French foreign ministry she was freed...
11908) Sunrise
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Sky King Ranch volume 1
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Pilot Dodge Kingston has always been the heir to Sky King Ranch. But after a terrible family fight, he left to become a pararescue jumper. A decade later, he's headed home to the destiny that awaits him. That's not all that's waiting for Dodge. His childhood best friend and former flame, Echo Yazzie, is a true Alaskan--a homesteader, dogsledder, and research guide for the DNR. Most of all, she's living a life Dodge knows could get her killed. When...
11909) Too darn hot
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Faye Quick novels volume 2
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Awash in tears, salesgirl Claire Turner arrives at the Times Square office of private investigator Faye Quick and begs Faye to find her missing boyfriend, army private Charlie Ladd, who has been AWOL for three days. Faye takes the case, which leads her to Charlie's room at the Hotel Commodore-where she finds an unknown man-naked, dead, and stuffed inside a wardrobe. Who is the John Doe, and what connection does he have to the missing Charlie Ladd?...
11910) Landline
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Pub. Date
2014
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7 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
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A moving and hilarious tale of a marriage on the brink, and one woman's chance to either save it or make sure it never happens.
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Ms. Marvel (2014) volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! If Kamala can stop fan-girling out about meeting her favorite super hero, that is. Then, Kamala crosses paths with Inhumanity--by meeting the royal dog, Lockjaw! But why is Lockjaw really with Kamala? As Ms. Marvel discovers more about her past, the Inventor continues to threaten her future. Kamala bands together with some unlikely...
11912) The Jane Austen project
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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480 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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"Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected unpublished novel"--
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Pub. Date
2022.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition"--
11914) A young wife
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When fifteen-year-old Minke travels to Amsterdam to care for the dying wife of an older, wealthy man, she has no idea what awaits her. Within hours of his wife's death Sander proposes marriage. Within days the couple sets sail for the oil fields of Argentina. But her bright future turns dark when Minke's son is kidnapped. With Sander forced to leave for New York at once, Minke must follow him after her new baby's arrival, and abandon her firstborn....
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 351 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Newcomer Gabriel Cochrane arrives in Candleford with a vendetta against the evil banker Steerforth, who he feels has tricked him into losing his business. Elsewhere, Dorcas makes an ill-judged intervention, Minnie becomes worried that Alfie might fall out of love with her, and Emma is left in a precarious financial position.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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332 pages ; 22 cm
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"A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery ... Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as...
11917) Hit so hard: a memoir
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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm
11919) The heart's journey
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Stitches in time volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
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365 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Naomi knows she should be excited about her upcoming wedding, but she remains unmoved. She believes her controlling fiancé may see her more as a servant than a partner. Is it too late to back out of the marriage? While praying for God's guidance, Naomi takes a break from her duties at the Stitches in Time craft shop and travels with her grandmother to Pincecraft, Florida. Along the way she finds herself attracted to Nick, their English driver and...
11920) Time is a river
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Pub. Date
2008
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573 p. ; 23 cm.
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Recovering from breast cancer and reeling from her husband's infidelity, Mia flees to the mountains of North Carolina, and seeks refuge in a neglected cabin belonging to her fly-fishing instructor, where she unknowingly reopens a tragic family scandal.
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