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All in the family : the Trumps and how we got this way / by Trump, Fred C.,III,author.;
"Fred Trump never asked for any of this: the divisive politics, the endless headlines, a hijacked last name, the heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career. But a fight for his son's health and safety forced him onto a center stage that he had never wanted. And now, at a crucial point for our nation, he is stepping forward again. In All in the Family Fred delves into his journey to become a 'different kind of Trump,' detailing his passionate battle to protect his wife and children from forces inside and outside the family"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Trump, Fred C., III.; Trump, Fred C., III; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Trump, Fred C. (Frederick Crist), Jr., 1938-1981.; Trump, Fred C. (Frederick Crist), Jr., 1938-1981; Trump family.; Presidents;
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Caprice / by Booth, Coe.;
After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never told anybody but now, as she realizes that her grandmother knew, she tries to find the words to tell someone, and the strength to finally confront her abuser.Ages 9-12.Grades 4-6.LSC
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sexually abused girls; Sexually abused children; Grandmothers; Parent and child; Friendship;
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Zoom, zoom, cuddle and croon [sound recording] / by Reid-Naiman, Kathy.;
I like to rise -- Ducks on the pond -- Round and round the garden ; Knock at the door -- Over in the meadow -- Slowly garden snail -- Sailing sailing over the ocean -- The little mice -- Zoom, zoom, zoom -- Sleeping bunnies -- Mother and Father and Uncle John -- Shoofly -- I want someone to buy me a pony -- With a tick and a tock ; My grandfather clock -- She didn't dance -- Tumbledown hill -- My sugar lamb -- This is the boat -- Mr. Moon ; The cuckoo -- The moon is round -- Maloney the pony -- Here is the little boy -- Watch the stars -- Ho ho watanay -- I see the moon (up over my head) -- Babushka baio -- Hush little baby -- Lavender's blue -- The moonman.Kathy Reid-Naiman, vocals, kazoo ; with instrumental and vocal acc.LSC
Subjects: Children's songs.; Games with music;
© c2008., Merriweather Records,
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Flags on the bayou : a novel / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.;
"In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate Army is in disarray, corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with Florence Milton, an abolitionist schoolteacher, dodging the local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayous. Wade Lufkin, haunted by what he observed --and did--as a surgeon on the battlefield, has returned to his uncle's plantation to convalesce, where he becomes enraptured by Hannah."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Civil war; Enslaved persons; Fugitive slaves; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Slavery;
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Martyr! / by Akbar, Kaveh,author.;
"Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past ... toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Grief; Immigrants; Interpersonal relations; Painters; Terminally ill;
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Martyr! [text (large print)] / by Akbar, Kaveh,author.;
"Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past ... toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Grief; Immigrants; Interpersonal relations; Painters; Terminally ill;
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Chronicles of a radical hag (with recipes) : a novel / by Landvik, Lorna,1954-author.;
"When Haze Evans first appeared in the small-town newspaper, Granite Creek Gazette, she earned fans by writing a story about her bachelor uncle who brought a Queen of the Rodeo to Thanksgiving dinner. Now, fifty years later, when the beloved columnist suffers a massive stroke and falls into a coma, publisher Susan McGrath fills the void with Haze's past columns and responses from readers. As Haze's story unfolds, Susan and her teenage son Sam-- his summer job is reading the paper archives-- discover secrets that have been locked in the files for decades, along with sad and surprising truths about Haze's past."-- adapted from dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Recipes.; Journalists; Small cities; Coma;
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Cop Town : a novel / by Slaughter, Karin,1971-;
"Atlanta, 1974. It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out for the job as a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt, he'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind (and a brother and uncle already on the force)--a strategy meant to isolate Kate and Maggie from the action. But the move will backfire, putting them right at the heart of it"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Policewomen;
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Flags on the bayou [sound recording] : a novel / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by James Lee Burke, MacLeod Andrews, Michael Crouch, Dana Gourrier, Marin Ireland, January LaVoy, Ray Porter."In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate Army is in disarray, corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with Florence Milton, an abolitionist schoolteacher, dodging the local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayous. Wade Lufkin, haunted by what he observed --and did--as a surgeon on the battlefield, has returned to his uncle's plantation to convalesce, where he becomes enraptured by Hannah."--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Civil war; Enslaved persons; Fugitive slaves; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Slavery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Oh no, the aunts are here / by Rex, Adam.; Cho, Lian.;
A girl experiences a tumultuous and overwhelming visit from her aunts, but when they finally say good-bye she discovers that the uncles are on their way to visit.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Picture books.; Aunts; Families;
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