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69 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Charlemont Tyler Memorial Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.26 Von Drehle
1 available
305.26 Von Drehle
1 available
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4 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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4 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship -- and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of...
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Book woman of Trouble Creek volume 1
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129 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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12 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...
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Book woman of Trouble Creek volume 2
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124 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library...
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85 copies, 23 people are on the wait list.
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9 copies, 89 people are on the wait list.
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9 copies, 79 people are on the wait list.
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9 copies, 79 people are on the wait list.
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15 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Frye, a warm, life-affirming debut about a zany case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family. "Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I'll take excellent care of it." Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he'd return it washed with...
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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 3
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8 copies, 21 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 32 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 32 people are on the wait list.
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29 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case--their favorite kind-leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce,...
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow's classic Revolutionary War poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," was less than a month hence, and the country's grave political unrest weighed heavily on his mind. Yet with his beloved wife, Fanny, and their five adored children at his side, the delights of the season prevailed. In present-day Boston, a...
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Emmeline Lake chronicles volume 1
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17 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent suddenly seem achievable. But the job turns out to be working as a typist for the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Emmy is disappointed, but gamely bucks up and buckles down....
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119 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Charlemont Tyler Memorial Library - ADULT Fiction
FICTION Ng
1 available
FICTION Ng
1 available
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11 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
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131 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Charlemont Tyler Memorial Library - ADULT Fiction
FICTION Holmes
1 available
FICTION Holmes
1 available
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16 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...
10) A fatal grace
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Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries volume 2
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10 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 18 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 18 people are on the wait list.
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19 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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Sent to a village south of Montreal to investigate the death of CC de Poitiers, an extremely unpopular woman apparently killed in an electrical accident, Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec finds that nearly everyone in town had a motive to kill her.
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3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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"This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband's masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the set. Nineteen years after Frank's passing, Maud is the only person who can...
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110 copies.
Charlemont Tyler Memorial Library - ADULT Fiction
FICTION Holmes
1 available
FICTION Holmes
1 available
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5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie's curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line...
13) Go as a river
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58 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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17 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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18 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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18 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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29 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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"Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado--the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, unknowingly igniting as much passion...
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2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island, expecting another placid summer season among the familiar traditions and friendships that sustained her after heartbreak. That is, until the Greenwalds take up residence in Seaview. Nick and Budgie Greenwald are an unwelcome specter from Lily's past: her former best friend and her former fiancé, now recently...
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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"Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island-a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay-is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her beloved husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking...
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When Victoria Jones starts working for a florist, she realizes her talent with flowers helps her change the lives of the people who buy her creations. But when she must confront her painful past, she has to decide how much she is willing to change.
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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 4
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12 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
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10 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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10 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Available from another library
47 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"Shocking news reaches them--an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters--as well as heartache close to home--Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust. With the body count rising, the clock ticking...
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315 copies, 55 people are on the wait list.
Charlemont Tyler Memorial Library - ADULT Fiction
FICTION Garmus
1 available
FICTION Garmus
1 available
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47 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
Available Online
60 copies, 30 people are on the wait list.
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33 copies, 26 people are on the wait list.
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33 copies, 26 people are on the wait list.
Available from another library
78 copies, 29 people are on the wait list.
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
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"In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who chooses to save a baby's life, and risks her own in the process, exploring the ties of motherhood and the little-known history of Coney Island and America's first incubators"--
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12 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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5 copies, 19 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 19 people are on the wait list.
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10 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an up-all-night page-turner with a dark secret at its core I have held you at night for ten years and I didn't even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house. Who are you? Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she'd do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie. And she might just have...