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(Fictitious character) Marple, Jane Fiction Imaginary wars and battles Drama Kings and rulers Kings and rulers Drama Murder Investigation Fiction Nobility Drama Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Drama Trees Fiction Women detectives England Fiction Women journalists FictionSummary: As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact. But can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RSummary: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC RATED PG-13Trent, Chistine.
Summary: Only a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian London, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking. She is empathetic, well-versed in funeral fashions, and comfortable with death's role in life--until its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2013
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Canton, Chamein.
Summary: Three friends over forty still wait for Prince Charming in the form of their favorite Austen character, Mr. Darcy. Not quite ready to turn in their hot chick cards for the hot flashes of menopause, they'd like to find a man who is charming, smug, intelligent and cute to share the primes of their lives with (even if one of them doesn't know she's looking). Together they navigate this brave...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genesis Press, Inc. 2009
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Krebs, Chrissie
Summary: A bear reluctantly becomes a wizard when a magic wand crashes into his head, and he uses his powers to protect the forest animals from an evil wolf.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KRE (Graphic novel)Daugherty, Christi
Summary: "Crime reporter Harper McClain is back on the beat when a troubled musician vanishes in Christi Daugherty's Revolver Road. Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain's heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city's towering oaks, surrounded by graceful mansions. Instead, she's hiding miles away on Tybee Island after a mysterious voice on the phone...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DAUAndrews, Christiane M.
Summary: "A young shepherdess, her wolf companion, and a young oracle-apprentice must stop a king's reign of terror after he receives a frightening prophecy"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ANDMangan, Christine (Christine Rose)
Summary: "A suspenseful, transporting literary thriller about a British novelist who heads to Venice after a public breakdown, by Christine Mangan, the bestselling author of Tangerine. It's 1966 and Frankie Croy needs a break. Having achieved success with her debut bestseller, she's been trying desperately to live up to the high expectations of her editor and fans, only to fall short with each new book....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MANAlger, Cristina
Summary: On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALGHenríquez, Cristina
Summary: "A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author, Christina Dodd, comes the newest thriller of this "remarkable, mesmerizing series" (Library Journal starred review) set in the quaint -- and deadly -- coastal town of Virtue Falls ... BECAUSE I'M WATCHING! Veteran Jacob Denisov lives alone in his small, darkened home, sleepless, starving, blaming himself for the horrors of the past and waiting for the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DODDodd, Christina
Summary: Kellen Adams suffers from a yearlong gap in her memory caused by a gunshot wound to the head. But she's discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence, her very self.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DODDodd, Christina
Summary: Sentenced to life in prison for a murder she did not commit, eighteen-year-old Evelyn escapes and works under an alias at a wilderness camp, where her chance at revenge is complicated by a former employer's mysterious connections.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DODLi, Christina
Summary: "Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LIChristie, Agatha
Summary: Mr. Parker Pyne is having trouble trying to get to Beirut, what with his rusty linguistic skills and the less-than-comfortable travelling arrangements. But, with the help of a German pilot, Herr Schlagel, he is soon able to get his bearings. Herr Schlagel confesses that his thoughts are dominated by the mysterious and sudden death of one of his last passengers, who was in the company of Lady...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2012
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Christie, Agatha
Summary: "There's a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter . . . It's the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintry whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories - some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple - is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHRChristie, Agatha.
Summary: The world's best-selling mystery with over 100 million copies sold! Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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Christie, Agatha.
Summary: Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2012
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Christie, Michael
Summary: "It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich vacationers in one of the world's last remaining forests. It's 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, fallen from a ladder and sprawled on his broken back, calling out from the concrete floor of an empty mansion. It's 1974 and Willow Greenwood is out of jail, free after being locked up...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHRMatheson, Christie
Summary: Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
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We have 4 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Feehan, Christine.
Summary: GhostWalker Kane Cannon's mission plunges him into a hot zone more personal than he anticipated: the hiding place of Rose Patterson-hunted fugitive, ex-lover, and a fellow GhostWalker desperate to save the life of her unborn child. Kane's Child .
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2010
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Loomis, Christine.
Summary: Langley the snail arrives at the store too late to buy the perfect Father's Day present for his dad, but on the return trip, he finds that the very best gifts are from the heart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LOOPride, Christine
Summary: "Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event--a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021