Connolly, John
Summary: "John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension among the commercial demands, artistic integrity, and the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONCoombs, Amelia Diane
Summary: Florie's OCD and her mother's worrying have kept her from a lot of things, like having an after-school job and getting her driver's license. Now she's taking a gap year after high school, and her best friend Kacey is headed to college in Portland in the fall. Winning tickets to see her favorite true crime podcast's live show in California gives her the opportunity leave small-town Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: "Shan Tao Yun, now the reluctant constable of a remote Tibetan town, has learned to expect the impossible at the roof of the world, but nothing has prepared him for his discovery when he investigates a report that a nun has been savagely assaulted by ghosts. In an ancient tomb by the old nun lies a gilded saint buried centuries earlier, flanked by the remains of a Chinese soldier killed fifty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATHiggins, Jack
Summary: An eminent Iranian scientist has made a startling breakthrough in nuclear weapons research, but he can't stand the thought of his regime owning the bomb. If he runs, his family dies. It is up to Sean Dillon and the small band known as the Prime Minister's private army to think of a plan. Most particularly, it is up to their newest member, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HIGYang, Kelly
Summary: "Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MACLi, Christina
Summary: "Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LIJenoff, Pam
Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC JENSummary: In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PERMoore, Heather B.
Summary: "A fictionalized account of the early years of Donaldina Cameron's work with the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, California, which worked to rescue Chinese girls and women from slavery conditions in the late 1800s through the early 1900s"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MOOHoàng, Brandon
Summary: As one of only two Asian Americans in his school and often left out, Gary jumps at the chance of breaking into the school's popular clique by befriending the most beautiful girl in school, but as he comes closer to achieving his goal, Gary also risks losing the only person who sees the real him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOAGilligan, Alison.
Summary: The reader becomes caught up in the search for the "Onyx Dragon," a treasure ship that sank mysteriously more than a century before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GILCussler, Clive
Summary: Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II: a Japanese-developed drug, designed, but never used, to turn soldiers into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CUSDelacre, Lulu
Summary: "Rafi and Rosi, two curious tree frogs, explore Puerto Rico's El Morro Fort, where they pretend to be pirates in battle, find pirate treasure, and discover a haunted sentry box"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DELSummary: In season 7, Tim is now in charge of the Heartland Ranch, and he is making some decisions that are most contrary to what Jack would want, including introducing sheep to the ranch. Amy and Ty are happily engaged; however with Ty going to veterinary school, it is not yet time for their wedding to take place. Amy gets back in the groove working with horses again, landing a very important client....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV He 7Lamb, Cathy
Summary: "Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, the novel tells a story of one woman's life-changing discovery about her past... As a child, Evie Lindsay was unnerved by her premonitions. As an adult, they have become a simple fact of life - sometimes disruptive but also inescapable, much like her quirky, lovable family. Evie's mother, Poppy, and her aunts,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMCoville, Bruce.
Summary: A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals, finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COVSiglain, Michael
Summary: "Can Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie escape from the dreaded Death Star?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney LucasFilm Press 2016
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Summary: "Jack Ryan Jr. is training with a Special Forces drill instructor to transition his work with in the campus from intelligence analysis to eliminating terrorists - even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns for re-election as President. But the political and personal have become equally dangerous. A devout enemy for Jack Sr. is attempting to discredit him by connecting Jack Sr. to a mysterious killing in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLAMartini, Steve
Summary: Former UN arms inspector Gideon Van Ry discovers two nuclear missiles are missing from their depot in Russia. He traces them to a U.S. militia group on the Pacific Coast and Navy SEALs mount an assault to neutralize them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1998
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Summary: There are good moms and bad moms, and then there are hot-mess moms. Introducing Ashley Keller, career girl turned stay-at-home mom who's trying to navigate the world of Pinterest-perfect, Facebook-fantastic, and Instagram-impressive mommies but failing miserably. When Ashley gets the opportunity to participate in the 'Motherhood Better' bootcamp run by the mommy-blog-empire maven she idolizes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Laditan 2017Older, Daniel José
Summary: Confronting the anarchistic marauders known as the Nihil, the Jedi Knights and their Padawans are put to the test, but soon discover that nothing is what it seems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Lucasfilm Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OLDWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions with relatives and neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1991
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILWang, Andrea
Summary: "The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with young Xingling! But Xingling is clever and thinks quickly to outwit him with Chinese New Year traditions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2016