Summary: Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel. The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis, a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ATL RATED PG-13Schweblin, Samanta
Summary: "Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with a dark choice or the fallibility of parents. This was the collection that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SCHMargolis, Sue
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Publisher / Publication Date: DELTA 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMargulies, Phillip
Summary: A sweeping historical tale based on the life and times of the daughter of a New York merchant finds the orphaned Belle suffering at the hands of a rival cousin before working as a prostitute and transforming herself repeatedly to win the love and life she desires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarkley, Stephen
Summary: "The debut of a major talent; a lyrical and emotional novel set in an archetypal small town in northeastern Ohio--a region ravaged by the Great Recession, an opioid crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--depicting one feverish, fateful summer night in 2013 when four former classmates converge on their hometown, each with a mission, all haunted by the ghosts of their shared histories. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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Summary: "A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv,bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHDay, Marele.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAYMarkley, Stephen
Summary: In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become bound to a stunning cast of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARMargolis, Sue.
Summary: Tallulah's grandmother, Nana Ida, wants her granddaughter to have a big Jewish wedding although Tallulah and her fiancé would prefer a small wedding. After months of planning the groom doesn't show up. So Nana Ida gets busy with matchmaking and Tallulah discovers that happiness doesn't always come in the form of the perfect doctor and that real love doesn't require a catered affair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMargolis, Sue.
Summary: Her husband left her for another man. Her boyfriend may be cheating. Her mother's got a secret. Is everyone having great sex but Rachel? "Spin Cycle" tells a wickedly funny, shamelessly erotic story of lovers and liars, exes and children, parents and other strangers. This hip and hilarious novel by the acclaimed author of "Neurotica" introduces a heroine who never loses her sense of humor and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMangle, Bethany
Summary: When Cara accidentally posts a rant about her father and his new wife online, it goes viral-- and catches the attention of the TV producers behind a new reality dating show for single parent families. Now Cara and her mother have been whisked away to sunny Key West where they're asked to narrow a field of suitors and their kids down to one winning pair. It's outside Cara's comfort zone, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MANMorales, Yuyi.
Summary: Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORMarkley, Stephen
Summary: In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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Rey, Margret
Summary: Compilation of eight previously published Curious George titles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYMargolis, Leslie.
Summary: In Brooklyn, New York, twelve-year-old dog-walker Maggie, aided by her twin brother Finn and best friend Lucy, investigates someone she believes is stealing pets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARMargolis, Leslie.
Summary: Maggie Brooklyn is distracted from solving the mystery of who is out to sabotage the new sweet shop in the neighborhood because her new dogsitting job has her and her twin brother Finn spending time in what may be a real haunted mansion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARMargolis, Sue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Trade Paperbacks 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMorales, Yuyi
Summary: "Niño's little sisters get in on the wrestling action"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORBush, Marlee
Summary: "Twin sisters Cassie and Lenora are inseparable. Ever since that night, they've been on their own, and that's how they like it. As the sole permanent residents of Cabin Two, their refuge on an isolated Tennessee campground, the twins manage to stay away from prying eyes, probing questions, and true crime junkies. The peace and quiet is almost enough to make them forget what happened all those...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2024
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Summary: Ms. Frizzle's class learns about camoflage in the animal world and competes in a school-wide game of hide-and-seek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: A determined dog runs away from home after his young owner dresses him in one too many ridiculous bows, a decision that he questions when he realizes that life is better at his friend's side.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTCotterill, Samantha
Summary: "A sensitive boy gets overwhelmed by all the sights, sounds, and sensations at the beach, but his dad has a trick to help his son face these unexpected obstacles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019