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Author
Series
Ten Beach Road novels volume 5
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the USA Today bestselling author of Sunshine Beach, a story of four women trying to rebuild more than their lives... Before you can fix it up, you might have to tear it down... Embroiled in a battle to regain control of their renovation-turned-reality TV show, Do Over, Maddie, Avery, Nikki, and Kyra find themselves holding tight to the frayed ends of their friendship and relationships. Maddie must face the realities of dating a rock star...
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English
Description
Madelyn Johnson's life is hardly what she'd envisioned it to be. Blind to the man of her dreams, a caretaker to her elderly mother and holding years of resentment towards her two older sisters has her mind on overload. These characters will take you on their own personal journeys and in the end, will have no choice but to become transparent in all aspects of their lives for a healing to take place.
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English
Description
"I have nothing to offer a woman like Cora. Not what she deserves, yet...I want her anyway." I never expected to meet the woman of my dreams in a coffee shop. Especially when she's a famous Hollywood actress and I'm nothing but an overworked, underpaid barista. Only I already have someone special - my son. Providing for him and getting through college are my top priorities. Dating while juggling single fatherhood isn't. Cora Bentley deserves a partner...
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Language
English
Description
One Good Thing is the new heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter
In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . .
Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively swaps her London Life for the sweeping hills of the Yorkshire Dales,...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Anais, who has recently emigrated from Africa to Maine with her mother and young brother, copes with acclimating herself to a new country, understanding American culture, learning English, figuring out how to fit in at school, and moving from motel to shelter and finally to a permanent apartment"--
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English
Description
The ER is a tough one for all involved- patients, families, nurses and doctors. There are both tragedies and victories found in the most major and minor of life's events. We would hope to bring a moment of clarity into this account of the day-to-day operations, striving to find "One Good Thing A Day." This work would be best explored as window into the emergency medicine.
Summary
To most of us, the emergency room(ER) can be a foreboding place,...
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Language
English
Description
In this book, Dr. Vukmir defines both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the emergency department(ED) practice. The Emergency Department(ED) drives the efficiency of the remainder of the hospital, perhaps more, than most other medical care unit. It is the "front door" of hospital and often forms the first impression of the facility.
The book begins with an outline of the efficacy, the "best circumstance" operation, versus effectiveness or...
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Language
English
Description
Nothing seems to be going right for Julie Dorinsky. Her best friend, Abby is hanging with the gifted crowd, while Julie's struggling to keep up in school. She can't even read the notes Abby passes her in class. It seems as if everybody, from her snooty older sister, Alexia, to her baby brother, Bean, is smarter than she is. There must by one thing she's good at. In One Thing I'm Good At, Karen Lynn Williams has created a warm and winning portrait...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this chapter book biography artfully combines archival photos, full-color illustrations, and a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives"--
13) Nine dragons
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
After what seems like a routine murder investigation, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch finds himself in Hong Kong facing the highest-stakes case of his life: bringing his kidnapped daughter home.
Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer.
The world Bosch steps...
Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer.
The world Bosch steps...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he turns seven, his father brings him to the gates of Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys, and his life is changed forever. At Saint Mary's, he's expected to study hard and follow a lot of rules. But there is one good thing about Saint Mary's: almost every day, George gets to play baseball. Here, under the watchful eye...
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Language
English
Description
The story of the life of Xavier Cockroachal Damon, a rather bizarre life that some might find impossible to be believed, The details of my youth were, let's just say somewhat calamitous, but still Xavier Cockroachal Damon continued on, trying to find that one good thing in his life that could rescue him from disappointment, disillusionment and despair. It's a life seemingly forever ambushed by the absurd and assaulted by vile, unwanted circumstance...
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English
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Jim Harrison's legendary gourmandise is on full display in A Really Big Lunch. From the titular New Yorker piece about a French lunch that went to thirty-seven courses to pieces from Brick, Playboy, Kermit Lynch's newsletter, and others, from the relationship between hunter and prey to the obscure language of wine reviews, A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrison's pointed aperçus and keen delight in the pleasures of the senses. And between...
17) Karma
Author
Series
Serendipity novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
They've got chemistry. But he's her brother's worst enemy-and arresting officer. For Officer Dare Barron, there's only one good thing about bad-boy Brian McKnight getting thrown in the drunk tank again. Being there when Brian's sister, Liza, strides into the precinct on those long, delectable legs to bail her brother out. It's not just the old building's failing air conditioning making Dare sweat. Liza is a contradiction of proper lady and sexy siren...
18) Pan's Promise
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Series
Language
English
Description
There is one and only one good thing about living on the mountain: Luke has a place to run to whenever his parents begin to argue.
But no matter how fast or how far he runs, he can't escape their screams and curses.
One night, however, things begin to look up.
But behind this curtain of hope lurks a world of dread and terror. Will Luke make it out alive?
This is not a story for the faint of heart. Read if you dare.
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Collects Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018) 7-10 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 Spider-Man/Venom #1. It's time for Miles Morales to slow down and take stock! What do the young web-slinger's parents and friends, particularly Bombshell, think of all of that's happened? Miles may never get to learn the answers — he's about to be captured, tested and observed like a bug under glass by an unknown assailant! Miles will need help to escape
...20) Sophia's Dilemma
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Series
Language
English
Description
He said it was fine. She believed him. It wasn't. There's only one good thing in Sophia's life and he just let her down.When her boyfriend is attacked, she sets out to help him, only to find he's implicated in a murder. Desperate to prove him innocent, Sophia uncovers something far worse when an overheard conversation shatters all her dreams of a happy ending. The fragile trust she placed in Dane is smashed in an instant and she's left with the worst...