Holleman, Emily
Summary: Reimagines the beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga through the eyes of her younger sister. Reading-group guide available.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLHolleman, Emily
Summary: Sharing the throne of Egypt with her eleven-year-old brother Ptolemy, Cleopatra is caught in a power struggle and forced to flee during a rebel uprising, while her sister Arsinoe, who follows Cleopatra into exile, is forced to chose between betraying her family or her country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLSummary: Offers science fiction and fantasy stories from American authors, including Kelly Link, Karen Russell, and Rich Larson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DUKCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DUKDudgeon, Neil
Summary: DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are called upon to solve a series of crimes in rural Midsomer County, England.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rlj Entertainment 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIDSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOHolleran, Andrew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLHilleman, Andrew
Summary: Once the most wanted man in America, Pat Crowe is a forgotten folk hero who captivated the nation as an outlaw for economic justice. World, Chase Me Down resurrects him, telling the electrifying story of the first great crime of the last century: how in 1900 the out-of-work former butcher kidnapped the teenage son of Omaha's wealthiest meatpacking tycoon for a ransom of $25,000 in gold, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HILHilleman, Andrew
Summary: "Resurrecting a forgotten American folk hero who captivated the nation as an outlaw for economic justice, World, Chase Me Down is a debut novel of adrenaline-fueled, page-turning suspense based on the first great crime of the last century: the revenge kidnapping by out-of-work former butcher Pat Crowe of the sixteen-year-old son of Omaha's wealthiest meatpacking tycoon--the man who forced him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILRosenberg, Amye.
Summary: While the surf otters prepare for Halloween, Ratty Raccoon and Sleazy Weasel enlist Boris the bat to help them scare the otters into giving up their Halloween treats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 1995
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Summary: "In Victorian London, where traveling sideshows are the very pinnacle of entertainment, there is no more coveted ticket than Ashe and Pretorius' Carnivale of Curiosities. Each performance is a limited engagement, and London's elite boldly dare the dangerous streets of Southwark to witness the Carnivale's astounding assemblage of marvels. For a select few, however, the real show begins behind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GCP 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GIBHoleman, Linda
Summary: Moving swiftly between the tents of the Afghan plains to the tropical mansions of India to the dirty streets of London, this is a beautifully written novel about a 19th-century woman who, cursed by a jealous tribeswoman, travels to Victorian England in her desperate quest for survival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLHolleran, Andrew
Summary: "Andrew Holleran's unique literary voice is on full display in this poignant story of lust, dread, and desire--the first novel in thirteen years from one the most acclaimed gay authors of our time"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLRosenberg, Amye.
Summary: Readers may count from one to one hundred while working through the rhymes about some very busy animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Pub. Co. 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ROSENRosenberg, Amye.
Summary: When Rosie the Easter bunny injures her toe, she calls upon her irresponsible son Jelly Bean to deliver the rest of the Easter treats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC ROSSmee, Nicola.
Summary: When Mr. Horse gives a ride to his friends, Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck, they urge him to go faster and faster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boxer Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMEKaufman, Amie
Summary: "Above, in the cloudlands, Nimh has no memory of her past, only an aching, undying certainty that she has left something--someone--behind. Below, on the surface, North looks to the sky, desperate to join the person he loves and return to his world. In their desperation to reunite and save their people, Nimh and North face one ultimate question: can they defy their love and their destiny to save...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: Flynn, Jubilee, Tarver and Lilac forge ties with a computer hacker and a con artist on the planet of Corinth, where they team up to dismantle the corrupt LaRoux Industries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KAUSmee, Nicola.
Summary: After Mr. Horse asks his friends if they want to go for a ride, Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck try to hang on as they urge Mr. Horse to go faster and faster. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boxer Books 2007
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Summary: "A little girl convinces her dad to be a tree all day long, no matter what, even in the rain, in this imaginative picture book that encourages playing pretend and pays tribute to parents"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGEBender, Aimee
Summary: "On the night her single mother is taken to a mental hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is staying with her babysitter, waiting to take the train to Los Angeles to go live with her aunt and uncle. There is a lovely lamp next to the couch on which she's sleeping, the shade adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, Francie spies a dead butterfly, exactly matching the ones...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENBender, Aimee.
Summary: The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010
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Reid, Aimee
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how a newborn baby is welcomed to the world by parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives, and neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIBender, Aimee.
Summary: Being able to taste people's emotions in food may at first be horrifying. But young, unassuming Rose Edelstein grows up learning to harness her gift as she becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010