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Smuggler's Cove / by Michaels, Fern,author.;
"Growing up, Madison Taylor and her younger brother Lincoln livedin privilege, but their sheltered existence abruptly ended when their father was arrested for fraud and the family assets were seized. Since then, Madison has carved out a new path, studying fashion and working her way up to editor-in-chief of La Femme magazine, while Lincoln teaches wealth management at a small college outside the city. Both have separated themselves from their family and their past -- until an unexpected bequest arrives from their late uncle. Madison and Lincoln are now the new co-owners of a marina at Smugglers Cove on the Navesink river. Instead of a fabulous, Hamptons-style property, Smugglers Cove offers little beyond a dilapidated dock, a few gas pumps, and a handful of clam boats. Madison's plan to sell the property goes awry when a dead body is found floating under their dock and transforms their new inheritance into a crime scene"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Alienation (Social psychology); College teachers; Inheritance and succession; Marinas; Siblings; Women editors;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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The lost and found girl / by Yates, Maisey,author.;
Ruby McKee, the unofficial town mascot after being found abandoned as a baby, embarks on a quest for answers about her discovery with the help of her adoptive sisters and learns this small town she calls home is hiding the biggest, and darkest, of secrets.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Adopted children; Adoptees; City and town life; Family secrets; Secrecy; Sex crimes; Sisters; Women;
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The house party : a novel / by Cameron, Rita(Novelist),author.;
"When a house party goes terribly wrong, a small town fractures along lines of privilege, exposing disturbing truths about the community, perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Parties; Quarreling; Teenagers; Wealth;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This Is Where the Serpent Lives. by Mueenuddin, Daniyal.;
Moving from Pakistans sophisticated cities to its most rural farmlands, 'This Is Where the Serpent Lives' follows three generations of interconnected families (farmers and servants, landowners and businessmen) exploring the web of relationships among rich and poor in a land where fate is determined by class and social station. From the author of 'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders', which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Small Town & Rural;
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Size : how it explains the world / by Smil, Vaclav,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements. Using the interdisciplinary approach that has won him a wide readership, Smil draws upon history, earth science, psychology, art, and more to offer fresh insight into some of our biggest challenges, including income inequality, the spread of infectious disease, and the uneven impacts of climate change. Size explains the regularities--and peculiarities--of the key processes shaping life (from microbes to whales), the Earth (from asteroids to volcanic eruptions), technical advances (from architecture to transportation), and societies and economies (from cities to wages). This book about the big and the small, and the relationship between them, answers the big and small questions of human existence: What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight? The latest masterwork of "an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences" (Wired) Size is a mind-bending journey that turns the modern world on its head."--
Subjects: Size perception.; Stature.;
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Swiped : a novel / by Chilton, L. M.,author.; container of (work):Chilton, L. M.Don't swipe right.;
"Gwen Turner has made a bloody mess of her life. She's recently broken up with the best man she's ever known for reasons even she can't admit to herself, and quit a lucrative job in order to pursue her dreams of opening her own coffee shop that's quickly become a bit of a dull nightmare. To top it all off, her best friend is getting married, walking down the aisle and leaving her behind. Everyone seems to be growing up, and moving on without her. Along with too much cheap wine, and bad reality TV, Gwen turns to a dating app to help fill the void in her life. Swiping left and right on what few eligible bachelors there seem to be in town, spending her evenings out on one disastrous first date after another. But when a string of murders begin to happen in her small coastal English city, each of the victims have one thing in common: they've all been on a date with Gwen. Before Gwen knows what's happening, she finds herself the main suspect in a serial killer's murderous spree, and the only way she can clear her name is to track down her former dates (even those that have ghosted her) and unmask a killer before it's too late"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Murder; Online dating; Serial murders;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The grand seduction [videorecording] / by Balaban, Liane,1980-; Gleeson, Brendan,1964-; Kitsch, Taylor,1981-; Mckellar, Don,1963-; Pinsent, Gordon.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Liane Balaban, Brendan Gleeson, Gordon Pinsent, Taylor Kitsch.A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor's time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Doctors; Feature films.; Fishing villages;
© c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sun at midnight [videorecording] / by Anderako, Mark,actor.; Carthew, Kirsten,film director.; Howard, Duane,1963-actor.; Jacobs, Devery,1993-actor.; Jerome, Sarah,actor.; Monterey Media Inc.,publisher.;
Devery Jacobs, Duane Howard, Mark Anderako, Sarah Jerome.Sixteen-year-old Native American 'city girl' Lia, is sent to spend the summer with her grandmother in a small community in Canada's breathtaking Northwest Territories. Desperate to return home she steals a boat and becomes lost in the vast wilderness where she is discovered by Alfred, a Gwich'in hunter. Reluctantly taking her under his wing, their unexpected friendship develops and both will be tested when Alfred is severely wounded in a bear attack and Lia fights to save their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: R.DVD; Widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, stereo.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bear attacks; Friendship; Teenage girls; Wilderness survival; Human-animal relationships; Indians of North America;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Did you hear about the Morgans? [videorecording]. by Grant, Hugh; Parker, Sarah Jessica; Moss, Elisabeth; Elliott, Sam; Steenburgen, Mary; Brimley, Wilford;
Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Wilford Brimley.Director, Marc Lawrence.DVD.CHVRS rating: PG.A very successful New York couple are at their wits' end on how to solve their strained marriage. After they become the only witnesses to a brutal murder they are relocated to a small town in Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program. Now these diehard city dwellers will have to work together to survive the weather, bears, fresh air, and forced time with one another if they want to make it out alive. Includes commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, and bloopers.
Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
© 2010., Columbia Pictures,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Paper Girl A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America [electronic resource] : by Macy, Beth.aut; CloudLibrary;
An Instant National Bestseller! "There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a raft of sobering statistics and, most uniquely in our era, a willingness to engage in uncomfortable conversations." —The Washington Post From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric, her most personal and powerful work: a reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown Urbana, Ohio, was not a utopia when Beth Macy grew up there in the ’70s and ’80s—certainly not for her family. Her dad was known as the town drunk, which hurt, as did their poverty. But Urbana had a healthy economy and thriving schools, and Macy had middle-class schoolmates whose families became her role models. Though she left for college on a Pell Grant and then a faraway career in journalism, she still clung gratefully to the place that had helped raise her. But as Macy’s mother’s health declined in 2020, she couldn’t shake the feeling that her town had dramatically hardened. Macy had grown up as the paper girl, delivering the local newspaper, which was the community’s civic glue. Now she found scant local news and precious little civic glue. Yes, much of the work that once supported the middle class had gone away, but that didn’t begin to cover the forces turning Urbana into a poorer and angrier place. Absenteeism soared in the schools and in the workplace as a mental health crisis gripped the small city. Some of her old friends now embraced conspiracies. In nearby Springfield, Macy watched as her ex-boyfriend—once the most liberal person she knew—became a lead voice of opposition against the Haitian immigrants, parroting false talking points throughout the 2024 presidential campaign. This was not an assignment Beth Macy had ever imagined taking on, but after her mother’s death, she decided to figure out what happened to Urbana in the forty years since she’d left. The result is an astonishing book that, by taking us into the heart of one place, brings into focus our most urgent set of national issues. Paper Girl is a gift of courage, empathy, and insight. Beth Macy has turned to face the darkness in her family and community, people she loves wholeheartedly, even the ones she sometimes struggles to like. And in facing the truth—in person, with respect—she has found sparks of human dignity that she has used to light a signal fire of warning but also of hope.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Dysfunctional Families; Civics & Citizenship; Personal Memoirs;
© 2025., Penguin Publishing Group,
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