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1) Roses
Author
Language
English
Description
Having not married in spite of their true feelings, cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick struggle with deceit, secrets, and tragedies that challenge their children and grandchildren in their small east Texas community.
2) The kingdom
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
549 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
4) Whereabouts
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home, an engaging backdrop to her days, acts as a confidant:...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 25 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of the city, among the taxis and towers, a small boy travels uptown and down, searching for his dragon friend.
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"LIFE LAST SEEN. When you've already died, there should be nothing left to fear... When Adam Ramsdell pulls Elle's half-frozen body from the surf on a lonely California beach, she has no memory of what her full name is and how she got those bruises ringing her throat. GIRL LAST SEEN. Elle finds refuge in Adam's home on the edge of Gothic, a remote village located between the steep lonely mountains and the raging Pacific Ocean. As flashes of her memory...
9) The kingdom
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
549 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
10) The kingdom
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
549 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At the age of twenty-four, postmistress Grace Cristler has all but given up hope of finding a husband among the narrowing group of eligible men in her town of Fairland, Kansas. But when her uncle decides to retire from the pulpit, Grace is responsible for corresponding with the new preacher set to take his place. She can't deny the affection growing in her heart for Reverend Rufus Dille--a man she deeply admires, but has only met through his letters....
15) Human town
Author
Publisher
Tiny Owl Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a hot summer day, the elephant family decides to do something fun and visit the Human Town! Junior and Lulu, the elephants become disappointed to see humans are not taking good care of their environment. Does this mean humans will soon be extinct? asks Junior. This story is a playful look from outside to what humans are doing to the planet and to themselves.
18) The town
Author
Series
Awakening land trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
433 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of a pioneer family and the transition they have to make as urban areas begin to spread in the 1800s.
19) Great city maps
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
256 p. : : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Includes maps from cities around the world, historical and modern.