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Beneath the stairs : a novel / by Fawcett, Jennifer,author.;
"In this spine-tingling, atmospheric debut for fans of Jennifer McMahon, Simone St. James, and Chris Bohjalian, a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at a local haunted house-the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago. Few in sleepy Sumner's Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did. Twenty years later, an adult Clare receives word that Abby has attempted suicide at the Octagon House and now lies in a coma. With little to lose and still grieving after a personal tragedy, Clare returns to her roots to uncover the darkness responsible for Abby's accident. An eerie page-turner, Beneath the Stairs is about the trauma that follows us from childhood to adulthood and returning to the beginning to reach the end"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Haunted houses; Homecoming; Suicidal behavior;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Broiler / by Cranor, Eli,1988-author.;
"Gabriela Menchaca and Edwin Saucedo are hardworking, undocumented employees at the Detmer Foods chicken plant in Springdale, Arkansas, just a stone's throw away from the trailer park where they've lived together for seven years. While dealing with personal tragedies of their own, the young couple endures the brutal, dehumanizing conditions at the plant in exchange for barebones pay. When the plant manager, Luke Jackson, fires Edwin to set an example for the rest of the workers-and to show the higher-ups that he's ready for a major promotion-Edwin is determined to get revenge on Luke and his wife, Mimi, a new mother who stays at home with her six-month-old son. Edwin's impulsive action sets in motion a devastating chain of events that illuminates the deeply entrenched power dynamics between those who revel at the top and those who toil at the bottom. From the nationally bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of Don't Know Tough and Ozark Dogs comes another edge-of-your-seat noir thriller that exposes the dark, bloody heart of life on the margins in the American South and the bleak underside of a bygone American Dream"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Noir fiction.; Novels.; Families; Mexican Americans; Packing-house workers; Poultry plants; Revenge;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The 104-story treehouse / by Griffiths, Andy,1961-; Denton, Terry.; Griffiths, Andy,1961-104-storey treehouse.;
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Subjects: Child authors; Illustrators; Tree houses; Imagination in children; Toothache;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A kind life : eat plants, buy less, slow down, and save the planet. by Wohlleben, Carina.;
"What does it mean to live a kind life? In this inspiring book, a mother-of-two provides a blueprint for how she and her family adopted a plant-based lifestyle, sharing the eye-opening facts that convinced her they needed to make a change."--Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; COOKING / Vegan; HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living; SELF-HELP / Green Lifestyle;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Annie Sloan paints everything : step-by-step projects for your entire home, from walls, floors, and funiture to curtains, blinds, pillows, and shades. by Sloan, Annie,1949-author.;
In this book, decorative paint expert Annie Sloan presents ways to transform walls and furniture with paint, as well as wonderful techniques for painting floors and fabric. With over forty step-by-step projects, this book will help readers of any skill level transform their homes into the stylish, individual interiors they've always wanted.
Subjects: Painting; House painting.; Furniture finishing.; Textile painting.; Finishes and finishing.; Interior decoration.; Color in interior decoration.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The devil's slave / by Borman, Tracy,author.;
"At the end of The King's Witch, the first book in Tracy Borman's Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges was pregnant with the child of her dead lover, Thomas Wintour, executed for his role as a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Now, in The Devil's Slave, Frances is compelled to return to the dissolute and dangerous court where she has been suspected of witchcraft. Catholics have gone underground in the Puritan regime of James I, and yet whispers of conspiracies continue to echo behind closed doors. Against this perilous backdrop, accompanied by her son George and her husband Sir Thomas Tyringham-whom she married conveniently to mask the true identity of her son's father-Frances reunites with her former mistress, Princess Elizabeth, now of marriageable age, as well as other less friendly members of the court: Prince Henry, the heir to the crown who emulates his father's brutality without scruple; Lord Cecil, eager to persecute Frances as a witch even as his own health rapidly declines; and King James himself, ever more paranoid and cruel towards alleged heretics and traitors. Yet a surprising ally emerges in the person of Sir Walter Raleigh, himself a prisoner in the Tower of London. With more lives than merely her own on the line, Frances finds herself caught in a spider's web of secrets, promises, and plots. Tracy Borman brings to life vivid characters from history, recreating the ever-treacherous court of the first Stuart king, in an exhilarating narrative about a fascinating historical period"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Stuart, House of;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency / by Whipple, Chris(Christopher C.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and inactions--have defined the course of our country What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of staff to the president of the United States--as did Donald Rumsfeld, Leon Panetta, and a relative handful of others. The chiefs of staff, often referred to as "the gatekeepers," wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda, and--most crucially--enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeenliving chiefs and two former presidents, award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker's expert managing of the White House, the press, and Capitol Hill paved the way for the Reagan Revolution--and, conversely, how Watergate, the Iraq War, and even the bungled Obamacare rollout mighthave been prevented by a more effective chief. Filled with shrewd analysis and never-before-reported details,The Gatekeepersoffers an essential portrait of the toughest job in Washington"--
Subjects: United States. White House Office; Presidents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When the bubble bursts : surviving the Canadian real estate crash / by MacBeth, Hilliard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Starting in 2008, investors upset by the stock market collapse started to see real estate as a "safe haven" investment. While talking with numerous clients, investment manager Hilliard MacBeth realized that Canadians have far too much of their investment capital and savings tied up in expensive real estate when better opportunities are about to appear in other asset classes. He argues that Canada is in the midst of a real estate bubble, and there will soon be a crash in house prices. What can Canadians do to prepare financially for retirement and take advantage of the "once in a lifetime" buying opportunity that will follow the bubble bursting? All these answers can be found in this newly updated edition of When the Bubble Bursts."--
Subjects: Housing; Real estate investment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Warlord / by Bell, Ted.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Attempted assassination; Hawke, Alex (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Royal houses;
© c2010., William Morrow,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ... annotated Ontario Landlord and Tenant statutes. -- by Butkus, Mavis J.,1956-;
Subjects: Landlord and tenant; Rental housing;
© 2007-, Carswell,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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