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1) Jane Eyre
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
The literary masterpiece, introduced by contemporary novelist-of-manners Diana Johnson, is a quintessential love story where a bright, lonely, and steadfast young woman finds mystery, sorrow, and true love with the inimitable Mr. Rochester.
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 19
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's sweltering in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Temperance Brennan, still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, is battling nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations when she receives a series of mysterious text messages, each containing a new picture of a corpse that is missing its face and hands. Immediately, she's anxious to know who the dead man is, and why the images were sent to her. An identified corpse...
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Language
English
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Description
This is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as his journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. The vignettes of the people and places that made an impression on Thomas Sowell at various stages...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A biographical study of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller. Intercut with footage from some of Rampling's most famous films, this "self-portrait through others" is a revealing look at one of our most iconic screen stars.
Author
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A debut novel that pulses with humor and empathy and explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness ... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The training program highlights libraries that provide outstanding services to teens and shows how to replicate their successes. Serving teens in libraries showcases the outstanding services offered by the Public Library of Charlotte (NC) and Mecklenburg County, Queens (NY) Library, and the Baltimore County (MD) Public Library. LVN crews spent several days in each location to learn as much as possible about how they're successfully reaching the toughest...
8) Devil bones
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about, and makes a rather grisly discovery -- a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine, there is the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog. Nothing is clear -- neither when the deaths...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Passionate Politics tells the story of Charlotte Bunch, from idealistic young civil rights organizer to lesbian activist, to internationally-recognized leader of a campaign to put women's rights on the global human rights agenda. Charlotte has been both a product and creator of her times: every chapter in her life is a chapter in the story of modern feminist activism, from its roots in the 1960's struggles for social justice to international campaigns...
10) Listen!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier.
13) Charlotte's web
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Special Topics: New e-Audiobooks November 2021
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Description
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
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Language
English
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"When Thomas Pitt is tasked with playing bodyguard to Sofia Delacruz, a young and controversial British preacher who has been living in Spain and has returned to England on a mysterious errand, he thinks it's a waste of Special Branch's time and resources. But when kidnappers manage to reach Sofia murdering two of her companions in the process. Pitt learns that the message the lovely evangelist was meant to deliver was far more urgent than he knew....
16) The royal nanny
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain s royal family a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes. April, 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York. She is excited, exhausted and about to meet royalty. . . . So begins the unforgettable story of Charlotte Bill, who would care for a generation...
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Series
Language
English
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"Commander Thomas Pitt, head of Special Branch, is called to the scene of a brutal explosion in the heart of London. The bomb was set off during an important--and secret--police raid, killing several officers, and the government suspects anarchists are at work. But what Pitt discovers is far more disturbing: the explosion was not a terrorist attack meant to sow chaos, but a calculated means to commit a targeted murder. And the evidence trail leads...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
A novel about reconciling the mythology of romance with the reality of modern love.
Young scholar Sara Frost's unsuccessful search for the lost love letters of Charlotte Brontë hasn't won her any favors at her university, particularly now that the glamorous and self-promoting Princess Diana expert, Claire Vigee, has introduced her media-savvy exploits to the staid halls of academia. But it's not until Sara's fiancé suddenly...
Young scholar Sara Frost's unsuccessful search for the lost love letters of Charlotte Brontë hasn't won her any favors at her university, particularly now that the glamorous and self-promoting Princess Diana expert, Claire Vigee, has introduced her media-savvy exploits to the staid halls of academia. But it's not until Sara's fiancé suddenly...
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