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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Manga / General Fables, Japanese Comic books, strips, etc Fantasy comic books, strips, etc Goddesses Fiction Comic books, strips, etc Graphic novels Japan Large type books Merchants Fiction Merchants Fiction Comic books, strips, etc Werewolves Fiction Comic books, strips, etc Women merchants FictionBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming, and brimming with self-confidence. Even as a boy working in his father's market stall in Camden, he was determined to become a merchant prince. Through hard work and a single-minded determination, James rises quickly through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Bradford 2018Hasekura, Isuna
Summary: When the wolf goddess Holo and her merchant traveling companion, Lawrence, arrive at the church in the village of Tereo to glean information about Holo's homeland, a suspicious deaconess turns them away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: "Working at his father's market stall in Victorian England, James Lionel Falconer determines to become a merchant prince. Hardworking and trustworthy, he catches the eye of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious London shipping company. When threats against his reputation--and his life--emerge, James must prove that he truly is the master of his fate"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRAAboulela, Leila
Summary: "This enchanting and eye-opening new novel from Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela follows an embattled young woman coming of age during the Mahdist War in nineteenth-century Sudan, and illuminates the tensions that shape her course: between Britain and Sudan, Christianity and Islam, colonizer and colonized. In River Spirit, Aboulela gives us the unforgettable story of a people who--against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABOBurton, Jessie
Summary: Engaging the services of a miniaturist to furnish a cabinet-sized replica of her new home, 18-year-old Nella Oortman, the wife of an illustrious merchant trader, soon discovers that the artist's tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P BURDunnett, Kaitlyn.
Summary: 'Tis the season to be jolly, but in Moosetookalook, Maine, Christmas cheer is in short supply due to a snowless winter that's keeping skiers and shoppers at a distance. Lisa has a plan involving Tiny Teddies, the hot toy of the season--which turns out to be a toy to die for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNHannon, Irene
Summary: Katherine Parker searches for peace in Hope Harbor on the Oregon coast. Zach Garrett recovers after a traumatic loss. When Katherine and Zach are recruited to help rehab a home for foster children, sparks fly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC HANBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: A charismatic and ambitious businessman in Victorian England faces the tragic ruin of everything he has worked to achieve before a royal summons gives him a chance to prove his talents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2018
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Summary: Greetings, best beloved, my name is Gamayun. I am a magical human-faced bird from Slavic mythology. Today I will tell you an amazing tale: the Water Spirit. We rejoin our friend the merchant as he returns home from his adventure with the King of Birds. When curiosity gets the best of him and he opens his new mysterious golden chest, the merchant unwittingly condemns his newborn son to a life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 UTKBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: James Lionel Falconer has become the right-hand man of the head of London's most prestigious shipping company. Can James continue to be the master of his own fate, even after entering the lion's den?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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Summary: As the holiday season lights up Seattle's famed Pike Place Market, Pepper Reece's beloved Spice Shop is brimming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and shoppers eager to stuff their stockings. Add to the mix a tasty staff competition--a peppermint bark-off--along with Victorian costumes for this year's Dickensian Christmas theme, and Pepper almost forgets to be nervous about meeting her fisherman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seventh Street Books 2022
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Summary: "Lawrence and Holo are on the run, desperate to save both their profits and their lives! With enforcers from a rival company in pursuit, though, Holo may need to resort to extreme measures to safeguard herself and her traveling companion. Can Lawrence cope with the terror-inspiring true form of Holo the Wisewolf?!" --p.[4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2010
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Summary: Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC UMRHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "Facing financial ruin, Lawrence casts about desperately for the funds he needs to survive this latest disaster. When all hope seem lost, though, just how far is the merchant willing to go to protect his livelihood-- and his life?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIBudewitz, Leslie
Summary: In Seattle's Pike Place Market, Spice Shop owner Pepper Reece is savoring her business success, but soon finds her plans disrupted by a killer ... Pepper Reece's to-do list is longer than the shopping list for a five-course dinner, as she conjures up spice blends bursting with seasonal flavor, soothes nervous brides fretting over the gift registry, and crosses her fingers for a rave review from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2017
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Summary: "A new chapter unfolds in the travels of Lawrence and Holo! The pair arrives at the church in the village of Tereo to glean information about Holo's homeland of Yoitsu. But Elsa, the deaconess, turns them away flat! What has happened to make her so suspicious? Could it have something to do with the neighboring town of Enberch?" --p.[4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIAnderson, Catherine (Adeline Catherine)
Summary: After a career on the rodeo circuit, Ben Sterling longs to settle down on his farm and start a family like his brothers. He's searched all over for the woman of his dreams. Yet the only one to spark his interest is the new owner of the local cafe. Getting her attention, however, won't be easy. Sissy Sue Bentley has worked hard to make it on her own, and she doesn't need another man in her life....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ANDMallery, Susan.
Summary: In the town of Fool's Gold, love is always waiting to be unwrapped. Noelle Perkins just got a second chance at life, and she intends to make the most of every minute. That's why she ditched a frustrating legal career to open her own store in Fool's Gold, California. The Christmas Attic celebrates everything that's magical about her favorite season. Business is booming, and as a bonus, gorgeous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MALAfshar, Tessa
Summary: Purple . The foundation of an influential trade in a Roman world dominated by men. One woman rises up to take the reins of success in an incredible journey of courage, grit, and friendship. And along the way, she changes the world. But before she was Lydia, the seller of purple, she was simply a merchant's daughter who loved three things: her father, her ancestral home, and making dye. Then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AFSHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "Despite the dangers, Lawrence and Holo decide to escort Elsa and Evan back to Tereo in an effort to rescue the village from calamity that Enberch has orchestrated. But with the town in dire need of a miracle, is this a job for the Wisewolf of Yoitsu, or is a simple merchant better suited to meet the challenge at hand?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIElston, Allan Vaughan
Summary: "Ken Barry, advance scout for a group of Michigan settlers, turns into bad luck in Dos Rios where he is first accused of cattle rustling and then faced with a deadly double charge of bank robbery and murder. He cannot understand the enmity of Dale Cummings, the town's leading merchant who seems eager to dispose of him. In his favor, Channing has the support of the town's sheriff and judge over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Chloe Hobbs, a sorcerer's daughter and owner of Sticks & String, a knitting shop in Sugar Maple, a Vermont town populated by warlocks, vampires, witches, and other paranormal inhabitants, believes that she has finally found Mr. Right, Luke MacKenzie, the all-too-human cop investigating the town's first homicide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2008
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Summary: Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toyshop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers. But when her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina to continue business on the wharf. Even so, Christina firmly believes there may be a warm heart underneath Oscar's steely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THAHasekura, Isuna
Summary: "As Lawrence and Holo put into motion the final phase of their plan to extricate themselves from the jaws of financial ruin, they are confronted by an unforeseen obstacle. With the wolves at the door--both figuratively and literally--can the travelers keep their wits about them and come out ahead of the pack?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012