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Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Stardom fades fast when you're on the line for murder, in this debut cozy mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Jenn McKinlay. Jay Allan and Cindy Cooper were soap opera stars in the late '90s, a wholesome young husband-and-wife duo who combined musical talent with humor and charisma. When the truth about their sexual orientations came to light, their marriage and TV careers ended, but decades later they have remained friends. Together, they...
23) Nighttown
Author
Series
Junior Bender mystery volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender has a rule about never taking a job that pays too well--in the criminal underworld, if someone is offering you more money than a job is worth, someone is going to end up dead. But he's bending his rule this one time because he and his girlfriend, Ronnie, are in desperate need of cash so they can hire a top-notch kidnapper to snatch Ronnie's two-year-old son back from her evil ex. The whole thing is pretty complicated,...
Series
Best American poetry volume 36
Publisher
Collier/Simon & Schuster/Scribner Poetry
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
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Description
Since 1988, The Best American Poetry series has been "one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets). Each volume presents a choice of the year's most memorable poems, with comments from the poets themselves lending insight into their work.
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years; never...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Backyard Adventures of Mason and Mazey (A Teaching Book) is a lighthearted adventure of learning to understand our surroundings and our impact on all things that may not be so apparent to us in our busy day-to-day lives. It captures the escapades of five-year-old Mason and his basset hound, best friend, Mazey, as her hound nose takes them a bit too far into the woods. They meet up with the animals found in backyards across Orange County, New York,...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Attainable, reliable, and inspirational recipes for the home baker from the acclaimed pastry chef at the iconic Ballymaloe House in Ireland. Ballymaloe House, in County Cork, Ireland, is heralded as the birthplace of modern Irish cuisine. There, visitors are treated to acclaimed pastry chef JR Ryall's daily array of seasonally inspired treats, wheeled through the dining room on a vintage dessert trolley. In Ballymaloe Desserts, Ryall presents 130...
Author
Publisher
publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Underestimated by crooks and cops alike, three "over-the-hill" women become formidable amateur sleuths when they find themselves entangled in a decades-old, unsolved crime. Mystery writer Ellie Russo invites her cousins Sandy McCabe and Franny Baker to join her, as she travels to picturesque Orange Lake in Newburgh, New York to research a story for her newest book. Looking forward to staying in the lake house their grandmother once owned, the mini-reunion...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"As a young bookworm reading in her grandfather's butcher shop, Cara Nicoletti saw how books and food bring people to life. Now a butcher, cook, and talented writer, she serves up stories and recipes inspired by beloved books and the food that gives their characters depth and personality. From the breakfast sausage in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods to chocolate cupcakes with peppermint buttercream from Jonathan Franzen's The...
Author
Series
Heart of the Amish volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ruth defies authority to hold on to her family farm. Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country. Ruth Helmuth has never been rude in her life; trust her to choose the bishop of her Amish community for her first time! Ruth has worked hard to keep body and soul together since her husband, Levi's, death. She tends her herd of goats, making her living from the milk and fiber she gets from them, all while...
36) Waterloo
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the deployment of huge armies and incurred heavy losses on both sides; for those who fought in it, Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops, it was a murderous struggle. It was a battle that would be remembered very differently across Europe. In Britain it would be seen as an iconic battle whose...