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As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural and has a real nose for the strange and unusual. A born skeptic, he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, determined to find the real cause behind the ghostly apparitions that appear in the town cemetery. What he doesn't plan on, however, is meeting and falling hopelessly in love with Lexie Darnell, granddaughter...
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"Chicago, 1944: twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, the California concentration camp where they have been 'interned' by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled in Chicago, where Aki's older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier as a forerunner of the...
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"Inveterate truth teller McCarthy providesa funny, often poignant, and no-holds-barred look at the essence of relationships: love and sex. Jenny explores the intensity of first love, introducing us to Tony, the boy of her teenage dreams, and Tubby, her dirty, sexy stuffed teddy bear. She takes us on a whirlwind tour of the world of aphrodisiacs and fetishes, explains the importance of playing doctor and other nice and naughty fantasies, and gives...
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2023 Read Widely: Travel & Stories on Multiple Continents
OBD Patron Picks Summer Reading 2023 - Adult
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"From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization...
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"For fans of bestselling World War II fiction like Sarah's Key and The Nightingale comes an illuminating tale of courage, sacrifice, and survival, about two couples whose lives are ravaged by Hitler's mad war yet eventually redeemed through the fate of one little girl.Seemingly overnight, the German blitzkrieg of Warsaw in 1939 turns its streets to a war zone and shatters the life of each citizen--Polish, Jewish, or otherwise. Sophie Kumiega, a British...
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Part of the bargain: After a searing tragedy, Libby Kincaid just wants to go home. But the Circle Bar B ranch isn't the haven she expects it to be. Malicious rumors about Libby are circulating through the ranch, and worse, her lifelong opponent, rancher Jess Barlowe, believes them. The cowboy is as sexy and rugged as ever...but now he's promised to keep a very close eye on her...The more time Jess spends with Libby, the harder it is to resist her....
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In this major tour de force, John Guzlowski traces the arc of one of the millions of immigrant families of America, in this case, survivors of the maelstrom of World War II. Raw, eloquent, nuanced, intimate--Guzlowski illuminates the many faces of war, the toll it takes on innocent civilians, and the ways in which the trauma echoes down through generations. His narrative structure mirrors the fractured dislocation experienced by war refugees. Through...
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Relationships are at the heart of every positive human experience. Maxwell, a master communicator and relational expert, makes learning about relationships accessible to everyone. The most sophisticated leaders and salespeople will pick up on skills that will make them even better, and relational novices will learn skills that can transform them into relational dynamos.
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Classic Horror Novels--Melrose Park Public Library
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A young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty ends in scandal, depravity and death. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The picture of Dorian Gray was a...
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Based on a true story, when two Jews finally manage to escape the Auschwitz concentration camp, they compile a detailed report about the systematic genocide at the camp. However, with Nazi propaganda and international liaisons still in place, their account seems to be too harrowing to believe.
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Master nad margaret is not only the most important novel of the twentieth century, but one of the most mysterious works of world literature, full of puzzles, symbols, understatements. It might seen that everything has been said about Bulgakov's masterpieces. Afer 50 years since the publication of the book, Grzegorz Przebinda, together with his wife Leokadia and son Igor, prove with their new transation that is not true. They discover new layersof...
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Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...
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With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her...
14) Niebo istnieje... Naprawdę!: niesamowita historia małego chłopca o wyprawie do nieba i z powrotem
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"Kiedy Colton Burpo cudem wyzdrowial po naglej operacji wyciecia wyrostka robaczkowego, jego rodzina nie posiadala sie z radosci. Nie spodziewala sie jednak, ze w ciagu nastepnych kilku miesiecy uslyszy piekna i wyjatkowa historie o podrozy malego chlopca do nieba i z powrotem. Niespelna czteroletni Colton oznajmil rodzicom, ze opuscil swoje cialo podczas zabiegu, wiarygodnie opisujac, co jego rodzice robili, gdy on lezal na stole operacyjnym. Opowiadal...
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"In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty... Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the religious conflict dividing the country, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth....
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"June Gable left each of her four granddaughters a handwritten bequest--to spend a season at her beloved farmhouse in Jasper Creek, Oregon, before they sell it. These cousins were once as close as sisters, but time and family betrayals have pushed them apart. In spring, polished city girl Keira must find her country roots--and reconnect with an old flame. In the summer, tough tomboy JJ needs to tap into her softer side while helping a single dad and...
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Stephanie and Jamie are meant to be. The problem is they're both with other people ... Stephanie doesn't believe in fate, true love or living happily ever after. She's content enough being married to Matt. But then she meets Jamie, who understands her more than anyone else ever has. Jamie's married to his childhood sweetheart and believes in everything Stephanie doesn't. He's happy with Helen. So why does he have such a strong connection with Stephanie?...
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Okazuje się, że kobieta wcale nie zginęła w wypadku samochodowym, jak myślały jej dzieci. Beth i jej rodzeństwo byli całe życie okłamywani przez ojca. Co takiego musiało się wydarzyć, że nigdy nie wyjawił prawdy o swojej żonie? Kilkadziesiąt lat wcześniej pani Walsh z przerażeniem odkrywa, że jest w kolejnej ciąży. Szuka dla siebie pomocy, ale żyje w czasach nieprzyjaznych kobietom. Jest jednak bardzo zdesperowana... Kelly...
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A story about true female friendship and about how difficult art is to live beautifully. Dorota is a married woman and mother of two children who is overwhelmed by everyday life and excess duties. Will he find strength in himself to forgive betrayal? Hanna is a thirty five-year-old single who is climbing the career ladder of an international corporation. There is no time for anything, and certainly not for love. In turn, Kalina has been in a happy...
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Hannah Hodges can't believe her luck when she's offered a trip to sunny Spain with her best friend and dreamy boss ...but what's the catch? Twenty-eight year old Hannah is ready for an adventure. She and her colleagues are in Spain for a month to film a documentary, and it's a dream come true. Not least because Hannah will get to spend long summer days with Theo, her boss (and gorgeous crush). It couldn't be a more perfect setting to fall in love...If...
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