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The Roanoke girls [sound recording] : a novel / by Engel, Amy,author.; Pressley, Brittany,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Brittany Pressley.After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran ... fast and far away. Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Children of suicide victims; Families; Family secrets; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dominion [game] / by Please return all components in the container. ;
"You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams. You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion. In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodum. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait. It must be something in the air, several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted" - from Amazon.Ages 14+.
Subjects: Board games.; Library of things.; Toys and instruments.;
© [2016]., Rio Grande Games,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Badass(ish) / by Heilman, Jaymie Patricia,author.;
"Three teens set out to stop a pipeline, but their secrets, anxieties, and one very obnoxious ex-boyfriend might just explode their friendship first. Reeling from an online HateStorm after she blamed Alberta's oil industry for a devastating forest fire, Davis wades back into climate activism to impress her two new friends and win back her ex-boyfriend. The novel is told from the points of view of the three main characters: Davis' parents work for the oil company she is fighting against; Renzi knows what it's like when climate change strikes back when her grandparents' home in Puerto Rico is destroyed by hurricanes and Jae hasn't found the right moment to share the truth about her growing feelings for another girl. Tripped up by family pressures and their own secrets and lies, the teens' anti-pipeline efforts may jeopardize their friendship and lose the people they love most unless they find their own ways to fight for what they believe in."--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Climatic changes; Friendship; Pipelines; Climatic changes; Friendship; Pipelines;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The only child : a novel / by Sŏ, Mi-ae,author.; Jung, Yewon,translator.; translation of:Sŏ, Mi-ae.Chal chayo ŏmma.English.;
"Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo, who has refused to speak to anyone until now, asks specifically for her. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity. That same day Hayeong, her husband's eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door after her grandparents, with whom she lived after her mother passed away, die in a sudden fire. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely. At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. Hayeong looks at her the same way Yi Byeongdo does when he recounts the abuse he experienced as a child; Hayeong's serene expression masks a temper that she can't control."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Psychologists; Criminal psychology; Stepmothers; Stepdaughters; Serial murderers;
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A train to Moscow : a novel / by Gorokhova, Elena,author.;
"In a small, provincial town behind the Iron Curtain, Sasha lives in a house full of secrets, one of which is her own dream of becoming an actress. When she leaves for Moscow to audition for drama school, she defies her mother and grandparents and abandons her first love, Andrei. Before she leaves, Sasha discovers the hidden war journal of her uncle Kolya, an artist still missing in action years after the war has ended. His pages expose the official lies and the forbidden truth of Stalińђةs brutality. Kolyάђةs revelations and his tragic love story guide Sasha through drama school and cement her determination to live a thousand lives onstage. After graduation, she begins acting in Leningrad, where Andrei, now a Communist Party apparatchik, becomes a censor of her work. As a past secret comes to light, Sashάђةs ambitions converge with Andreζ́ђةs duties, and Sasha must decide if her dreams are truly worth the necessary sacrifice and if, as her grandmother likes to say, all will indeed be well"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Diaries; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Almost just friends : a novel / by Shalvis, Jill,author.;
"Piper Manning's about as tough as they come, she's had to be. She raised her siblings and they've thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she's free. When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There's a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can't deny, making her yearn for something she doesn't understand. And her siblings ... well, they need each other. Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself ... and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks-- just as the new life she craves may have already begun."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The whistler / by Medina, Nick,author.;
"For fear of summoning evil spirits, Native superstition says you should never, ever whistle at night. Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos. Then his dreams came to a screeching halt. Now, he's learning to navigate a new life in a wheelchair, back on the reservation where he grew up, relying on his grandparents' care while he recovers. And he's being haunted. His girlfriend, Jade, insists he just needs time to adjust to his new reality as a quadriplegic, that it's his traumatized mind playing tricks on him, but Henry knows better. As the specter haunting him creeps closer each night, Henry battles to find a way to endure, to rid himself of the horror stalking him. Worried that this dread might plague him forever, he realizes the only way to exile his phantom is by confronting his troubled past and going back to the events that led to his injury. It all started when he whistled at night ... "--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Novels.; Ghosts; Indigenous peoples; People with quadriplegia;
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Betty Crocker found recipes : beloved vintage recipes worth sharing. by Crocker, Betty,author.;
From Betty Crocker, the brand beloved by generations of Americans, a carefully curated treasure trove of more than 100 favourite vintage recipes found in the Betty Crocker archives, dusted off and so delicious you'll love them on today's table. Over the last century, Betty Crocker has created thousands of well-tested, wonderful recipes, some especially that spark fond memories today, whether they were made by a grandparent, served at holiday meals, or were part of a trend of the time. In Betty Crocker Found Recipes, you'll find these rediscovered vintage but timeless favourites. Some of these rare recipes were most frequently requested by lifelong Betty Crocker fans, which you'll see in the Found Lost Recipe features throughout the book. Others are ones that rose to the top of the Betty Crocker Test Kitchens recipe boxes over the years. And, during the search for favourite recipes to be included in this book, Betty Crocker fans shared stories of favourite recipes they've lost and couldn't find -- so the Betty Crocker Kitchens recreated them for the Recreated Lost Recipes features, along with the fans' heartwarming memories behind them.
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Cooking.;
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The cursed moon / by Cervantes, Angela.;
"Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit of fear growing in his stomach. To take his mind off his mom's return, Rafa spends an evening crafting the scariest ghost story he's ever told. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky, Rafa tells a group of friends about The Caretaker. The Caretaker is an evil ghost who lures unsuspecting kids into the neighborhood pond...and they don't ever come out. Rafa is really proud of his latest creation, until strange things start to happen around him. With a sinking feeling, Rafa realizes the Caretaker is real. Rafa has brought the ghost to life--and only he can stop him"--
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Horror fiction.; Mexican Americans; Ghosts; Storytelling; Children of prisoners; Families;
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In love with Lewis Prescott / by Smith, Sarah,1985-author.;
"Fed up with the long hours at her prestigious San Francisco architecture firm, Harper Ellorza has traded the overcrowded city for the sleepy seaside town of Half Moon Bay. Her plan to renovate her late grandparents' house has hit some snags, though: it's in worse condition than expected, the costs are piling up and her savings are dwindling--fast. A chance encounter with TV hunk Lewis Prescott might be the solution to her problems. After a career-killing meltdown, he's desperate for a place to lie low for a while. He offers to help Harper remodel the house--for free--if she lets him stay there. He's famous, he's handsome and he's surprisingly good with his hands ... As their living arrangements become more intimate, so do their conversations. Turns out, there's more to Lewis than she ever would have guessed, but Harper knows she needs to keep her hands--and her heart--to herself. After all, her hard-earned quiet coastal life could never be enough for a TV star determined to return to the A-list. Could it?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Dwellings; Man-woman relationships; Television actors and actresses; Women architects;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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