Burrowes, Grace
Summary: Ned Wentworth will be forever grateful to the family that plucked him from the streets and gave him a home, even though polite society still whispers years later about his questionable past. Precisely because of Ned's connections in low places, Lady Rosalind Kinwood approaches him to help her find a lady's maid who has disappeared. Rosalind is too opinionated--and too intelligent--and has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BURSummary: As recession enfolded Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, the economic axis shifted to the Islamic world, where the concept of risk management was born. This program, hosted by Peter Jay, explores the Muslim commercial empire in Egypt, the reemergence of trade in northwestern Europe with the waning of the Dark Ages, and the rise of banking and sophisticated accounting methods among the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As ancient trading broadened and became more complex, barter became inadequate. In this program, host Peter Jay; Andrew Meadows, curator of the British Museum; Exeter University's Richard Seaford; and archaeologist John Camp examine history's first surge of coinage, from the stamped nuggets of electrum used at Sardis to the dominance of the denarius throughout the far-flung Roman Empire. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program, hosted by Peter Jay, focuses on Europe's hunger for wealth as it relates to the exploitation of the New World and the First Industrial Revolution. Expert commentary on the Aztec civilization, Europe's bullion famine, England's cottage industries, and expanding markets in North America-combined with the prescient writings of Daniel DeFoe and Bernard de Mandeville-lay the groundwork...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Fueled by one scientific breakthrough after another, the Second Industrial Revolution supercharged both manufacturing and trade, but it also led to economic rivalries that indirectly resulted in two world wars. In this program, host Peter Jay, Henry Kissinger, historians Richard Overy and Chris Ellmers, and Miller Carnegie, great-grandson of Andrew Carnegie, analyze the importance of science...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Beginning with a concise overview of brain evolution in early hominids and what appears to be barter behavior in chimps, this program traces the rudiments of the human wealth orientation as it developed at Wadi Faynan, a prehistoric agrarian settlement; at the ancient town of Catal Hoyuk; and at Uruk, a major Sumerian trading city. Host Peter Jay; Cambridge University's Nicholas Postgate; Hans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Just as there was once a time without wealth, might there come a time without poverty? In this program, host Peter Jay scrutinizes the attempts by Great Britain, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and Tanzania to stabilize and recharge their economies during the last half-century, while interviews with citizens who have lived through both good times and bad reveal the mixed results of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Putney, Mary Jo.
Summary: As heir to a title and great wealth, Will Masterson should have stayed home and tended his responsibilities. Instead he went to war. Now, after perilous years fighting the French, he intends his current mission to be his last. But all his plans are forgotten when he arrives in the small mountain stronghold of San Gabriel and meets her. Knowing herself to be too tall, strong, and unconventional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUTBybee, Catherine
Summary: s an employee of MacBain Securities and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way…except one involving Cooper Lockman. Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Montlake 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BYBRiley, Vanessa
Summary: "When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune--and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child--until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2020
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC RILRao, Kritika H.
Summary: "High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity--plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity's survival reliant on a privileged few. If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below. Charismatic and powerful, Iravan is one such architect. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RAOPinter, Jason
Summary: "On the surface, Rachel Marin is an ordinary single mother; on the inside, she's a fierce, brilliant vigilante. After an unspeakable crime shatters her life, she changes her identity and moves to a small town in Illinois, hoping to spare her children from further trauma...or worse. But crime follows her everywhere. When the former mayor winds up dead, Rachel can't help but get involved. Where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PINQuigley, Dawn
Summary: "Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat),...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUIBlauner, Peter
Summary: "Nathaniel Dresden never really got along with his father, an infamous civil rights lawyer who defended criminals and spearheaded protest movements. As an act of rebellion, Natty joined the U.S. Army and served in Iraq, coming back with a chest full of commendations and a head full of disturbing memories. But when his father is found murdered near the peaceful confines of Brooklyn's Prospect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLACastle, Jennifer
Summary: Just after sisters Addie and Clara move to the country, they discover magical butterflies called Wishing Wings that need their help to lift a dark enchantment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CASDuddle, Jonny
Summary: When Captain Twirlybird and his ghostly crew start to loot the town of Dull-on-Sea on the night of every full moon, the townspeople try vainly to protect their treasures, but Matilda calls on her friend Jim Lad and his pirate family for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Templar Books, an imprint of Candelwick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Duddle 2016Quigley, Dawn
Summary: "Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn-about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat),...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC QUIAguirre, Ann
Summary: "Danica Waterhouse is a fully modern witch. After a messy breakup, she makes a pact with her cousin: they'll keep their hearts protected and have fun, without involving the overly opinionated Waterhouse matriarchs. No need to add criticism on top of heartache! Titus Winnaker has family trouble of his own. After a tragic loss, all he's got is his sister, his bakery--Sugar Daddy's--and a romantic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AGURue, Gretchen
Summary: "Phoebe Winchester's beloved Aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure--and a knack for making magical tea. It's even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora passes away and leaves everything to her niece--her Victorian mansion, her bookshop/tea store, The Earl's Study, and one very chubby orange cat named Bob--Phoebe gets more than she bargained for. And she knows she's in deep when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RUEBacklund, J. R.
Summary: Former North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation agent Rachel Carver blames herself for the collateral death of an innocent woman in her last case. Unable to accept her superior's attempts to cover up the incident, she turned in her badge. But when a former partner asks her to consult on a new murder case, she reluctantly agrees, traveling to a small, remote mountain community, where she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BACMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: Becca Singer is having the Worst Day Ever. She is friendless and alone since Harper dumped her. Then a box arrives in the mail, containing a bracelet, with a note telling Becca to make a wish. She puts on the bracelet and asks to have lots of friends. Suddenly everyone wants to be Becca's BFF-- even her teachers and her own mom! Is this wish a curse? -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MLYMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: When Becca's best friend, Hailey, says she doesn't want to be friends anymore, Becca is devastated. But then Becca receives a mysterious package in the mail with a beautiful bracelet and a note that tells her to make a wish. So Becca puts on the bracelet-- why not, right?--and wishes to have friends. Lots of friends. So many friends. And just like that, the magic works. Suddenly, EVERYONE wants...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC MYLEscabasse, Sophie
Summary: "Effie moves to Brooklyn to live with her strange aunt and soon discovers that she might be a witch"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ESCSwanson, Denise
Summary: Right when Dani thinks she's hit a dead-end in her career, she unexpectedly inherits an enormous old house in a quaint college town. This gives her the perfect opportunity to pursue her true passion--cooking So Dani opens Chef-to-Go, preparing delicious, ready-made meals for hungry students attending the nearby university, as well as providing personal chef services and catering events for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018