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An almost perfect summer / by Mansell, Jill,author.;
Nick is the most intriguing man Nella has met in a while. He's a 9 in the looks department (no one gets a 10), he makes her laugh, and he keeps her company when she ends up in A&E. But they live hundreds of miles apart. Then Nella loses her job. There's a perfect role on offer at a Cotswolds holiday retreat. The catch is that her boss would be Nick. And that makes Nick the one man she can't risk falling in love with. While Nella struggles with her feelings, a Hollywood star has found a haven at the retreat. Lizzie's sworn off people -- especially men -- until her friendly new neighbours entice her out of her shell. Maybe she needs a flirtation -- with gorgeous Nick, perhaps? Not with taciturn local Matthew, though, who is definitely not a member of her fan club. Then an astonishing secret revealed changes everything...
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy;
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'Twas the bite before Christmas / by Rosenfelt, David,author.;
"Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter is at the Tara Foundation's annual Christmas party. The dog rescue organization has always been his true calling, and this is one holiday tradition he can get behind because every dog that's come through the rescue-and their families-are invited to celebrate. This year's party is no exception. But before the stockings can be hung by the chimney with care, homicide detectives ruin the evening. Derek Moore, one of the foundation's best foster volunteers, is arrested for murder. Andy discovers Derek-whose real name is Bobby-is in the witness protection program after giving evidence against his former gang. The police believe Bobby murdered a member. But Bobby swears to Andy he didn't do this. He's built a new life, a new business, has two new dogs after being a double foster-failure. There isn't much Andy likes about this case, but he likes Bobby. If he's innocent, Andy wants to help. Before Andy can settle down for his long winter's nap, he has a client's name to clear, a murderer to catch, and two new dogs to look after: a golden and a Dalmatian. Andy's golden retriever, Tara, will have to adjust to not being the only golden at the house while Andy gets to the bottom of this one ... "--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Carpenter, Andy (Fictitious character); Christmas stories; Dogs; Lawyers; Murder; Trials (Murder);
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Fireman Sam. [videorecording] / by Carling, David.; Douglas, Su.; Hibbert, Jerry.; Ingham, Dave.; Kynman, Steven.; Marchant, Margo.; Sawl, Lesley.; Tucker, Tegwen.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; HIT Entertainment.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm); Prism Art & Design Limited.;
The big chill -- The Pontypandy polar bear -- Ice cold in Pontypandy -- Snowball of doom -- Floodlights.Tegwen Tucker, David Carling, Su Douglas, Steven Kynman.It's the holiday season and Fireman Sam's adventures are heating up! Norman causes trouble baking more than holiday cookies; Sarah and James' search for a polar bear turns into a snowy rescue! Trevor and his passengers find themselves on thin ice and Norman's snowboarding antics leave Mike in a mountain of trouble; Sam shows his firefighting talent when Pontypandy's holiday lighting competition goes haywire.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, full screen presentation ; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Fire fighters; Friendship; Rescues; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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A mother's love : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
"On the occasion of her daughter Valerie's wedding and her upcoming fiftieth birthday, bestselling author Halley Holbrook finds herself reflecting. Raising twins Valerie and Olivia is her proudest accomplishment. Halley has been able to give them the loving and safe home she never had, having survived a childhood so traumatic she's never talked about it with her girls. Long ago, Halley decided to live in the sunlight of the present, not the dark shadows of the past. After Valerie moves to Los Angeles with her producer husband, and Olivia follows to remain close to her sister, Halley is empty-nesting in her Fifth Avenue apartment. Facing her first holiday alone in years, she books a trip to Paris. On the flight over, she meets charming Bart Warner, and the two become fast friends. Halley hasn't dated since her partner died three years ago, yet she quickly begins to feel more like herself. But when a cunning thief makes off with her handbag and then begins to harass her, it reawakens old ghosts from her past. Vowing not to be a victim, and with Bart's help, she chooses a bold course of action."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Thieves; Twins; Women authors;
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If animals celebrated Christmas / by Paul, Ann Whitford.; Walker, David,1965-;
Rhyming text explores what would happen if animals celebrated Christmas like humans do, from a penguin and chick writing letters to Santa to a koala and her parents sharing a holiday cuddle.LSC
Subjects: Christmas stories.; Stories in rhyme.; Animal behavior; Parent and child;
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Dykette : a novel / by Davis, Jenny Fran,author.;
"An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two other queer couples. Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbians--prominent news host Jules Todd and her psychotherapist partner, Miranda--invites Sasha and Jesse to their country home for the holidays, they're quick to accept. Even if the trip includes a third couple--Jesse's best friend, Lou, and their cool-girl flame, Darcy--whose It-queer clout Sasha ridicules yet desperately wants. As the late December afternoons blur together in a haze of debaucherous homecooked feasts and sweaty sauna confessions, so too do the guests' secret and shifting motivations. When Jesse and Darcy collaborate an ill-fated livestream performance, a complex web of infatuation and jealousy emerges, sending Sasha down a spiral of destructive rage that threatens each couple's future. Unfolding over ten heady days, Dykette is an unforgettable love story at the crossroads of queer nonconformity and seductive normativity. With propulsive plotting and sexy, wickedly entertaining prose, Jenny Fran Davis captures the vagaries of desire and the many devastating places in which we seek recognition"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Jealousy; Lesbian couples; Lesbians;
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The twelve books of Christmas / by Carlisle, Kate,1951-author.;
"San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright and her hunky security-expert husband, Derek Stone, face a locked-room murder mystery during the holidays in Scotland. In the middle of a wonderful Christmas holiday in Dharma, Brooklyn and Derek receive a frantic phone call from their dear friend Claire in Loch Ness, Scotland. The laird of the castle, Cameron MacKinnon, has just proposed to her! They plan to be married on New Year's Day, and they want Derek and Brooklyn to be their witnesses. And while they're visiting, Claire hopes that Brooklyn will be able to solve a little mystery that's occurred in the castle library--twelve very rare, very important books have gone missing. Once in Scotland, Brooklyn starts working on the mystery of the missing books but is soon distracted by all of the thumping and bumping noises she's been hearing in the middle of the night. You'd think the Ghost of Christmas Past had taken up residence. But when one of the guests is poisoned and another is killed by an arrow through the heart, Brooklyn and Derek know this is not the work of any ghost. Now they must race to find a killer and a book thief before another murder occurs and their friends' bright and happy future turns dark and deadly"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Christmas stories; Book thefts; Books; Murder; Rare books; Women bookbinders;
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Christmas with the Queen [text (large print)] : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
"December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue the tradition of her late father's Christmas Day radio broadcast. But even traditions must evolve with the times, and the queen faces a postwar Britain hungry for change. As preparations begin for the royal Christmas at Sandringham House in Norfolk, old friends-Jack Devereux and Olive Carter-are unexpectedly reunited by the occasion. Olive, a single mother and aspiring reporter at the BBC, leaps at the opportunity to cover the holiday celebration, but even a chance encounter with the queen doesn't go as planned and Olive wonders if she will ever be taken seriously. Jack, a recently widowed chef, reluctantly takes up a new role in the royal kitchens at Sandringham. Lacking in purpose and direction, Jack has abandoned his dream to have his own restaurant, but his talents are soon noticed and while he might not believe in himself, others do, and a chance encounter with an old friend helps to reignite the spark of his passion and ambition. As Jack and Olive's paths continue to cross over the following five Christmases, they grow ever closer. Yet Olive carries the burden of a heavy secret that threatens to destroy everything. Christmas Day, December 1957. As the nation eagerly awaits the Queen's first televised Christmas speech, there is one final gift for the Christmas season to deliver ... "--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Sandringham House (Sandringham, England); Christmas stories.; Cooks; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Occasional speeches; Reporters and reporting; Secrecy; Single women; Women journalists;
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A mother's love [text (large print)] : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
"On the occasion of her daughter Valerie's wedding and her upcoming fiftieth birthday, bestselling author Halley Holbrook finds herself reflecting. Raising twins Valerie and Olivia is her proudest accomplishment. Halley has been able to give them the loving and safe home she never had, having survived a childhood so traumatic she's never talked about it with her girls. Long ago, Halley decided to live in the sunlight of the present, not the dark shadows of the past. After Valerie moves to Los Angeles with her producer husband, and Olivia follows to remain close to her sister, Halley is empty-nesting in her Fifth Avenue apartment. Facing her first holiday alone in years, she books a trip to Paris. On the flight over, she meets charming Bart Warner, and the two become fast friends. Halley hasn't dated since her partner died three years ago, yet she quickly begins to feel more like herself. But when a cunning thief makes off with her handbag and then begins to harass her, it reawakens old ghosts from her past. Vowing not to be a victim, and with Bart's help, she chooses a bold course of action."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Thieves; Twins; Women authors;
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Merry Madagascar [videorecording] / by Aguilar, Joe M.,television producer.; Darnell, Eric,1961-screenwriter.; McGrath, Tom,1964-screenwriter.; Soren, David,1973-television director,screenwriter.; Richter, Andy,1966-voice actor.; Stiller, Ben,1965-voice actor.; Schwimmer, David,1966-voice actor.; Smith, Jada Pinkett,1971-voice actor.; Reiner, Carl,1922-voice actor.; Cedric,the Entertainer,1965-voice actor.; Rock, Chris,voice actor.; Jacobs, Danny,1968-voice actor.; Pereira, Heitor,composer.; DreamWorks Animation,production company.; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Heitor Pereira.Andy Richter, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carl Reiner, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Rock, Danny Jacobs, Tom McGrath.When Santa and his reindeer crash onto the island of Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, and those wacky penguins to save Christmas. Get ready for a sleigh full of laughs in this hilarious holiday classic.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's television programs.; Christmas television programs.; Penguins; Santa Claus; Christmas; Lion; Zebras; Giraffe;
For private home use only.
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