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African American women Fiction African Americans New York (State) Sag Harbor Fiction Fathers Death Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction Large type books Organized crime Fiction Real estate development Real estate development Drama Real estate development Fiction Sag Harbor (N.Y.) FictionKnowlton, Christopher
Summary: "Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.33 KNOSummary: A parish priest Father O'Malley is sent to revive a financially ailing parochial school and immediately finds himself at odds with no-nonsense Sister Benedict on how to educate the children. Beyond their delightful battle of wits lies a bigger problem-the skinflint businessman next door wants St. Mary's condemned, so he can build a parking lot for his employees. Only a miracle can save St. Mary's.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA BELBelleville, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 BELHale, Jenny
Summary: For Sydney Flynn, Starlight Cottage is her sanctuary. And now, her treasured family home at Firefly Beach is the perfect place for her fresh start. That is, until she spies Nate Henderson. As teenagers, Sydney and Nate promised each other forever. But Sydney has never forgotten how her childhood sweetheart ended their relationship with no explanation. She's spent the last decade piecing herself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALMorrissey, Di.
Summary: When Sydney corporate wife Holly Jamieson turns forty-five she shocks her husband by buying an old house in The Bay with plans to transform it into a charming B & B. What began as a gesture of independence changes her life. Holly soon discovers that beneath its tranquil surface, The Bay is a whirlpool of passions and conflict. It was once a whaling town, then a sleepy resort that became trendy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolinda Audio 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MORSummary: Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in a gracious older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. As the builders tactics to remove Clara become increasingly hostile, Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AQUJackson, Lisa F.
Summary: Follows a small coastal community in Mexico as its inhabitants struggle to protect their way of life and the ecosystem they depend on in the face of a multi-billion dollar American development project.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PATHostin, Sunny
Summary: In a hidden enclave in Sag Harbor affectionately known as SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Nineveh--there's a close-knit community of African American elites who escape the city and enjoy the beautiful warm weather and beaches at their vacation homes. Very few know about this part of the Hamptons on Long Island, and the residents like it that way. Against the odds, Olivia Jones has blazed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HOSWinslow, Don
Summary: Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman - a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC WINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLERyan, Sofie
Summary: "Local squabbles about property development have the town of North Harbor, Maine, in quite a state of drama--and it seems like someone may even be upset enough to kill. When a local man involved in the real estate quagmire falls over dead at a reception to celebrate the harbor front's redevelopment, Sarah Grayson gets roped in to investigate by her own IT expert, who has long known the victim's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RYAHostin, Sunny
Summary: When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Roy Eberhardt has moved with his family so often he literally has lost count of the number of times he has had to changed schools. Roy ought to be used to being the new kid at school by now, but making the switch from Montana to Florida proves to be a major challenge. While Roy quickly becomes the target of school bully, he is befriended by Beatrice Leep, a spunky girl with enough nerve to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HoBanks, Russell
Summary: "In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early 20th century, Harley recounts that after his father's sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida-mere miles away from what would become Disney World-to join a community of Shakers. Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANCartaya, Pablo
Summary: "Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CARJones, Stephen Mack
Summary: "Authentico Foods Inc. has been a part of Detroit's Mexican town for over thirty years, grown from a home kitchen business to a city-block-long facility that supplies Mexican tortillas to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Detroit ex-cop and Mexican townnative August Snow has been invited for a business meeting at Authentico Foods. Its owner, Ronaldo Ochoa, is dying, and is being blackmailed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction JonesCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JONCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONWalker, David J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALLupica, Mike
Summary: "The town of Paradise receives a shock when the mayor is discovered dead. It's ostensibly suicide, but Jesse has his doubts. The piece of land where the man was found is the subject of a contentious land deal. Two powerful moguls are fighting over the right to develop the prime real estate, and one of them has brought in a hired gun, an old adversary of Jesse's: Wilson Cromartie, aka Crow....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LUPSchneider, Rob
Summary: When his home is invaded by a real estate development, Norm and his three lemming friends head to New York City to bring down the corporation that took his home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2016
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD NormRybczynski, Witold.
Summary: Traces the creation of a Pennsylvania residential subdivision from its planning stage to the residence of its first owners, in an account that offers insight into the long process of development and how it is related to sprawl and ex-urban growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 RYBKarpinski, Christine Hrib.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kinney Pollack Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.25 KARMartin, Barry
Summary: "The inspiring true story of the bond between a feisty octogenarian and the man in charge of building an enormous shopping mall around her home. Edith Macefield achieved folk hero status in 2006 when she turned down $1 million to sell her home to make way for a commercial development in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. It didn't matter that her tiny house was surrounded by rubble and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACEFIELD, EDITH MARMedlicott, Joan A. (Joan Avna)
Summary: Hannah Covington leads the struggle to protect her town from developers, Amelia becomes involved with a charming older man, and Grace and Bod decide to open a teahouse together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEDMozley, Fiona
Summary: "Pungent, steamy, insatiable Soho; the only part of London that truly never sleeps. Tourists dawdling, chancers skulking, addicts shuffling, sex workers strutting, punters prowling, businessmen striding, the homeless and the lost. Down Wardour Street, ducking onto Dean Street, sweeping into L'Escargot, darting down quiet back alleyways, skirting dumpsters and drunks, emerging on to raucous main...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021