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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blindbut he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to "pass" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult,...
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 68
Publisher
Maverick Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Of all the mysteries Hank has faced in his illustrious career as the Head of Ranch Security, the only one that still has him truly stumped is the key to unlocking Miss Beulah's heart. Why on earth would she go for a bird-brained bird dog when a specimen like Hank stands ready to sweep her off her feet? Could there be more to this problem than meets the eye? When Plato wanders off Billy's ranch and Beulah discovers he's lost, she tries to enlist Hank's...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A beautiful photo book showcasing more than 50 heroic dogs "in uniform" and their stories, from photographer Liz Stavrinides and author John Schlimm. Extraordinary Dogs portrays more than fifty working dogs, along with the police officers, firefighters, veterans, and other trained volunteer handlers who serve side-by-side with them. Their moving stories and beautiful photographs are an unprecedented glimpse at Comfort Dogs and Search and Rescue Dogs,...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 16
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A blind peddler’s warning and a weird glass eye plunge Frank and Joe Hardy into one of the most baffling cases they have ever tackled. The young detectives’ investigation takes them to a walled estate guarded by savage dogs, where a wealthy businessman is hiding out in fear for his life. In a climax that will hold the reader spellbound with suspense, Frank and Joe find themselves trapped in a sinister house of mystery where there seems to be no...
Author
Series
Phyllis Wong mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Conjuring is in Phyllis Wong's veins. It was passed down from her great-grandfather who, before his mysterious disappearance, was one of the world's most brilliant and successful magicians. Now Phyllis lives in what was his grand old home, converted into a number of apartments, in the middle of the city with her father and her loyal dog Daisy. When a series of incomprehensible robberies takes place in the city, Phyllis realises there is much more...
6) Thirteens
Author
Series
Secrets of Eden Eld volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Neil Gaiman's Coraline meets Stranger Things in a dark and twisted story about a sleepy town with a dark secret--and the three kids brave enough to uncover it. Every thirteen years in the town of Eden Eld, three thirteen-year-olds disappear. Eleanor has just moved to the quiet, prosperous Eden Eld. When she awakes to discover an ancient grandfather clock that she's never seen before outside her new room, she's sure her eyes must be playing tricks...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The irrepressible daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl comes of age in golden-era Hollywood and a nascent Las Vegas before her beauty captures the attentions of one of the Strip's most powerful men.
From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girlthe daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirlgrowing...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
"A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a “passionate madman.” Alternating between tough and gentle, sensitive and gritty,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Marisol and her best friend Jada love to ride their bikes, except when they have to ride past a dangerous beast they call Daggers, but when Daggers gets loose, Marisol unexpectedly rescues him, conquering one of her biggest fears.
"When a neighbor’s big, scary dog goes missing, it seems like only Marisol is worried he’s up to no good. But is there more to this lost-dog story than meets the eye? From Newbery Medal– and Newbery...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
Judy Moody se encuentra en un estado de âanimo misterioso. ÅQuâe debe hacer entonces la Mejor Investigadora de Misterios del Mundo (M.I.M.M)? Pues ir en busca de un misterio, Æpor supuesto! Judy Drewdy y sus “colegas” se ponen manos a la obra cuando Mr. Chips, un detective canino en entrenamiento, desaparece. ÅHabrâa sido raptado por unos malvados robaperros? ÅY por quâe estâan desapareciendo las galletas de chocolate por toda la ciudad?...
Author
Publisher
Skirt!
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Many of us have dog-eared copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in our kitchens or fondly remember watching episodes of The French Chef, but what was behind the enormous appeal of this ungainly, unlikely woman, who became a superstar in midlife and changed our approach to food and cooking forever? In the spirit of The Gospel According to Coco Chanel and How Georgia Became O'Keeffe, Julia Child Rules dissects the life of the sunny, unpretentious...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A wistful look back at family, youth, and the intoxicating magic of New England summers, as well as a rumination on friendship and loss, by an esteemed writer and essayist and the former editor of The New York Times Book Review. We all have vivid memories of summers past and the bright skin of youth: of those first days when school has ended; of long days of leisure and pleasure reading dog-eared paperbacks; of camps or cottages or vacation spots...
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist volume 27
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
With the help of Hohenheim and their allies, the Elric brothers launch a desperate final attack against the homunculus "father." But to claim victory, some may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. And when the dust clears, will a happy ending await favorite characters in the final volume of Fullmetal Alchemist?
16) Complete poems
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The master of the short story, dramatist, screenwriter, and sharp-tongued critic, provides poems that depict a world haunted by unrequited love, alcohol and men of overbearing will.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The beloved author of the Mystic Creek series gifts readers with a novel of homespun good cheer, as two families discover the joy of hope and redemption--just in time for the holidays. As summer gives way to fall in Rustlers Gulch, widow Maddie McLendon begins to have second thoughts about uprooting her life to move there with her son and grandson. Contractors have yet to break ground on their new house, leaving them--along with four horses, three...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
''An intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal. "Tjernshaugen writes in an easy-to-read style that is full of insight and understanding. I felt like I was sitting beside him as he described fox behavior." —Rick McIntyre, Yellowstone wolf researcher and author of The Rise of Wolf 8 If you look into the fox's amber eyes, you'll notice vertical pupils. With such feline eyes in a slender canine body, the fox is a relative of the...
Author
Publisher
Golden Notebook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way. As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age, Abigail Thomas accepts her new life, quieter than before, no driving, no dancing, mostly sitting in her chair in a sunny corner with three dogs for company--three dogs, vivid memories, bugs and birds and...
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