Dayton, Arwen
Summary: "Six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of human"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DAYGreen, Layton
Summary: "Detective Joe "Preach" Everson, a prison chaplain turned police officer, is coming home. After a decade tracking down killers in Atlanta, and with a reputation as one of the finest homicide detectives in the city, his career derailed when he suffered a mental breakdown during the investigation of a serial killer who was targeting children. No sooner does Preach arrive at home in Creekville,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M GRESummary: Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIT RATED RSummary: JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised nationwide competition called "Million dollar arm" where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIL RATED PGSummary: Andy is 17 years old and headed off to college, meaning he doesn't have a place in his life for childhood things. The toys (save for Woody), fearing they'll be packed away in the attic and forgotten about forever, are mistakenly donated to the local daycare facility. There, their wishes to be played with once again are fulfilled all too well. They also meet a new collection of toys, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOY RATED GSummary: The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDPayton, Brian.
Summary: A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife--separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil--fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian IslandsFollowing the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss, to document some part of the growing war that claimed his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Payton, Brian
Summary: "Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government. While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAYCanton, Chamein.
Summary: Three friends over forty still wait for Prince Charming in the form of their favorite Austen character, Mr. Darcy. Not quite ready to turn in their hot chick cards for the hot flashes of menopause, they'd like to find a man who is charming, smug, intelligent and cute to share the primes of their lives with (even if one of them doesn't know she's looking). Together they navigate this brave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genesis Press, Inc. 2009
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Laymon, Richard.
Summary: Leigh is a beautiful girl, 18 years old, headstrong and rebellious. All she wants from her summer by the lake is a chance to relax and have some fun. And that handsome boy she just met certainly looks like fun. But her summer fling will lead to terror. That night in the old abandoned house will haunt her nightmares for the rest of her life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books In Motion 2006
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Arden, Katherine
Summary: "During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this historical novel with a speculative twist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2024
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Summary: A little fable about how cutting down one tree can negatively affect the different forms of life that use the tree for their needs and protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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Summary: "The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home--but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARDArden, Katherine
Summary: "After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ARDManning, Peyton.
Summary: During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2009
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Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC AHMDalton, Pamela.
Summary: Pamela Dalton's exquisite, intricate scissor-cut illustrations wonderfully illuminate the Story of Christmas. Deeply reverent, richly detailed, and teeming with life, Dalton's images follow the story of the Nativity from the appearance of the Angel to Mary in the Annunciation, to the shepherds who came to the humble manger to offer their love to the new-born child, and to the three wise men who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2011
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Arden, Katherine
Summary: "In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARDFreymann, Saxton.
Summary: Doctor Pompo believes that he has found a nose lying on the ground, but everyone he meets identifies the mysterious object in a different way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FREArden, Katherine
Summary: "Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen. Reviewers called Katherine Arden's novels The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower"lyrical,""emotionally stirring,"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2019
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Summary: In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE AREGruen, Sara.
Summary: The wildly entertaining new novel from the bestselling author of Water for Elephants. BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide. Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of their species, are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationships--but unlike most bonobos, they also know American Sign Language. Isabel Duncan, a scientist at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2010
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Bruen, Ken
Summary: In The Emerald Lie, the latest terror to be visited upon the dark Galway streets arrives in a most unusual form: a Cambridge graduate who becomes murderous over split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and any other sign of bad grammar. Meanwhile, Jack is approached by a grieving father with a pocketful of cash on offer if Jack will help exact revenge on those responsible for his daughter’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M BRUGroen, Hendrik
Summary: "Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he has to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017