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Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors one cold afternoon. The motives: the brutal business of farming and a family code of ethics as unforgiving as the winter prairie itself.
29483) The eloquence of blood
Author
Series
Charles du Luc mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Ex-soldier and Jesuit Charles du Luc investigates the 1686 murder of a woman who was trying to prove she was the heir to the Mynette fortune and claim money that was otherwise intended for Louis le Grand School in Paris.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"The team of Rucka and artist Nicola Scott weave the definitive and shocking tale of Diana's first year as Earth's protector. Paradise has been breached, Ares stirs, and the Amazons must answer with a champion of their own...one who is willing to sacrifice her home amongst her sisters to save a world she has never seen. Wonder Woman's journey begins in this epic origin story!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Appears on list
Description
Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, Ana is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defying the expectations placed on women, she engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes secret narratives about neglected and silenced women. When she meets the eighteen-year-old...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
As a little girl, Utena Tenjou was saved from a river's raging torrent by a mysterious man, known from that fateful day forward as her prince. Now, seven years later, Utena and her prince are on a crash course with destiny. Utena has enrolled at the exclusive Ohtori Academy and is being courted by a sundry of classmates claiming to be her prince. Who's telling the truth and who isn't?
29489) Still life
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
After a town is completely destroyed by a flood, the residents must try to rebuild their homes, the town, and their lives.
29490) Invincible Iron Man
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
One of the most popular super heroes in the world soars to fresh heights - and devastating lows! Tony Stark has a new armor, a new supporting cast and a new purpose! But his life is just as surprising and eventful as ever - beginning with the return of one of his biggest nemeses, and the quest to find his biological parents! Tony must pursue Madame Masque as her actions threaten to rip all of reality apart, then delve deep into his international organization...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume Book20
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposition. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni finds himself embroiled in familial drama as well, when one of his clients...
29492) Nana: vol. 4
Author
Series
Nana volume 4
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
With her own life falling apart around her, Nana K. seizes onto a juicy piece of gossip about Nana O.'s past love life to keep her mind off her own problems. Will playing cupid for her friend get her any closer to her own happy ending?
29493) Nana: vol. 6
Author
Series
Nana volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Nana Osaki's band Blast is taking off in a big way.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A true daughter of the fearsome O'Malley clan, Grace spent her life wishing to join the fight to keep Henry VIII's armies from invading her homeland of Ireland -- only to be told again and again that the battlefield is no place for a woman. But after English conspirators brutally murder her husband, Grace can no longer stand idly by. Leading men into battle on the high seas, Grace O'Malley quickly gains a formidable reputation as the Pirate Queen...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
The FBI is protecting Sara Walsh from the man who abducted her as a child and continues to stalk her as an adult. Her name and her life are not her own anymore. Then she falls in love with Adam Black. Sara can't take the risk of love and children, but if she doesn't her life will never be her own.
29496) Infidel
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Presenting an illustrated horror tale for the twenty-first century and a modern update to the class haunted house story, Infidel follows a young American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who move into a building haunted by entities fueled by xenophobia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
When Mary Quinn is ordered to work undercover after a petty thief steals from Buckingham Palace, she receives attention from a prince, wonders at a murder suspect's shared name with her father, and struggles with her feelings for James Easton.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
This illustrated book of short comics illuminates author Debbie Tung's experience as an introvert in an extrovert's world. Presented in a loose narrative style that can be read front to back or dipped into at one's leisure, the book spans three years of Debbie's life, from the end of college to the present day. In these early years of adulthood, Debbie slowly but finally discovers there is a name for her lifelong need to be alone: she's an introvert....
29499) The first Mrs. Rothschild
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"In this award-winning historical saga, passionate young lovers in a Jewish ghetto rise to become the foremost financial dynasty in the world. It is the turn of the eighteenth century in Frankfurt, Germany, and young Gutle and Meir Amschel Rothschild struggle to establish themselves in the cramped and restricted Judengasse. But when Meir's talents as a novice banker catch the attention of a German prince, Meir is suddenly afforded entrée into the...
29500) Trial of the Amazons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Trial of the Amazons is an epic crossover event where all the Wonder Woman tribes will collide and compete for leadership. Discover who guides the Amazons into the future and who is trying to destroy them in the process! After the events of Nubia & the Amazons, the dangers of Doom's Doorway have found their way to Man's World and garnered the attention of not one, but all three Amazonian tribes. Tempers rise and swords are brandished as the women...