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61) Marlowe
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light.
62) Edge of dusk
Author
Series
Annie Pederson novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Annie Pederson's life changed the night her sister was kidnapped. The two had been outside playing on a dock, and Annie never forgave herself for her role in her sister's disappearance. Twenty-four years later and now a law enforcement ranger, Annie is still searching for answers as she grieves a new loss: the death of her husband and parents in a boating accident. But Annie and her eight-year-old daughter, Kylie, aren't the only people...
65) Footloose
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ren MacCormack moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont, where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out. Bomont's councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Nora Blackbird--pregnant at last!--is spending summer afternoons wallowing in the Bucks County pool of her best friend, Lexie Paine, who has just been released from prison. At night, Nora is covering Philadelphia's high-society events for the local newspaper. And this time she doesn't have to look far for a good story. Next door, a Broadway show is in rehearsal at the estate of Toodles Tuttle, the long-deceased but ever-legendary composer. Reigning...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Charlie Finn had to grow up fast, living alone by age sixteen. Highly intelligent, he earned a life-changing scholarship to Harvard, where he learned how to survive and thrive on the outskirts of privileged society. That skill served him well in the cutthroat business world, as it does in more lucrative but dangerous ventures he now operates off the coast of Miami. Charlie tries to separate relationships from work. But when his choices produce devastating...
73) How to mother a successful daughter: a practical guide to empowering girls from birth to eighteen
Author
Publisher
Harmony
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Language
English
Description
She's met "the one" and set the date-- now your daughter needs your help to plan the wedding of her dreams! Here is the latest information you need to get your baby down the aisle in style. Martin is a professional wedding coordinator, and she acts as your guide every step of the way.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There's a name for this kind of endeavor--voluntourism--and it might just be the future...
76) The wanderers
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov...
Author
Series
Sevenwaters fantasies volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
79) The tree
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her husband in a car crash, a grieving widow in the Australian countryside struggles to help her children deal with their loss.
Author
Series
Family tree (Ann M. Martin) volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1977 in Princeton, Dana's daughter seven-year-old Francie is struggling to keep her dyslexia a secret from her teachers and family, and even the thought of high school and college is part of the remote and unattainable future.