Summary: When an Australian aid-worker is kidnapped by Muslim extremists, a high-stakes race to save his life pits East against West in these exciting new episodes. From the island of Mindanao in the Philippines to Melbourne, Jack Irish is caught in a global web of religious zealotry among right-wing Christians and media-savvy jihadists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JACAsher, Neal L.
Summary: In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations. Neither the Polity or the prador want the other in full control of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASHPacat, C. S.
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Then an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, who have sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns. Will is thrust into a world of magic, where he starts training for a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PACBrannigan, Ellie
Summary: Arriving in Ireland where she's inherited a run-down family castle from her Uncle Nevin, which comes with a few caveats, former Rodeo Drive bridalwear designer Rayne McGrath discovers her uncle's death wasn't an accident and that both her reputation--andher life--are on the line.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRARoberts, Nora.
Summary: In Irish thoroughbred, Travis Grant, the proud, powerful owner of Royal Meadows horse farm is resolved to win the heart of Adelia Cunnane. In Irish Rose, Erin McKinnon has accepted Burke Logan's loveless proposal and his cool promise of security and wealth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silhouette Books 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROBRoberts, Nora.
Summary: Determining to reevaluate her life, Jude Murray flees America to take refugee in Faerie Hill Cottage, immersing herself in the study of Irish Folk and discovers hope for the future of the magical past. Finally back home in Ireland after years of traveling, Aidan Gallagher possesses an uncommon understanding of his country's haunting myths. Although he's devoted to managing the family pub, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ROBRoberts, Nora.
Summary: Determining to reevaluate her life, Jude Murray flees America to take refugee in Faerie Hill Cottage, immersing herself in the study of Irish Folk and discovers hope for the future of the magical past. Finally back home in Ireland after years of traveling, Aidan Gallagher possesses an uncommon understanding of his country's haunting myths. Although he's devoted to managing the family pub, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 1999
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROBSummary: Based on a true story of British women working as undercover agents in France during WWII, this compelling series comes to a thrilling close in these final eight episodes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WISSummary: At the height of WWII, brave British women risk their lives as secret agents in occupied France. Based on real-life stories, filmed on location, this suspenseful series features strong female characters, tension-filled plots, and historical authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WISKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: "I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live for--but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief, fear, confusion, and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. There is no one else to speak for him--or the others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KOOKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: "I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live for--but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief, fear, confusion, and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. There is no one else to speak for him--or the others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION KOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Koontz 2017Jacobs, Paul DuBois
Summary: Mack Rhino, a private detective, is on the case when a big race is in town and all the runners are missing the laces to their sneakers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Quix 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE JACO'Ryan, Ray.
Summary: Moving from Earth to the futuristic planet Nebulon in 2120, eight-year-old Zack is nervous about starting school and meeting people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ORYCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ORYRedwine, C. J.
Summary: The first in a YA political fantasy duology about a fierce princess determined to bring lasting peace to her kingdom regardless of the cost to her heart--from C.J. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series and the New York Times bestselling Ravenspire series. Perfect for fans of These Violent Delights, And I Darken, and Ash Princess. Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REDFletcher, Brenden
Summary: Welcome to beautiful Nova Honda, the racing capital of the world. It is the home of the prestigious World Grand Prix, the illegal street race The Cannonball, and the racer caught between both of them, Domino Swift. Domino is one of the best racers on any circuit. By day, she competes for fame and fortune in the WGP. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FLEBartley, D. A.
Summary: Detective Abish Taylor left Utah for a reason, but with her husband's passing she's come home to reconnect with her family. Now she's serving as the sole police detective in the small town of Pleasant View. When the quiet Mormon suburb in the Wasatch Mountains is shaken by a macabre death-- with the hallmarks of a sacred ritual dating back to the days of Brigham Young-- Abbie uncovers the dark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADESummary: Michael Stonebridge, a British sergeant in the ultra secret Section 20 anti-terrorist team, and Damien Scott, a Delta Forces operative who was disgraced and discharged on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, criss-cross the globe on the trail of a deadly international terrorist named Latif, who is planning a major attack involving a cache of WMD that could have global repercussions. Includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY TV STRDiller, Janelle
Summary: "Izzy's family sails into a quiet lagoon in Mexico and drops their anchor. Izzy can't wait to go explore the pretty little village, eat yummy tacos, and practice her Spanish. When she meets nine-year-old Patti, Izzy's thrilled. Now she can do all that and have a new friend to play with too. Life is perfect. At least it's perfect until they realize a midnight thief is on on the loose!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Series Pack-n-go Diller 2014Dams, Jeanne M.
Summary: June, 1925. Elizabeth Fairchild lives a quiet life in genteel Oak Park Village, Illinois. There, she forms a close friendship with gentle Mr Anthony. But tragedy strikes when Mr Anthony is found stabbed to death in the alley behind his shop. Why would anyone murder a mild-mannered antiques dealer? Could it have something to do with the mysterious customer who bought a gold pocket watch from Mr...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DAMPearson, Ridley
Summary: A reimagining of the epic rivalry between a young James Moriarty and his roommate and future nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, is set in modern times and focuses on the boys' early ventures into detective work at the formidable Baskerville Academy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PEACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Pearson 2016Child, Lee.
Summary: A discharged soldier is framed for a murder by the chief of police in a small town in Georgia where he has just arrived. When the soldier learns that the murdered man was his brother he breaks out of jail and carries out his own investigation. A first novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIMyklusch, Matt.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jack, freed from a dismal orphanage, makes his way to the elusive and impossible Imagine Nation, where a mentor saves him from dissection and trains him to use his superpower, despite the virus he carries that makes him a threat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2011