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"Stifled by tragedy, thirteen-year-old Grace Mockingbird yearns to escape her mother's controlling, grieving hand and find her voice in a small Kentucky coal mining town. A tragic family loss has driven a wedge between Grace and her mother, who seems to be silently punishing Grace by withholding her love. Grace does penance in every chore while doubting she'll ever earn her mother's forgiveness. But change arrives with the hot winds of summer as the...
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English
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Brokaw received shocking news: He had multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer. Friends had always referred to Brokaw{u2019}s "lucky star," but as he writes in this inspiring memoir, "Turns out that star has a dimmer switch." Brokaw takes us through all the seasons and stages of this surprising year, the emotions, discoveries, setbacks, and struggles{u2014}times of denial, acceptance, turning points, and courage. After his diagnosis,...
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Publisher
Citadel Press Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of the late host of "The Twilight Zone" shares personal photos, revealing letters, and scenes of his childhood, war years, and their family's time together, celebrating her relationship with this visionary storyteller and humanist.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
This crime thriller follows presumed-dead former CIA agent, John Reese, who teams up with mysterious billionaire Harold Finch to prevent violent crimes with high-tech surveillance and their own brand of vigilante justice. With Finch missing, Reese enlists Detectives Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco to join the search for his friend. Will Reese and his team find Finch before it2s too late? Who will be the next person of interest? Find out in these 22 riveting...
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever' in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era, including...
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael, the wise architect of the Good Place who doesn't know he's made a mistake, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome, or at least the pretty good, person within.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Annie Walker is a young CIA operative whose exceptional linguistic skills and spot on instincts make her invaluable to the Agency. In season two, Annie's personal and professional lives crash into one another, and the balance of her relationships are forever changed.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sam Winchester grew up hunting creepy, demented, unexplainable, unearthly and terrifying things. But law school, safety and normalcy beckon him until Sam's estranged brother appears with troubling news: their father, a man who's been hunting evil for 22 years, has disappeared. So now, to find him, the brothers must hunt what their father hunts and Sam must return to the life he thought he'd left behind.
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Minotaur Books, A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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""Agatha Christie meets Upstairs Downstairs. [For] fans of Phryne Fisher and Maisie Dobbs." --Publishers Weekly A mystery writer perfect for fans of Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey, and Gosford Park, Catriona McPherson has charmed readers everywhere with her fun and clever series set in 1920s Scotland. In this new adventure, witty, aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver travels to an all-girls school in the small seaside town of Portpatrick to investigate...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends. In this season, Jerry runs into old girlfriend Dolores, Elaine has to take charge at work, George copes with Susan's death, and Kramer switches personalities with Jerry.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most innovative minds in business provides an equally original guide to getting ahead. Frank Bennack's accomplishments in media and business are unrivaled. He was named chief executive of Hearst in 1979, and for nearly 30 years he helped solidify the company's reputation as a leader in consumer media, overseeing the purchase of more than two dozen television stations and several major newspapers (Houston Chronicle), the launch of top-selling...
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Publisher
New York
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Christine O'Brien remembers growing up in NYC's famous Dakota apartment with her powerful father, her beautiful mother, and a food obsessesion that consumed her. Hunger comes in many forms. A person can crave a steak in the same way that she can crave a perfect family life. In her memoir, Crave: A Memoir of Food and Longing, Christine O'Brien tells the story of her own cravings. It's a story of growing up in a family with a successful, but explosive...
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