Landvik, Lorna
Summary: " A mild-mannered actuary, Fletcher Weschel lives at the crossroads of Bland and Humdrum--or so he thinks until a cosmic contest catapults him into the fantasy world he made up as a boy. Suddenly his childhood bedroom is aswarm with aliens, all bent on discovering the human who best personifies their mission--in this case, the deeply serious pursuit of fun. Ejected from the boring comfort of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANPage, Sally
Summary: Janice is a collector of stories. When she starts cleaning for elderly Mrs. B, she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice doesn't have a story, at least not one she can share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PAGRickstad, Eric
Summary: Wayland Maynard is just eight years old when he sees his father kill himself, finds a note that reads I am not who you think I am, and is left reeling with grief and shock. Terrified, Wayland keeps the note a secret, but his reasons for being afraid are just beginning. Eight years later, he makes a shocking discovery and becomes certain the note is the key to unlocking a past his mother and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC RICDuvall, Dianne
Summary: After a spaceship is attacked, an Earthling survivor, Eliana, is finally rescued by Commander Dagon. As he and Eliana hunt for her missing friends, a bond grows between them, until Eliana becomes the hunted one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DUVWade, James
Summary: After a horse theft goes tragically wrong, sixteen-year-old Caleb's moral compass will be tested as he and his brother travel the American Southwest and encounter those who have carved out a life there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC WADMontefiore, Santa
Summary: "The rugged coastline, tightknit communities, and ancient landmarks of western Ireland provide the backdrop for this story of two women seeking peace and the love they desparately need."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONNehme, Farran Smith.
Summary: "New York in the late 1980s. Ceinwen Reilly has just moved from Yazoo City, Mississippi, and she's never going back, minimum wage job (vintage store salesgirl) and shabby apartment (Avenue C walkup) be damned. Who cares about earthly matters when Ceinwencan spend her days and her nights at the repertory houses--and most of the time that's left trying to look like Jean Harlow? One day, Ceinwen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEHJones, Nick
Summary: More than twenty years after Amy Bridgeman disappeared, Joseph Bridgeman still grieves for his lost sister. When a friend talks Joseph into visiting a hypnotherapist, the experience unlocks an unexpected Pandora's box: time travel. Soon Joseph begins to think of a way to solve the mystery of his sister's disappearance once and for all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC JONGregory, Philippa
Summary: It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many families are bitterly divided. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor has been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. The rewards are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: When the terminally ill Russian president launches a massive campaign that threatens millions of lives, Mitch Rapp is dispatched by the CIA to prevent an all-consuming war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2018
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Summary: "In Tatiana, Martin Cruz Smith, 'the master of the international thriller' (The New York Times) creates the most compelling heroine of his career and the most realistic, damning portrait of modern Russia in contemporary literature. One of the iconic investigators of contemporary fiction, Arkady Renko -- cynnical, analytical, and quietly subversive -- has survived the cultural journey from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIRendell, Ruth
Summary: "A female Vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham Vicarage. The gossipy cleaning woman who discovers her body, Maxine, happens to also be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When detective inspector Mike Burden calls him, Wexford, intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY RENKenda, Joe
Summary: In this first novel, rookie Detective Joe Kenda, mentored by his veteran partner Detective Lee Wilson, investigates a 1975 case that begins with the murder of a beloved Colorado philanthropist and society figure whose husband, a gambler and womanizer, appears to have an air-tight alibi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC KENO'Donnell, Michael
Summary: Doug and his son set out on a backpacking trip through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. But when reports of social collapse reach the ranger station, Doug withdraws even further into the backcountry. The alpine winter presents its own dangers, as father and son must endure the elements, the solitude, and the ever-present threat of outsiders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Mystery novel about friendship, love, and aging. Synopsis: In the wanting months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood. Throughout the summer of 1944--until one father forbids it--the subterranean space becomes their "secret garden," where the friends play games and tell stories. Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rendell 2014Smith, Jake
Summary: James McConnell's one wish is that his nine-year-old son Aaron will finally be healthy enough to play a game of catch. Dying of cancer, Aaron wishes to see his father play in a major league baseball game. James fears he doesn't have the talent it takes, even for one game, and that he'll miss what could be Aaron's precious last weeks. Yet how can he refuse his dying son's wish?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SMIBaart, Nicole.
Summary: "The lives of a middle-aged doctor and a love-struck young woman intersect across time in Sleeping in Eden, Nicole Baart's haunting novel about love, jealousy, and the boundaries between loyalty and truth.On a chilly morning in the Northwest Iowa town ofBlackhawk, Dr. Lucas Hudson is filling in for the vacationing coroner on a seemingly open-and-shut suicide case. His own life is crumbling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Gynther, Dana.
Summary: "Crossing on the Paris chronicles the experiences of three women from different generations and classes whose lives intersect on a majestic ocean liner traveling from Paris to New York"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Gynther 2012Simsion, Graeme C.
Summary: "The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because--surprise--Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Simison 2014Mingle, Pamela.
Summary: "For most of her life Mary Bennet has been an object of ridicule. With a notable absence of the social graces, she has been an embarrassment to her family on more than one occasion. But lately, Mary has changed. She's matured and attained a respectable, if somewhat unpolished, decorum. But her peace and contentment are shattered when her sister Lydia turns up-very pregnant and separated from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MINHelprin, Mark
Summary: Navy Captain Rensselaer runs afoul of the US president, who demotes him. But he takes the assignment in stride, having fallen in love with a woman who becomes his beacon in his challenging new mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Glines, Abbi.
Summary: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines concludes the irresistible story of Woods and Della that began with Twisted Perfection. Woods had his perfect life mapped out for him. Rise up the ranks of the family business. Marry the rich girl of his parents' dreams. Pretend that wealth and privilege are all he'd ever wanted. Then a girl named Della breezed into town, a beautifully imperfect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GLIYoung, William P.
Summary: "The Shack shattered our limited perceptions about God. Eve will destroy harmful misconceptions about ourselves. From the author of the 25-million copy bestseller The Shack comes a captivating new novel destined to be one of the most important and talked-about books of the decade. When a shipping container washes ashore on an island between our world and the next, John the Collector finds a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P YOUJohnson, Craig
Summary: "Sheriff Walt Longmire had already rounded up a sizable posse of devoted readers when the A&E television series Longmire sent the Wyoming lawman's popularity skyrocketing. Now, with three consecutive New York Times bestsellers to his name and the second season of Longmire reaching an average of 5.4 million viewers per episode, Craig Johnson is reaching a fan base that is both fiercely loyal and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014