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1) Dream town
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Aloysius Archer novels volume 3
Language
English
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"Private Investigator and ex-World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case"--Provided by publisher.
2) Dream town
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Eve Ronin volume 5
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Hidden Hills is a private celebrity enclave of white picket fences and horse trails that seems to exist in a dreamworld. But when reality superstar Kitty Winslow is killed within their gates and corpses are found in the vast state park outside them, LASD detective Eve Ronin realizes there is a deadly, razor-thin line between what's real and what's imagined. Eve discovers that Kitty's surreal on- and off-camera life, a blur of fact and fantasy, shockingly...
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2023.
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English
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"In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-inhousing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing integration. And beginning in the seventies, it was known as a...
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Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa — the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams,...
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa — the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams,...
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This city girl…
Could be his perfect match!
Adam Wright is ready to stop nursing his broken heart and give in to his family's matchmaking. He knows lively marketing exec Carrie Mitchell wants to return to New York, but he's showing her all small-town Golden has to offer…including himself. When his ex-fiancée arrives, it could scare Carrie away, or it may be a chance to heal past hurts…and share his small-town dream with her!
USA TODAY...
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When the Kansas City Royals appeared in the 1985 World Series, manager Dick Howser had to make a difficult, and controversial, call. Because the series started in the National League city of St. Louis, there would be no designated hitter, which meant that Hal McRae would be delegated to the role of a reserve coming off the bench. Before the start of the I-70 Series, which featured Howser's Kansas City Royals and White Herzog's St. Louis Cardinals,...
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The year is 1977 and in the small town of Key Valley, teenager Jeff Walker is spinning his wheels. Since the death of his Dad, things have been tough for Jeff and his mother, who get by on a daily routine of suburban life. Yet he wants so much more out of life. School's a waste of his time. It's time he'd rather spend dirt biking, listening to rock 'n' roll, or in the arms of his girlfriend, Jennifer. Then one day, 16-year-old Jeff uncovers a hidden...
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"I wanna become a teacher and then teach in another country," an eight-year-old Canadian girl decided.
By the age of twenty-five, she had checked this-her main goal in life-off her bucket list.
In March 1992, Lorna Stuber stepped off an Air Canada plane in Tokyo, and embarked on a three-year adventure in a country she had never even thought about visiting until six months prior. Teaching ESL in a suburb of Tokyo-sometimes charging her way ahead,...
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin
Oklahoma...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin
Oklahoma...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A lively and introspective look into Oklahoma City, where colorful city officials business leaders, artists, and sports fans have turned an unassuming Southwestern city into a thriving metropolis with a dazzling basketball team"--
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Small town dreams volume 1
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English
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When former oil executive Isabella Montgomery arrives in Brightwater Valley, Alaska, to open an art gallery, ex-paratrooper Chase Kelly, who doesn't believe she'll last long, shows her the ways of his formidable hometown and soon realizes people aren't always what they seem.
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In Brightwater Valley, New Zealand, wilderness guide Finn Kelly hates interacting with people until he meets cheerful jewelry designer Bethany Grant who, new to town, involves herself in every aspect of his life, making him wonder what would happen if she really was his friend or even something more.
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Small town dreams volume 3
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English
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"Levi King has never met a woman he couldn't charm--until he meets Indigo Jameson. One of Brightwater Valley's newest citizens, the prickly woman gets under his skin like no one else ever has. Indigo doesn't trust people as a rule. She trusts men--especially handsome ones--least of all. And Levi is the handsomest man she's ever seen. Much to her chagrin, the gorgeous adventure guide seems intent on befriending her. Somehow, Levi manages to get past...
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A Small-Town Dreams Story! Prince Charming is the man next door.
Small-town business owner Jason Brewster has big dreams: world travel, adventure, and most of all, a passionate romance worthy of a fairy tale. But he doesn't believe fantasies can come true….
Until Adam moves in next door.
He's handsome, cultured, European, and best of all, interested in Jason. It's like something out of the stories Jason loves.
But Adam-whose real name is Amadeo...
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She's on the job...and out of his league.
Chicago socialite Veronica Jamison is determined to shake off her sheltered lifestyle and overbearing parents. She heads to her grandfather's small town of Kortville, ready to roll up her sleeves and work for the family construction business. She'll prove her worth, even if it means answering to the company's ruggedly handsome co-owner, Matt.
Matt Shaw just wants to run his business, spend time with the niece...
18) Blue Skies
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Arranged and conducted by award winning composer, Andrew Cottee, Seth MacFarlane's album features classics such as No Moon At All; On Green Dolphin Street; and I Didn't Know About You orchestrated with a big band jazz ensemble.
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"The fall and maybe rise of Detroit, America's most epic urban failure, from local native and Rolling Stone reporter Mark BinelliOnce America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neo-pastoral...
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