Sklar, Marty
Summary: Marty Sklar was hired by The Walt Disney Company after his junior year at UCLA, and began his Disney career at Disneyland in July 1955, the month before the park opened. He spent his first decade at Disney as 'the kid,' the very youngest of the creative team Walt had assembled at WED Enterprises. But despite his youth, his talents propelled him forward into substantial responsibility: he became...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Book Group 2013
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MacLeod, Marty
Summary: An A-to-Z tour de force, from Arnold's Bookstore, Brady's, and Cone Drive through the locally filmed Zombie movie. Land mines and cigar rolling, life-sized cartoons, casketmakers, and an experimental submarine—it's all part of Old Towne's fascinating story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Street Books 0000
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Summary: "Hayley Burke has landed a dream job. She is the new curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's First Edition library. The library is kept at Middlebank House, a lovely Georgian home in Bath, England. Hayley lives on the premises and works with the finicky Glynis Woolgar, Lady Fowling's former secretary. Mrs. Woolgar does not like Hayley's ideas to modernize The First Edition Society and bring in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WINWingate, Marty
Summary: "Fiercely independent Mabel Canning can't wait to begin working for the Useful Women's Agency. But when she discovers a body on her client's doorstep, it's time to add solving murders to her job description... London, 1921: Mabel Canning is proud to be a modern woman working for the Useful Women's Agency, carrying out tasks for gentlewomen from flower arranging to washing muddy dogs. But when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bookouture 2024
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Summary: Hayley Burke, curator of Lady Fowling's collection of first edition mysteries, is settling into her position at the First Edition Library in Middlebank House. She's even made progress with Lady Fowling's former secretary, the ornery Miss Woolgar. The women are busily preparing for an exhibition that will showcase Lady Fowling's life and letters. Hayley knows the exhibition is a huge undertaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WINCrisp, Marty.
Summary: Uses a question-and-answer format to present a variety of information about dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthWord Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.7 CRISummary: Racial tension runs high in 1971 Durham, North Carolina as residents continue to fight the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate their schools. A series of town meetings are called to discuss the matter. Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis, the meeting co-chairs, have very different views. Passionately advocating for school integration is a way of life for Atwater, a champion for Civil Rights. C.P....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BESDermansky, Marcy
Summary: Allison Brody is thirty-two and newly arrived on the East Coast after just managing to flee her movie producer boyfriend. She has some money, saved up from years of writing and waitressing, and so she spends it, buying a small house on the beach. But then a Category 3 hurricane makes landfall and scatters her home up and down the shore, leaving Allison adrift. Should she go home from the bar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DERGitlin, Marty
Summary: Test your knowledge about the history of the Summer and Winter Games and the amazing athletes who have participated in them. The title features informative sidebars, a trivia quiz, a glossary, and further resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.48 GITWingate, Marty.
Summary: The area around your home is your haven, your sanctuary, your refuge from the noise and irritation of traffic, eyesores, and nosy neighbors. Or at least it could be if there was some sort of barrier between your front yard and the sidewalk, or if you didn't have to stare at the back of the neighbors' garage when you want to relax on your patio. Landscaping for Privacy brims with creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2012
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Zafrilla, Marta
Summary: A tale that explores themes of diversity, adoption, and alternative family life follows a little chick who shares a happy relationship with his loving mother, a cat with soft fur, tickling whiskers, and a long beautiful tail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ZAFPerry, Marta
Summary: "Anna Stoltzfus lives a quiet but fulfilling life in Promise Glen. Though she lost her beloved brother in a tragic accident, her family is supportive and close-knit, and her job as a cherished teacher at the Orchard Hill Amish School fills her heart with joy each day. Anna knows one day she'll find someone she can love and marry, but she's perfectly happy with the life she created. Anna's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC PERPerry, Marta.
Summary: "Please God, if you're listening, keep Rachel safe." She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steeple Hill 2010
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Perry, Marta.
Summary: Libby Morgan never wanted to return to Lancaster County. She'd made her own life in the city as a news photographer, leaving the slow pace of Amish country behind. She'd left love behind, too, when she fled the old-fashioned ways of Adam Byler. But when a friend in trouble beckons, Libby knows she has no choice. What she doesn't know is that something sinister awaits her.... For Adam Byler,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2012
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Quintana, Pilar
Summary: Una novela sobre el fin de la infancia y sus fantasmas. Claudia vive con sus padres en un apartamento invadido por plantas que se estiran para tocarla. Como todas las familias, la suya contiene una crisis, y solo hará falta que algo o alguien llegue a detonarla. Cada quien tiene un punto de quiebre en la infancia, y Claudia, la protagonista de esta historia, narra, desde la expectación y la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2021
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH QUICard, Maisy
Summary: Abel and Vera Paisley are a working-class Jamaican couple, striving to build a better life for their children. Abel travels to London in the early 1960s in search of fortune. Instead, he sees an opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life by faking his death and assuming a new identity. Vera, now a widow, is racked with guilt over her husband's "death" and takes out her grief on her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CARHarte, Marie
Summary: "Rena Jackson is a diehard romantic, and she's had her eye on Axel Heller for a while. He's got the tall-brooding-and-handsome thing down pat, but he guards his heart well, and Rena is tired of waiting for him to notice her. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, she decides it's time to forget about Axel and find her own Mr. Right. But that's when Axel makes her a bet that involves the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARMagny, Olivier.
Summary: A wine connoisseur, teacher and Parisian explains how to fit in and be truly cool in the City of Lights including walking with a folded copy of the newspaper Le Monde under your arm and always ordering a San Pellegrino.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011
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Summary: Sophia loves finding fossils and digging up dinosaur bones. But she doesn't love the way all the grownups just want her to smile. What does smiling have to do with the very serious business of being a scientist?!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE AMABartz, Andrea
Summary: "Kelly's new life in Philadelphia has turned into a nightmare: She's friendless and jobless, and the lockdown has her trapped in a tiny apartment with the man she gave up everything for, who's just called off their wedding. The only bright spot is her newly rekindled friendship with her childhood friend Sabrina -- now a glamorous bestselling author with a handsome, high-powered husband. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BARCrisostomo, Manny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Free Press 1986
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CRILanagan, Margo.
Summary: Ten fantasy stories to tease and intrigue from the astonishing Margo Lanagan. Ten brilliant stories to unsettle and intrigue from the astonishing Margo Lanagan, internationally acclaimed author of Black Juice. 'White Time is book of absolutely outstanding short stories . . . a collection of extraordinary richness and power that will reward adult as well as teenage readers.' Adelaide Advertiser...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd 2006
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Maloy, Kate.
Summary: Sarah Lucas imagined the rest of her days would be spent living peacefully in her rural Vermont home in the steadfast company of her husband. But now, with Charles's sudden passing, seventy-five-year-old Sarah is left inconsolably alone.As grief settles in, Sarah's mind lingers on her past: her imperfect but devoted fifty-year marriage to Charles; the years they spent raising their three very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books 2009