Anna Fields
1) Bel canto
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English
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First published in 2001, Bel Canto is possibly Ann Patchett's most beloved novel. Set in an unnamed South American country, at the home of the vice president, it is the story of a lavish birthday party honoring Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has enthralled the international guests with a mesmerizing performance. The evening is perfect--until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire...
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2013].
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, not far from Venice, the gardens of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the new owner, anxious for renovations to begin, is summoned to the house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave...Then a valuable signet ring is found nearby. It is the first clue to reignite an infamous cold case of kidnapping and disappearance involving one of Venice's oldest families. Only Commissioner...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2009
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270 p. ; 20 cm.
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English
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Donna Leon's multitude of fans around the world has grown with each new Commissario Brunetti novel, and now mystery lovers in the United States can enjoy another compelling episode. In Fatal Remedies, Brunetti's career is under threat when his professional and personal lives unexpectedly intersect. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city, and Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit...
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Chicago Stars volume 7
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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While on his way to his farmhouse, injured football star Dean Robillard picks up stranded portrait artist Blue Bailey, and together the two spend a summer trying to deny their attraction to each other and resolving personal issues.
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English
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Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber, as a word, was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound, but you couldn't fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it; especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer. Late in the afternoon the sun slanted down into the mossy yard belonging to Francie Nolan's house,...
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Birchbark house volume 2
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English
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Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849. Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas's island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island and move farther west. That day, Omakayas realizes that something...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Amplify Indigenous Voices
Celebrating Indigenous Authors
Native American Heritage Month
Read where you are: New England titles for Adults
Celebrating Indigenous Authors
Native American Heritage Month
Read where you are: New England titles for Adults
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From the author of the National Book Award Winner The Round House, Louise Erdrich's breathtaking, lyrical novel of a priceless Ojibwe artifact and the effect it has had on those who have come into contact with it over the years.
"Haunted and haunting. . . . With fearlessness and humility, in a narrative that flows more artfully than ever between destruction and rebirth, Erdrich has opened herself to possibilities beyond what we merely see-to the...
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HarperLargePrint
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
560 p. (large print) ; cm.
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English
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Twelve-year-old Emily Parmenter, her young life marked by the disappearance of her mother and the death of a beloved brother, has withdrawn into a world of her own making on the family's faded plantation in South Carolina where her father and brothers raise the legendary Lowcountry Boykin hunting spaniels, but everything changes when troubled debutante Lulu Foxworth comes to stay, hoping to escape her struggles with alcohol and sex addiction.
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2012
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Unabridged.
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8 compact discs (ca. 9 1/2 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Entrenched on the same land since the early 1800s, the Howlands have, for seven generations, been pillars of their southern community. Extraordinary family lore has been passed down to Abigail Howland, but not all of it. When shocking facts come to light about her late grandfather William's relationship with Margaret Carmichael, a black housekeeper, the community is outraged, and quickly gathers to vent its fury on Abigail. Alone in the house the...
10) The sinner
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English
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Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles look into the murders of two cloistered nuns, but it is only when the body of another woman is found horribly mutilated that the investigators begin to grasp the scope of the crimes.
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Chicago Stars volume 6
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English
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Annabelle, the lone failure in a family of overachievers, is determined to make her matchmaking business a success by signing sports agent Heath Champion, one of the most eligible bachelors in Chicago, but she must first deal with competition from Portia Powers, owner of the slick Power Matches, as well as her own growing attraction to her wealthy client.
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their crime-solving streak.
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston...
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston...
14) Homeless
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Filmed in a real shelter with real homeless people, this film tells the story of Gosh, a teenage boy lost in the bleak routine of life in a shelter.
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode. The Rape of Nanking...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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From the bestselling author of "Tracks" comes a dramatic sequel--a story of suspect miracles, tests of faith, and the corrosive and redemptive power of secrecy. Over the years, Father Damian has seen the reservation through its most severe crises, yet he is more than a heroic priest. He has lived with and served the Ojibwa people as a man of the cloth, and also as a woman. However, where does fact end and reality begin? NPR sponsorships. Deals with...
19) Tracks: a novel
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Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c1988
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance--yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The reader will experience shock and pleasure in encountering a group of characters...
20) Baker towers
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
334 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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For the people of Bakerton, and the five children of the Novak family, the years after World War II alter their lives in unforeseen and irrevocable ways. Dorothy is a fragile beauty hooked on romance. Brilliant Joyce, the family's keystone, is bitterly aware of the life she might have had elsewhere. Sandy, the youngest boy, sails through life on looks and charm. George, the veteran, is driven to escape the life he was born to through selfishness and...