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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CRONIN 2021
1 available
FICTION CRONIN 2021
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CRONIN 2021
1 available
FICTION CRONIN 2021
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Adult Fiction
FICTION CRONIN 2021
1 available
FICTION CRONIN 2021
1 available
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2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
Description
Determined to leave a mark on the world even though they are in the hospital and their days are dwindling, unlikely friends, seventeen-year-old Lenni and eighty-three-year-old Margot, devise a plan to create one hundred paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived.
“Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though the teenager has been told she’s dying, she still...
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MARAIS 2019
1 available
FICTION MARAIS 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MARAIS 2019
1 available
FICTION MARAIS 2019
1 available
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"From the author of Hum if You Don't Know the Words comes a rich, unforgettable story of three unique women in post-Apartheid South Africa who are brought together in their darkest time, and discover the ways that love can transcend the strictest of boundaries. On the outskirts of Johannesburg, seventeen-year-old Zodwa Bambisa lives in desperate poverty in tiny metal shack in a squatter camp, under the shadowy threat of a civil war and a growing...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
923.0636 WOO 2023
2 available
923.0636 WOO 2023
2 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
923.0636 WOO 2023
1 available
923.0636 WOO 2023
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
923.0636 WOO 2023
2 available
923.0636 WOO 2023
2 available
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3 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
4 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.
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Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave.
"The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled White man and William posing as “his” slave. In 1848, a year of international...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
BIO SMITH 2023
2 available
BIO SMITH 2023
2 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
BIO SMITH 2023
1 available
BIO SMITH 2023
1 available
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3 copies, 1 person is 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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“In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman’s personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
363.379 VAILLA 2023
1 available
363.379 VAILLA 2023
1 available
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2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires--and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"--
"In May 2016, Fort...
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24 copies, 256 people are on the wait list.
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34 copies, 284 people are on the wait list.
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34 copies, 284 people are on the wait list.
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"Named a Must Read for the Summer The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • Time • AARP • Town & Country • St. Louis Post-Dispatch "McBride’s pages burst with life... This endlessly rich saga highlights the different ways in which people look out for one another." —Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW) "The interlocking destinies of [McBride’s] characters make for tense, absorbing drama and, at times, warm, humane...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION ADJEIB 2023
1 available
FICTION ADJEIB 2023
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ADJEIB 2023
1 available
FICTION ADJEIB 2023
1 available
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3 copies, 26 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 24 people are on the wait list.
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5 copies, 24 people are on the wait list.
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"Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black. She felt their eyes, all those executioners… Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION NAPOLI 2023
1 available
FICTION NAPOLI 2023
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION NAPOLI 2023
3 available
FICTION NAPOLI 2023
3 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION NAPOLI 2023
1 available
FICTION NAPOLI 2023
1 available
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11 copies, 96 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
12 copies, 122 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
12 copies, 122 people are on the wait list.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
LP FICTION NAPOLI 2023
1 available
LP FICTION NAPOLI 2023
1 available
Description
"William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So it's a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a scholarship to college, far away from his childhood home. He soon meets Julia Padavano, a spirited and ambitious young woman who surprises William with her appreciation of his quiet steadiness. With Julia comes her family; she is inseparable from her three...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
MYSTERY ANDREW 2023
1 available
MYSTERY ANDREW 2023
1 available
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"'Tis the season for sleuthing in Donna Andrews' cheery new addition to the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series. Meg has been roped into participating in a weaponsmithing competition, a Forged in Fire wannabe organized by a blacksmith friend. Meg originally turned down an invitation to participate, but the night before the filming starts, someone attacks Faulk, her blacksmithing mentor, breaking his arm and eliminating him from the contest...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION FREEMA 2023
1 available
FICTION FREEMA 2023
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION FREEMA 2023
1 available
FICTION FREEMA 2023
1 available
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"From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friends in NYC who hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge-but the changes they fear might be exactly what they need...Hannah and Finn have spent every Christmas together since college. Neither has anywhere else to go-Hannah's parents died, and Finn's disowned him when he came out. Their tradition of offbeat holiday...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
ROMANCE JALALU 2023
1 available
ROMANCE JALALU 2023
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
ROMANCE JALALU 2023
1 available
ROMANCE JALALU 2023
1 available
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"“Combines two budding romances, a massive snowstorm, unlikely friends, meddling family members, and one magical small-town for the most festive book you’ll read this year.” —Carley Fortune, author of Every Summer After Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos. As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays—Maryam to her sister’s impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend’s...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
648.8 JAY 2019
1 available
648.8 JAY 2019
1 available
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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"Life is weighing us down. Each day we add more possessions, more commitments, more worries, more stress to our lives. Striving for fulfillment, our closets become overstuffed, our calendars overscheduled, and our spirits overwhelmed. Instead of feeling happy, we just feel heavy. Lightlyoffers help. Whether you want to strip down your life to a backpack or free up some space in your closet, overhaul your schedule or gain back an hour in the evening,...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
648.5 MAGNUS 2018
3 available
648.5 MAGNUS 2018
3 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction
648.5 MAGNUS 2018
1 available
648.5 MAGNUS 2018
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
648.5 MAGNUS 2018
1 available
648.5 MAGNUS 2018
1 available
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2 copies, 4 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.
Description
Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you'd ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children's art projects). Digging into her late husband's tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also...
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Simplify life and amplify living by mastering the fundamentals of minimalism through this visual guide to embracing a minimalist lifestyle. How can living with less contribute to a greater sense of fulfillment? It seems contradictory, yet the minimalist lifestyle, which focuses on scaling back your possessions and simplifying your life to just the essentials, achieves just that. Adopt minimal living, and you'll find that less is more: * More time...
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Series
Legends of the condor heroes volume 1
Description
The epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time! Featured in iO9's 2019 Fall Preview. A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, Jin Yong's A Hero Born is the classic novel of its time, stretching from the Song Empire (China 1200 AD) to the appearance of a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis Khan. Filled with an extraordinary cast of characters, A Hero Born is a tale of fantasy and wonder, love...
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War arts saga volume 1
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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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So many stories begin the same way: With a prophecy. A chosen one. And the inevitable quest to slay a villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny. But this is not that kind of story. It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. And that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle....
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Heaven official's blessing novels volume 1
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION MOXIAN 2021
1 available
SCIENCE FICTION MOXIAN 2021
1 available
Description
"Eight hundred years after his mortal life, Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time, angering most of the gods in the process. To repay his debts, he is sent to the Mortal Realm to hunt down violent ghosts and troublemaking spirits who prey on the living. Along his travels, he meets the fascinating and brilliant San Lang, a young man with whom he feels an instant connection. Yet San Lang is clearly more than he appears... What mysteries...
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North Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
364.1524 VOWELL 2005
1 available
364.1524 VOWELL 2005
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
364.1524 VOW 2005
1 available
364.1524 VOW 2005
1 available
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New York Times bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates and contributor to NPR's This American Life Sarah Vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence, from Washington DC to Alaska, to better understand our nation's ever-evolving political system and history.
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination...
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
615.856 KANG 2017
1 available
615.856 KANG 2017
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
615.856 KANG 2017
1 available
615.856 KANG 2017
1 available
Description
"What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine--yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison--was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable,...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
641.372 KHOSRO 2016
1 available
641.372 KHOSRO 2016
1 available
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"The delicious kitchen staple we so often take for granted is not merely a stick tucked into our refrigerator door. It's a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. From its accidental invention in a long-ago herder's pouch to its ubiquitous presence in the world's most fabulous cuisines, butter is boss. Now, it finally gets its due. Award-winning food writer and chef Elaine Khosrova serves up a story as rich, textured, and culturally...