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141) The strangers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A couple staying at an isolated vacation home, returns from a wedding reception. They receive a knock on the door in the middle of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. As the night goes on, the reality of their psychological terror becomes more terrifying than anything both could have imagined. Now, they must go beyond what either of them thought they were capable of in order to survive....
142) S
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
"The chronicle of two readers finding each other in the margins of a book and enmeshing themselves in a deadly struggle between forces they don't understand."--Back of container.Contents of inserted items: 2 sheets of "Konfidentiell" letter dated August 17, 1928 ( between pages vi, vii) -- Note on Pollard State University stationary starting "VMS ACCUSED OF" (between pages 10, 11) -- Copy of page from Toronto Review for History and Humanities (between...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Brooklyn, 1942. War rages overseas as brother and sister Will and Maggie Scripps contribute to the war effort stateside. Ambitious Will secretly scouts for the Manhattan Project while grief-stricken Maggie works at the Navy Yard, writing letters to her dead mother between shifts. But the siblings' quiet lives change when they discover a beautiful woman hiding under their back stairs. This stranger harbors an obsession with poisons, an affection for...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
For a few dollars: Two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader.
The good, the bad and the ugly: The "Man With No Name" teams with two...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
In this beautiful picture book, Body Safety Book for Kids by Tim, Tim is a young boy who learns how to overcome the struggle of body safety and confidence when other children at school invade his personal space. Learn with Tim as he shows how to recognize when he feels unsafe and uncomfortable, and how he overcomes his own body safety challenges by himself and through finding help from his safety circle.
146) Eagle eye
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Jerry and Rachel are two strangers who are thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. Now they must carry out a high-tech assassination plot of an unscrupulous artificial intelligence system.
147) Eight perfect hours
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"On a snowy evening in January, thirtysomething Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without food, drink, or, even worse, a working charger for her phone. All seems lost until Sam Attwood, also trapped in a nearby car, knocks on her window and offers assistance. After eight perfect hours together, morning arrives...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
It seems as if we have failed our children miserably by only warning them not to talk with strangers. The real danger is simply going with a stranger. I believe this book will highlight the real dangers in dealing with strangers and help keep your loved ones more safe and sound in dealing with such a dangerous world.
150) 9/11
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When five people find themselves trapped in an elevator after a plane hits the World Trade Center, they work together to try to survive.
Author
Series
Uncharted volume 3
Formats
Description
"Bethany Colburn is finally allowed to court and Everett Foster is ready to confess his love for her. As the outside world closes in on the Land, a new man arrives in the village of Good Springs. He brings charm Bethany has never encountered and illness the Land has never known. While the medicinal power of the gray leaf tree is put to the test and the Colburn family's strength is stretched thin, Bethany must choose between the love of her life and...
154) The guest room
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Tess has a bad habit. She can't stop snooping through her guests' belongings . . . When Tess is forced to rent out her late sister's old room to pay the bills, the urge to rummage through her guests' belongings overtakes her every thought. Teasing herself with forbidden glimpses into the lives of strangers is a momentary thrill, but it's the closest she's felt to anyone since the mysterious death of her sister, Rosie. After her newest lodger, Arran,...
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Series
Stephen McCranie's Space Boy volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years. To Amy, everyone has a flavor. For instance, Doctor Kim is like chamomile tea with lemon. Amy is finally feeling that she's made a true connection with the mysterious, flavorless Oliver, but their entire relationship is rattled--possibly forever. Amy struggles...
156) Don't touch my hair!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair, but must go to extremes to avoid people who touch it without permission until, finally, she speaks up. Includes author's note.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"In The beach club, Mack Petersen has returned, as always, on the first day of May to once again open and manage the Nantucket Beach Club and Hotel alongside its owners, Bill and Therese Elliott. Years ago, Mack escaped the past and started over at this hotel, and it has since become his life and his home; but though he has poured his heart and soul into the club, he knows that it will eventually pass not to him but to Cecily Elliott, this owners'...
158) Nothing in common
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Two solitary children living in two different apartment buildings have nothing in common except compassion for an old man and his dog.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The multigenerational family saga set in a fractured rural village in WWI Austria. Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a beautiful temptress out for the men...