Summary: After trashing her neighbor's house in a reckless teen rage, Kris is forced to help her neighbor, Abe Turner an ex-bull rider scraping by on the Texas rodeo circuit. While traveling with Abe, Kris discovers a passion for bull riding. Together, Kris and Abe forge an unexpected connection, helping each other see new possibilities and hope for the future before it's too late.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: A collection of flash fiction that explores the intricacies, intimacies, and strangeness of grief and death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ELJ Editions, Ltd. 2022
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Summary: The husband and wife team of Tommy and Tuppence Beresford take over a detective agency in London.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013
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Summary: Moving to a new part of London, Kwasi finds refuge and inspiration in an eclectic and run-down charity shop where he forms an unexpected friendship with its owner, giving each of them a new sense of belonging until local politics threaten to divide them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Summary: "Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is still gripping the armrest from her first-ever take-off when the pilot announces an in-flight medical emergency. Olive leaps into action and saves a life, but ends up getting stuck in the airport hours away from the marathon she's running in honor of her brother. Luckily for her, Stella Soriano, the stunning type A copilot, offers to give her a ride....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2023
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Summary: Is Bear friend or foe? When Bear finds a chicken frozen in the winter snow, he brings her home to defrost her. As Chicken thaws--um, awakens--she fears that Bear is actually preparing to eat her. Oh no! Will Chicken become Bear's lunch? Or does Bear have a different plan in mind?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2017
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Summary: Rumors of the Reich's dreaded Brown Sisters coming for Czech children swept through the villages like a breeze through the trees, but the story was always the same. The Reich wanted Aryan looking children to raise as their own. Since her husband, Josef, joined the Czech resistance three years ago, Anna Dankova has done everything possible to keep her daughter, Ema, safe. But when blonde haired,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One More Chapter 2023
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Summary: After leaving the jungle for the circus and a life of fame and wealth, a lion who taught himself to be the best shot in the world discovers he's not really a lion anymore, and not really a man, either.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1963
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Summary: After leaving the jungle for the circus and a life of fame and wealth, a lion who taught himself to be the best shot in the world discovers he's not really a lion anymore, and not really a man, either.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1963
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Summary: Underneath her seemingly perfect life, Maggie, a former Miss Alabama, longs for so much more. Now a real estate agent in Birmingham, she has all but given up on her dream. However, Maggie is about to learn that dreams might fade, but they never truly die.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2010
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Summary: Real estate agent Maggie Fortenberry works at Red Mountain Reality, that has been going downhill since the death of its founder, comes up with a plan to save the business. The rival of their company Babs is unscrupulous real estate agent who hates Maggie and is determined to put her out of business.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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Summary: A missing piece, looking for someone to carry it along, finally develops its own momentum.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1981
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Summary: A circle has difficulty finding its missing piece but has a good time looking for it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1976
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Summary: "Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening out at the cemetery. 'Still Meadows, ' as it's called, is anything but still. Tells a surprising story of life, afterlife, and the mysterious goings-on of ordinary people"--Amazon.com.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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Summary: Birmingham real estate agent and former Miss Alabama Maggie Fortenberry learns valuable lessons about the nature of friendship, the challenges of modern life, and the dangers of impossible dreams as she struggles to keep Red Mountain Realty afloat and bury the heartbreaking secrets of her past.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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Summary: After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2004
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Summary: A hilarious look at the joys of having a rhinoceros as your friend, with Silverstein's signature humor and black-and-white artwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021
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Summary: A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1964
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Summary: There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2002
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Summary: Although many people think Emile is shy, he is simply quiet on the outside while on the inside, his imagination is loud and wild.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bala Kids 2022
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Summary: "Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Café, known far and wide for its famous 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' And as Bud often said of his childhood, 'How lucky can you get?' But sadly, the railroad yards began...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: The most unlikely and surprising experiences of Mrs. Elner Shimfissle, a high-spirited ocogenarian, inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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Summary: A sentimental look at small-town life featuring Dena Nordstrom, a New York TV show hostess. Sent by her doctor home to Missouri to nurse her ulcer, she hopes to learn why her mother abandoned her when she was 15 years old.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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Summary: Lordor Nordstrom created, in his wisdom, not only a lively town and a prosperous legacy for himself but also a beautiful final resting place for his family, friends, and neighbors yet to come. "Resting place" turns out to be a bit of a misnomer, however. Odd things begin to happen, and it starts the whole town talking. With her wild imagination, great storytelling, and deep understanding of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016