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Series
Irish Country books volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the story of the early life of Kinky Kincaid, once known as Maureen O'Hanlon, a farmer's daughter growing up in the hills and glens of 1920s County Cork, Ireland, who had a gift for seeing faries, spirits, and the dreaded banshee.
Author
Series
Sam Levitt mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. After inviting the "Los Angeles Times" to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate, cultivated crime expert, and wine connoisseur, who follows his leads as he tracks down the source of...
Author
Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1914 and life in the sleepy village of Rye, England is about to take an interesting turn. Agatha Kent is expecting an unusual candidate to be the school's Latin teacher: Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good breeding in search of a position after the death of her father. Agatha's nephews, meanwhile, have come to spend the summer months, as always, both with dreams of their own. When Hugh is sent to pick up Beatrice from the train...
67) The copper beech
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Language
English
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Description
In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young carve their initials--and those of their loves-into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig's closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems.
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Surprising grace: Alex Armstrong is settling into his new role as pastor of Hilltop Church, and he's even starting to understand the strange ways of the people who populate this barren stretch of North Dakota prairie. But he also finds that his flock needs help and counsel like he never imagined. In this cozy and entertaining read, Alex must choose between the woman he once loved -- and the home he's come to love.
Unlikely blessing: Alex Armstrong...
Author
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Michael Perry returns with a new collection of bite-sized essays from his Sunday Wisconsin State Journal column, 'Roughneck Grace.' Perry's perspectives on everything from cleaning the chicken coop to sharing a New York City elevator with supermodels will have you snorting with laughter on one page, blinking back tears on the next, and--no matter your zip code--nodding in recognition throughout"--
70) Colour of milk
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicar's lecherous son and a manipulative fellow servant. But life in the vicarage also offers unexpected joys, as the curious young girl learns to read and write -- knowledge that will come at a tragic price.
Author
Publisher
Betterway Home
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"This book contains an inspirational range of practical and inexpensive ways to become self-sufficient, whether in a backyard or larger area of land. Long-term and sustainable sufficiency is stressed, a way of life that will become natural to you and your family"--Jacket flap.
72) Anne arrives
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Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Montana sky volume 9
Publisher
Debra Holland
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"K.C. Granger is the sheriff of Sweetwater Springs. Since she was five, K.C. has dressed like a man and been treated as such. She's efficient at her job and has garnered the respect of the inhabitants of Sweetwater Springs.Red Charlie is a Blackfoot Indian and the blacksmith of Sweetwater Springs. He's silently battled the prejudice against him by doing his job in a competent manner and handling slurs with dignity.When reports of Indian thievery begin,...
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The authors show you how to appreciate and celebrate the important things in your life-- food, shelter, livelihood, family, and community-- in order to reclaim and reconnect with the natural world, and to live a life more in harmony with the cycle of the seasons.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Holiday, Texas is known far and wide as the most celebratory town in the South--and no shindig is complete without one of its founding members. It's a real shame the last remaining Holiday is a city slicker, but what's that old saying about putting lipstick on a pig...? Beck has no intention of being charmed by some crazy Texas town, but the minute he lays eyes on his grandfather's old honky tonk--and Charlie Walker, the beautiful cowgirl who runs...
77) Understood Betsy
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann doesn't want to live with her country cousins. But in helping with chores around the farm and making new friends she discovers happiness, confidence, and independence.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperFestival, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Bear Country! Explore the world of the Berenstain Bears, where Brother, Sister, and Honey visit exhibits, investigate caves, and return to the coziest place in town -- their tree house!" --back cover.
Author
Publisher
Blair / Carolina Wren Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Kilgore has her bags packed for her escape from her rural Tennessee upbringing, but a drunken mistake forever tethers her to the town and one of its least-admired residents, Jeptha Taylor, who becomes the father of her child. Together, these two young people work to form a family, though neither has any idea how to accomplish that, and the odds are against them in a place with little to offer other than bluegrass music, tobacco fields, and a...
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