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Grant, Sofia

Summary: "In the 1940s and 50s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were sold a bill of goods: find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. These best friends never expected to be on the train to Reno, those 'lies in white dresses' shattered, their marriages over. On board the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: P GRA

Summary: The officers of the Reno, Nevada Sheriff's department are back in this fourth season that is full of murder, intrigue, and a disturbingly (and mysteriously) pregnant Officer Wiegel. From committing election fraud to donning hot pink uniforms and blowing up various large items, the officers give their all in every gloriously inept episode.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REN

Summary: Vivian is a repressed English professor who goes to Reno for a quickie divorce in 1959. She spends the weeks waiting for final divorce papers at a dumpy dude ranch. There she mets Cay, a beautiful young casino worker. The two develop a friendship that stirs desires in Vivian she cannot deny. Slowly their attraction deepens into bold sensuality as they develop a bond that renews their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Wolfe Video 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DES

Summary: It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA DES

Summary: Ride along with the deputies of Reno, Nevada's Sheriff's Department. From a stint in prison to an accidental cat killing to close encounters of the SARS kind, you can expect nothing but foolish choices and utter mediocrity from these law enforcement officials.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REN

Beaird, Rowan

6 holds on 3 copies

Summary: "For fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry, a novel set at a 1950s Reno "divorce ranch," about the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future "A delicious literary page-turner from a fierce new voice." -Rebecca Makkai. Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024

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Rule, Jane.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bella Books 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUL

Summary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOI

Vlautin, Willy.

Summary: Fleeing her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno to start a new life for herself but, haunted by the mistakes of her past, finds solace in imaginary conversations with her hero, Paul Newman.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VLA

Brown, Rita Mae.

Summary: Settling into ranch life outside Reno, Nevada, with her gregarious great-aunt Jeep Reed and Jeep's German Shepherd, King, former Wall Street trader Mags and her dachshund Baxter witness the cutthroat world of investment banking here in the remote Silver State. The foreclosure crisis has taken a huge bite out of the local real estate market, where rows of homes sit unsold and forsaken- but not...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BRO

Brown, Rita Mae.

Summary: Unscrupulous bankers, abandoned homes, and a cold-blooded killer on the loose: Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, dig up the dirt in this novel. Settling into ranch life outside Reno, Nevada, with her gregarious great-aunt Jeep Reed and Jeep's German Shepherd, King, former Wall Street trader Mags doesn't miss the cutthroat world of investment banking- because its destructive...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

Brown, Rita Mae.

Summary: Settling into ranch life outside Reno, Nevada, with her gregarious great-aunt Jeep Reed and Jeep's German Shepherd, King, former Wall Street trader Mags and her dachshund Baxter witness the cutthroat world of investment banking here in the remote Silver State. The foreclosure crisis has taken a huge bite out of the local real estate market, where rows of homes sit unsold and forsaken- but not...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRO

Torres, Jennifer

Summary: Twins Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable, but since their parents divorced Raquel has become bossy and obsessive, while Lucinda has immersed herself in her ice skating lessons, and the pandemic and its enforced isolation has only made things worse; but then they are sent to their father's ranch in central California and while Raquel thinks that this is a chance to get their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TOR

Summary: The Reno Sheriff's Department delivers another year of questionable workplace attire, botched assignments, and outrageous displays of incompetence with the help of two new officers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REN

Summary: In the fifth season of Reno 911!, Wiegel meets her real daddy, the department hires a former sex slave worker, and the team takes on a badass bounty hunter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REN

McDunn, Gillian

Summary: Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCD

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCD

Coumans, Sheryl

Summary: The prayers of a kidnapped little girl rip JC Berkley from a hangman's noose in 1896 for a crime he didn't commit, landing him in present day Reno, Nevada. Rescued by a beautiful woman, Madison Matthews, who finds the handsome stranger and his old-fashion manners quirky but sweet, they embark on a mission to clear his name and find the little girl. Whether or not they are successful depends on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wild Rose Press 0000

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: FIC COU
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COU

Summary: The complete first season chronicles the adventures of one of the most dysfunctional police forces in America in all their deranged glory! Includes all 14 episodes, plus bonus special features. As seen on Comedy Central.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central Home Video 2004

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REN

Summary: An irreverent look at what goes on behind-the-scenes in the city of Reno's police department.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REN

Methos, Victor

Summary: "Fourteen years ago, prosecutor Jessica Yardley's husband went to prison for a series of brutal murders. She's finally created a life with her daughter and is a well-respected attorney. She's moving on. But when a new rash of homicides has her ex-husband, Eddie, written all over them - the nightmares of her past come back to life. The FBI asks Jessica to get involved in the hunt for this...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MET

Johnson, Julia Claiborne

Summary: It's 1938 and women seeking a quick split from their husbands head to Reno, Nevada. There's one catch: they have to wait six-weeks to become "residents." Many of these soon-to-be divorcees flock to the Flying Leap, a dude ranch that caters to their every need. Twenty-four-year-old Ward is earning an honest living as a ranch hand at the Flying Leap, and he thinks he's got the ranch's clients all...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOH

Johnson, Julia Claiborne

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: "The long anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank With Me, set in 1930s Reno, in which two very different women seeking divorces meet and form an unlikely friendship that is complicated by the handsome young ranch hand who befriends both--and who finds his life unexpectedly upturned by one"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH

Carr, Robyn

1 hold on 8 copies

Summary: "Celebrity cooking show host Marni McGuire has seen it all. She's been married--twice--and widowed and divorced. Now in her midfifties, she's single. Happily so. She just needs to convince her pregnant daughter, Bella, of this fact. And maybe convince herself, too. Especially after Marni's efforts to humor her determined daughter result in a series of disastrous dates that somehow prompt Marni...

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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAR

Center, Katherine

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can't imagine how it will be anything other than a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2020

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