Aboulela, Leila
Summary: "Since her award-winning debut novel, Minaret, Leila Aboulela has been praised by J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, Aminatta Forna, and Anthony Marra among others for her rich and nuanced depictions of Islamic spiritual and political life. Her latest collection, Elsewhere, Home, draws us ineluctably into the lives of immigrants at home and abroad as they forge new identities and reshape old ones. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABOCornwell, Bernard
Summary: "My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred and his father was also called Uhtred ... The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time. The novels tell the epic story of the birth of England and introduces one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon-born, Norse-raised warrior and rebel. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Gabaldon, Diana
Summary: "A magnificent collection of short fiction--including two never-before-published novellas--featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, all extending the story of Outlander in thrilling new directions "The Custom of the Army" begins with Lord John Grey being shocked by an electric eel and ends at the Battle of Quebec. Then comes "The Space Between," where it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GABZeineddine, Ghassan
Summary: "Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Child, Lee
Summary: "Will Trent is undercover at Fort Knox. His assignment: to investigate a twenty-two-year-old murder. His suspect's name: Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is in Fort Knox on his own mission: to bring down a dangerous criminal ring operating at the heart of America's military. Except now Will Trent is on the scene.But there's a bigger conspiracy at play - one that neither the special agent nor the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIWoolson, Constance Fenimore
Summary: With this volume Library of America presents the biggest and best edition of Woolson’s short fiction ever published. Here are twenty-one stories chosen from her four collections—Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches (1875), Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches (1880), The Front Yard and Other Italian Stories (1895), and Dorothy and Other Italian Stories (1896)—as well as two uncollected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOSummary: "Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the enchanting and eternally popular world of Greek myth. Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, and the other denizens of Mount Olympus feel almost as present and larger than life today as they did when they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "Reader, be advised that the events in this book may tickle your funny bone: A boy and his robot nanny travel the globe in search of the world's tastiest treat. A girl and her sister compete in an ice cream eating contest--against an honest-to-goodness pig. A child prodigy invents a new way to create the freshest dessert ever. And we should probably mention the evil ice cream seller terrorizing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RUBOleszewski, Wes
Summary: The author is a Great Lakes research historian and he has taken the time to tell some of the best stories he has heard about "strange happenings" on the Great Lakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.1 OLEMiller, Madeline
Summary: "In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen--the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "Ten short stories and two novellas that explores the idea of property in every meaning of the word ... These pieces illustrate how our possessions act as proxies for ourselves, and how tussles over ownership articulate the power dynamics of our relationships"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHRSummary: "Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author. The High Republic authors share unmissable short stories that bridge Phases, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come. Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, heroes and villains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press, an imprint of Buena Vista Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TALSummary: "The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M INSummary: "Immerse yourself in a land of bomnubbles and quarreling cousins, sea dragons and book publishers, thieves and Fangs and secret maps. Here within these pages lie six stories of the distant past, lost adventures, forgotten songs, and heartbreaking histories."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2021
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Summary: Collects six short stories and three novellas featuring Jack Reacher, including "Too Much Time," in which Reacher witnesses a bag-snatching while in a small town in Maine, but there is more to the simple crime and it could prove fatal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction, Grace Dillon collects some examples of the craft, with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2012
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALSummary: "Here are ten original stories about the valiant Jedi and the evil Sith. Larger-than-life characters clash in epic lightsaber battles that will appeal to young readers and to the young Star Wars fan in all of us! Ten acclaimed authors imagine new tales for some of the most iconic Star Wars characters ever, from Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader, from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Maul, and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press 2022