Amanda Dolan
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English
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A bold new collection showcasing the trailblazing individuals who fought for women's suffrage, honoring the Nineteenth Amendment's centennial anniversary. Women Win the Vote! maps the road to the Nineteenth Amendment through compact, readable biographies of nineteen women who helped pave the way. From early feminist activist Lucretia Mott to radical twentieth century suffragist Alice Paul, this vibrant collection profiles both iconic figures like...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (12 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amanda Cole is a brilliant young CIA agent, following in the footsteps of her father, Charlie. But Amanda's posting in Rome is a sleepy one. She's listless and looking for action when, on a hot summer day, it walks right through the door of her office. A lowly Russian operative is desperate, begging to speak to her. He tells her that a US Senator is about to be assassinated on an overseas trip to Cairo. Amanda believes he's telling the truth, but...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse.
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English
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"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (approximately 8 hr., 30 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thomas and Viv Adler have a picture-perfect family. Affluent and attractive, with two well-mannered kids almost out of the nest, they live in a beautifully restored Craftsman house in a well-to-do neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Their jobs are secure; their children are thriving; the world is their oyster. Until one morning, when they wake up to find that their house and car have been pelted with eggs. Thomas dismisses it as the work of a few out-of-control...
6) Red queen
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Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
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English
Description
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood -- those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess...
7) Glass sword
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Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Mare's blood is red -- the colour of common folk -- but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from the prince and friend who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by the Silver king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red and Silver fighters...
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English
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A young interfaith chaplain is joined on her hospital rounds one night by an unusual companion: a rough-and-tumble dog who may or may not be a ghost. As she tends to the souls of her patients—young and old, living last moments or navigating fundamentally altered lives—their stories provide unexpected healing for her own heartbreak. Balancing wonder and mystery with pragmatism and humor, Ellen Cooney (A Mountaintop School for Dogs and
...9) King's cage
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Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 23
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English
Description
"Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner"--
10) Hero
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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While the Rockborn Gang tries to outmaneuver a new supervillain created by meteorite shrapnel, Malik investigates the Dark Watchers and the possibility that their reality is advanced, elaborate simulation.
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English
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At her therapist's advice, Harper Reynolds trades her job as a crime scene photographer for one documenting nature. But her hopes for serenity are dashed when she inadvertently captures a murder being committed. She flees the scene but loses her camera. Reserve deputy and former Green Beret Heath McKade has been called in to protect Harper, a childhood friend. The sheriff's department can't find any evidence of the murder, but Harper is determined...
12) Finna
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Series
Finna novels (Nino Cipri) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store - but not that one - slips through a portal to another dimension, it's up to two minimum-wage employees to track her across the multiverse and protect their company's bottom line. Multi-dimensional swashbuckling would be hard enough, but those two unfortunate souls broke up a week ago. To find the missing granny, Ava and Jules will brave carnivorous furniture, swarms of identical furniture...
13) Villain
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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In a world where monsters do battle with superpowered humans, Dekka, Shade, Cruz, Malik, Armo, and a new mutant with unmatched powers must stop a failed stand-up comic who can now control anyone with the power of his voice.
The Perdido Beach dome is down, but the horrors within have spread. The alien virus-infested rock that created the FAYZ is creating monsters. Into the chaos comes a villain with the power to control anyone with just the sound...
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English
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"Investigative reporter Reagan Burke will go anywhere and do anything to find her missing sister-in-law, even if it means facing Liam McKade, a man who almost lost his life saving hers. Their search grows darker and more treacherous, bringing them full circle when the past danger they both tried to flee catches up to them"--
15) Monster
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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When new meteorite strikes introduce an alien virus, humans develop unique superpowers that trigger a battle between teen hero defenders and supermonsters.
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English
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"Dripping with bloody opulence, A Multitude of Dreams creeps up on you like a sly shadow. I couldn't guess at the horrors until it was too late to look away! I loved this book." —Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrow
The bloody plague is finally past, but what fresh horror lies in its wake?
Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up...
The bloody plague is finally past, but what fresh horror lies in its wake?
Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up...
17) The Safest Lies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a captivating psychological thriller about a girl who must face her darkest fears—but can she outrun the past?
Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of suspicion, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn’t set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, since she escaped...
Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of suspicion, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn’t set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, since she escaped...
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English
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Jenna Fossey's life is about to change. An unexpected inheritance and the chance to meet relatives she never knew existed has her heading to the charming little town of Magnolia Harbor. But as soon as she arrives, long-buried family secrets lead to even more questions, and the only person who can help her find the answers is her sexy-as-sin sailing instructor.
Nothing makes Jude St. Pierre feel more alive than racing on the open sea - at least,...
Nothing makes Jude St. Pierre feel more alive than racing on the open sea - at least,...
19) Caring Is Creepy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Lynn Marie Sugrue is doing her best to make it through a difficult summer. Her mother works long hours as a nurse, and Lynn suspects that her mother’s pill-popping boyfriend has enlisted her in his petty criminal enterprises. Lynn finds refuge in online flirtations, eventually meeting up with a troubled young soldier, Logan Loy, and inviting him home. When he’s forced to stay over in a storage space accessible through...
20) Crewel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Deadly Secrets
Tangled Lies
Woven truths
Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That's what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she's exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary....