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Backwater justice / by Michaels, Fern,author.;
Bound by friendship and a quest for justice, the members of the Sisterhood investigate when two young women go missing in Mountain Valley, Oregon, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Rock Bottom.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Family secrets; Female friendship; Missing persons; Missing persons; Rich people; Secrecy; Small cities; Teenagers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Love or die trying : how I lost it all, died, and came back for love / by Ramsay, Bob,1949-author.;
"A story of addiction and recovery, love and perseverance, and a reminder that it's never too late to start over. Bob Ramsay had it all--and lost it all, often. At forty, he lived in a drug treatment centre in Atlanta. Starting over back in Toronto, he began dating an older woman, a doctor named Jean Marmoreo, who had three angry kids of divorce. The chances of this relationship lasting were zero. But they married and created a very different "out there" life for themselves, climbing mountains, running marathons, and exploring the ends of the earth. Then one day Bob's heart stopped, and life got much worse after it was re-started. But once again, perseverance and love won over fate, and today, Bob turns connection into an art form, while Jean Marmoreo is a MAiD doctor--leading her patients across the thin veil between life and death. Love or Die Trying is a love story that unfolded against all odds and a reflection on a life anchored between a first death and the future."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Ramsay, Bob, 1949-; Marmoreo, Jean; Families.; Recovering addicts.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Biscuits and gravy / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
On the run, a chuckwagon cook, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie, desperately works cattle drives to stay one step ahead of his enemies, in the new novel from the prolific author of the Last Mountain Men and Matt Jenson series.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Cattle drives; Brothers and sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alone like me / by Evans, Rebecca.;
Includes bibliographical references.When Liling moves from her home in the mountains of China to the big city, her parents cannot afford to send her to school, and she spends her days with her mother, wishing she had a friend--until she sees a girl in a yellow coat, who lives in the next building, comes from a different mountain, and is happy to be Liling's friend.Ages 4-8.Grades K-1.LSC
Subjects: Girls; Loneliness; Social isolation; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Four treasures of the sky / by Zhang, Jenny,author.;
"Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been-including the ones she most wants to leave behind-in order to finally claim her own name and story. At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; United States.; Chinese; Kidnapping victims; Frontier and pioneer life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Pierre & Paul, avalanche! : a story told in two languages = une histoire racontée en deux langues / by Adderson, Caroline,1963-; Carter, Alice.;
Pierre speaks French and Paul speaks English, but that doesn't stop the two friends from using their imaginations to explore the world around them, including climbing a mountain and making a sandwich when they get hungry.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Imagination; Sandwiches; French language materials; Amitié; Imagination; Sandwichs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thomas & friends. [videorecording] / by Allcroft, Britt.; Awdry, W.Railway series.Videorecording.; Alliance Films.; Gullane Limited (Firm); HIT Entertainment.; Lionsgate (Firm);
Come ride the rails -- The great discovery: the movie -- Thomas & the really brave engines.Come Ride The Rails: Come ride the rails to fun and adventure with Thomas and the other "Really Useful Engines" as they make tracks to great destinations! Molly is the new engine on Sodor - will she find the perfect job? Gordon learns a lesson in respect and Emily wants to be Queen for a day. Will Thomas and Percy finish their work in time to see a very special bird? Find out in Come Ride the Rails! The Great Discovery Movie: Sodor Day is coming and all the engines are busy preparing. When Thomas gets lost in the mountains, he discovers the old town of Great Waterton! Soon the whole island is buzzing with the news of Thomas discovery and restoring the town in time for the big day. Thomas & The Really Brave Engines: Adventures abound on the Island of Sodor for Thomas & Friends! It's Thomas to the rescue as Fergus breaks the rules and learns a very valuable lesson. Is there a monster lurking in the Misty Valley at Castle Loch? Twin engines Donald and Douglas find out! Come aboard for all the fun!.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Awdry, W.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Friendship; Locomotives; Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The book of accidents : a novel / by Wendig, Chuck,author.;
"A new ... literary horror ... about a family returning to their hometown--and to the dark past that haunts them still. Long ago, Nathan Graves lived in a house in the country with his abusive father--and has never told his family what happened in that house. Long ago, Maddie Graves was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn't--and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now Nate and Maddie are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again ... and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own, and a taste for dark magic. This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family--and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this fight: their love for each other"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Homecoming; Haunted houses; Family secrets; Fathers and sons; Women sculptors; Empathy; Friendship in adolescence; Accident victims; Good and evil; Serial murderers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The quiet librarian / by Eskens, Allen,1963-author.;
Hana Babic is a quiet, middle-aged librarian in Minnesota who wants nothing more than to be left alone. But when a detective arrives with the news that her best friend has been murdered, Hana knows that something evil has come for her, a dark remnant of the past she and her friend had shared. Thirty years before, Hana was someone else: Nura Divjak, a teenager growing up in the mountains of war-torn Bosnia--until Serbian soldiers arrived to slaughter her entire family before her eyes. The events of that day thrust Nura into the war, leading her to join a band of militia fighters, where she became not only a fierce warrior but a legend--the deadly Night Mora. But a shattering final act forced Nura to flee to the United States with a bounty on her head. Now, someone is hunting Hana, and her friend has paid the price, leaving her eight-year-old grandson in Hana's care. To protect the child without revealing her secret, Hana must again become the Night Mora--and hope she can find the killer before the past comes for them, too.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Librarians; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Secrecy; Women librarians; Women soldiers;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The power of geography : ten maps that reveal the future of our world / by Marshall, Tim,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a "fresh way of looking at maps" (The New York Times Book Review), showing how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn't changed, but the world has. Now, in this revelatory new book, Marshall takes us into ten regions that are set to shape global politics and power. Find out why the Earth's atmosphere is the world's next battleground; why the fight for the Pacific is just beginning; and why Europe's next refugee crisis is closer than we think. In ten chapters covering Australia, The Sahel, Greece, Turkey, the UK, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Space, Marshall explains how a region's geography and physical characteristics affect the decisions made by its leaders. Innovative, compelling, and delivered with Marshall's trademark wit and insight, this is a gripping and enlightening exploration of the power of geography to shape humanity's past, present, and-most importantly-our future"--
Subjects: Geopolitics.; World politics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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