Arcadia Public Library

"People expect big things from Alexis Montgomery. She's a thirty-seven-year-old doctor from a wealthy and prestigious family full of world-renowned surgeons. Only, Alexis is tired of living up to her family's dreams for her. Now she's about to take her bravest step yet: start living her life for herself. Daniel Grant is a twenty-eight-year-old small-town carpenter with a heart of gold and a legacy of his own. He may not have gone to college, but he's...

"From star-crossed matches to unexpected love triangles, summer on Nantucket always holds the promise of romance in this sensational novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Lisa Hudson feels more alive than she has in a long time after hiring hunky carpenter Mack Whitney to renovate her old Nantucket home. There's no denying the spark growing between them--despite the fact that Mack is ten years her junior. But her twentysomething...

"Highlights the schooling, job training, and life on the job for carpenters" --

"Natalie Harper feels she must sell the bookshop she's inherited to pay for her grandfather's care, but he refuses to acquiesce, and renovation of the store and its studio apartment push her life in a whole new direction. Besides, she loves the store and its books provide welcome solace for her overwhelming grief. After she moves into the small studio apartment above the shop, Natalie carries out her grandfather's request and hires contractor Peach...

Alberto, the town's coffin maker, and Tito, a runaway boy, both lonely after suffering tragic losses, learn the power of friendship as they try to escape the shadows of their pasts.

The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.

The top-secret CIA Black Ops program Operation Treadstone trained Adam Hayes to be an all-but-invincible assassin, but it also cost him his family and any chance at a normal life. Now working as a carpenter in rural Washington state, Adam thinks he has left Treadstone in the past. Then he receives a mysterious email from a former colleague, and is attacked by an unknown hit team at his job site. Are his pursuers enemies from a long-ago mission? Rival...

Through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard Carpenter's personal archive, many never published, Richard tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs - work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history.