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Macintyre, Ben

Summary: In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners. For four years, these prisoners of the castle tested its walls and its guards with ingenious escape attempts that would become a legend. But as Macintyre...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022

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Gerritsen, Tess

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Summary: "Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she's living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement. But when a body turns up in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a message from former foes who haven't forgotten her. Maggie turns...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GER

Bryson, Bill

Summary: Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 612 BRY

Kerrison, Catherine

Summary: "Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. In Jefferson's Daughters, Catherine Kerrison, a scholar of early American and women's history, recounts the remarkable journey of these three women--and how their struggle to define themselves reflects both the possibilities and the limitations that resulted from...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 KER

Bacon, John U.

Summary: "After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT--the most powerful explosion ever...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 971 BAC

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 971 BAC

Jasper, Joy Waldron.

Summary: In the first terrifying moments of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the crew of the USS Arizona could not have imagined the horrors that awaited them on that "Day of Infamy," December 7th, 1941. The battleship Arizona--exploded when an armor-piercing bomb ignighted its forward munitions, creating a thunderclap that rocked the skies; 1.177 men were killed on the Arizona--more than half the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5426 JAS

Patterson, James

Summary: Bronx-native Bernard Slotnick's mantra was that everyone deserved a good defense. And he was the best defender out there. A bold strategist in the courtroom, and a doting husband and father of four at home, 'Liberty's Last Champion' proudly stood up for the unpopular and the controversial. Known for his sharp mind (and his sharp suits), Slotnick, anointed the best criminal lawyer in the United...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 SLOTNICK, BARRY PAT

Grann, David

Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 976 GRA

Bragg, Rick

Summary: "Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock and rolling in donkey manure and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house....

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 BRA

Brown, Daniel James

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 797.123 BRO

Kershaw, Alex.

Summary: "Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day's most perilous missions. The charismatic, unforgettable cast includes the first American paratrooper to touch down on Normandy soil; the British glider pilot who braved antiaircraft fire to crash-land mere yards from the vital Pegasus Bridge; the Canadian brothers who led their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 KER

Alda, Alan

Summary: The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 153 ALD

Grisham, John

7 holds on 4 copies

Summary: "In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. Impeccably researched and grippingly told, Framed offers an inside look at the victims of the United States criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 345.0122 GRI

Green, Joshua

Summary: In this masterful account of one of our era's defining political sagas, a national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek traces the rise of economic populism in the Democratic Party through the interwoven stories of three outsiders who emerged in the wake of the crash to lead the charge.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 324.973 GRE

Hilderbrand, Elin

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Summary: Mysterious wealthy newcomers, the Richardsons, have bought a lavish house. But when it burns to the ground and their employee goes missing, the island is in for plenty of drama.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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May, Nikki

Summary: When Funke's mother dies in a tragic accident in Lagos, she's sent to live with her maternal family in England. Traumatised by grief and against a backdrop of condescension and mild neglect, conformist Funke strives to fit in, determined to become one of them. Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family, resolved to be nothing like them. Fiercely protective of Funke,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Large Print

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Slaughter, Karin

Summary: "For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it's the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.)

Summary: "A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception . . . but it's their only hope, so...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THO

Osteen, Joel

Summary: "New York Times bestselling author and host of the Joel Osteen Radio on SiriusXM wants you to know that now is the time to get your hopes up and start expecting that better is on the way. Whether you're climbing toward the next level, stretching for an out-of-reach goal, or doing your utmost to overcome a challenge, it's time to step into a better life filled with more. When your patience...

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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2022

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Baldacci, David

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Summary: "Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he's given. But this time it's not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who's under federal investigation. Instead, he's hoping to lay low and keep off the radar of an enemy--the girl on the train. But as Devine gets to know Betsy, questions...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BAL

Cornwell, Bernard

Summary: "If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe...and the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Coulter, Catherine

Summary: "A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing of St. Paul's in London. Life is finally back to normal, when suddenly her world changes in a flash. With three new attempts on her life, and her connection to the terrorist attack, MI5 gets involved to find out who is trying to kill her and why. Desperate for answers, Elizabeth flies to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024

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French, Nicci

Summary: "On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children--especially fifteen-year-old Etty--grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. Then Etty and her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FRE

Linden, Rachel

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Summary: "American chef Georgia May Jackson has one goal -- to run her own restaurant in Paris. After a grueling decade working in Parisian kitchens, she is on the cusp of success. But in one disastrous night, Georgia loses her sous-chef position, her French boyfriend, and her sense of taste! Renowned for her refined palate and daring use of bold flavors to create remarkable dishes, Georgia is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC LIN

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