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Swift, Jonathan

Summary: Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself in Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose six-inch height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted scientists of Laputa, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1988

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 823 SWI

Cogan, Priscilla

Summary: "When a botched bank robbery leaves Billy T. Pickle in need of hostages, he winds up with more than he bargained for: a girl named Phoenix, who's filled with teen angst, and Kate, who's filled with wisdom that only comes with age. As they make their way across the country, Billy finds he needs these women more than he could have ever known"--Publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Two Canoes Press 2007

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: FIC COG
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COG

Donati, Sara

Summary: A young midwife travels west to the New Mexico Territory to care for women in need and faces dangers more harrowing than the ones she's fleeing in this epic tale of survival, redemption, and love from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of the Wilderness series.1857. In a bid to outrun her past, Carrie Ballentyne accepts a nursing position with a doctor in the New Mexico...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Phillips, Tom

Summary: Twelve-year-old John Boarhog and his friends embark on a perilous journey through the Amazon to reunite with his mentor, Inspector Toadius McGee, only to find themselves entangled in a hunt for an infamous Object of Doom aboard the Peruvian Express.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pixel+Ink 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHI

Harrison, Jim

Summary: Their plans were conceived in a drunken excitement and resulted in more horror than any of them could have imagined. There was the poet able to retreat into beatific reveries of superb fishing in cold, fast streams; the Vietnam vet consumed by uppers, downers, and violence; and the girl who loved only one of them, at first. With their ideals ostensibly in order, they set out from Florida to...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Kracht, Christian

Summary: "From “the great German-language writer of his generation” (Joshua Cohen) comes the second novel of Christian Kracht’s career narrated by an eponymous “Christian” (the first was his bestselling debut, Faserland). Eurotrash begins in Zurich, where Christian has returned to care for his eighty-year-old mother after her discharge from a psychiatric institution. Confronting the dark shadows of his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing

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Curtis, Grace

Summary: "Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the Milky Way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury--and an absolute magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby inbox?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUR

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: SF CUR

Li, Winnie M.

Summary: "One bright spring afternoon in West Belfast, cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist Vivian's path collides with fifteen-year-old Irish teenager Johnny and culminates in a horrifying act of violence. Inspired by true events, a riveting novel of suspense about of the dark chapters and chance encounters that can irrevocably determine the shape of our lives"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

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

Liu, Marjorie M.

Summary: "Zuli is extraordinary--she just doesn't realize it yet. Raised by mystical bird spirits in the branches of the Great Tree, she's never ventured beyond this safe haven. She's never had to. Until now. When a sinister force threatens the life-giving magic of the tree, Zuli, along with her guardian owl, Frowly, must get to the root of it. So begins an adventure bigger than anything Zuli could've...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIU

Roberts, Nora

Summary: When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at night, the doors slamming, the music playing, are not figments of her imagination. In her dreams she sees glimpses of the past. In the present she finds portraits of brides. And when she has visions of an antique mirror, she is drawn to it,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2024

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Duvall, Dianne

Summary: After a spaceship is attacked, an Earthling survivor, Eliana, is finally rescued by Commander Dagon. As he and Eliana hunt for her missing friends, a bond grows between them, until Eliana becomes the hunted one.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Thomas, M. J.

Summary: A scroll Great-Uncle Solomon, an archaeologist, found near the Dead Sea send Peter, nine, and Mary, ten, to the first moment of Creation and to the Garden of Eden.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2017

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Summary: "This 5-in-1 The Berenstain Bears: Five "Away We Go" Adventures! is full of bear family antics and is the perfect starter for a young reader on the go! This Level 1 I Can Read five-book collection includes these stories: The Berenstain Bears: All Aboard!, The Berenstain Bears' Class Trip, The Berenstain Bears at the Aquarium, The Berenstain Bears: Gone Fishin'!, The Berenstain Bears Around the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher 2024

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Osborne, Mary Pope.

Summary: L'enchanteur Merlin confie à Tom et Léa une nouvelle mission importante : sauver la Grande Dame de la Lagune, qui court un terrible danger! Les enfants se retrouvent à Venise, au milieu d'une foule déguisée : c'est carnaval!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Baynard Jeunesse 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 OSB FRENCH

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