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8 copies, 47 people are on the wait list.

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2021.	First edition.	Random House	xii, 410 pages ; 25 cm	English	Checked Out 8 copies, 47 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

4 copies, 25 people are on the wait list.

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2021	OverDrive	Unabridged	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 4 copies, 25 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1 Preview From the book

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For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction...

2) Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Author

Montell, Amanda

Language

English

Formats

3 copies, 19 people are on the wait list.

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06/15/2021	HarperWave	English	On Order 3 copies, 19 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

3 copies, 19 people are on the wait list.

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Penguin twentieth-century classics

The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.
What makes "cults" so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon

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3) Howards End

Author

Forster, E. M

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction

F FORST

Central - Adult Fiction has 3

F FORST

Westover - Adult Fiction has 2

F FORST

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2000]	Penguin Books	xxx, 302 pages ; 20 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F FORST Central - Adult Fiction has 3 F FORST Westover - Adult Fiction has 2 F FORST	More Info Place Hold

1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.

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2010	OverDrive	Unabridged	Tantor Media, Inc	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1

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Glencarlyn - Adult Large Type

LT F FORST

Westover - Adult Large Type

LT F FORST

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[1993]	G.K. Hall	565 pages (large print) ; 25	English	Available Glencarlyn - Adult Large Type LT F FORST Westover - Adult Large Type LT F FORST	More Info Place Hold

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4) Bird by bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

When impetuous Helen Schlegel believes herself to be in love with Paul, the youngest of the Wilcox sons, she sparks off a connection between the two families that leads to collision.

Author

Lamott, Anne

Language

English

Formats

4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1995.	First Anchor books edition.	Anchor Books	xxxi, 238 pages ; 21 cm	English	Checked Out 4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

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2013	OverDrive	Unabridged	Recorded Books, Inc	English	Checked Out 2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1

3 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.

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2007	OverDrive	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 7 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

3 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.

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2007	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Checked Out 3 copies, 7 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

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Anne Lamott recounts her personal experiences to reveal her writing techniques and how she overcomes obstacles that interfere with the writing flow. She offers concrete suggestions about character, plot, setting, and other topics of interest to writers. She also offers advice about how to navigate through the dark underbelly feelings of self-doubt, inadequacy, and jealousy that are inevitable parts of any writer's experience.

5) On writing: A Memoir Of The Craft

Author

King, Stephen

Language

English

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NYT - Education

Formats

6 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.

Central - Adult Nonfiction

813 KING

Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction

813 KING

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 2

813 KING

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2010.	Scribner trade paperback edition, tenth anniversary edition.	Scribner	x, 291 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available 6 copies, 3 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Nonfiction 813 KING Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction 813 KING Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 2 813 KING Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 5

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2000	OverDrive	Unabridged	Simon & Schuster Audio	English	Available Online 5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 5	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview Part 1

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6) Between you & me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Stephen King reflects on how his writing has helped him through difficult times and describes various aspects of the art of writing.

Author

Norris Mary

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction

428.2 NORRI

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 4

428.2 NORRI

Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction

428.2 NORRI

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2015.	First edition.	W.W. Norton & Company	228 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction 428.2 NORRI Central - Adult Nonfiction has 4 428.2 NORRI Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction 428.2 NORRI Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Central - Adult Audiobooks

CD 428.2 NORRI

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2015]	Unabridged.	Recorded Books, LLC	7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Central - Adult Audiobooks CD 428.2 NORRI	More Info Place Hold

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

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2015	OverDrive	W. W. Norton & Company	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

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2015	W. W. Norton & Company	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

Central - Adult Large Type

LT 428.2 NORRI

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
©2015.	Thorndike Press	323 pages (large print) ; 24	English	Available Central - Adult Large Type LT 428.2 NORRI	More Info Place Hold

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7) Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers.

Author

Roach, Mary

Language

English

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#31 Days of BOOOks!
Acknowledging and Planning for Death

Formats

4 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

Central - Adult Nonfiction

611 ROACH

Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction

611 ROACH

Westover - Adult Nonfiction

611 ROACH

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2003.	W.W. Norton & Co	303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	Available 4 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Central - Adult Nonfiction 611 ROACH Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction 611 ROACH Westover - Adult Nonfiction 611 ROACH	More Info Place Hold

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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.

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2004	OverDrive	W. W. Norton & Company	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.

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2004	W. W. Norton & Company	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

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Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

Explores how human cadavers have been used throughout history, discussing how the use of dead bodies has benefited every aspect of human existence.

8) A room with a view

Author

Forster, E. M

Language

English

Formats

Central - Adult Fiction has 3

F FORST

Columbia Pike - Adult Fiction

F FORST

Westover - Adult Fiction

F FORST

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1989.	Vintage Books	242 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction has 3 F FORST Columbia Pike - Adult Fiction F FORST Westover - Adult Fiction F FORST Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Shirlington - Adult Audiobooks

CD F FORST

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2008]	Unabridged.	Blackstone Audiobooks	7 audio discs (450 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Audiobooks CD F FORST	More Info Place Hold

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection

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2006	OverDrive	Unabridged	Blackstone Publishing	English	Available Online 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview Part 1

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Central - Adult Large Type

LT F FORST

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[1993]	Curley Large Print	338 pages (large print) ; 22	English	Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F FORST	More Info Place Hold

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9) Because internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

In common with much of his other writing, this work by the eminent English novelist and essayist E. M. Forster (1879-1970) displays an unusually perceptive view of British society in the early 20th century. Written in 1908, A Room with a View is a social comedy set in Florence, Italy, and Surrey, England. Its heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, struggling against straitlaced Victorian attitudes of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and snobbery, falls in love while...

Author

Mcculloch, Gretchen

Series

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Language

English

Appears on list

Just Words...

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

8 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2

302.231 MCCUL

Central - Kids Fiction

302.231 MCCUL

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 3

302.231 MCCUL

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2019.	Riverhead Books	326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available 8 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2 302.231 MCCUL Central - Kids Fiction 302.231 MCCUL Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 3 302.231 MCCUL Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Online OverDrive Collection has 3

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2019	OverDrive	Unabridged	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 3	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview Part 1 Preview From the book

4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 4

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2019	OverDrive	Penguin Publishing Group	English	Available Online 4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 4	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

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Online OverDrive Collection has 4

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2019	Penguin Publishing Group	English	Available Online 4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection has 4	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

Westover - Adult Large Type

LT 302.231 MCCUL

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2020.	Large print edition.	Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company	539 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.	English	Available Westover - Adult Large Type LT 302.231 MCCUL	More Info Place Hold

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10) Ticking clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes

Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory...

Author

Rosen, Ira

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Formats

6 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2021.	First edition.	St. Martin's Press	viii, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm	English	Checked Out 6 copies, 9 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2021	OverDrive	Unabridged	Macmillan Audio	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1 Preview From the book

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2021	OverDrive	St. Martin's Publishing Group	English	Available Online 1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list. Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

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Online OverDrive Collection

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11) Confederates in the attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War

"When producer Ira Rosen walked into the 60 Minutes offices in June 1980, he knew he was about to enter television history. His career catapulted him to the heights of TV journalism, breaking some of the most important stories in TV news. But behind the scenes was a war room of clashing producers, anchors, and the most formidable 60 Minutes figure: legendary correspondent Mike Wallace. Based on decades of access and experience, Ira Rosen takes readers...

Author

Horwitz, Tony

Series

Vintage Departures

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 3

973.7 HORWI

Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction

973.7 HORWI

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1999.	First Vintage Departures edition.	Vintage Books	406 pages : maps ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction has 3 973.7 HORWI Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction 973.7 HORWI Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Westover - Adult Audiobooks

CD 973.7 HORWI

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[1999]	Unabridged.	Books On Tape :	13 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Westover - Adult Audiobooks CD 973.7 HORWI	More Info Place Hold

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2013	OverDrive	Unabridged	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1

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12) National Geographic Kids Chapters: Tiger in Trouble!: Tiger in Trouble!: and More True Stories of Amazing Animal Rescues

When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he's put war zones behind him. But awakened one morning by the crackle of musket fire, Horwitz starts filing front-line dispatches again this time from a war close to home, and to his own heart. Propelled by his boyhood passion for the Civil War, Horwitz embarks on a search for places...

Author

Halls, Kelly Milner

Series

National Geographic kids

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

Formats

4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Cherrydale - Kids Nonfiction

J 599.756 HALLS

13) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Pub. Date	Publisher	Language	Availability
2012.	National Geographic Society	English	Available 4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Cherrydale - Kids Nonfiction J 599.756 HALLS Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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Some animals have a harder time growing up than others. This certainly was the case for Nitro, the blind tiger, Ethereal the albino bat, and Suzie, Bob, and Caleb, three monkeys down on their luck in the heart of Kentucky. These stories show how humans sometimes step in to help these animals and how important it is for those who house wild animals know how to safely and correctly care for them and others. The three monkeyteers shows some of the...

Author

Roach, Mary

Language

English

Formats

2016 Losses - Collection Spotlight [Adult]

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2

612.6 ROACH

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 2

612.6 ROACH

Description

Roach shows how and why sexual arousal and orgasm can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.

14) My reading life

Author

Conroy, Pat

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Aurora Hills - Adult Biography

B CONROY P

Central - Adult Biography

B CONROY P

Westover - Adult Audiobooks

CD B CONROY P

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Online OverDrive Collection

Online OverDrive Collection

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15) Word by word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life.

Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. Starting as a childhood passion that bloomed into a life-long companion, reading has been Conroy's portal to the world, both to the farthest corners of the globe and to the deepest chambers of the human soul. His interests range

...

Author

Stamper, Kory

Language

English

Appears on these lists

Dictionary Day
Just Words...

Formats

Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction

413 STAMPE

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 4

413 STAMPE

Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction

413 STAMPE

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

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16) The sense of style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

"Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word mavens. Have you ever tried to define the word "is?" Do you have strong feelings about the word (and, yes, it is a word) "irregardless?" Did you know that OMG was first used in 1917, in a letter to Winston Churchill? These are the questions that keep lexicographers up at night. While most of us might take dictionaries for...

Author

Pinker, Steven

Language

English

Formats

Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction

808.042 PINKE

Central - Adult Nonfiction

808.042 PINKE

Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction

808.042 PINKE

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Description

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

" A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking...

17) Greek to me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Author

Norris Mary

Series

Language

English

Appears on list

New Books Featured in the Monthly Library eNewsletter

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

6 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction has 2

306.44 NORRI

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2

306.44 NORRI

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction has 2

306.44 NORRI

Online OverDrive Collection has 3

Online OverDrive Collection

Online OverDrive Collection

Shirlington - Adult Large Type

LT 306.44 NORRI

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Greek to Me is a charming account of Norris's lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, goes searching for the fabled Baths of Aphrodite, and reveals the surprising ways Greek helped form English. Filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine-and...

18) The big short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Author

Lewis, Michael

Language

English

Formats

Book
Show Editions

Central - Adult Nonfiction

330.973 LEWIS

Central - Adult Nonfiction

330.973 LEWIS 2011

Westover - Adult Nonfiction

330.973 LEWIS 2011

2 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.

2 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.

Description

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook

Presents an analysis of the economic crisis of 2009, citing such factors as expanded home ownership and risky derivative elections in the face of increasing shareholder demands and discussing the role of responsible parties in the government, financial, and private sectors.

19) How fiction works

Author

Wood, James

Language

English

Formats

Book
Show Editions

Central - Adult Nonfiction

808.3 WOOD

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction

808.3 WOOD 2018

Central - Adult Audiobooks

CD 808.3 WOOD

Description

Cloverleaf Books. Holidays and special days

"In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes...

20) Emma's Easter

Author

Bullard, Lisa

Series

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kids Holiday, Kindle

Kids Holiday
Show Edition

Online OverDrive Collection has 92

Aurora Hills - Kids Holiday - Fiction has 2

J/HOL JP BULLA

Central - Kids Holiday - Fiction has 5

J/HOL JP BULLA

Cherrydale - Kids Holiday - Fiction

J/HOL JP BULLA

Online OverDrive Collection has 92

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