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A restless truth / by Marske, Freya,author.;
"Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plenty of it when she volunteered to serve as an old lady's companion on an ocean liner, in order to help her beloved older brother unravel a magical conspiracy that began generations ago. What she didn't expect was for the old lady in question to turn up dead on the first day of the voyage. Now she has to deal with a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and the lovely, dangerously outrageous Violet Debenham, who's also returning home to England. Violet is everything that Maud has been trained to distrust yet can't help but desire: a magician, an actress, and a magnet for scandal"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Novels.; Conspiracies; Lesbians; Magic; Murder; Ocean travel; Paid companions (Household employees);
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The house of ashes / by Neville, Stuart,1972-author.;
"Sara Keane's husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a "fresh start" in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless, friendless-all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser, and Mary-silent for six decades-is finally ready to tell her story ... Through the counterpoint voices-one modern Englishwoman, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier-Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this truly haunting narrative"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Dwellings; Man-woman relationships; Moving, Household; Female friendship; Secrecy;
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A Christmas legacy : a novel / by Perry, Anne,author.;
Thomas and Charlotte Pitt's former maid Gracie helps out a good friend who was unceremoniously fired. Gracie knows she has to find out what happened. At first, it seems that all is normal in the household between the couple and the elderly granny who mostly keeps to her bedroom upstairs. Gracie slowly realizes, though, that Granny is suffering from neglect--and rather than helping her, the husband and wife have decided she isn't dying fast enough.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Employees; Friendship; Household employees; Older people;
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Quintessence / by Redman, Jess,1986-;
Middle-schooler Alma Lucas goes on a quest to return a fallen star to the sky, and along the way discovers friendship, magic, and the strength of her own soul.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Girls; Middle school students; Stars; Friendship; Moving, Household;
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Bruce's big move / by Higgins, Ryan T.;
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Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Bruce (Fictitious character : Higgins); Bears; Moving, Household; Forest animals;
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Moving out [electronic resource]. by Microsoft Corporation.;
Game.Become a certified removals master in this action, puzzle, physics based moving Simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op". In moving out players can train alone or with friends to learn the dos and don'ts of moving furniture. Expect plot twists, irreverent humour, cameos and borderline trademark infringing scenarios. You thought moving was dull, think again! Co-op! Enjoy the game solo as an independent contractor or team up with some friends for the full story Mode. Up to four players can cosy up on the couch together and argue over the best way to move .... a couch! Action! Players will learn the ropes in a series of increasingly precarious and fantastical instructional lessons. These span everything from unloading unwanted office supplies to smuggling giraffes out of the zoo puzzles! How freight gets from one place to another is entirely up to players, so toss the manual out the window and get creative. Break down the walls, throw things, and use technology like portals and Ray guns.ESRB Content Rating: E, Everyone (Mild cartoon violence).Blu-ray disc compatible with Xbox One console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p/4K Ultra HD ; in game surround sound ; 1 GB storage required ; Xbox One X enhanced.
Subjects: Xbox video games.; Arcade-style video games.; Video games.; Xbox One (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Moving out (Game); Moving, Household;
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Chloe on the bright side / by Sheinmel, Courtney.;
Rejected by the cool girls club, fifth-grader Chloe Silver, new in town after her parents' divorce, forms a different type of club, with offbeat Lucy Tanaka and nerdy Leo Barish, that tests out different acts of kindness on classmates.LSC
Subjects: Clubs; Friendship; Kindness; Schools; Moving, Household; Divorce;
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Downton Abbey. [videorecording] / by Bolt, Ben,1952-; Bonneville, Hugh.; Carter, Jim,1948-; Dockery, Michelle,1981-; Fellowes, Julian.; Kelly, Brian.; Logan, Phyllis.; McGovern, Elizabeth,1961-; Percival, Brian.; Smith, Maggie,1934-; Stevens, Dan,1982-; Carnival Films (Great Britain); PBS Distribution (Firm); WGBH Video (Firm);
Original music, John Lunn ; cinematography, David Katznelson, David Marsh ; editing, John Wilson, Alex Mackie, Nick McPhee.Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens.Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.PG.DVD NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Subjects: Country life; Families; Household employees; Television programs.;
© c2011., PBS Distribution ; WGBH,
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Meet Twitch and Thrash! / by Nakamura, May.;
"Robbie and Mo Malto's blues about moving to a new town get lifted when they discover they now share a home with Terrans Twitch and Thrash, the first Transformers robots ever born on Earth! Together, Twitch and Thrash introduce their new human friends to their world and show off their unique skills!"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Readers (Publications); Transformers (Fictitious characters); Robots; Friendship; Siblings; Moving, Household;
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A country of our own : the Confederation diary of Rosie Dunn / by Bradford, Karleen.;
It's 1866. The year before Confederation. Rosie has just gone into service with Mr. Bradley, a civil servant working in Quebec City, the bustling capital of the Province of Canada. When the capital is moved to the rough sawmill town of Ottawa, the Bradleys have to move there too. Rosie will desperately miss her own parents and siblings, and wonders if she will ever have a place in her own family again.LSC
Subjects: Diary fiction.; Historical fiction.; Moving, Household; Lost articles;
© c2013., Scholastic Canada,
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