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Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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“A sprawling fantasy saga . . . Caleb Carr boldly goes where he’s never gone before.”—USA Today
Legend meets history in this mesmerizing novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Caleb Carr. Demonstrating the rich storytelling, skillful plotting, and depth of research he showcased in The Alienist, Carr has written a wildly imaginative, genre-bending saga that redefines the boundaries...
Legend meets history in this mesmerizing novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Caleb Carr. Demonstrating the rich storytelling, skillful plotting, and depth of research he showcased in The Alienist, Carr has written a wildly imaginative, genre-bending saga that redefines the boundaries...
22) American boy
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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On Thanksgiving Day 1962, the shooting of a young woman sets off a chain of unsettling events in Willow Falls, Minnesota, all revolving around Matthew Garth, who becomes obsessed with the shooting victim and with the lavish lifestyle of a local doctor's family.
23) The empty city
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"In the aftermath of the Big Growl that destroyed his city, a Lone Dog named Lucky must find a way to work with other dogs in order to survive in this frightening new world"--
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Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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"Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you're zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its natural hot springs, the town enjoyed prosperity in the mid-20th Century, at the height of the frozen fish boom. But now the cold storage plant is all but abandoned and the population is shrinking every...
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Language
English
Description
"In this powerful work of narrative nonfiction, Desmond documents the months he spent living alongside tenants and landlords in Milwaukee, exploring the issues of poverty and homelessness in a segregated city. Taking readers on a journey into the daily lives of families facing eviction, sometimes repeatedly, the author creates a compelling and heartbreaking work that leaves readers wondering how we got here and what we can do to help."--http://lj.libraryjournal.com.
"In...
Author
Series
Schitt volume 1-2
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy video store owner and his family suddenly go broke, they are forced to move to the small Canadian town of Schitt's Creek.
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous tunnels beneath the city. One day she sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans. Ella...
29) The edge
Author
Series
6:20 Man volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets -- can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"For Sophie, small-town life has never felt small. With her four best friends, she can weather any storm. But when Sophie's beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it's her job to get them all the way to LA. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town's only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival. The only problem is that Megan has very...
Series
Schitt$ Creek volume 5
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Roses' personal investment in the town of Schitt's Creek rises as Johnny's partnership in the hotel lands him and Stevie at the Hospitality Awards, Moira returns from filming a horror movie in Bosnia to direct the community-theatre musical, and David plans a surprise birthday party for Patrick which also ends up surprising his parents. The opening night of "Cabaret" with both Stevie and Patrick as reluctant leads, almost overshadows the big announcement...
Series
Schitt$ Creek volume 6
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Roses have been growing as people and in prominence during their time in Schitt's Creek, and also closer as a family, which makes it even more bittersweet as their lives seem to be heading in vastly different directions. After a disaster-turned-success with "The Crows Have Eyes III" local red-carpet affair, Alexis must decide whether to continue her career or join Ted at his dream job in the Galapagos. Stevie backs away from the Rosebud to be...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post)
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways — farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need...
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways — farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need...
34) We are the light
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero -- everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins...
35) Enjoy the view
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Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
"Former Hollywood darling River Lane's acting career is tanking fast. Determined to start fresh behind the camera, she agrees to film a documentary about the picturesque small town of Moose Springs, Alaska. The assignment should have been easy, but the quirky locals want nothing to do with River...Easton Lockett may be a gentle giant, but he knows a thing or two about survival. If he can keep everyone in line, he should be able to get River and her...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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"On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as 'the dome' comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where...
37) Roses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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"Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town's founding families"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
"Det. Maggie Kennedy-O'Keefe of the Grotto, Iowa, PD is assigned to a cold case, the murder of her 16-year-old best friend, Eve Knox, after two kids find a new piece of evidence, Eve's boot, in the cave where Maggie found Eve's body 25 years earlier."--
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Language
English
Description
More than a decade ago, Mira fled her segregated hometown of Kipsen, leaving behind her best friend, the white Celine, and Woodsman Plantation - rumored to be haunted by the spirits of slaves. Now, Mira is back in Kipsen for Celine's wedding weekend at that same plantation. Mira hopes to reconnect with her old friends, especially Jesse, the boy she secretly loved. Woodsman remains a monument to its racist history and the darkest elements of the plantation's...
Series
Schitt$ Creek volume 4
Publisher
eOne
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Fully entrenched in their new lives, the once-rich Roses find themselves surrounded by family problems -- namely love and death. David and Patrick navigate a deepening romance as Patrick makes a very public overture at an open mic, then is surprised when Alexis unknowingly invites Patrick's ex-fiance to the boys' monthiversary barbeque. Alexis' PR consulting firm takes off with a marketing strategy for the hotel and a singles' week event that puts...