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The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma / by Van der Kolk, Bessel A.,1943-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Captivated by you / by Day, Sylvia.;
"Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own. The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp, my greatest fears becoming my reality, my love tested in ways I wasn't sure I was strong enough to bear. At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we'd worked so hard for. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream ... "--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Erotic stories.; Love stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The measure : a novel / by Erlick, Nikki,author.;
"Age of Miracles meets The Immortalists in this spirit-lifting, high-concept blockbuster debut set in a world where people can find out how much time they have left to live"--
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Mortality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The bullet / by Johansen, Iris,author.;
"After being divorced from Joe Quinn for many years, Diane Connors abruptly returns to disrupt his life by begging his current wife, Eve Duncan, to do her a favor. Diane is on the run with a secret that will not only put Eve in danger but make her choose between protecting her family and doing what is right. Diane is not Eve's favorite person. But years of animosity must be cast aside because Diane is no longer the selfish woman that Eve once knew. She has become a selfless doctor who has discovered a silver bullet that will change life for everyone on the planet. And she's fighting evil forces to ensure that her miracle cure is made public. But to do that, she has to remain alive, and Eve must be by her side in the battle. Even when the memories of Diane and Joe together are a personal challenge that Eve must face"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character); Facial reconstruction (Anthropology); Women physicians; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Christmas wager / by Cassidy, Holly,author.;
"One rivalry. Eight days until Christmas. Let the holiday games begin. When L.A.-based real estate developer Bella Ross arrives in the sleepy mountain town of Maple Falls, she has one mission: to acquire the local failing Christmas shop, Always Noelle, securing the promotion of her dreams. Nothing can get in her way. Except the shop owner's stubborn grandson, Jesse Harrison. Both refuse to budge, until an unlikely wager is struck: Bella and Jesse will compete in the Maple Falls Holiday Games, an annual tradition of eccentric feats of strength and skills. Winner decides the selling price. They'll give each other a run for their money, but as the competition heats up, Bella and Jesse's icy feelings toward each other begin to thaw. It'll take a Christmas miracle for them to admit there's a spark, but what if it's just another game?"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories; Contests; Man-woman relationships; Real estate developers; Stores, Retail;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The girls who grew big / by Mottley, Leila,2002-author.;
"Adela is sixteen years old. When she tells her parents she's pregnant, they send her from their home in Indiana to her grandmother's in Padua Beach, Florida, "a town built on y'all bein good now? and babies havin babies, said in the rasp of a loud whisper in the back of a church." There, Adela meets Emory, who has a baby of her own she brings to high school, strapped to her chest; and Simone, ringleader of "the Girls," a group of teenage mothers who hang out with their growing brood in the back of her red truck -- dancing defiantly, breastfeeding, watching the kids and having each other's backs. The town thinks they've lost their way, but really they are finding it: looking for love, making and breaking friendships, navigating the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood. But before long they will find themselves on a collision course with one another."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Families; Female friendship; Pregnancy; Teenage girls; Teenage mothers;
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The hard road out : one woman's escape from North Korea / by Park, Jihyun,1968-author.; Seh-Lynn,1965-author.; translation of:Park, Jihyun,1968-Deux coréennes.English.;
"North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the 'socialist miracle' to flee famine and dictatorship. The first time she ran, she was forced to abandon her father on his deathbed-crossing the border under a hail of bullets. In China she was sold to a farmer, with whom she had a son, before being denounced and forcibly returned to North Korea. Six months later guardsabandoned her, injured, outside a prison camp. She recovered and returned to China to seek her son, now six, before attempting to navigate the long, hard road through the Gobi Desert and into Mongolia. Clear-eyed and resolute, Jihyun's extraordinary storyreveals a Korea far removed from the talk of nuclear weapons and economic sanctions"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Park, Jihyun, 1968-; Defectors; Escapes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The bullet [sound recording] / by Johansen, Iris,author.; Rodgers, Elisabeth S.,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Elisabeth Rodgers."After being divorced from Joe Quinn for many years, Diane Connors abruptly returns to disrupt his life by begging his current wife, Eve Duncan, to do her a favor. Diane is on the run with a secret that will not only put Eve in danger but make her choose between protecting her family and doing what is right. Diane is not Eve's favorite person. But years of animosity must be cast aside because Diane is no longer the selfish woman that Eve once knew. She has become a selfless doctor who has discovered a silver bullet that will change life for everyone on the planet. And she's fighting evil forces to ensure that her miracle cure is made public. But to do that, she has to remain alive, and Eve must be by her side in the battle. Even when the memories of Diane and Joe together are a personal challenge that Eve must face"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character); Facial reconstruction (Anthropology); Secrecy; Women physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A new love for Charlotte / by Lillard, Amy.;
With her daughter newly married, widow Charlotte Burkhart should have been content to find a companion for her later years in Amish widower Glenn Esh. Yet, Charlotte longs for more than life has offered her thus far. When she discovers a baby on her doorstep, the child seems like the miracle Charlotte's been praying for. Unfortunately, Glenn doesn't feel the same way. What's a single woman aching to experience motherhood once more to do? From the moment Paul Brenneman sees Charlotte Burkhart with a new baby, he senses his lovely neighbor and the sweet child are meant to be. Which is why he offers to marry Charlotte and make her adoption dreams come true. No stranger to heartache himself, the stalwart widower knows second chances don't happen every day--especially not with a woman like Charlotte, the first woman in a long time who has him taking a leap of faith that happily-ever-after is still possible...
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Romance fiction.; Amish; Love stories;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Christmas at Grand Valley [videorecording] / by Elliott, Brennan,actor.; McKellar, Danica,actor.; McCutcheon, Don,television director.; Cinedigm (Firm),distributor.; Hallmark Channel (Television network),production company.;
Danica Mckellar, Brennan Elliott.Burned out from the hubbub of the Chicago gallery world, artist Kelly returns home to the picturesque town just in time for Christmas. Maybe her favorite town's shining season will reinvigorate her love of art and guide her down her next path. Leo, the businessman and all-star dad to his children, struggles to balance his time this holiday season. When he is assigned to review a hotel in the town for its value, he sees this as the perfect opportunity for a Christmas family vacation.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Christmas television programs.; Romance television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Christmas; Man-woman relationships; Artists;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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