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A wing and a prayer : the race to save our vanishing birds / by Gyllenhaal, Anders,author.; Mills, Beverly,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population"--
Subjects: Bird populations.; Birds;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The weight of sand : my 450 days held hostage in the Sahara / by Blais, Edith,1984-author.; Grubisic, Katia,translator.; translation of:Blais, Edith,1984-Sablier.English.;
"An evocative, earth-shattering memoir about one woman's kidnapping and 450 days of captivity at the hands of terrorists-and her stunning escape to freedom. In January 2019, news outlets reported that a young Canadian woman and her Italian companion were presumed kidnapped while traveling in Africa's Sahel region, a haven for Islamic terrorists. Little was known about the pair's fate until they reappeared in Mali more than one year later, having apparently escaped their captors. Now, in The Weight of Sand, Edith Blais describes her harrowing hostage experience for the first time-and reveals that writing poetry in secret helped save her life. Edith recounts the prolonged terror of her months as a hostage, enduring violent sandstorms, constant relocations, grueling hunger strikes, extreme isolation, and the unpredictability of her captors. She also shares the luminous poems she wrote in secret with a borrowed pen, which became a lifeline of creativity and one of the few possessions she smuggled out in her escape, strapped to her leg under her clothes. A compelling descent into a strange, brutal universe, The Weight of Sand is ultimately a life-affirming book-a celebration of resilience by a woman who refused to have her humanity stripped away from her."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Blais, Edith, 1984-; Blais, Edith, 1984-; Hostages; Hostages; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping victims; Terrorism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The fossil whisperer : how Wendy Sloboda discovered a dinosaur / by Becker, Helaine.; Dumais, Sandra,1977-;
Includes bibliographical references.A captivating look at the life of a modern-day fossil hunter who makes the find of a lifetime told by author Helaine Becker.
Subjects: Picture books.; Sloboda, Wendy; Ceratopsidae; Dinosaurs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Palazzo : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
"A captivating new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Clothing trade; Siblings; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Blindfold : a memoir of capture, torture, and enlightenment / by Padnos, Theo,1968-author.;
The award-winning journalist presents a searing account of his experiences with being captured and tortured in Syria by al Qaeda for two years, detailing his related witness to Syrian village life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Padnos, Theo, 1968-; Qaida (Organization); Journalists; Hostages; Hostages; Terrorism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Palazzo [text (large print)] : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
"A captivating new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Clothing trade; Siblings; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Traitor / by Burrowes, Grace.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Inheritance and succession; Employees; Nobility;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mean streak / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.;
"Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina minutes after an argument with her husband Jeff. But by the time he reports her missing, the trail has (literally) gone cold. Fog and ice encapsulate the wilderness and freeze the search. While police suspect Jeff of 'instant divorce,' Emory regains consciousness only to find herself the captive of a man whose violent past is so dark he won't even tell her his name. She's willing to take any risks necessary to survive. But before she can escape, the two encounter dangerous people who adhere to their own code of justice. A desperate young woman is caught at the center of a dispute, and Emory can't bring herself to look the other way, even if it means breaking the law. Rising tension and barely restrained passion blurs the lines between right and wrong, and Emory begins to wonder if the man with no name is the one who has rescued her from death ... and from heartbreak"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Captivity; Couples; Kidnapping; Marital conflict; Missing persons; Mountain people; Women pediatricians; Women runners;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Escape from Falaise / by Flanagan, John(John Anthony);
Held captive by the dangerous baron Lassigny, Will Treaty and his fearless young apprentice, Maddie, must outwit the baron with the help of their friends from home to escape.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Prisoners; Escapes; Apprentices; Rescues; Adventure and adventurers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The family / by Krupitsky, Naomi,author.;
"A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Female friendship; Italian American families; Mafia;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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