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"Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. All she wants...
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Invisible library volume 1
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"Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative...
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Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny, moving new novel for fans of Meg Donohue, Sophie Kinsella, and Nina George's The Little Paris Bookshop. "Losing myself in Jenny Colgan's beautiful pages is the...
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Thursday Next novels volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL FFORDE THUSDAY 1
1 available
NOVEL FFORDE THUSDAY 1
1 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
SCI-FI FFORDE THURSDAY 1
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SCI-FI FFORDE THURSDAY 1
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Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodas are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. Based on an imaginary world where time and reality bend in the most convincing and original way since The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Eyre Affair is a delightful rabbit hole of a read: once you fall in you may never come back. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL GEORGE
1 available
CD NOVEL GEORGE
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"'There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies--I mean books--that were written for one person only...A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that's how I sell books.' Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes...
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"People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL HENRY
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NOVEL HENRY
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Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers-- a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL HOOD
1 available
NOVEL HOOD
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL HOOD
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CD NOVEL HOOD
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
LARGE TYPE HOOD
1 available
LARGE TYPE HOOD
1 available
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"An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle. Ava's twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country. Ava joins a book group, not only for her love of reading but also out of sheer desperation for companionship. The group's goal throughout the year is for each member to present...
9) The borrower
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Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds her favorite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, camped out in the library after hours. Addicted to reading, Ian needs help smuggling books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in antigay classes with Pastor Bob. Desperate to save Ian, Lucy allows herself to be hijacked--and the odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL MEYERSON
1 available
NOVEL MEYERSON
1 available
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"A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda's twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda's life. She doesn't hear about...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL PATRICK
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CD NOVEL PATRICK
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eBook
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
LARGE TYPE NOVEL PATRICK
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LARGE TYPE NOVEL PATRICK
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A librarian's discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful new novel from the international bestselling author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people--though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she's invisible. All of that changes...
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Book woman of Trouble Creek volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL RICHARDSON
1 available
CD NOVEL RICHARDSON
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
LARGE TYPE NOVEL RICHARDSON
1 available
LARGE TYPE NOVEL RICHARDSON
1 available
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"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...
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Cemetery of forgotten books volume 1
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A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. Barcelona, 1945-just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother's face. To console his only child,...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL SHAFFER
1 available
CD NOVEL SHAFFER
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
LARGE TYPE NOVEL SHAFFER
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LARGE TYPE NOVEL SHAFFER
1 available
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In 1946, as London emerges from the shadow of World War II, author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book. Then she receives a letter from Guernsey Island, and learns of a unique book club formed on the spur of the moment as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the occupying Germans during the war. Captivated, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL SLOAN
2 available
CD NOVEL SLOAN
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"The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anything--instead, they "check out" large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store. Suspicious, Clay engineers...
16) The help
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
LARGE TYPE NOVEL STOCKETT
1 available
LARGE TYPE NOVEL STOCKETT
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"With more than 3 million copies sold, the #1 New York Times bestseller is now available in a special gift edition. A modern classic, The Help has been a cultural touchstone for the millions of readers who have cheered on Skeeter, laughed with Minny, and hissed at Hilly. The noble and strong Aibileen has become a heroine for countless fans whose letters have poured in from all over the world. Now the bestselling and beloved book is available in a...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL SULLIVAN
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NOVEL SULLIVAN
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL SULLIVAN
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CD NOVEL SULLIVAN
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When a bookshop patron commits suicide, his favorite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he left behind in this fiendishly clever debut novel from an award-winning short story writer. Lydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the Bright Ideas bookstore, she keeps a meticulously crafted existence among her beloved books, eccentric colleagues, and the BookFrogs--the lost and lonely regulars who spend every day marauding the store's...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
NOVEL BUTLAND
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NOVEL BUTLAND
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"The Lost for Words Bookshop is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending novel, perfect for fans of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry and The Little Paris Bookshop. "The Lost for Words Bookshop pushes all my bookish buttons."--Red (Books to Read) "Quirky, clever and unputdownable."--Katie Fforde "Burns fiercely with love and hurt. A rare and beautiful novel."--Linda Green, bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed Loveday Cardew prefers books...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL ZEVIN
1 available
CD NOVEL ZEVIN
1 available
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eBook
On Shelf
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
LARGE TYPE NOVEL ZEVIN
1 available
LARGE TYPE NOVEL ZEVIN
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
PLAYAWAY ZEVIN
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PLAYAWAY ZEVIN
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A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take...
20) The book thief
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN NOVEL ZUSAK
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TEEN NOVEL ZUSAK
2 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
CD NOVEL ZUSAK
1 available
CD NOVEL ZUSAK
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.