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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: Tending to the reluctant builders of Hadrian's Great Wall in the aftermath of a costly rebellion, the medicus Ruso and his wife, Tilla, investigate the disappearances of Ruso's clerk and the son of a native family, an effort that is complicated by rising tensions between the Britons and Romans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOWDownie, Ruth
Summary: Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on-his-luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in Britannia, an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire. After a thirty-six-hour shift at the army hospital, Ruso succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave girl. But the girl won't talk, can't cook, and drags trouble in her wake. Before he knows it, Ruso is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2007
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Summary: After years of military service, Gaius Petreius Ruso and his companion, Tilla, are summoned away. When a mysterious note consisting only of the words "COME HOME" arrives in the mail, Ruso is forced to give up his career as a doctor and head back home to his family - in Gaul. But all is not well on the home front. Tilla's reception is unexpectedly icy, and no one will admit to having sent for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: Gaius Petreius Ruso is a divorced and down-on-his-luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. His arrival in Deva (commonly known as Chester, England) does little to improve his mood, and after a straight thirty-six-hour shift at the hospital, he succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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Summary: "Russo and Tilla's excitement upon arriving in Rome with their baby daughter is soon dulled by their discovery that the grand facades of polished marble mask an underworld of corrupt landlords and vermin-infested tenements. There are also far too may doctors--some skilled, but others positively dangerous. Ruso thinks he has been offered a reputable medical practice only to find that his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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Summary: In the far reaches of the Roman Empire, there are three certainties in life for Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso: death, taxes, and angry barbarians. The hero finds himself trapped at the heart of an increasingly treacherous conspiracy involving theft, forgery, buried treasure, and the legacy of Boudica, the rebel queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2011
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Summary: The eighth gripping novel in the bestselling Medicus series, in which Ruso and Tilla investigate the death of the wife of Ruso's friend in the sacred hot spring of Aquae Sulis. A scandal is threatening to engulf the popular spa town of Aquae Sulis (modern-day Bath). The wife of Ruso's best friend, Valens, has been found dead in the sacred hot spring, stabbed through the heart. Fearing the wrath...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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Summary: Gaius Petreius Ruso and his companion, Tilla, become embroiled in a family scandal when Severus, the family's chief creditor, winds up dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2009
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Summary: Resuming his medical duties in the Twentieth legion in Roman-occupied Britain, Gaius Petreius Ruso investigates an outbreak of mysterious injuries and deaths and discovers possible links to the revered Centurion Geminus and the long-awaited Emperor Hadrian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2013
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Summary: In the spring of the year 118, Gaius Petreius Ruso has been stationed in the Roman-occupied province of Britannia for nearly a year. After his long and reluctant investigation of the murders of a handful of local prostitutes, Ruso needs to get away, volunteering for a posting with the army in Britannia's deepest recesses. These hinterlands are the homeland of Ruso's slave, Tilla, who has scores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOWSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIHutta, K. Emily
Summary: When Pooh's favorite tree starts drying up, he and his friends reminisce about everything the tree has given them over the years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Hutta 2010Hutta, K. Emily
Summary: Roo is bored until Tigger bounces by to take him into the Wood. There, the most wonderful day begins as Roo discovers the many wonders nature has to offer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Hutta 2010Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUTHutta, K. Emily.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Hutta 2010Summary: Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Separated from his friends and family, and on the verge of losing it all, Michael Westen goes deep undercover, joining forces with a mysterious woman and infiltrating a sinister terrorist network. With time running out, Michael must do whatever it takes to stay alive and protect his loved ones. But now, he may be forced to go too far.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BURSummary: A spirited young American girl goes to London in search of her long-lost father. When she finds him, she sets out to prove that love can conquer all, but finds that her unique, impulsive style threatens the relationship she has waited for all her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHAAirth, Rennie
Summary: It's 1921 when the bloodied bodies of Colonel Fletcher, his wife, and two staff are found in a manor house in Surrey. The police have put the murders down to a violent robbery, but Detective Inspector Madden from Scotland Yard has his own suspicions. In the meantime, the killer is plotting his second strike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clipper Audio 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC AIRSummary: Miss Phryne Fisher is a lady detective from Melbourne with a fabulous sense of fun and a flair for solving crimes.In a country reemerging from the shadow of World War I, Phryne takes life in her stride, and murder too. Detective Inspector Jack Robinson works alongside her, although she often outraces him to the crime scene. Season three includes eight all new episodes of the glamorous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MIS NOT RATEDJacobs, Jonnie.
Summary: Young Chloe Henderson was raised in foster homes. Aged out of the system when she turned 18, she moved in with her abusive boyfriend, Trace Rodriguez, hoping to make a life for herself and the child that they are expecting. While they're out for a Sunday drive, Trace stops at a convenience store in San Francisco's rundown Bayview neighborhood. He tells Chloe to wait in the car, but she goes in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACJacobs, Jonnie.
Summary: Marta Crawford is away on business when she stops at the hotel bar after a particularly difficult day. There she meets the charming Todd Wilson and, much to her dismay, wakes up the next morning in his bed. Filled with remorse and regret, she tells Todd she's made a terrible mistake and puts her reckless behavior behind her. But Todd isn't willing to let go. He follows her, worms his way into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACAirth, Rennie
Summary: Inspector John Madden of Scotland Yard investigates the murder of a family in the post-World War I British countryside. A veteran of the war, Madden immediately recognizes the work of a soldier, but discovering the motive will take longer. First in a series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1999