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1) Swan Song
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author brings her Nantucket novels to a brilliant finish: when rich strangers move to the island, social mayhem—and a possible murder follow. Can Nantucket’s best locals save the day, and their way of life?
Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by...
Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Beloved New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale of an idyllic California beach town forced to reckon with scandal when a high school valedictorian's speech reveals secrets that shake the town to its core.
"Readers will savor sunny skies and perfect surf in this stunning new novel, but one thing is for sure: In this Beach Town, there is always more happening than meets
...Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lyle Hovde lives a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife, Peg, daughter, Shiloh, and six-year old grandson, Isaac. After a troubled adolescence, Shiloh has become deeply involved with an extremist church, and the devout pastor courting her is convinced Isaac has the spiritual ability to heal the sick. When the church's radical belief system threatens Isaac's safety, Lyle is forced to make a decision from which the family may not recover....
4) Hot shot
Author
Series
Men of the Sisterhood volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Books Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When lawyer Lizzie Fox's husband, Cosmo Cricket, is left critically injured after being shot by an unknown assailant, the men of BOLO Consultants head straight for Las Vegas to comfort Lizzie - and to uncover a dangerous enemy in the City of Sin.
As head of Nevada's Gaming Commission, Cosmo Cricket has powerful enemies. Left critically injured by an unknown assailant, the shooting seems to be related to one of his private projects rather than the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Under the Christmas Tree: With snow falling over the redwood forests, secluded Virgin River is the ideal place to spend the holidays. Each year, the close-knit community gathers in the town square to decorate and light a massive tree. Carols are sung, hot chocolate is shared--and this year, a surprise is about to bring two special people together. When the townsfolk discover a box of adorable puppies under the town's Christmas tree, they call on...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Abbott returns home to Fawn Grove, Maine, after serving time in Afghanistan, then years spent as a sous chef in New York. She's realized her only hope of moving on from the past involves facing it again. But Fawn Grove, like Lucy herself, has changed and the murder of a Muslim girl brings back difficult memories"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Lulu.com
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Sixty-seven year old Sarah Miller sat among her unpacked boxes reliving the loss of her husband, her young grandson, and now the place that had been home for forty two years. Everything she unpacked carried a memory, some warm and some painful. But, Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become 'home', she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, and possibly a love interest. When one of her new friends is...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"On the morning of the dedication of the new children's library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. At the same time, twelve-year-old Bruno Ben-Eli is on his way to the train station to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, who is a soldier overseas in World War II. But when Bruno spies Julie, the...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this book, five young friends -- Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin -- spend the day traveling around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn about the people and places that make up their community and what it means to be a part of one.
12) Queen bees
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen temporarily moves into a nearby retirement community. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying 'mean girls' the likes of which she hasn't encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics...
13) My neighborhood
Author
Series
Publisher
Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text introduce the friendly people in the neighborhood.
15) Planet Earth
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'"--Container.
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