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Alternative rock music Hill, Tony, Doctor (Fictitious character) Hill, Tony, Doctor (Fictitious character) Fiction Jordan, Carol, Detective Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) Jordan, Carol, Detective Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction Only child Only child Fiction Rock music Women Crimes against FictionBarrows, Annie
Summary: When classmate Vanessa insists that all single children are spoiled, Ivy wonders whether she can become "unspoiled" by giving away all her clothes at school (which does not go over well with her teacher or parents)--but ultimately decides that all she needs to accomplish her goal is a little sister.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Barrows 2018Roth, Carol.
Summary: Little Bunny, an only child, is so lonely that he cannot sleep, so he asks his friends Squirrel, Skunk, Porcupine, Bear, and Owl if he can stay with them, only to discover that his own bed is best.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North South Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Roth 1999Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROTGreene, Rebecca
Summary: "Only doesn't mean lonely. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and even a family with one child is complete and whole. But every family is unique, and raising an only child can seem daunting. As a therapist, the mother of an only child, and an only child herself, Rebecca Greene is an expert in the variety of issues that surround raising an only child, and she knows that parenting an only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Familius 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.142 GREDe Goldi, Kate
Summary: Visiting her memory-impaired grandmother at a rest home every week, Perry discovers that her grandmother has an unconventional interest in the alphabet and becomes involved in a group project to make a personalized alphabet book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McClelland & Stewart Ltd 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DEGBarrows, Annie
Summary: After a classmate insists that all single children are spoiled, Ivy wonders whether she can become "unspoiled" by giving away all her clothes at school, but decides that all she needs to accomplish her goal is a little sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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Summary: Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DANNewman, Susan.
Summary: Looks at the advantages and disadvantages of the single-child family, and offers tips on raising an "only."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.142 NEWSandler, Lauren.
Summary: The author's discusses the pros and cons of being an only child.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SANNachman, Patricia Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 NACAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: As lovely as one of the precious gems at her parents' jewelry store, Amber Taylor is shy and introspective--qualities misread by others as being stuck-up and superior. Facing a long, lonely summer working at the family shop, Amber's world lights up when the Matthews family suddenly moves into the house next door, a property that has stood neglected for the longest time. And when she meets...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDSummary: Heredity, environment, intelligence, and family birth order all help shape the personality throughout the formative years and into adulthood. Each position in a family can influence how a child interacts with other family members and friends. This program examines the only child, the firstborn, the middle child, and the youngest child, giving insight into behaviors and attitudes that seem to be...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Dougherty, Michael Brendan
Summary: "National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty delivers a mediation on belonging, fatherhood, and nationalism, through a series of letters to his estranged Irish father. The child of an Irish man and an Irish-American woman who split up soon after he was born, Michael Brendan Dougherty grew up with an acute sense of absence. He loved his mother but longed for his father, who only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio DoughertyYoung Fathers
Contents: I heard -- Come to life -- Only child -- Queen is dead -- Bones -- Freefalling -- Mr. Matyr -- Way down in the hole -- Ebony sky
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anticon Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP YOUSoundwalk Collective (Musical group)
Contents: Killer Road -- My heart is empty -- Evening of light -- Saeta -- Secret side -- Fearfully in danger (live) -- I will be seven (live) -- The sphinx (live) -- My only child.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC SOUShearwater (Musical group)
Contents: Prime -- Quiet Americans -- A long time away -- Backchannels -- Filaments -- Pale kings -- Only child -- Glass bones -- Wildlife in America -- Radio silence -- Stray light at Clouds Hill.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SHEAstor, Pete.
Contents: Walker -- Water Tower -- One For The Ghost -- Golden Boy -- Injury Time -- Magician And Assistant -- Only Child -- Tango Uniform -- You Better Dream -- Dead Fred.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tapete Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ASTFrances, Aoife Nessa
Contents: Way to say goodbye -- This still life -- Emptiness follows -- Only child -- Chariot -- Back to Earth -- Soft lines -- Day out of time.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FRAMcDermid, Val
Summary: "In Insidious Intent, Tony and Carol are on the hunt for a serial killer who forces the duo to confront their most haunting moral dilemma so far. In the north of England, single women are beginning to disappear from weddings. A pattern soon becomes clear: someone is crashing the festivities and luring the women away--only to leave the victims' bodies in their own burned-out cars in remote...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDParry, Rosanne
Summary: Young colt Sky was born with the urge to run. Alongside his band, he moves across the range searching for fresh water and abundant grazing. But humans have begun to encroach on Sky's homelands. With fewer resources to share, Sky knows that he must leave if his family is to survive. He hopes that one day, he'll be strong and brave enough to return and challenge the stallion to lead the herd....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARThe Highwomen
Contents: Highwomen -- Redesigning women -- Loose change -- Crowded table -- My name can't be mama -- If she ever leaves me -- Old soul -- Don't call me -- My only child -- Heaven is a honky tonk -- Cocktail and a song -- Wheels of Laredo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY HIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: CD HIG COUNTRYGracie and Rachel (Musical group)
Contents: Tiptoe -- Only a child -- (Un)Comfortable -- Let it out -- Don't know -- Sing song -- Go -- It's time -- Upside down.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Gracie and Rachel 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GRAMcDermid, Val
Summary: "In the northern England, psychologist Tony Hill and former police detective Carol Jordan are on the hunt for a serial killer who picks up women at weddings without a date, only to leave the victims' bodies in their own burned-out cars in remote locations"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCDMcDermid, Val
Summary: "Crime-writing powerhouse Val McDermid is back with an explosive new thriller that sees psychological profiler Tony Hill and ex-detective Carol Jordan grappling with the consequences of their actions and the legacy of abuse in the Catholic Church. Construction is halted on the redevelopment of an orphanage after dozens of skeletons are found buried on the grounds dating from between twenty and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M MCDMumford, Marcus
Contents: Cannibal -- Grace -- Prior warning -- Better off high -- Only child -- Dangerous game (feat. Clairo) -- Better angels -- Go in light (feat. Monica Martin) -- Stonecatcher (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) -- How (feat. Brandi Carlile).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022