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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Formats
Description
Generous hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skillfully teases out issues of the heart, puts a new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to be a young...
4) Liberty
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 3
Language
English
Description
In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.
5) The gardener
Author
Language
English
Description
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ruth Ritchie elopes with a stereo salesman, thinking that she has found her ticket out of Summerville, Tennessee where her future means selling pies at Durwood's Hardware. But Chuck "gets religion," and Ruth, who cherishes her freedom more than safety, buys a used car and heads north.
When Ruth faints from hunger at a North Carolina five-and-dime, Rose, a feisty elderly reporter, rescues her. A friendship stronger than family ties blossoms; for all...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead-the hilarious and heart-pounding follow-up to Finlay Donovan is Killing It. "A funny and smart, twisty and surprising series."-Megan Miranda Finlay Donovan is-once again-struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...
10) Lassie come-home
Author
Language
English
Description
After being sold to a wealthy duke living in the far north of Scotland, a collie undertakes a 1000-mile journey to Yorkshire in order to be reunited with her former master, the son of a poor farmer.
11) The Saturdays
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four New York City siblings decide to pool their resources so that each can do a special thing on the Saturday that is his turn to receive the combined allowance.
13) Tru & Nelle
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
Description
In their small town of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1930, misfits Tru and Nelle strike up a friendship and find a mystery to solve when someone breaks into the drugstore and steals some candy and a fancy brooch.
Author
Series
Derek Fallon books volume 8
Language
English
Description
Derek Fallon and his friends are back for another hilarious adventure in Book 8 of the My Life series?this time featuring epic "meme" adventures!
Author
Series
Jughead (2015) volume 1
Publisher
Archie Comics Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Riverdale High prides itself on providing a quality education. But to Jughead Jones, what matters most is meal time--and Riverdale delivers solid midday chow. But when that sacred time is tampered with by a hot-headed new principal, Jughead swears vengeance! Can the burger-loving beanpole curry enough favor (see what we did there?) to rollback the cuisine catastrophe?"--Back cover.
16) Fart quest
Author
Series
Fart quest volume 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: After their masters are vaporized in a goblin battle gone bad, Fart, Pan, and Moxie?three lowly apprentices?decide to impersonate their mentors and pick up the mantle as heroes of the realm. But they need more than a fancy robe, magic staff, and book of magical beasts to be real heroes. They need a quest! So when The Great and Powerful Kevin puts out a call for help, seeking the coveted Golden Llama and its magical golden fart,...
17) The river why
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston, an irreverent young fly-fisherman and one of the most appealing heroes in contemporary American fiction.
Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus decides to strike out on his own, taking refuge in a secluded cabin on a remote riverbank to pursue his own fly-fishing passion with unrelenting zeal. But instead of finding fishing bliss, Gus becomes increasingly troubled
...Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Writer/detective Jessica Fletcher continues to follow the clues to uncover the truth, both at home in the charming town of Cabot Cove and on her many travels. With incredible guest stars and plot twists that leave viewers wanting more.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview has a voracious appetite for oil and it turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, the ongoing...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri,...
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