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Long Island compromise [text (large print)] : a novel / by Brodesser-Akner, Taffy,author.;
"In 1983, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway in the nicest part of Long Island, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse for wear, and the family begins the hard work of trying to move on with their lives and resume their prized places in the saga of the American dream, coming to understand that though their money may have been what put them in danger, it is also what guaranteed them their safety in the end. But forty years later, when Carl's mother dies and the family comes home to mourn her, it becomes clear that nobody ever really got over anything. Carl's wife, Ruth, has spent her potential protecting her husband's emotional health. Their three grown children are each a mess: Nathan cannot seem to advance at his law firm and may have made a terrible investment with his trust fund; Beamer, a Hollywood screenwriter, will consume anything-substance, foodstuff, women-in order to numb his own perpetual terror; and Jenny has spent her life so bent on proving that she is not a product of the family's pathology that she comes to define it. Then there's Carl himself, the prickly, still-terrified father, who has been secretly seeking closure to the matter of his kidnapping for years, and the unthinkable act he commits that will alter the family's path forever"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Satirical fiction.; Novels.; Extortion; Families; Family secrets; Kidnapping; Life change events; Ransom; Rich people; Secrecy;
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Rhythmica [videorecording] : dance cardio party / by Santa Maria, Marc.; Entertainment One (Firm); Gaiam Americas, Inc.;
Get fit house party -- Latin dance mix -- Hip hop fat burn.Instructor, Marc Santa Maria.Three 20-minute club-inspired workouts designed to help you get tighter abs, stronger legs, and toned arms.E.DVD, anamorphic widescreen presentation (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Aerobic dancing.; Aerobic exercises.; Bodybuilding.; Dance; Hip-hop dance.; Instructional films.; Physical fitness.;
© c2011., Gaiam Americas, Inc. ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The West Wing. [videorecording] / by Channing, Stockard.; Hill, Dulé.; Janney, Allison.; Malina, Joshua,1966-; Moloney, Janel,1969-; Schiff, Richard,1959-; Sheen, Martin.; Spencer, John,1946-; Whitford, Bradley.; John Wells Productions (Firm); Warner Bros. Television.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Disc 1. The ticket -- The mommy problem -- Message of the week -- Mr. Frost.Disc 2. Here today -- The Al Smith dinner -- The debate [West Coast].Disc 3. Undecided -- The wedding -- Running mates -- Internal displacement.Disc 4. Duck and cover -- The cold -- Two weeks out -- Welcome to wherever you are.Disc 5. Election day, part 1 -- Election day, part 2 -- Requiem -- Transition.Disc 6. The last hurrah -- Institutional memory -- Tomorrow.Martin Sheen, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: United States. President; White House (Washington, D.C.); Presidents; Presidents; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
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School / by Kita, Joy.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.An examination of the school houses built by Canada's early setters as well as the changes to education as the population grew.LSC
Subjects: Schools; Schools; Education; Education; Frontier and pioneer life;
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The Crown, the official companion. by Lacey, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Windsor, House of.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-; Crown (Television program); Queens;
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Rats / by Chancellor, Deborah.;
"Advice for kids on how to choose and care for a pet rat, including housing, diet, and keeping rats healthy"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Rats as pets;
© 2009., Smart Apple Media,
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Little Red Riding Hood / by Ford, Bernette G.; Grimm, Jacob,1785-1863.; Grimm, Wilhelm,1786-1859.;
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Subjects: Wolves; Tales.;
© 2013., Boxer Books,
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The Mademoiselle Alliance : a novel / by Lester, Natasha,1973-author.;
"In this stunning work of historical fiction, the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphan brings to life the true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, who led one of the largest and most effective resistance networks in France during World War II"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine, 1909-1989; Intelligence officers; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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With love from London : a novel / by Jio, Sarah,author.;
"A librarian inherits a bookshop from her estranged mother, leading her halfway across the world on a journey of self-discovery that transcends time and honors the unbreakable bonds of love and family. When librarian Valentina Baker was a teenager, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own. Now in her thirties and fresh out of a failed marriage, Val feels a nagging disenchantment with her life--and knows she is still heartbroken over her mother's abandonment. In a bittersweet twist of fate, Val receives word that Eloise has passed away, leaving Val her Primrose Hill apartment and the deed to a bookshop Val never knew she'd owned. Though the news is devastating, Val finds herself more determined than ever to discover who her mother truly was. She jets across the Atlantic, departing Seattle for a new life in charming London. Slowly but surely, Val begins to piece together Eloise's life in the UK, falling in love with her pastel-colored flat, cozy neighborhood, and tucked-away storefront. But when she discovers that The Book Garden is in danger of going under, Val must work with its eccentric staff to get it in working order. In the process, she learns more about Eloise than she ever thought possible. And as Val races to save the shop, Eloise's own story unfolds, leading both mother and daughter to unearth revelatory truths"--
Subjects: Chick lit.; Psychological fiction.; Bookstores; Mothers and daughters;
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His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope / by Meacham, Jon,author.; Lewis, John,1940-2020,writer of afterword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr. A believer in hope above all else, Lewis learned from a young age that nonviolence was not only a tactic but a philosophy, a biblical imperative, and a transforming reality. At the age of four, Lewis, ambitious to become a preacher, practiced by preaching to the chickens he took care of. When his mother cooked one of the chickens, the boy refused to eat it--his first act of non-violent protest. Integral to Lewis's commitment to bettering the nation was his faith in humanity and in God, and an unshakable belief in the power of hope. Meacham calls Lewis "as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the nation-state in the eighteenth century. He did what he did--risking limb and life to bear witness for the powerless in the face of the powerful--not in spite of America, but because of America, and not in spite of religion, but because of religion"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Lewis, John, 1940-2020.; United States. Congress. House; African American civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Legislators; Protest movements;
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