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21) The fire thief
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Under a promising morning sky, police captain Walter Alaka'i makes a tragic discovery: the body of a teenage surfer bobbing among the lava rocks of Maui's southeastern shore. It appears to be an ill-fated accident, but closer inspection reveals something far more sinister than the results of a savage wave gone wrong. Now that Alaka'i is looking at a homicide, he solicits the help of his niece, Detective Kali Mahoe. The granddaughter of one of Hawaii's...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Dr. Gregory House is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn't even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain and ignoring his pain killing addiction, he uses his cane to punctuate his acerbic, brutally honest demeanor. House and his team deal with unusual medical mysteries.
23) Maybe a whale
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After Grandpa dies, a girl and her mother take the trip he had planned for her, kayaking along the Pacific west coast to look for the whales that he loved. The trip will do them good, Mom says, but the girl isn't sure. How can that be true when grandpa isn't there? And how will they find a whale in all that water, anyway? There is so much to see as they paddle through white-tipped waves and calm coves: glowing moon jellies, fluttering anemones and...
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Strong heroines and riveting storytelling are the hallmark of groundbreaking fantasy author Kate Elliott (Crown of Stars, Crossroads). Her long-awaited first collection showcases twenty years of her finest work. Captured here are many of Elliott's previously out-of-print tales, four previously unpublished essays, and a brand new Crossroads story, "On the Dying Winds of the Old Year and the Birthing Winds of the New."
Elliott's bold adventuresses,...
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Language
English
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Description
"Helen Street spent every summer of her childhood at her family's cedar-shake cottage on Long Island Sound. The youngest of four, she shared her mother Claire's athletic genes and relished the orchestrated games and competitions that filled those warm, endless days. Unlike her older siblings--fiery Charlotte, ambitious Thomas, middle-child Pammy--Helen rarely felt the pressure of her mother's high expectations. Thirty years later, with her brother...
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.
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Series
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English
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Description
"It's time for a savory soirée--but something sinister is stewing--in Raquel V. Reyes's second delightful Caribbean Kitchen mystery, perfectly delicious for fans of Mia P. Manansala. Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before. Miriam's...
Author
Publisher
Jennifer Ann Shore
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's impossible to ignore Vince Novak. He's all anyone can talk about--speculating on the reason for his transfer to our school, celebrating his future career as a soccer star, or gushing over how tall, dark, and handsome he is. Even my parents mention him in hushed, angry whispers, fearful he's going to shatter my brother's records and destroy the legacy left behind when he died. However, I avoid Vince Novak at all costs, hiding from him and the...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
A widow tries to rebuild her life only to have her past come back to haunt her. After the mysterious death of her husband leaves her broke and floundering, MaryBeth Cashour moves to Sandy Shores Island. Her mother, who died from cancer soon after Bernie disappeared, has left her not only the paperwork showing that she was adopted, but enough money to purchase a Christmas shop. MaryBeth has no relatives or friends and not much self-esteem, but all...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Social-climbing Jonathan romances rich girl Dorothy to get close to her powerful father. But his plans go awry when she becomes pregnant and feeling cornered, he murders her. Ellen, Dorothy's twin, is suspicious of her sister's 'suicide' and investigates.
31) Harrow: a novel
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In her first novel since The Quick and the Dead, the legendary writer takes us into an uncertain landscape after the environmental apocalypse, a world in which only the man-made has value, but some still wish to salvage the authentic. Once nature as we know it is dead, the pursuit of happiness fades into insignificance, food is scarce, and even time doesn't progress in an organized fashion. Harrow follows the picaresque journey of Khristen--a teenager...
32) The client
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway witnessed the suicide of a New Orleans attorney. Before he died he told Mark a deadly secret about the recent murder of a Louisiana senator whose accused killer, a Mafia thug, is about to go to trial. Mark hires a lawyer, Reggie Love, who loves helping kids overlooked or abused by the system.
Author
Series
Low volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Stel Caine rises from the depths to the sun-blasted surface of the Earth, the first human in millennia to do so. She's closer than ever to discovering the deep-space probe, which holds within it the potential to save all mankind. But eons of radiation have given birth to strange new life, and humans are no longer the dominant species here. Meanwhile, deep below the waves, Stel's daughters start their own journeys topside. Will this family reunion...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"David McKenna lies dying in a Kingston hospital, his children gathered from across the country to say a final goodbye. But the family reunion opens old wounds. David's only daughter, Lauren, never recovered from the unsolved murder of her high school best friend Zoe Delgado fourteen years earlier--or the suspicion that her brother, Tristan, was behind it. Before David breathes his last, Tristan's pregnant wife, Vivian, disappears and the Major Crimes...
Author
Publisher
Brain Lag
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"France, 13th century. Near the shores of the Mediterranean lives Vara Svobodo¿¿v with her father, a prominent merchant, his barbarian wife, and her scientist father. Though the shadowy gazes of Great Gods and the greedy hands of local lord Petru Dominus hang over them, Vara lives a comfortable life. That all changes when she learns that she is da resu, destined to life after death and servitude of her unearthly powers to he who slays her. Rumours...
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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Fire Chief Colleen McCabe is enjoying a quiet summer and her budding romance with Sheriff Bill Dorman. However, her peaceful start to the tourist season is shattered when a tropical storm blows through Corolla and unearths a body buried under a vacation home boardwalk. While digging through an ever-widening list of suspects, Bill and Colleen become embroiled in a vicious battle between those committed to saving Corolla's wild horses, those protecting...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The town of Barton Beach is a popular summer destination known for its surfing, sandy beaches, and local restaurants, like the Beachcomber. Or at least it was -- until Flash Fremont washes up dead on the shore. Flash's sixteen-year-old nephew, Zac, is the only one who doesn't believe that Flash died in a freak surfing accident. Zac is determined to find out what really happened to his uncle out in the water. But his investigation reveals more than...