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Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
442 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The owner of the Inn at Gloucester, a place open to anyone running from trouble or hiding from life, former Boston police detective Bill Robinson must defend his town, his chosen family and his home when a newcomer in town launches a series of attacks.
2) The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Haidt has spent his career speaking truth and wisdom in some of the most difficult spaces - communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the mental health emergency hitting teenagers today in many countries around the world.In The Anxious Generation, Haidt shows how, between 2010 and 2015, childhood and adolescence got rewired. As teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous estate on Biscayne Bay, they become the toast of the newly burgeoning society. Anna and Robert appear to have it all, but in a town like Miami, appearances can be deceiving, and one scandal can change everything....
5) The inmate
Author
Publisher
[Freida McFadden]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. And...
Author
Series
Heaven on earth volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A buggy-racing champion, a hardworking field-hand, and a terrible cook, Rachel Hartzler does not fit her Amish community's standards for an eligible bride. Hurt by their rejection and still grieving the loss of her brother, Rachel is ready for change. She's not, however, ready for Jordan Engles. Rachel's father hired him to help tend the fields so Rachel can learn to cook and sew, thus increasing her chances of finding a husband. She can't understand...
Author
Series
Heaven on earth volume 3
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
x, 358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Katie's fianc�e died in a tragic accident, so did her hope of finding love. When a tornado destroys her small Amish settlement, including the schoolhouse, she doesn't know how she will provide for herself. Seth arrived in Hope Falls days before the storm; when he helps usher Katie and the children to safety, sparks fly. But Seth is only in town to help his brother, Amos, get back on his feet following the death of his wife. Sworn to protect...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...