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Author
Series
Thursday Murder Club volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a dangerous package goes missing on Boxing Day, the Thursday Murder Club, when one of their own is murdered, take on their most deadly opponents yet.
Author
Series
Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case--their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.The n a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun),...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake but she needs to...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off...
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 game (8 buildings, 40 sorting pieces) ; in box
Language
English
Description
"Children explore important places in their own communities--with 8 cute buildings and 40 sorting tiles! Kids simply slip the illustrated tiles through the correct building's window...as they match an airplane to the airport, a toothbrush to the dentist’s office, a police dog to the police station and much more! Then kids open the magnetic roofs to take out the tiles--and check their answers on the back of each building! You get 8 community...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
637 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Some people insist that culture is strictly a human feat. What are they afraid of? This book looks into three cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places. It shows how if you're a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too experience your life with the understanding that you are an individual in a particular community. You too are who you are not by genes alone; your culture is a second form of inheritance....
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong, and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate.
It is the perfect idyll, until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, gaggle of shrieking children, and plans for a garish swimming pool in...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
587 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mark Nepo presents a poignant and timely meditation on the importance of community, and living more enriching lives by cultivating connectedness. His thought-provoking analysis and practical takeaways will help us inhabit a stronger sense of togetherness where we live and in the world so we can achieve our highest potential as individuals and as communities"--Provided by the publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Language
English
Description
"Addie Byler may be Apple Creek's resident wallflower, but she knows she has a lot to offer--and much to be grateful for. Raised by her loving grandmother, she lives a life filled with good friends and hard work. Wary of romance, Addie assumes no man will look beyond her glasses and her tendency to talk to her rescue donkey, Snickers--until the day she finds a note from a secret admirer. A prank, most likely. But then, a second note arrives. It's...
11) The therapist
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B.A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in The Therapist--a powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret. When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they've dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive... As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating...
12) The summer house
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lily Bishop wakes up one morning to find a good-bye note and divorce papers from her husband on the kitchen counter. Having moved to Alabama for his job only weeks before, Lily is devastated, but a flyer at the grocery store for a hair stylist position in a local retirement community provides a refuge while she contemplates her next steps. Rose Carrigan built the small retirement village of Safe Harbor years ago--just before her husband ran off with...
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xxii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In Together, the former Surgeon General addresses the overlooked epidemic of loneliness as the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and offers solutions to create connection and stresses the importance of community to counteract the forces driving us to depression and isolation.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Richard Osman is back with everyone's favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of The Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first-an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read"--
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat...
16) Women talking
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set in Ireland's striking, rugged countryside, a dark, atmospheric new crime fiction series follows an Irish veterinarian grappling with life, death, family dynamics, and the secrets at the heart of her small community.
On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body of racehorse owner Jimmy O'Reilly is propped on a boulder, staring sightlessly out to sea. A cryptic message is spelled out in stones next to his body, and a vial of deadly veterinarian...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Counting up from one stuffed piƱata to ten hefty hens--and always counting on each other--children are encouraged to recognize the value of their community, the joys inherent in healthy eco-friendly activities, and the agency they posses to make change. A broad and inspiring vision of diversity is told through stories in words and pictures. And of course, there is a duck to find on every page!
Author
Series
Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club volume 02
Publisher
Silky Stone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Devi and Mac are falling in love, but a complication comes along in the form of Mac's pregnant ex-wife. As for Josephine, after unmasking the Brookside thief she's finding Brookside Retirement Community (a.k.a. Babbling Brook) as dull as she initially expected it to be. Until, that is, she gets involved with a man who suspects her of being a criminal mastermind. Finding love is something Josephine never expected, as her Edward Hopper painting plays...
Author
Series
Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club volume 1
Publisher
Silky Stone Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A painting worth millions, valuables gone missing, a game that is more than a game. And that's only the beginning as an elderly widow befriends a young woman and tries to prevent her from making the same mistakes she has made."--Back cover.