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- Wild houses / by Barrett, Colin,1982-author.;
"The riotous, raucous, and deeply resonant debut novel from "one of the best story writers in the English language today" (Financial Times), Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporary Irish literature's most daring stylists. Praised by Oprah Daily as "a doyen of the sentence," and by the Los Angeles Times as a writer of "unique genius," Barrett now expands his canvas with a debut novel that contains as much grit, plot, and linguistic energy as any of his celebrated short stories. As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, introspective loner Dev answers his door on Friday night to find Doll English-younger brother of small-time local dealer Cillian English-bruised and in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, County Mayo's fraternal enforcers and Dev's cousins. Dev's quiet homelife is upturned as he is quickly and unwillingly drawn headlong into the Ferdias' frenetic revenge plot against Cillian. Meanwhile, Doll's girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Nicky, reeling from a fractious Friday and plagued by ghosts and tragedy of her own, sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina. Set against Barrett's trademark depictions of small-town Irish life, Wild Houses is a thrillingly told story of two outsiders striving to find themselves as their worlds collapse in chaos and violence"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Black humor.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Kidnapping; Revenge; Siblings; Small cities; Tragedy;
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- Brother Brontë : a novel / by Flores, Fernando A.,1982-author.;
"Two women adventure to save their dystopian border town-and books themselves-in Fernando A. Flores's most fantastical novel yet"--- Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Books and reading; Female friendship; Industrialists; Small cities; Women;
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- Totally and completely fine : a novel / by Sussman, Elissa,author.;
"From the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask comes an inspiring romance novel about honoring the past, living in the present, and loving for the future"--- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Actors; Man-woman relationships; Single mothers; Small cities; Widows;
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- The love shack / by Foster, Lori,1958-author.;
"When Berkley Carr opened The Love Shack Animal Haven, she thought she'd finally put her past behind her. But sometimes she feels the sting of the scandal from her youth, especially when she keeps crossing paths with her handsome neighbor. So, she keeps her head down and pours all her love into caring for animals. Lawson Salder moved to Cemetery, Indiana, to escape from the grinding poverty of his childhood. He barely knew Berkley from their old neighborhood, but every time he sees her, the shame and pain come crashing back. He knows she's got major baggage of her own. They're better off just avoiding each other. But that's downright impossible in a town full of matchmaking busybodies. Then there's the hard-to-ignore attraction they feel every time they see each other. When the universe is conspiring to bring them together, will Berkley and Lawson let past hurts go and embrace the love they deserve?"--Publisher.- Subjects: Chick lit.; Novels.; Animal shelters; Man-woman relationships; Neighbors; Scandals; Small cities;
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- Leaving Wisdom / by Butala, Sharon,1940-author.;
"Leaving Wisdom begins with the wrong kind of bang when retiring social worker Judith falls on the way to her retirement party. Her ears still ringing and her strength compromised by a shaky recovery, Judith moves back to the town of Wisdom, Saskatchewan, near the farm where she grew up. There she confronts many unanswered questions: Why was her father, a World War Two veteran, so troubled? What are her brother and sister hiding from her? And more immediately, is a serious crime unfolding in the house next door? Small town bigotry and shady goings-on make Judith's search for answers even more bewildering. As she attempts to untangle the mysteries that ensare her at every turn, more complicated and wider ranging questions arise as she uncovers the truth about her damaged father. This thought-provoking and very readable tale depicts the suffering that comes from family secrets, and one woman's late-life awakening to the complex shadows cast by World War Two and the Holocaust."--Back cover.- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Homecoming; Mothers and daughters; Small cities;
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- A harmless lie : a novel / by Blædel, Sara,author.; Kline, Mark,1952-translator.; translation of:Blædel, Sara.Pigen under træet.English.;
Detective Louise Rick is on a beach in Thailand when the panicked call from her father comes through. Louise′s beloved brother, Mikkel, has attempted suicide. His wife, Trine, left him days earlier, walking out the door one day with no warning and leaving Mikkel devastated. Louise rushes home to Osted, the small, insular Danish town where she grew up and where Mikkel still lives. But the more Louise learns about Trine--a devoted wife and the mother of two young children--and her state of mind in the days before she left Mikkel, the more Louise begins to wonder whether Trine really meant to leave him. Or whether something much darker may have taken place. As the local police begin to suspect that Mikkel may have had a hand in Trine's disappearance, Louise struggles to clear his name but is forced to confront some hard truths: Small towns always hide secrets. The past always comes back to haunt you. And lies are never harmless.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Rick, Louise; Detectives; Missing persons; Policewomen; Secrecy; Small cities;
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- Werewolves within [videorecording] / by Altman, Jason,film producer.; Bachman, Brett W.,editor of moving image work.; Basil, George,actor.; Boykin, Margaret,film producer.; Burns, Sarah(Actress),actor.; Chernus, Michael,actor.; Curtin, Catherine,actor.; Duvall, Wayne,1958-actor.; Fleshler, Glenn,actor.; Guillén, Harvey,1990-actor.; Henderson, Rebecca,1980-actor.; Jackson, Cheyenne,actor.; Lieberman, Andrew(Producer),film producer.; Metzger, Natalie,1986-film producer.; Miller, Matt,1982-film producer.; Richardson, Sam(Actor),film producer,actor.; Ruben, Josh,film director.; Solovʹeva, Anna,1984-composer (expression); Tabbert, David,costume designer.; Tanzer, Bret,production designer.; Vayntrub, Milana,actor.; Watkins, Michaela,1971-actor.; Weissner, Benjamin,film producer.; Wise, Matthew,1983-director of photography.; Wolff, Mishna,screenwriter.; IFC Films,presenter,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.; Ubisoft Film & Television,production company.; Vanishing Angle (Firm),production company.;
Music by Anna Drubich ; costume designer, David Tabbert ; production designer, Bret Tanzer ; editor, Brett W. Bachman ; director of photography, Matthew Wise.Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, Glenn Fleshler.A snowstorm traps town residents together inside the local inn, where newly arrived forest ranger Finn and postal worker Cecily must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some bloody violence, sexual references and language throughout.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Werewolf films.; Blizzards; Forest rangers; Postal service; Small cities; Snow; Werewolves;
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- The house i loved [sound recording] / by Rosnay, Tatiana de,1961-; Reading, Kate.;
Read by Kate Reading.Paris, France: 1860s. Whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will alter the face of Paris, molding it into a 'modern city.' The reforms will erase generations of history - but in the tumult, one woman will take a stand. Rose Bazelet refuses to leave, taking refuge in her basement, where she passes the time by writing letters to her late husband.- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; City planning; Family secrets; Large type books.; Urban renewal; Widows;
- © p2012., Macmillan,
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- The geography of genius : a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley / by Weiner, Eric,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.INTRODUCTION: ADVENTURES WITH THE GALTON BOX -- GENIUS IS SIMPLE : ATHENS -- GENIUS IS NOTHING NEW : HANGZHOU -- GENIUS IS EXPENSIVE : FLORENCE -- GENIUS IS PRACTICAL : EDINBURGH -- GENIUS IS CHAOTIC : CALCUTTA -- GENIUS IS REACTIONARY : VIENNA PITCH PERFECT -- GENIUS IS CAFFEINATED : VIENNA ON THE COUCH -- GENIUS IS WEAK : SILICON VALLEY -- EPILOGUE: BAKING BREAD AND HANGING TEN.- Subjects: Weiner, Eric, 1963-; Cities and towns.; Genius; Geography; Voyages and travels.;
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- The war [videorecording (BLURAY)] : a Ken Burns film / by Arkin, Adam.; Botstein, Sarah.; Burns, Ken,1953-; Cannavale, Bobby.; Conway, Kevin.; David, Keith.; Hanks, Tom.; Holtz, Rebecca.; Jackson, Samuel L.; Lucas, Josh.; McCormick, Carolyn.; Novick, Lynn.; Wahlberg, Robert.; Wallach, Eli,1915-; Ward, Geoffrey C.; American Lives II Film Project.; Florentine Films.; PBS Home Video.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm); WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.);
Disc 1. Necessary war -- disc 2. When things get tough ; Deadly calling -- disc 3. Pride of our nation -- disc 4. Fubar -- disc 5. Ghost front -- disc 6. World without war.Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.Narrated by Keith David, with Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson, Eli Wallach, Adam Arkin, Kevin Conway, Rebecca Holtz, Carolyn McCormick, Robert Wahlberg.Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.E.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital.- Subjects: City dwellers; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- © c2012., PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
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