Berg, Gretchen.
Summary: "I am not moving to Iraq to teach." How does a liberal American girl in red suede boots end up teaching English to conservative Muslim Iraqis in headscarves? Gretchen Berg has met the recession: she has eaten cereal for dinner, given up the gym membership, and come face to face with looming unemployment. To cope, she decided to uproot her life and move to the Middle East. She expected to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2012
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Anthony, Gretchen
Summary: Full of humor, emotion and surprises at every turn, the author brings to life a remarkable cast of quirky, deeply human characters who must learn to adapt to the unconventional, or else risk losing one another. This is the story of a family falling to pieces--and the unexpected way they put it all back together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P ANTWoelfle, Gretchen
Summary: An introduction to windmills and their advantages as renewable energy providers, with activities for understanding some of the principles of wind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 621.4 WOESummary: German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEVRue, Gretchen
Summary: "Phoebe Winchester's beloved Aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure--and a knack for making magical tea. It's even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora passes away and leaves everything to her niece--her Victorian mansion, her bookshop/tea store, The Earl's Study, and one very chubby orange cat named Bob--Phoebe gets more than she bargained for. And she knows she's in deep when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RUEPearson, Gretchen
Summary: Housetraining a puppy is one of the most difficult tasks a dog owner will encounter. According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association National Pet Owners Survey, there are more than 77 million dogs kept as pets in America. How to Housetrain Your Puppy in 14 Days or Less will teach you valuable tips that will make housetraining easier for both you and your four-legged friend....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc. 2012
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Berg, Elizabeth
Summary: A novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change a life. Lucille is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur, she has begun to teach baking classes. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. In these difficult times, the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BERMcCulloch, Gretchen
Summary: "A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.23 MCCRubin, Gretchen.
Summary: Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin carves out her place alongside...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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Berg, Elizabeth
Summary: Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BERBerg, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BerBerk, Ari.
Summary: Chiro, a young bat, is nervous about flying into the world for the first time without his mother, especially on a very dark night, but he soon learns to rely on his "song" to find his way and stay safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BERRubin, Gretchen Craft.
Summary: "Habits are the invisible architecture of our lives. Rubin provides an analytical and scientific framework from which to understand these habits--as well as change them for good. Infused with her compelling voice and funny stories, she illustrates the core principles of habit formation with dozens of strategies that she uses herself and tests out on others. Rubin provides tools to help readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 153.1 RUBWitt, Gretchen Holt
Summary: A collection of cookie recipes from the Cookies for Kids' Cancer charity, which has raised millions of dollars to help fun pediatric cancer treatments. Includes tips for conducting bake sales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.8 HOLBerg, Elizabeth
Summary: When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri decide to start a monthly supper club, they get more than they bargained for. Instead of sharing recipes, they begin sharing secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BERBerg, Elizabeth
Summary: "For as long as Elizabeth can remember, she has watched her father trail after her mother, kissing her multiple times a day and holding her hand. She watched her mother smooth the lines in her father's face and pay attention to his every move, even when she was desperate for some time to herself. When her parents began to age, Elizabeth and her siblings are placed in the difficult position of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BERG BERBerg, Elizabeth
Summary: "For the past six months, Arthur Moses's days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and to Gordon, his cat, then rides the bus to the cemetery to visit his beloved late wife for lunch. The last thing Arthur would imagine is for one unlikely encounter to utterly transform his life. Eighteen-year-old Maddy Harris is an introspective girl who visits the cemetery to escape the other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBerg, Elizabeth.
Summary: In this superb new novel by the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Open House, Home Safe, and The Last Time I Saw You, four women venture into their pasts in order to shape their futures, fates, and fortunes. Cecilia Ross is a motivational speaker who encourages others to change their lives for the better. Why can't she take her own advice? Still reeling from the death of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2013
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Berg, Elizabeth.
Summary: In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep , The Pull of the Moon , and Until the Real Thing Comes Along , a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart. Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's, she settles down to reconstruct a life for herself and her eleven-year-old son. Her eccentric mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2000
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Berg, Elizabeth.
Summary: "Cecilia Ross is looking for a change. She has decided to take time off from her job as a successful motivational speaker and sell her home. She moves in to a beautiful old house in St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with a big front porch, a wild garden, a chef's kitchen--and three roommates. The four women are different ages, but all are feeling restless, and want to take a roadtrip to find again...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERRubin, Gretchen Craft.
Summary: A thoughtful and prescriptive work on happiness filled with practical advice, sharp insight, charm, and humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158 RUBBeck.
Contents: The Golden Age (4:35) -- Paper Tiger (4:36) -- Guess I'm Doing Fine (4:49) -- Lonesome Tears (5:38) -- Lost Cause (3:47) -- End Of The Day (5:03) -- It's All In Your Mind (3:06) -- Round The Bend (5:15) -- Already Dead (2:59) -- Sunday Sun (4:44) -- Little One (4:27) -- Side Of The Road (3:24).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen 2002
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Berg, Esther van den
Summary: ¡Splash! Mamá rana quiere que todas sus ranitas tomen clases de natación. A flotar, a nadar de espaldas, a patalear en el agua. . . Hop se esfuerza pero a menudo hace un lío de las cosas. ¡Hasta que un día se sorprende a sí mismo!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH VANVan den Berg, Laura.
Summary: "After two acclaimed story collections, Laura van den Berg brings us Find Me, her highly anticipated debut novel--a gripping, imaginative, darkly funny tale of a young woman struggling to find her place in the world. Joy has no one. She spends her days working the graveyard shift at a grocery store outside Boston and nursing an addiction to cough syrup, an attempt to suppress her troubled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015