Barklem, Jill.
Summary: A well-to-do little mouse, exploring on her own, experiences both pleasant and frightening adventures before she is safely home again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARRowling, J. K.
Summary: The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2012
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Summary: Long Farnden villagers don't know what to make of the reclusive Abrahams of Carthanger-and malicious rumors have surrounded the family as long as anyone can remember. But ever-spotless housecleaner Lois Meade isn't one for mudslinging-and when young Enid Abraham applies for work with New Brooms, Lois's cleaning business, Lois decides to give the girl a try.then she sees what may be a body in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PURWood, Lucy
Summary: Pearl doesn't know how she's ended up in the river, but here her spirit swirls and stays . . . Ada, Pearl's daughter, doesn't know how she's ended up back in the house she left thirteen years ago--with no heating apart from a fire she can't light, no way of getting around apart from an old car she's scared to drive, and no company apart from her own young daughter, Pepper. She wants to clear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOBarklem, Jill.
Summary: On a beautiful Midsummer's Day in Brambly Hedge, down by the stream, preparations are under way for the wedding of Poppy Eyebright and Dusty Dogwood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2000
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Summary: When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rowling 2012Rowling, J. K.
Summary: When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ROWRowling, J. K.
Summary: The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Co. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ROWPurser, Ann.
Summary: After her own daughter's grocery shop is the latest establishment hit in a series of robberies in Long Farnden, Lois Meade tries to track down the thieves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PURBarklem, Jill.
Summary: Quite by accident, the young mice, Primrose and Wilfred, find a secret staircse in the Old Oak Palace which leads them to a magnificent surprise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 1999
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Summary: Following his uncle's suicide, Lucas Heathfield inherits Stoneborough Manor in Oxfordshire, which he and his best friend Joanna plan to use as a gathering place for their circle of friends, but the house has a strange effect on everyone who stays there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WhiWillett, Marcia.
Summary: Puzzled by his mother's photograph collection, which reflects elements he does not remember and omits his sister altogether, Matt learns about a much-loved summer cottage before discovering a tragic secret that affected his entire life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILSummary: This new, 1950s-set adaptation of the classic novel 'The Darling Buds of May' captures the warmth, optimism, and escapism of the Larkin family for a modern generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REASummary: When Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door to waspish newcomers for more than it's worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool but his neighbors soon plot their revenge. Can the Larkin clan keep him out of prison?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LARMcGregor, Jon
Summary: A teenage girl has gone missing and everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the English moors as the police set up roadblocks and news reporters descend. Meanwhile, there is still work that must be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. As the seasons unfold and the search for the missing girl goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCGSimonson, Helen.
Summary: Bestselling author Helen Simonson returns with a splendid historical novel full of the same wit, romance, and insight into the manners and morals of small-town British life as her beloved "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." It's the summer of 1914 and life in the sleepy village of Rye, England is about to take an interesting turn. Agatha Kent is expecting an unusual candidate to be the school's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SIMGaskell, Elizabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 1996
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Summary: Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Simonson 2010Johnson, Kij
Summary: "In this delightful dive into the bygone world of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows staunch Mole, sociable Water Rat, severe Badger, and troublesome and ebullient Toad of Toad Hall are joined by a young mole lady, Beryl, and her dear friend, Rabbit. There are adventures, kidnappings, lost letters, and family secrets-lavishly illustrated throughout by award-winning artist Kathleen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHSummary: Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the Crawley family for many generations, but it is also where their servants live, and plan, and dream, and they are as fiercely jealous of their rank as anyone. Some of them are loyal to the family and committed to Downton as a way of life, others...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: A friend has asked working-class mother and house cleaner Lois Meade to help crack a case. It looks like the handsome new choirmaster may have been poisoned. Soon, Lois finds herself untangling a web of secrets, bigotry, and intrigue-and can't let the culprits get away clean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2006
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Summary: Leaving London to move into a beautiful house in the country, Miranda and David find their marriage succumbing to long-standing conflicts until a mysterious Frenchman arrives to tend their garden, bringing with him a healing energy that is drawn from nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009