Summary: Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors heralding the rise of National Socialism. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm but the authorities believe he is the problem.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SIXPella, Judith.
Summary: The romance of Mariana Remizov, a Russian nurse, and Daniel Trent, an American war correspondent, during the 1905 Russo-Japanese War. By the author of Heirs to the Motherland.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PELPella, Judith.
Summary: When James Baldwin takes a new position with the B&O Railroad, he and Carolina decide to move their growing family from Baltimore to a small rural town in the Allegheny Mountains. Their stepdaughter becomes enthralled with an Irish railroad worker and James must stop a destructive plan among the workers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PELBarrick, Ella.
Summary: After her business partner and ex-fiance is found murdered in their dance studio, Stacy Graysin finds her world spinning wildly out of control when she is named the chief suspect in the investigation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Obsidian 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBerman, Ella
Summary: "A deep dive into the psyche of a young actress raised in the spotlight under the influence of a charming, manipulative film director and the moment when she decides his time for winning is over. At the height of her career and on the eve of her first Golden Globe nomination, teen star Grace Turner disappeared. Now, tentatively sober and surprisingly numb, Grace is back in Los Angeles after her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERGriffin, Ella
Summary: "Drawing together a delightful cast of characters, Ella Griffin brings her warmth, wit, and wisdom to this captivating tale of the connections that bring us all together. Every bouquet tells a story. And every story begins at Blossom & Grow, a tiny flower shop in the heart of Dublin... Among the buckets of fragrant blooms, beneath the flickering candles and lanterns, Lara works her magic,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2016
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Summary: While the Civil War is raging, Brenton Baldwin has promised to provide a safe escort to California for Caitlan O'Connor. But now that his heart is totally hers, how can he leave her once they finally arrive? Meanwhile, Kiernan and Victoria O'Connor struggle as his work on the Central Pacific Railroad keeps them separated for long periods of time. Then a devastating accident with explosives...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Cerón, Ella
Summary: Book smart teen Lola's summer plans are derailed when she is sent to live with her grandmother in Mexico City and learns a family secret that changes her life forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CERElba, Idris
Summary: While in Istanbul, a lonely middle-aged scholar encounters a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2022
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY THRCopies Available at Fife Lake
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Summary: When Jordana Baldwin meets Rich O'Brian again, romantic sparks fly; but will the past—and their competing interests-keep them apart or bring them together? The Civil War has ended, and the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads are locked in a high-stakes competition to link the eastern states with their western counterparts. Jordana Baldwin's writing catches the attention of an eastern...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2012
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Pella, Judith.
Summary: As the U.S. descends into the Civil War, photographer Brenton Baldwin travels west with his sister Jordana, taking pictures of the developing lands and in search of their sister. Along for the trip is young Caitlan O'Connor, who has just arrived from Ireland. Will they make it to California to find their family despite the danger that looms ahead? And can early romance grow into love in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Woollard, Elli
Summary: When a pig discovers the wolf's plan to eat Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother, he rushes out to buy supplies that he will need to catch the wolf and save the grandmother.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019
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Summary: When single mom Jo Dykstra was at her lowest, her childhood friend Dana McFarlane helped her out big-time. So, when Jo gets a frantic late-night call from Dana, sobbing and desperate for help, it feels like a chance to help her friend in return. The last thing Jo expects to see when she arrives at Dana's oceanfront mansion is her friend's husband dead, sprawled face down on the floor. Dana...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "We walk in dreams," the Head had said. "It was only a matter of time before a nightmare followed us back." "Kingstone Keep. Falleaf House. Stillwater House. Spellshadow Manor. Seek these places, and do not leave them. Cower within their walls..." Alex doesn't have all the answers yet, but he and his friends are running out of time. With Aamir's new position as a professor, they hoped he might...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nightlight Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Forrest 2017Rankin, Ellan
Summary: Inspired by a true story, a remarkable friendship between a baby elephant and her keeper shows that kindness is never forgotten. Includes a note about the zookeeper named Denise Weston Austin who protected the baby Asian elephant named Sheila during World War II in Belfast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RANWoollard, Elli
Summary: A case of mistaken identity allows a young dragon and knight to become friends, but the two sworn enemies must decide what to do when they discover the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOOBurfoot, Ella.
Summary: A young girl shares her recipe for baking the perfect book, from breaking ideas into a cup to adding periods and capital letters, with a pinch of good, a dash of bad, and carefully cut out characters mixed in.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BURElla, Sara
Summary: The worlds of Coral, Brooke, and Merrick, teens wounded by mental illness and family problems, collide and they must choose what to leave behind in order to survive and start fresh.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ELLBell, Celia
Summary: "This radiant and thrilling debut follows a passionate love affair between two noblewomen who wish to free themselves from their repressive society, whatever the cost. In 17th century Paris, everyone has something to hide. The noblemen and women and writers consort with fortune tellers in the dark confines of their salons, servants practice witchcraft and black magic, and the titled poison...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELDawson, Ella
Summary: "Sex and culture critic Ella Dawson's But How Are You, Really, about a burned-out bisexual young woman who attends her five-year college reunion and confronts her estranged chosen family, old demons, and the ex she maybe shouldn't have walked away from. But How Are You, Really is equal parts sexy second chance romance, a powerful reckoning with toxic workplace culture and burnout, and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024
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Summary: Beauty lies in the truth. A wife with a thirst for revenge desperately trying to save her marriage while hiding in the shadows of her memories... A woman with questionable intentions, a sketchy past, and a taste for unavailable men... A husband in love with his wife, a man mesmerized by his mistress, a willing hostage caught between two obsessive women. A murderer, a liar, and a cheater. You...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2016
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McLeod, Ella
Summary: "You're fifteen. You spend your time at school and at Val's hair salon with Baker, Val's son, who has eyes that are like falling off a cliff into space. The salon is a space of safety, but also of possibility and dreams. When you dream, you visit an enchanted forest full of friends and wonder. You dream of witches and magic, of hair so rich and alive that it grow upwards and outwards into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: This delightful board book with touch-and-feel elements introduces babies to the Irish traditions and symbols of St. Patrick's Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: BOARD PATBailey, Ella
Summary: "The series focused on the way our young animal friends spend a day continues with an adventurous dolphin calf, as she explores the vast Pacific ocean with her mother and meets the many wonderful water dwelling creatures that live there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2018