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Electronic dance music Fantasy literature Authorship Female friendship Fiction Magic Fiction Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Public prosecutors Washington (D.C.) Fiction Reminiscing in old age Fiction Songs, Spanish Syracuse (N.Y.) Fiction Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973Summary: When young Lili is forced to give up her beloved dog Hagen, deemed 'unfit' by the State, she and the dog begin a dangerous journey back toward each other. The one-time house pet has learned much, not all good, in his journey through the streets and animal control centers, as he leads a pack of 'unfit' dogs to bite the hands that beat them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PAGBán, Zsófia
Summary: "Perfect for anyone looking for a little more Nohoo (or "know-how") in your life, Zsófia Bán's mock-textbook, Night School: A Reader for Grownups covers all the important subjects, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French, complete with a hearty dose of irony. Bán's "lectures" tell of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Letter 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANArchibald, Zofia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Antonsson, Sofia
Summary: "Fifty easy, delicious green meals to balance your gut and treat gastrointestinal Issues. What should you eat if you have a sensitive stomach or suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? The answer lies in a low-FODMAP diet-one of the most effective methods there is for alleviating the symptoms of stomach disorders. And while you're at it, eat anti-inflammatory and vegetarian meals to boost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56383 ANTSamatar, Sofia.
Summary: Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAMSofie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SOFBenitez,Sofia
Summary: Wanting to start a business together to earn some spending money, Honey Moon and her friends have a magical idea. In the town where every day is Halloween night, Honey and friends start a dog-walking service called the Sleepy Hollow Howlers. But when the business becomes more than the girls can handle, dog-walking suddenly takes on a new leash and fur flies with disastrous and entertaining...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BENAxelrod, Sofia
Summary: "Discover the best baby sleep method-gentle, science-backed, and inspired by the latest Nobel Prize-winning research-that shows you how to get your baby to sleep through the night naturally"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 154.6083 AXEGrant, Sofia
Summary: "In the 1940s and 50s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were sold a bill of goods: find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. These best friends never expected to be on the train to Reno, those 'lies in white dresses' shattered, their marriages over. On board the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P GRASzamosi, Sofia
Summary: "Olive is spending the summer before college helping a fashion-industry imaging specialist-and pondering the impact of this work behind the scenes."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SZAGrant, Sofia
Summary: "World War II has ended and American women are shedding their old clothes for the gorgeous new styles. Voluminous layers of taffeta and tulle, wasp waists, and beautiful colors, all so welcome after years of sensible styles and strict rationing. Jeanne Brink and her sister Peggy both had to weather every tragedy the war had to offer: Jeanne without the fianc©♭ she's counted on, Peggy now a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Grant 2017Kourtesis, Sofia
Summary: A string of rapturously received EPs and singles made Sofia Kourtesis one of the fastest rising stars in the electronic world and beyond. This album is joyful, awash with warm light and brimming with "hope and the value that big love can create miracles". It's filled with the minutiae of life that Kourtesis didn't have time or energy for, going out with friends, dating, dancing, eating, living....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: By age 50, Elin Boals has created for herself a perfect life: her wildly successful business as Manhattan's preeminent fashion photographer is flourishing. Her handsome, patient husband is devoted to her; her teenaged daughter, Alice, has been accepted to the ballet academy of her dreams. But then Elin receives an innocuous looking envelope. Folded inside is a star-chart, with an address...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LUNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUNLundberg, Sofia
Summary: Living alone in her Stockholm apartment, a ninety-six-year-old woman reminisces through the pages of a long-kept address book before starting to write down stories from her past, unlocking family secrets in unexpectedly beneficial ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION LUNCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lundberg 2019Leotta, Allison.
Summary: A thrilling ride through D.C.'s criminal justice, as Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Curtis makes a series of choices that jeopardizes her career, her relationships, and her very life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEOSpiotta, Dana
Summary: "The most ambitious, accomplished, and beguiling novel yet from the author of the National Book Award finalist Eat the Document and the National Books Critics Circle Award finalist Stone Arabia. Innocents and Others is a riveting story about three women looking for meaning in friendship, work, and love--"Dana Spiotta is a major unnervingly intelligent writer" (Joy Williams, author of The Quick...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPILeotta, Allison
Summary: "From Allison Leotta, the "highly entertaining storyteller" (George Pelecanos) who writes "in a style that's as real as it gets" (USA TODAY), a ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus rape and the disappearance of a young woman. Emma, a freshman at a Michigan university, has gone missing. She was last seen leaving a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEOLeotta, Allison.
Summary: Investigating the falling death of a high-paid escort at the U.S. Capitol building, Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Curtis teams up with brash FBI Special Agent Samantha Randazzo to examine clues implicating a powerful elected official.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEOPasternack, Sofiya
Summary: "As the daughter of a prominent judge of Khazaria, twelve-year-old Ziva is expected to focus on learning etiquette and decorum in hopes of finding a good husband. But she doesn't care about any of that. Instead, she spends her days with her twin brother, Pesah, as they work to try to find a cure for his leprosy. Now Pesah's getting worse. The best doctors have given him mere weeks to live, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: J FIC PASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PASCiotta, Beth.
Summary: Working undercover for an organization that exposes fraud using reformed criminals to catch current ones, Evie Parish, a former lounge singer, comes to the rescue of her mother, who falls for a sweetheart scam, with the help of her sexy new boss and a former lover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CiottPasternack, Sofiya
Summary: In an alternate ninth century, twelve-year-old Anya and a new friend face a Viking and a tsar to protect the water dragon that saved her life, putting her family's home at risk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PASGrotta, Daniel
Summary: Surprisingly little is known about the personal life of the creator of Middle Earth. This man, who was embarrassed by success, lived most of his life as an Oxford scholar in the surrounds of a cloistered academic community. As a child in South Africa, Tolkien was kidnapped by a native and taken into the bush. As a youngster in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, Tolkien was raised by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. GROSpiotta, Dana
Summary: Sharing a close bond that supersedes other relationships, Nic, a fiercely reclusive musician, and Denise, his dedicated sister and solitary audience member, become increasingly isolated in the wake of Nic's obsessive work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2011