Hall, Parnell
Summary: When the obnoxious sixteen-year-old Peggy Dawson asks Cora Felton to solve a puzzle for her, Cora is delighted to find that the puzzle has been stolen. She is less delighted, however, when a blood- Soon a body is discovered in the middle of Main Street, and Cora has a murder investigation on her hands. It does not help matters when she hears that her least favorite ex-husband, Melvin, is in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALJacobs, A. J.
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.73 JACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 793.73 JACHall, Parnell.
Summary: It's the battle of the century when Minami, the Sudoku Lady, shows up in Bakerhaven, Connecticut, to meet Cora Felton, the Puzzle Lady, whose sudoku books have just edged Minami's off the Japanese bestseller list. Before the rivals have a chance to square off, a killer strikes, and a sudoku puzzle is found at the scene of the murder. Now it's a fight to the finish to see who can unmask the killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALHall, Parnell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M HALBerlin, Eric.
Summary: Winston and his friends enter an all-day puzzle contest to win fifty-thousand dollars for their school, but they must also figure out who is trying to keep them from winning. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BERHall, Parnell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M HALSadri, Ahmad.
Summary: A collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals, and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century and retold here in prose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Quantuck Lane Press 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 891.5534 SADWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: When the Alden children accompany their grandfather on a trip to Seattle, they discover clues throughout the city, seemingly planted just for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARSummary: Filmed at the Bibliotheque Nationale, this program spotlights an outstanding representative work of Persian miniature: Five Poems by the 12th-century poet Nezami, as interpreted in the 17th century by Haydar Qoli Naqqash, a painter of the Safavide School, and calligrapher Abd al Djabbar. A marriage of artistic and poetic languages, this masterpiece serves as a dual entry point into Persian art...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Keene, Carolyn
Summary: "It's autumn in River Heights, and that means it's time for the annual Fall Festival! Nancy, Bess, and George are excited for a whole week of games, rides, delicious treats, and the famous pumpkin-decorating contest. They are all participating for the first time this year! But the day the girls are set to compete, all the designs for the contest are stolen and the decorating supplies are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KEESummary: Science is identifying new biological processes that determine a person's sex. How will these findings affect the transgender and transsexual community? This program explores the latest research into gender development and the medical, cultural, and legal issues at the heart of the "brain sex" school of thought. Showing how human genome research has shifted scientific focus away from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Roy, Ron
Summary: The orange outlaw: While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, Inc. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Firme, Tom
Summary: "Learn about the histories of the Persian Gulf (1991), Afghanistan (2001-2014), and Iraq Wars (2003-2011) in this volume of History Summarized. Each volume in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 956.7 FIRLeigh, Susannah.
Summary: Young readers solve a series of picture puzzles and search for items hidden in the illustrations while accompanying Rosie as she looks for the king's precious golden crown and dodges sharks, plays with dolphins, and crosses the maze.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEIOliver, Martin
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 0000
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE OLIAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: Mildred Kilgore and Earlynne Biddle are planning to open a bakery on the square-if they can come up with the right recipes. Charlie Dickens faces two of the biggest puzzles of his career as an investigative reporter, and one of them involves his wife. Cute little Cupcake's talent as a singer and dancer makes her a tempting target for an unscrupulous exploiter. Lizzy must enlist the Dahlias to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseveto Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBThompson, Christina
Summary: "A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 996 THOGreen Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Davis, Richard G.
Contents: Desert Shield : the Kuwait crisis and the decision to intervene. -- The initial deployment -- The offensive air campaign plan -- The offensive deployment, morale, and training -- Desert Storm : The decision for war -- Thunder and hail over Baghdad: the initial attacks -- Weather and the great Scud hunt -- Continuing the air offensive against Iraq -- Assessment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 DAVZeinert, Karen.
Summary: Traces the rise and fall of the Persian Empire from its earliest days to the seventh century when it was conquered by the Arabs. The culture, artistic achievements, religion, and legacy of the once mighty empire are discussed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 935.05 ZEIAllahyari, Hamed
Summary: Hamed Allahyari cooks to connect - for that joyful moment you can say salamati (Farsi for "health" and "cheers") around the table. A restaurateur in Iran, it was natural for Hamed to gravitate to food after a long and perilous journey to a new life in Australia. He road-tested his dishes at hundreds of cooking classes, eventually launching his heartfelt cafe and restaurant, SalamaTea. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chancellor 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.13 HINSummary: "Kids will develop their critical thinking skills, solve complicated puzzles, and advance their thinking with these brain games and challenges. Increase problem solving speed; Improve critical thinking skills; Solve complex challenges; Learn the fundamentals of programming"--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC. 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Hall, Parnell
Summary: Cora Felton's ex-husband's sensational tell-all memoir, Confessions of a Trophy Husband: My Life with the Puzzle Lady, has been optioned for the movies-- and the Puzzle Lady herself is signed on as an associate producer. Cora hopes to have some control over the project, but the truth is that she needs the money. Filming in New York City, Cora finds she doesn't like the script, she doesn't like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2019