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The Blunders / by Walliams, David,1971-; Stower, Adam.;
Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people. This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Families; Eccentrics and eccentricities;
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Drive your plow over the bones of the dead / by Tokarczuk, Olga,1962-author.; Lloyd-Jones, Antonia,translator.; translation of:Tokarczuk, Olga,1962-Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych.English.;
In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind. A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Recluses; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Murder;
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Awkward : the science of why we're socially awkward and why that's awesome / by Tashiro, Ty.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Personality.; Eccentrics and eccentricities.; Interpersonal relations.; Success; Social psychology.;
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Mr. Lemoncello's fantabulous finale / by Grabenstein, Chris.;
Thirteen-year-old Kyle participates in the last of Mr. Lemoncello's fantabulous games with the hopes of winning ownership of the entire Lemoncello empire.
Subjects: Games; Puzzles; Contests; Eccentrics and eccentricities;
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Pine Island home / by Horvath, Polly.;
"The McCready sisters -- Fiona, Marlin, Natasha and Charlie -- are left on their own when their missionary parents die and leave them in Borneo. When no immediate aunt or uncle steps forward to take them on, they start fearing they will be separated in foster care. Luckily, a great aunt Martha (whom they've never met) says they can live with her, on Pine Island in British Columbia. Unfortunately, when they get there, they learn that she has passed away unexpectedly. Fiona, the oldest at 14, is resolved that they stay together, and comes up with a plan to force their loner, cantankerous neighbor, Al, to pretend to be their guardian, bribing him with home-cooked food. But can they fool the principal of their new school, as well as the lawyer and social services?"--From publisher.LSC
Subjects: Orphans; Sisters; Eccentrics and eccentricities;
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Exit through the gift shop [videorecording] / by Banksy.; Barrow, Geoff.; D'Cruz, Jaimie.; Fulford, Tom.; Ifans, Rhys.; King, Chris.; Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.; Paranoid Pictures Film Co.; Revolver Entertainment (Firm);
Editors, Chris King, Tom Fulford ; music, Geoff Barrow.Banksy, Rhys Ifans, Shepard Fairey ; narrator, Rhys Ifans.The world's first street art disaster movie, this story tells how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker, Thierry Guetta, attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, the world's most famous graffiti artist, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Banksy.; Documentary films.; Eccentrics and eccentricities.; Graffiti.; Street art.;
© c2010., Paranoid Pictures Film Co. ; Distributed by Mongrel Media,
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A frightful welcome / by West, Alexandra.; Marlin, Lissy.;
Guided reading level K.LSC
Subjects: Movie novels.; Addams family (Fictitious characters); Families; Eccentrics and eccentricities;
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Meet the family / by West, Alexandra.; Marlin, Lissy.;
An introduction to the Addams family, an unusual family who lives in a spooky mansion on the hill.Guided reading level J.LSC
Subjects: Movie novels.; Addams family (Fictitious characters); Families; Eccentrics and eccentricities;
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The Rover adventures / by Doyle, Roddy,1958-; Ajhar, Brian.; Doyle, Roddy,1958-Giggler treatment.; Doyle, Roddy,1958-Rover saves Christmas.; Doyle, Roddy,1958-Meanwhile adventures.;
The giggler treatment -- Rover saves Christmas -- The meanwhile adventures.Rover the dog and the eccentric Mack family get into one madcap adventure after another.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Dogs; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Families;
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Edison's ghosts : the untold weirdness of history's greatest geniuses / by Spalding, Katie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index."Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Anecdotes.; Personal narratives.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Gifted persons; Gifted persons; Gifted persons; Gifted persons;
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