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The New Logan McRae Thriller. by MacBride, Stuart.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: ALL THAT'S DEAD, ISBN 9780008208264. With half the force off sick, Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff. But as bad as everything seems, there's something far more sinister lurking in the heat-haze of a sweltering Aberdeen summer - something that's been building for years.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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The heartbeat library / by Imai Messina, Laura,author.; Rand, Lucy,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references.On the peaceful Japanese island of Teshima there is a library where the heartbeats of visitors from all around the world are collected. In this small, isolated building, the pulses of people who are still alive or who have already passed away continue to echo. Several miles away, in the ancient city of Kamakura, two lonely souls meet: Shuichi, a forty-year-old illustrator, who returns to his hometown to fix up the house of his recently deceased mother, and eight-year-old Kenta, a child he finds wandering like a shadow around it. Day by day, the trust between Shuichi and Kenta grows, until they discover they share a bond that will tie them together for life. Their journey will lead them to Teshima and to the library of heartbeats.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Grief; Interpersonal relations; Libraries; Love;
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Dickens's Victorian London, 1839-1901 / by Werner, Alex.; Williams, Tony.; Museum of London.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870;
© c2011., Museum of London/Ebury Press,
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William and the windmill [videorecording] / by Kamkwamba, William,1987-; Nabors, Ben,film director.; Rielly, Tom,on-screen participant.; Group Theory (Firm),production company.; Tilting At Windmills, LLC,production company.;
Editors, Jonathan Oppenheim and Carlos Pavan ; cinematography, Michael Tyburski and Ben Nabors ; music Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi.William Kamkwamba, Tom Rielly.With only a library book as his guide, fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba builds a windmill in his Malawian village that changes his life forever. Using junk parts and an inexhaustible imagination, he harnesses enough energy to power a generator that saves his family from famine and resuscitates his dying farming community.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Kamkwamba, William, 1987-; Electric power production; Inventors; Windmills;
For private home use only.
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The big book of job-hunting hacks : how to build a résumé, conquer the interview, and land your dream job / by Bernstein, Brenda,author.; Weiss, John Henry,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In The Big Book of Job-Hunting Hacks, experienced job-hunting professionals offer detailed advice on every step of the job-hunting process. From how to navigate the interview process, to how to create the perfect resume, this book will help you stand out from your competitors. With a new introduction by John Henry Weiss, president of a recruitment firm, that contextualizes the current economic state as a result of COVID-19, this book offers hundreds of practical tips for those laid-off, fired, or new to enter the workplace."--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Employment interviewing.; Job hunting.; Résumés (Employment);
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Columbus [videorecording] / by Cho, John,actor.; Culkin, Rory,actor.; Kogonada,film director,screenwriter.; Posey, Parker,1968-actor.; Richardson, Haley Lu,actor.; Oscilloscope Pictures,publisher.;
John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Rory Culkin, Erin Allegretti, Jim Dougherty.When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indian; a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, an architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, they explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's stranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance to leave Columbus and her mother.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Architecture; Fathers and sons; Mothers and daughters; Man-woman relationships; Interpersonal relations;
For private home use only.
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The Heartbeat Library A Novel [electronic resource] : by Imai Messina, Laura.aut; cloudLibrary;
The Heartbeat Library is a tender, contemplative, and uplifting novel about grief, friendship, and the many ways we heal, by the internationally bestselling author of The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World. On the peaceful Japanese island of Teshima there is a library of heartbeats, a place where the heartbeats of visitors from all around the world are collected. In this small, isolated building, the heartbeats of people who are still alive or have already passed away continue to echo. Several miles away, in the ancient city of Kamakura, two lonely souls meet: Shuichi, a 40-year-old illustrator, who returns to his hometown to fix up the house of his recently deceased mother, and eight-year-old Kenta, a child who wanders like a shadow around Shuichi’s house. Day by day, the trust between Shuichi and Kenta grows, until they discover they share a bond that will tie them together for life. Their journey will lead them to Teshima and to the library of heartbeats . . . Enchanting, touching, and emotionally riveting, The Heartbeat Library is a story about loss and hope, pain and joy, reality and imagination, and the promise of healing and overcoming the odds thanks to the relationships we build and rediscover. Inspired by Les Archives du Cœur, an art installation in Japan that permanently houses recordings of the heartbeats of people throughout the world, Laura Imai Messina returns in this novel to the themes and atmospheres of her internationally bestselling novel The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World, combining a real-life pilgrimage site of healing with an unforgettable and heartwarming story.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Cultural Heritage;
© 2024., The Overlook Press,
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The library of lost dollhouses : a novel / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
Tildy Barrows, Head Curator of a beautiful archival library in San Francisco, is meticulously dedicated to the century's worth of inventory housed in her beloved Beaux Art building. She loves the calm and order in the shelves of books and walls of art. But Tildy's life takes an unexpected turn when she, first, learns the library is on the verge of bankruptcy and, second, discovers two exquisite never-before-seen dollhouses. After finding clues hidden within these remarkable miniatures, Tildy sets out to decipher the secret history of the dollhouses, aiming to salvage her cherished library in the process. Her journey introduces her to a world of ambitious and gifted women in Belle Époque Paris, a group of scarred World War I veterans in the English countryside, and Walt Disney's bustling Burbank studio in the 1950s. As Tildy unravels the mystery, she finds not only inspiring, hidden history, but also a future for herself--and an astonishing familial revelation. Spanning the course of a century, The Library of Lost Dollhouses is a warm, bright, and captivating story of secrets and love that embraces the importance of illuminating overlooked women.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dollhouses; Friendship; Librarians; Libraries; Secrecy; Women librarians; Women;
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The library of lost dollhouses [text (large print)] : a novel / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
Tildy Barrows, Head Curator of a beautiful archival library in San Francisco, is meticulously dedicated to the century's worth of inventory housed in her beloved Beaux Art building. She loves the calm and order in the shelves of books and walls of art. But Tildy's life takes an unexpected turn when she, first, learns the library is on the verge of bankruptcy and, second, discovers two exquisite never-before-seen dollhouses. After finding clues hidden within these remarkable miniatures, Tildy sets out to decipher the secret history of the dollhouses, aiming to salvage her cherished library in the process. Her journey introduces her to a world of ambitious and gifted women in Belle Époque Paris, a group of scarred World War I veterans in the English countryside, and Walt Disney's bustling Burbank studio in the 1950s. As Tildy unravels the mystery, she finds not only inspiring, hidden history, but also a future for herself--and an astonishing familial revelation. Spanning the course of a century, The Library of Lost Dollhouses is a warm, bright, and captivating story of secrets and love that embraces the importance of illuminating overlooked women.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dollhouses; Friendship; Librarians; Libraries; Secrecy; Women librarians; Women;
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The Wayside School collection [sound recording] / by Sachar, Louis,1954-;
Sideways stories from Wayside School -- Wayside School is falling down -- Wayside School gets a little stranger.Read by the author.Sideways stories from Wayside School: Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Wayside School is falling down: More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during show and tell. Sequel to "Sideways Stories from Wayside School."Wayside School gets a little stranger: Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Elementary school buildings; School children; Humorous stories.; Schools;
© p2008., Listening Library,
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