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Reconstructing Amelia LP: A Novel
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kimberly McCreight
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Publisher: HarperLuxe; Lrg edition (2013, Apr 2nd).
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In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter’s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter—now. But Kate’s stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it’s already too late for Amelia. And for Kate.An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that’s the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. more
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I, Rhoda: A Memoir (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Valerie Harper
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 22nd).
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A New York Times Bestselling Author, Winner of four Emmys and a Golden Globe Award -- As Mary Richards' lovable and self- deprecating best friend on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Valerie Harper, too, turned the world on with her smile. Viewers related to Rhoda Morgenstern, native New Yorker and struggling working girl, who was unlucky in love and insecure about her weight-- but who always kept her sense of humor. Her story, laced with triumphs and a few transformative obstacles, is upbeat and inspiring. more
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Paris: The Novel (Random House Large Print)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Edward Rutherfurd
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Random House Large Print; Lrg edition (2013, Apr 23rd).
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From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling, epic portrait of the City of Light Internationally bestselling author Edward Rutherfurd has enchanted millions of readers with his sweeping, multigenerational dramas that illuminate the great achievements and travails throughout history. In this breathtaking saga of love, war, art, and intrigue, Rutherfurd has set his sights on the most magnificent city in the world: Paris. Moving back and forth in time across centuries, the story unfolds through intimate and vivid tales of self-discovery, divided loyalties , passion, and long-kept secrets of characters both fictional and real, all set against the backdrop of the glorious city—from the building of Notre Dame to the dangerous machinations of Cardinal Richlieu; from the glittering court of Versailles to the violence of the French Revolution and the Paris Commune; from the hedonism of the Belle Époque, the heyday of the impressionists, to the tragedy of the First World War; from the 1920s when the writers of the Lost Generation could be found drinking at Les Deux Magots to the Nazi occupation, the heroic efforts of the French Resistance, and the 1968 student revolt. more
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Unintended Consequences (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Stuart Woods
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes-- as an attorney for the premier white- shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he's seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of a mystery that is, even by his standards, most peculiar. It soon becomes clear that beneath the bright lights of Europe lurks a shadowy underworld-- and its only rule is deadly ambition. more
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A Time of Change
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Aimee Thurlo
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Center Point Pub; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A Time of Change is a perfect example of the Thurlos's ability to combine passion with tension as they introduce readers to Josephine Buck and other employees at a New Mexico trading post. When The Outpost's owner dies, Josephine, a young Navajo woman, is shocked to discover that Tom Stuart, whom she thought of as a surrogate father, has left her the business.Ben Stuart and his dad had had problems, but military service changed Ben for the better and put the two men back in each other's lives. His father's sudden death ends any possibility of a true reconciliation and leaves Ben fuming at being disinherited.Suspecting that Jo had an affair with his father, Ben is determined to get control of the trading post. Jo's hataalii training shows her that Ben is wounded in both body and soul, and she becomes determined to help him. more
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Threat Vector (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tom Clancy
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, Jan 2nd).
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author -- Jack Ryan has just moved back into the oval office when he's faced with a new international threat. An aborted coup has left China's president with no choice but to agree with the expansionist policies of General Su Ke Qiang, and they're planning an invasion of Taiwan. The Ryan administration is determined to thwart their ambitions, but the stakes are dangerously high. Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus may be just the wild card that his father needs. more
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Tapestry of Fortunes: A Novel (Random House Large Print)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Elizabeth Berg
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Random House Large Print; Lrg edition (2013, Apr 9th).
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this superb new novel by the beloved author of Open House, Home Safe, and The Last Time I Saw You, four women venture into their pasts in order to shape their futures, fates, and fortunes. Cecilia Ross is a motivational speaker who encourages others to change their lives for the better. Why can’t she take her own advice? Still reeling from the death of her best friend, and freshly aware of the need to live more fully now, Cece realizes that she has to make a move—all the portentous signs seem to point in that direction. She downsizes her life, sells her suburban Minnesota home and lets go of many of her possessions. She moves into a beautiful old house in Saint Paul, complete with a garden, chef’s kitchen, and three housemates: Lise, the home’s owner and a divorced mother at odds with her twenty-year-old daughter; Joni, a top-notch sous chef at a first-rate restaurant with a grade A jerk of a boss; and Renie, the youngest and most mercurial of the group, who is trying to rectify a teenage mistake. more
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Taking Eve (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Iris Johansen
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan's mission is to bring closure to families whose loved ones have vanished. She knows their anguish-- her own beloved daughter was taken from her when she was only seven years old. It is only recently that mystery was resolved and Eve could begin her journey to peace. Now, Jim Doane wants the same kind of answers Eve always longed for-- but he cannot go to the police without risking his own secrets and dark past. more
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Sweet Mercy
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ann Tatlock
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Center Point Pub; Lrg edition (2013, May 1st).
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Stunning New Novel from Award-Winning AuthorWhen Eve Marryat's father is laid off from the Ford Motor Company in 1931, he is forced to support his family by leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, and moving back to his Ohio roots. Eve's uncle Cyrus has invited the family to live and work at his Marryat Island Ballroom and Lodge. St. Paul seemed like a haven for gangsters, and Eve had grown fearful of living there. At seventeen, she considers her family to be "good people." They aren't lawbreakers and criminals like so many people in her old neighborhood. Thrilled to be moving to a "safe haven," Eve is blissfully unaware that her uncle's lodge is a transfer station for illegal liquor smuggled from Canada. Eve settles in to work and makes new friends, including an enigmatic but affecting young man. more
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Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel (Blossom Street Books)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Debbie Macomber
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Random House Large Print (2013, Mar 26th).
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDebbie Macomber returns to Seattle’s beloved Blossom Street in this heartfelt tale of friendship, renewal, and discovering what’s truly important in life.For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career—her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: She’s been let go and must rebuild her entire life . . . starting now. With no job prospects in sight, Libby reaches out to old friends and spends her afternoons at A Good Yarn, the local knitting store. There she forms a close bond with Lydia, the sweet-natured shop owner; Lydia’s spirited teenage daughter, Casey; and Casey’s best friend, Ava, a shy yet troubled girl who will shape Libby’s future in surprising and profound ways. more
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