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Language
English
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Description
Bestselling author Helen Simonson returns with a splendid historical novel full of the same wit, romance, and insight into the manners and morals of small-town British life as her beloved "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." 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...
62) Already gone
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
6 compact discs (7 hr. 24 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake's distant past was a life on the streets, inflicting damage and suffering on more people than he can count. And now someone from his past, it seems, has come looking for him. When two men attack Jake in a parking lot and cut off his finger, he tries to dismiss it as an unlucky case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But when events take a more sinister turn and his wife goes missing, Jake knows he can no longer hide from the truth....
63) Trace
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now freelancing from south Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her old haunts in Richmond, Virginia, only to encounter a host of baffling and unwelcome surprises as she investigates the death of a fourteen-year-old girl.
64) Forget-me-not
Author
Series
Publisher
Chivers Audio Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
[CD edition].
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (790 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Devon, 1912, and Tim Wilson cannot believe his luck. He has landed the job of his dreams as a newspaper reporter, and he is captivated by Katherine Coates. Romance blossoms, but their happiness is short-lived. For Katherine's mother, Ruth, has her sights set much higher for her daughter's happiness. Tim is neighter rich or well conncected enough for her liking and she breaks up the relationship by whisking Katherine off to the London scene, to meet...
65) Outlander (CD)
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
28 sound discs total (32 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1945, a former combat nurse back from the war and on her honeymoon touches a boulder in an ancient Scottish ruin and is instantly transported to a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in 1743.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (approximately 6 hr., 36 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney's famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Abridged.
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (5 hr., 38 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Possessing a brilliant mind for medicine in spite of her inability to comprehend the dynamics of traditional medicine, Asperger's patient and doctor Thea Sperelakis is baffled when her siblings refuse care to their hit-and-run victim father.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (685 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While most of the town is focused on the tense and shocking circumstances of the trial, Rory's return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood that she can no longer ignore. But in the wake of a desperate attack on the courthouse, Rory realizes that exposing these dark skeletons has connected her to an old case that was never solved, and bringing the truth to light just might destroy her.
69) Out to Canaan
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the small town of Mitford, rector Father Tim and his lovely wife Cynthia ponder their retirement plans, trying to raise their young charge, Dooley, and find Dooley's missing, abandoned siblings, while a brash mayoral candidate is calling for development and "progress."
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Animal farm: In this satire of the Russian revolution, Manor Farm is transformed into Animal Farm, a democracy proclaiming, "All animals are created equal." After totalitarian rule is re-established, the reality becomes, "But some animals are more equal than others."
1984: The year 1984 has come and gone, yet George Orwells' prophetic nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Abridged.
Physical Desc
16 audio discs (ca. 18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dead Sleep:Jordan Glass wanders into a Hong Kong art museum and is puzzled to find fellow patrons eying her with curiosity. Minutes later, she stumbles upon a gallery containing a one-artist exhibition called "The Sleeping Women." Collectors have come to believe that the canvases depict female nudes not in sleep but in death. When Jordan approaches the last work in the series, she freezes. The face in the painting seems to be her own. In fact, the...
75) Lakeside cottage
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Each summer, Kate Livingston returns to her family's lakeside cottage, a place of simple living and happy times - a place where she now hopes her son, Aaron, can blossom. But her quiet life gets a bit more interesting with the arrival of an mysterious new neighbor, JD Harris. JD has good reason for being secretive. In a moment of sheer bravery the Washington, D.C., paramedic prevented a terrible tragedy - and became a national hero. He's hardly able...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
12 sound discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Attorney Nina Reilly leaves her ex-husband and old job in San Francisco for a practice in Lake Tahoe. She helps Misty Patterson divorce her abusive husband. When the husband is found murdered, Nina agrees to defend Misty against murder charges. But Misty's memory is blank in some spots and Nina can't tell if she's crafty or a victim of some early trauma.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 compact discs (12 hours, 8 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Professional baker Ramona's art has sustained her through turbulent times. Her daughter, Sophia, races overseas to be with her husband, leaving Ramona as guardian for Sophia's 13-year-old stepdaughter, Katie. Ramona shares her love of baking with the girl and Katie begins to find self-acceptance and a home. When a man from her past returns to offer a second chance at love, Ramona discovers that even the best recipe tastes better when you add time...
80) Trail mix
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (2 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English