Kois, Dan
Summary: "What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside down in search of a new way to be a family? Dan Kois and his wife always did their best for their kids. Busy professionals living in the D.C. suburbs, they scheduled their children's time wisely, and when they weren't arguing over screen time, the Kois family--Dan, his wife Alia, and their two pre-teen daughters--could each be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 KOIFrieder, Julie
Summary: Part inspiration, part how-to, this guide to embarking on a life-changing, long-term journey filled with education and adventure--a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling--helps you transform your dream into a well-planned reality for your family and weaves travelogues and photos from families sharing worldschooling experiences throughout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wonderwell 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 370.116 FRIIduma, Emmanuel
Summary: "A memoir of the author's journey through his homeland in search of the truth about his uncle, who disappeared during the Nigerian Civil War"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IDUMA, EMMANUEL IDUSummary: The story of two descendants (great-great-grandsons) of the King of the Blasket Islands (in Ireland) who have never met, but have both inherited a deep-seated love for the ocean and surfing. Upon discovering each other, they arrange to meet for the first time in the land of their unique heritage, to explore their history and satisfy a desire to conquer the dangerous water of The Blasket Islands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CREWard, Amanda Eyre
Summary: "When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARSummary: The focus of this film is the hazardous relationship between twenty-something sisters: button-down, superstitious Kay and the rampaging 'Sweetie.'
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SWECassady, Carolyn
Summary: "This book illustrious Carolyn is a charming narative filled with heartfelt advice for adventurers and weary travelers alike! Evoking a bygone era of elegance and international travel that bursts with beauty and wonderment, you are invited to take a leisurely journey with a savvy mother and daughter team as they soak in the sites, culture and deliciousness of each stop on an extended European...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Book Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CASSummary: Although he has been missing for several years and the entire town thinks her father has abandoned her family, Meg steadfastly believes the best and protects her younger brother, Charles Wallace, from the brunt of the rumors and taunting. It is he, however, who convinces her to join him, the school sports star Calvin, and three unusual women on an interplanetary voyage to rescue their father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2018
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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WRICopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WRISummary: A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming convention. This family's cross-country adventure turns into an experience the Heffleys will never forget.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIA RATED PGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DiCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY DIACopies Available at Interlochen
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DIASeely, Kim Brown
Summary: "A narrative memoir about the particular midlife crisis that comes when children leave home. Author Kim Brown Seely and her husband (Seattle residents who did time in NYC) decide somewhat spontaneously to acquire a 54-foot sailboat, learn how to sail, then set off to find a spirit bear (the rare white Kermode bear) in the forest that on the BC mainland north of the tip of Vancouver Island. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2019
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Summary: When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising of all, however, was the discovery that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 GHOFrías, Carlos.
Summary: Carlos Frías, award-winning journalist and the US-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing stories about the homeland of his parents. Sent to Cuba by his newspaper when the country began to close to the foreign press in August 2006, Frías embarked on the journey of his life -- a secret twelve day trip to the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, dramatic and unforgettable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.A. Press, Penguin Group 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH FRIWard, Amanda Eyre
Summary: When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC WARPatterson, James
Summary: Anne McWilliams has lost everything. After her marriage falls apart and a hurricane destroys her home she realizes that her life has fallen out of focus. So she takes to the road to ask long lost friends and strangers a simple question: "What's your best story?" Can the funny, tragic, inspirational tales she hears on her journey help Anne see what she's been missing? / Tyler Bron seemingly has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Chamberlain, Diane
Summary: "When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter appeared in their lives just a few years before--and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family, no friends, and a background shrouded in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CHASummary: A radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his young nephew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD C'MOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CMOMorris, Keith Lee
Summary: The Addisons - Julia and Tonio, ten-year-old Dewey and derelict Uncle Robbie - are driving home, cross-country, after collecting Robbie from yet another stint in rehab. When a blizzard strikes outside the town of Good Night, Idaho, they seek refuge at the Travelers Rest, a formerly opulent but now crumbling and errie hotel where the physical laws of the universe are bent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMartin, Pedro
Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARRoberts, Sheila
Summary: Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the D word has entered their vocabulary. But now their youngest daughter, Julia, wants everyone to come to her new house in Idaho for Christmas, and she's got the guest room all ready for Mom and Dad. Oh, joy. Their other daughters, Audrey and Shyla, are driving up from California and hoping to meet a sexy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction RobertsMessner, Kate
Summary: When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward--and when the levees break and Clare is separated from Nana, Ranger must somehow get her to the relative safety of the Superdome, and reunite her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MESKinney, Jeff.
Summary: The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KINCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KINSummary: The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HoWarga, Jasmine
Summary: "Cora hasn't spoken to her best friend Quinn in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. On the day of Cora's twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Kinney, Jeff
Summary: The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns-- with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls-- but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015