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Towles, Amor

2 holds on 4 copies

Summary: When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2016

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Towles, Amor

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Summary: "In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the working farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother is long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett intends to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TOW

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC TOW

Towles, Amor.

Summary: A sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. Set in New York City in 1938, Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year- old named Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit, and her own brand of cool nerve, Katey embarks on a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011

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Towles, Amor

Summary: "In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California, where they can start...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TOW

Towles, Amor

Summary: "The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022

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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC TOW (BOOK CLUB KIT 8 paperbacks)

Towles, Amor

1 hold on 11 copies

Summary: "The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction towles

Towles, Amor

2 holds on 9 copies

Summary: "A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION TOW

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Towles

Towles, Amor

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Towles, Amor

Summary: "The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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Towles, Amor

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TOW

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TOW

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TOW

Towles, Amor

Summary: "In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

5 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TOW

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC TOW

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

Towles, Amor

2 holds on 10 copies

Summary: "The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

4 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TOW

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Towles 2021

Towles, Amor.

Summary: A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOW

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Towles 2011

Towles, Amor.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and asingle-minded widow.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press 2012

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

Summary: "Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year 2023, including tales by Andrew Child, Jeffrey Deaver, and T.C. Boyle"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BES

4 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "Contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Amor Towles has curated an exhilarating assemblage of stories by an international array of talented writers. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, fascinating observations from the winning writers on what inspired their work, and an extensive...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2024

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TOW

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