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- The means / by Fusselman, Amy,author.;
- "The debut novel from "wholly original" (Vogue) memoirist Amy Fusselman, a tragicomic family saga that skewers contemporary issues of money, motherhood, and class through a well-to-do woman's quest to buy a Hamptons beach house. Shelly Means, a wealthy stay-at-home mom and disgraced former PTA president, is poised to get the one thing in life she really wants: a beach house in the Hamptons. Who would have guessed that Shelly, the product of frugal Midwesterners, or her husband George, an unrepentant thrift shopper, would ever be living among such swells? But Shelly believes it's possible. It might be a very small house, and it might be in the least-fancy part of the Hamptons. But Shelly has a vision board, an architect, and a plan. But what should be a simple real estate transaction quickly goes awry as Shelly's new neighbors disapprove of her proposed shipping container house at the same time that George's lucrative work as a VoiceOver artist dries up. But Shelly is dogged. She knows how to go into beast mode. But will it ever be enough to realize her beach house dreams? A novel of real estate, ambition, family, and money from "one of our best interrogators of how we live now, and how we should live" (Dave Eggers), The Means is also a fantastical, fast-moving and very funny exploration of class, wealth, and the value of work."--
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Ambition; Dwellings; Families; Motherhood; Real property; Social classes;
- The very hungry bear / by Bland, Nick,1973-;
- Bear is hungry! He's trying to fish, but instead of food, he only manages to catch - a polar bear? The poor bear is lost and his ice floe is rapidly melting. The polar bear makes a deal - he'll give Bear a pile of fish in return for a new home. Bear takes his new friend on a tour, and finally they find just the right home for a polar bear.
- Subjects: Readers (Publications); Bears; Polar bears; Food; Fishing; Dwellings;
- The not so big house : a blueprint for the way we really live / by Susanka, Sarah; Obolensky, Kira.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]) and index.
- Subjects: Small houses.; Architecture, Domestic; Space (Architecture); Room layout (Dwellings); Interior architecture;
- © c1998,2009, Taunton Press,
- What makes a building strong? / by Ball, Jacqueline A.; Bowser, Ken.;
- Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
- Subjects: Dwellings; Buildings; Building;
- Moose, Goose, and Mouse / by Gerstein, Mordicai.; Mack, Jeff.;
- "Moose, Goose, and Mouse ride a loose caboose on their way to finding a new house"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Stories in rhyme.; Railroad trains; Moose; Geese; Mice; Dwellings;
- Mr. King's castle / by Côté, Geneviève,1964-;
- Mr. King likes big things. He starts making his small house into a big castle using the closest material available but when he finishes he sees that he has destroyed the beautiful hill where he and his forest friends live.LSC
- Subjects: Lion; Animals; Dwellings; Castles; Forest conservation;
- © c2013., Kids Can Press,
- Secret of the yellow house / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Random House (Firm);
- The Alden children were searching for a home--and found a life of adventure! Embark on an exciting journey with the Boxcar Children in this Step 2 leveled reader, as they investigate a mysterious house on their family's private island.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Readers (Publications); Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Siblings; Orphans; Dwellings;
- Four-alarm homicide / by Kelly, Diane,author.;
- "Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are hot for a historical property that has just come on the market-a fire station in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood that was built nearly a century ago. The cousins have just begun the interior demolition work at the fire station when Joanna Hartzell, who lives in a townhouse around the corner, comes by with a plea for help. Joanna owns the right half of her building, which she proudly maintains in perfect condition, while the left side falls into disrepair: the seven adult children who inherited it years ago refuse to lift a finger on repairs. Never one to turn down a challenge, Whitney and Buck manage to acquire the rundown townhouse-though it turns out Joanna is only one of the many neighbors interested in buying the property once they've worked their magic. Then Joanna shows up at the fire station confused and rambling, then collapses, never to recover. Alarm bells go off for Whitney: she suspects something-and someone-evil could be the real cause. Can she and Collin put the clues together and smoke out a killer?"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Recipes.; Novels.; Dwellings; Fire stations; Murder; Women carpenters;
- 99 percent mine / by Thorne, Sally,1981-author.;
- "Darcy Barrett has undertaken a global survey of men. She's travelled the world, and can categorically say that no one measures up to Tom Valeska, whose only flaw is that Jamie, Darcy's twin brother, saw him first and claimed him forever as his best friend. Despite Darcy's best efforts, Tom's off limits and loyal to her brother, 99 percent. That's the problem with finding her dream man at age eight and peaking in her photography career at age twenty -- ever since, she's had to learn to settle for good enough. When Darcy and Jamie inherit a dilapidated cottage from their grandmother, they're left with strict instructions to bring it back to its former glory and sell the property. Darcy plans to be in an aisle seat halfway across the ocean as soon as the renovations start, but before she can cut and run, she finds a familiar face on her porch: house-flipper extraordinaire Tom, who has arrived bearing power tools and is single for the first time in almost a decade. Suddenly Darcy's considering sticking around to make sure her twin doesn't ruin the cottage's inherent magic with his penchant for gray and chrome. She's definitely not staying because of her new business partner's tight t-shirts, or that perfect face that's inspiring her to pick up her camera again. Soon sparks are flying -- and it's not the faulty wiring. It turns out one percent of Tom's heart might not be enough for Darcy anymore. This time around, she's switching things up. She's going to make Tom Valeska 99 percent hers." -- Dust jacket flap.
- Subjects: Chick lit.; Brothers and sisters; Twins; Dwellings; Man-woman relationships;
- Build, dogs, build : a tall tail / by Horvath, James(Cartoonist);
- Guided reading level J.LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Dogs; Construction workers; Building; Dwellings;
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