Rue, 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 RUERue, Ginger.
Summary: High school junior Brinkley Harper is beautiful, wealthy, admired, and powerful--until the day she wakes up in the body of a classmate she wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with. Goth girl Miranda is everything Brinkley isn't: she won't leave the house in anything but black, her family life is in tatters, she's practically invisible at school, and she's hiding a dark secret. As Brinkley...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2010
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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 WOEBerg, 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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McCulloch, 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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Pearson, 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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Rum, Etaf
Summary: Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She's gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in Art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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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 HOLRum, Etaf
Summary: In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mother, Isra, also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marry Adam. Though Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident, a secret note from a mysterious, yet familiar-looking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RUMRoe, Monica
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Juniper travels to Alaska to take part in a bowhunt in the Tongass National Forest, and when she ends up on the hunt with local boy Ben they both have to learn to work together and respect each other's skills if they want to succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: "Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious site to honor the dead? Or a sacred place of healing? Or perhaps an astrological calendar? These are much harder questions to answer. However, in an engaging and easy-to-read account, True Kelley puts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKETDrummond, Ree.
Summary: While Charlie, a sleepy basset hound, tells about the busy life of a ranch dog, his best friend Suzie, a Jack Russell terrier, is getting the work done.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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Summary: "In the summer of 1986 in a small Chinese village, ten-year-old Junie receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promises to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday. What Junie doesn't know is that her parents, Momo and Cassia, are newly estranged from one another in their adopted country. In order for Momo to fulfill his promise, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FENRubin, 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 RUBKelley, True
Summary: "It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint pf Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Coral is excited to be going on an October elk hunt with her father in the Colorado mountains, but when he announces that he is getting remarried she is upset and angry with him--but when a big storm rolls in and her father is injured by his skittish horse she has to put aside her feelings and fears and concentrate on making it down the mountain safely.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: Charlie, a Bassett hound who considers himself to be "King of the Ranch," finds an unexpected Christmas gift under the tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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Summary: "This biography tells the story of Abigail Adams and her role in America's Revolutionary War period"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ADAMSDrummond, Ree
Summary: Welcome to Rees new frontier! Much has happened on Drummond Ranch over the last couple of years: The kids are growing up, another left for college, Rees business has expanded, and her cooking has evolved. While she still cherishes her trademark family-friendly style of food, Rees been cooking up some incredible new dishes that reflect the flavors, colors, and texture shes craving these days.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 DRUDrummond, Ree.
Summary: "That's when I saw him—the cowboy—across the smoky room." I'll never forget that night. It was like a romance novel, an old Broadway musical, and a John Wayne western rolled into one. Out for a quick drink with friends, I wasn't looking to meet anyone, let alone a tall, rugged cowboy who lived on a cattle ranch miles away from my cultured, corporate hometown. But before I knew it, I'd been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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Drummond, Ree.
Summary: "Holiday favorites for all year round, from the #1 New York times bestselling author and Food Network personality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013