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"A runaway finds a new home in a small town with supportive and benevolent friends. Twelve-year-old Ben Brown flees the circus with his best dog friend, Sancho, to look for his missing father. While searching, Ben is employed by Miss Celia, who cares for him and agrees to let him live in her house until he receives word of his father's whereabouts. Though Ben finds himself happier with this new life, the lack of circus adventure leaves him unsure...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the follow-up to the successful Van Life, Foster Huntington shares his experiences -- and those of others -- living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places"--
Author
Language
English
Description
A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, [this book] traces the search for the simple life through the stories of three families of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for-- or create-- a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
While growing older is inevitable, many of the troubles we associate with aging--including dementia, disability, and an increased dependence on others--are not. The choices we make now can help us to maintain our vitality, a sharp mind, and our independence as we age. Filled with simple, everyday actions we can take to avoid disease, promote vitality, and prevent dementia and late onset Alzheimer's, The Aging Brain is an easy-to-use guide to maintaining...
7) Back fork
Publisher
Uncork'd Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Once hardworking family man Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and the destructive lifestyle addiction leads to. It's in that dark place that he decides to face his demons and find a path to redemption that threatens to destroy his fragile family.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction.
13) Bridge of sighs
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six years after the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire Falls, Richard Russo returns
with a novel that expands even further his widely heralded achievement.
Louis Charles (“Lucy”) Lynch has spent all his sixty years in upstate Thomaston, New York, married to the same woman, Sarah, for forty of them, their son now a grown man. Like his late, beloved father, Lucy is an optimist, though he’s had plenty...
with a novel that expands even further his widely heralded achievement.
Louis Charles (“Lucy”) Lynch has spent all his sixty years in upstate Thomaston, New York, married to the same woman, Sarah, for forty of them, their son now a grown man. Like his late, beloved father, Lucy is an optimist, though he’s had plenty...
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Series
Language
English
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"Living an active, fulfilling life well into your 90s -- and possibly your 100s -- may be easier than you think. Longevity expert Dan Buettner has traveled the world to meet the planet's longest lived people in unique communities called Blue Zones, where common elements of lifestyle, diet, and outlook have led to an amazing quantity -- and quality -- of life. The nine powerful yet simple lessons he reveals in 'The Blue Zones' can put you on the...
Author
Series
Mortal instruments volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
"Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance.."--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Green is a proud and strong pickup truck who loves helping with chores, but when Farmer Gray buys a big new blue truck, Little Green is left to rust in a pasture until the farmer's daughter, Fern, suggests they fix him up and use him for such gentle jobs as going to the farmers' market.
19) Urban country
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A troubled young girl must choose between a carefree and exciting life in the city and a hard-work, no frills country lifestyle in order to learn who she really is and what she wants out of life.
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In The Open-Air Life, Swedish-American writer Linda McGurk introduces readers to a wide array of Nordic customs and practices that focus on slowing down and spending more and more of ones' time outdoors. An outdoorsy cousin of hygge, friluftsliv is what Nordic people do outside all day before they cozy up in front of the fireplace with their wool socks on and a cup of hot cocoa"--
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