Summary: The story follows a young mother who, when on a day trip with her husband and son, commits a startling act of violence and, to her horror, has no idea why. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the 'who' or the 'what,' but the 'why.' When an investigator finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman's buried motive, together they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SINBrown, Petra
Summary: "While Big Bear and Little Bear are sleeping, a wild storm rages. They wake to find that the wind has knocked down the trees, they'll have to move. Big Bear helps Little Bear understand that home is who you're with"-Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROMathers, Petra.
Summary: Lottie the chicken has a number of adventures at the beach, during which her new towel comes in handy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MATPetry, Ann
Summary: "The Street follows Lutie Johnson, a young, newly single mother, as she struggles to make a better life for her son, Bub. An intimate account of the aspirations and challenges of black, female, working-class life, much of it set on a single block in Harlem, the novel exposes structural inequalities in American society while telling a complex human story, as overpriced housing, lack of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETMathers, Petra.
Summary: With the encouragement of his friend, Herbie spends days writing poems about food for a contest and although he does not win, he does find an appreciative audience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MATDurst-Benning, Petra
Summary: It isn't easy for a woman to cut loose in 1890s Berlin. But the winds of change are blowing, and nothing can stop Josephine from pursuing her dreams. After the tragic death of her little brother, Josephine travels to the Black Forest to heal. There she discovers a feeling of freedom astride a brand-new invention called the "velocipede." The very idea of a woman on a bicycle is beyond taboo --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2012Durst-Benning, Petra
Summary: When Isabelle took a chance and eloped with Leon Feininger, her true love, she hadn't stopped to consider what would happen next. Winter on his family's isolated vineyard proves tougher than she expected, and Isabelle finds herself daydreaming, envisioning the wines she and Leon will make when they have their own land. An unexpected inheritance opens a door for the newlyweds--Leon's uncle has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2016Durst-Benning, Petra
Summary: In the last month of 1849, Hannah, pregnant by a traveling seed trader, arrives in a small village in the Swabian Mountains to find the father of her child. Helmut is due to be married to the town beauty in January and Hannah is determined to win his love for herself but the longer she stays, the more attached she becomes to both the town and to Helmut's fiancée.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2017Durst-Benning, Petra
Summary: "In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when glassblower Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Johanna takes a practical approach to looking for work, Ruth follows her heart, aiming to catch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazoncrossing 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2014Durst-Benning, Petra
Summary: "In 1905, on her twenty-sixth birthday, Mimi Reventlow receives a marriage proposal from the vicar of her family's church. But a future of housework, childcare, and servicing a parish doesn't appeal to the restless and unconventional Mimi. She has ambitions of her own - to follow in the footsteps of her beloved uncle Josef and become a traveling photographer. Leaving behind all that has been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2020Durst-Benning, Petra
Summary: "Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the trouble is she doesn't know precisely what she wants. Then her aunt Marie, the family's renowned glassblower, arrives from Lauscha, Germany, and Wanda decides that learning about her ancestry may hold the key to her future. When Marie accidentally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2015Horáček, Petr
Summary: Assured by his animal friends that their meadow is the best place in the world, Hare embarks on a journey to see other places. He visits beautiful green fields, gushing rivers, and starlit deserts before missing his friends back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: Goat is tired of eating grass. What will she eat next?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E HORHoráček, Petr
Summary: Encourages readers to say good night to several animals before settling down for a sleep of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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Summary: Inspired by her time as Hunter S. Thompson's assistant, Della Pietra's novel tells the story of Alley Russo, a recent college grad desperately trying to make it in the grueling world of New York publishing. Like so many who have come before her, she has no connections and has settled for an unpaid magazine internship while slinging drinks on Bleecker Street just to make ends meet. That's when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIEHoráček, Petr.
Summary: When Mouse discovers that the big juicy apple she finds is too big to fit into her tiny home, she sets out to find a larger house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E HorHoráček, Petr
Summary: "The tiger is the most fearless animal in the jungle, but when hunters take him to a cage in the city he discovers there is something much more valuable than strength or power"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: Suzy Goose tries again and again to get a star for the Christmas tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HORSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATSummary: Detective Hannah Laing becomes deeply conflicted when she discovers her son is playing a crucial role as an undercover informant in the investigation of a brutal murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Before 2022Petry, Ann Lane
Summary: A biography of the famous woman who worked to free her people on the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1955
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Summary: "Germany, 1911. Certain things are expected of a woman. Defiant Mimi Reventlow has chosen to be the woman she wants to be. For now, that's the resident, if temporary, photographer in Laichingen. Here, against the odds, in a vocation uncommon for her gender, she maintains a struggling studio. She cares for her aging uncle and mentor. She's captured the affections of a roguish young local. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2020Durst-Benning, Petra
Summary: Johanna, the oldest of the three Steinmann sisters, has successfully managed the family glassblowing business since her father's death, and her sister Marie's artistic gifts have made their wares unexpectedly famous. But now the livelihood of the town of Lauscha, Germany--known around the world as the "paradise of glass"--is in danger. The local glassworks is about to be sold, and rumor has it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Durst-Benning 2015Durst-Benning, Petra
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2017