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1) Foster
Author
Language
English
Description
"An international bestseller and one of The Times's "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love, now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the US. It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas'...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
160 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated guide for kids who have dreamed of having horses of their own shares historical information and breed profiles while providing an engaging introduction to the practicalities of horse care and riding lessons.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice--
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A playful, profound, and immensely moving docu-fantasia by Kirsten Johnson is a valentine to the director's beloved father, Dick Johnson, made as she has begun to face the reality of losing him to dementia. Using the language of cinema both to defy death and to confront it head-on, Johnson mischievously envisions an array of ways in which the man she loves most in the world might die, staging a series of alternately darkly comic and colorfully imaginative...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows.New York TimesAustin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful reminder about the dangers of trifling with nature.This e-book includes a sample chapter of THE IMMORTAL IRISHMAN.
Author
Language
English
Description
"As the holiday season begins, Laurel McCullough could use some good news. She and her husband, Zach, have been praying for a baby that seems more and more like an impossible dream, and they've had to move in with her beloved grandmother, Helen, who's having trouble taking care of herself. But when Laurel contacts a local home-care organization for help, there are no caregivers available. Then Mrs. Miracle appears at the door. No stranger to lending...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Dave Pelzer's astonishing, disturbing account of his early years describes one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. This book has spent over 175 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Dave was in first grade when his unstable alcoholic mother began attacking him. Until he was in fifth grade, she starved, beat and psychologically ravaged her son. Eventually denying even his...
9) Overkill
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Language
English
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"Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn't seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for years--not since their volatile marriage imploded--so he's shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he--despite their divorce--has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the...
10) If I stay
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
Author
Language
English
Description
Cholesterol Lowering Diet: Lower Cholesterol with Paleo Recipes and Low Carb The Cholesterol Lowering Diet book features two different yet very similar diet plans, the Low Carb Diet and the Paleolithic Diet. Each diet is geared to be low carb and offers great benefits to those who need help in lowering their cholesterol through diet. The first line of action a healthcare provider will suggest for a patient with high cholesterol levels is to eat a...
Series
Great courses volume 80140
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 680 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 coursebook (v, 221 pages : illustrations, photographs).
Language
English
Description
"Pets can be a wonderful source of joy, companionship, and fulfillment. And pet owners often enjoy secondary health benefits such as reduced risk of cardiac disease, increased amounts of exercise, and lowered blood pressure. That probably explains why 62 percent of American households have at least one pet. But these bundles of joy can also come with bundles of challenges--unlike humans, they can't communicate when they are unhappy or ill. In order...
Author
Language
English
Description
A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin's bullet. James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
vii, 149 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Having a strong core can improve mobility, reduce aches and pains, prevent falls, and build everyday confidence. 5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniors makes it easy to incorporate daily exercise for seniors, with a collection of 40 individual movements and 25 quick routines for strengthening the major in your core"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
294 pages : portraits; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The rousing, captivating story of a Black physician, her career in medicine, and the deep inequities that still exist in the U.S. healthcare system Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, it never occurred to Uché Blackstock and her twin sister, Oni, that they would be anything but physicians. In the 1980s, their mother headed an organization of Black women physicians, and for years the girls watched these fiercely intelligent women in white coats tend...
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