Vonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: The author questions the condition of modern man in this novel depicting a science fiction writer's struggle to find peace and sanity in the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VONMcMurtry, Larry.
Summary: A rodeo cowboy turned antique dealer centers his vaguely gypsy life on his collector's classic Cadillac, which carries him to backroad flea markets, small-time collectors, Washington high life, and the two women he loves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1982
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCMMills, Magnus.
Summary: When sloth and alcohol lead to a horribly botched job, two fence builders named Tam and Richie flee their native Scotland to England, where all hell quickly breaks loose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILMills, Magnus.
Summary: "The whole concept is so simple yet so perfect; men drive to and from strategically placed warehouses in Univans, identical and very serviceable vehicles, transporting replacement parts for Univans."--Jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILKeillor, Garrison.
Summary: Life These Days features 11 of Garrison Keillor's signature "News From Lake Wobegon" monologues recorded from live radio broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 1998
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Summary: Storyteller Garrison Keillor relates humorous anecdotes appropriate to summer.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Co. 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KEIShteyngart, Gary
Summary: Myopic, narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his 3-year-old-son's diagnosis of autism, he flees New York on a Greyhound bus in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his old college sweetheart, whom he hasn't seen or...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SHTAbramowitz, Andy
Summary: "Nick Hornby meets Almost Famous in this ... coming-of-middle-age debut novel about the lead singer of a one-hit wonder '90s band who tries for one more swing at the fences"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABRArmstrong, Jesse
Summary: A young man, Andrew, follows his romantic interest, a wealthy young socialite named Penny, across Bosnia in a van, performing an unfinished peace play that they hope will stop the bombings in Sarajevo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARMSimonson, Helen.
Summary: Arriving in the village of Rye, England, in 1914, Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good family, becomes the first female teacher of Latin at the local school and falls in love with her sponsor's nephew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Simonson 2016Winter, Jessica
Summary: "An irreverent and deeply moving comedy about friendship, fertility, and fighting for one's sanity in a toxic workplace."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINBerne, Suzanne
Summary: "A "brilliantly done" (Sunday Times, London) comedy of manners that explores the unease behind the manicured lawns of suburban America from the Orange Prize-winning author of A Crime in the Neighborhood. Littlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America, full of psychologists and college professors, is proud of its fine schools, its girls' soccer teams, its leafy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERDuchovny, David
Summary: "Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads penned with what he hopes will be the next great American novel, and spends the waning malaise-filled days of the Carter administration at Yankee Stadium, waxing poetic while slinging peanuts to pay the rent....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUCGladstone, Wayne
Summary: "In this third and final installment of the Internet Apocalypse Trilogy, Gladstone, the would-be Internet Messiah, finds himself in exile from America, falsely accused of murder. Meanwhile, a government Special Agent is hot on his trail and has joined forces with a would-be Hollywood producer who is bent on finding Gladstone to option his story for film. When the World Wide Web returns in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GLAScieszka, Jon
Summary: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCIClanton, Ben
Summary: Ploof is a puffy cloud who's a little lonely -- but now you're here, and the fun can begin! Can you help Ploof overcome their shyness? Play pretend? Make Ploof laugh with your funny faces, find their hiding spot, give them a high five! Full of imaginative and interactive fun, each page of this perfect book for preschoolers offers a chance to play. By following cues to say hello, clap, blow,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books, an imprint of Tundra Book Group 2023
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Summary: A young girl visiting her grandparents at the beach stays in a little house and walks along the shore gathering seashells, wondering about the creatures who used to live in each shell, about the hidden treasures of the sea--and about the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library of Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Summary: "The nature club books invite you to explore the outdoors with Izzy, Tai, Brooke, Zack, and Miguel. Through their adventures, they learn to help the wildlife they love while helping each other with the challenges of growing up."--Back cover
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Nature Mazur 2019Thompson, Mya
Summary: "Sometimes, an ordinary walk can become something ... magical! Tag along with Ruby as she discovers that even big cities have a wild side"--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Cornell Lab Publishing Group 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOMazur, Rachel
Summary: "The nature club books invite you to explore the outdoors with Izzy, Tai, Brooke, Zack, and Miguel. Through their adventures, they learn to help the wildlife they love while helping each other with the challenges of growing up."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Osborne, Mary Pope
Summary: "When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back in time, they land in the tallest tree in Yosemite, California where they join nature conservationist, John Muir, and US President Teddy Roosevelt on a historic trip through the woods"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Summary: "Camille loves the ocean, the warm sand, the pretty shells, and the sparkling waves that tickle her toes. Sometimes she even imagines that she's a mermaid with whales and dolphins for friends! When the other WellieWishers see how much Camille misses her summers by the sea, they want to help, but how can four girls turn a garden into an ocean?"--Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: The WellieWishers, four girls who have backyard adventures after stepping into their colorful garden boots, make friends with a robin. Includes related activities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2016
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE TRICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED TRIAinoya, Yuki
Summary: Haneru Sato the Rabbit experiences the peace of nature all around him, from a pillow of cool water to a floral air float to carry him and his dreams, to appreciating the sound of singing cicadas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2021