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1) The bees
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION PAULL 2014
1 available
FICTION PAULL 2014
1 available
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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A member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive, Flora 717, due to her courage and strength, finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum where she discovers secrets about the hive that cause her to challenge authority and perform unthinkable acts.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
LP FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
LP FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
LP FICTION WATKIN 2015
1 available
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In the wake of a devastating Southern California drought, two idealistic holdouts fall in love and scavenge for their needs before taking charge of a mysterious child and embarking on a perilous journey in search of water.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HAIGH 2016
1 available
FICTION HAIGH 2016
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Adult Fiction
FICTION HAIGH 2016
1 available
FICTION HAIGH 2016
1 available
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Forty years ago, Bakerton coal fueled the country. Then the mines closed, and the town wore away like a bar of soap. Now Bakerton has been granted a surprise third act: it sits squarely atop the Marcellus Shale, a massive deposit of natural gas. To drill or not to drill? Prison guard Rich Devlin leases his mineral rights to finance his dream of farming. He doesn't count on the truck traffic and nonstop noise, his brother's skepticism or the paranoia...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ABBOTT 2021
1 available
FICTION ABBOTT 2021
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ABBOTT 2021
1 available
FICTION ABBOTT 2021
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ABBOTT 2021
2 available
FICTION ABBOTT 2021
2 available
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Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Now, they both teach in the family dance studio. When a suspicious accident occurs right before a big performance, the balance of sisterhood is threatened and family tensions rise.
"Bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott's revelatory and mesmerizing new novel set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio. When a suspicious accident occurs at their family-run ballet...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
792.8028 COPELA 2014
1 available
792.8028 COPELA 2014
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO COPELAND 2016
2 available
J BIO COPELAND 2016
2 available
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An autobiography by the first African-American principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre history.
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1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"An incisive exploration of ballet's role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet. Ballet is an art full of hyper-feminine trappings, but beneath the ornate costumes and exaggerated stage makeup, traits like thinness, stoicism, and submission are valued above all else. Journalist Alice Robb spent years immersed in that universe as...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
616.8588 PRICE 2022
1 available
616.8588 PRICE 2022
1 available
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2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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For every visibly Autistic person you meet, there are countless "masked" Autistic people who pass as neurotypical. Masking is a common coping mechanism in which Autistic people hide their identifiably Autistic traits in order to fit in with societal norms, adopting a superficial personality at the expense of their mental health. This can include suppressing harmless stims, papering over communication challenges by presenting as unassuming and mild-mannered,...
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Autism – that's being able to count matches really fast and knowing that 7 August 1984 was a Tuesday, right? Well, no. In this book, Bianca Toeps explains in great detail what life is like when you're autistic.
She does this by looking at what science says about autism (and why some theories can go straight in the bin), but also by telling her own story and interviewing other autistics. Bianca talks in a refreshing and sometimes hilarious...
She does this by looking at what science says about autism (and why some theories can go straight in the bin), but also by telling her own story and interviewing other autistics. Bianca talks in a refreshing and sometimes hilarious...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO GADSBY 2022
1 available
BIO GADSBY 2022
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO GADSBY 2022
1 available
BIO GADSBY 2022
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO GADSBY 2022
1 available
BIO GADSBY 2022
1 available
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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"Hannah Gadsby's unique standup special Nanette was a viral success--and to some, her worldwide fame may have seemed like an overnight sensation. But like everything else about Gadsby, there's more to her success than meets the eye. In her first book, the queer Australian comedian, writer, and actress takes us through the key moments in her life that ultimately led to the creation of Nanette and her startling declaration that she was quitting comedy....
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO OPPENHEIMER 2006
1 available
BIO OPPENHEIMER 2006
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO OPPENHEIMER 2006
1 available
BIO OPPENHEIMER 2006
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
BIO BIRD 2006
1 available
BIO BIRD 2006
1 available
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2 copies, 15 people are on the wait list.
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A portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, discusses his role in the twentieth-century scientific world, as well as his roles as family man and head of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
070.4309 SHAPIR 2023
1 available
070.4309 SHAPIR 2023
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
070.4309 SHAPIR 2023
1 available
070.4309 SHAPIR 2023
1 available
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"In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad. As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable,...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
658.4 GERGEN 2022
1 available
658.4 GERGEN 2022
1 available
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"David Gergen, a leader in the public arena for more than half a century, draws from his experiences as a White House adviser to four presidents. To uncover the fundamental elements of effective leadership, Gergen traces the journeys of iconic leaders past and present. By linking lessons of the past with the ever-changing practice of leadership today, Gergen reveals the time-tested secrets of dynamic leadership"--
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Hugo Marston novels volume 6
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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"Hugo Marston's friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot. As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters from American actress Isabelle Severin. The reason: they indicate that the actress had aided the resistance in frequent trips to France towards...
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SKESLI 2021
1 available
FICTION SKESLI 2021
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SKESLI 2021
1 available
FICTION SKESLI 2021
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SKESLI 2021
3 available
FICTION SKESLI 2021
3 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION SKESLI 2021
1 available
LP FICTION SKESLI 2021
1 available
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Based on a true story, describes how a lonely teenager in 1983 Montana befriends an elderly neighbor and uncovers her past as a librarian at the American Library in Paris who joined the Resistance when the Nazis arrived.
"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris,...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CAIN 1988
1 available
FICTION CAIN 1988
1 available
16) Double Indemnity
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Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1936, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir.
Performed by James Naughton
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How far would you go to save your family? In John D. MacDonalds iconic masterwork of suspense, the inspiration for not one but two Hollywood hits, a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal and with the authorities powerless to protect them, they must take the law into their own hands. Introduction by Dean Koontz Sam Bowden has it all: a successful law career, a devoted wife, and three children. But a terrifying figure from Bowdens...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GRUBB 2015
1 available
FICTION GRUBB 2015
1 available
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"The bestselling, National Book Award-finalist novel that inspired Charles Laughton's expressionist horror classic starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Two young children, Pearl and John Harper, are being raised alone by their mother in Cresap'sLanding, Ohio. Their father Ben has just been executed for killing two men in the course of an armed robbery. Ben never told anyone where he hid the ten thousand dollars he stole; not his widow Willa,...
19) Red rabbit
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"A ragtag posse must hunt down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts―where death is always just around the bend―in this new supernatural horror by bestselling author Alex Grecian. Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit. On the road to Burden County, they’re joined...
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KATSU 2018
1 available
FICTION KATSU 2018
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KATSU 2018
1 available
FICTION KATSU 2018
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
"A retelling of the fate of the Donner Party, with a Walking Dead style twist"--
Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it was a...