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LARGE TYPE FICTION ADAMS, S.N.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION ADAMS, S.N.
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"Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION BENEDICT, M.
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FICTION BENEDICT, M.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD FICTION BENEDICT, M.
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CD FICTION BENEDICT, M.
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"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...
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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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FICTION COLGAN, J.
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FICTION COLGAN, J.
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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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CD FICTION GEORGE, N.
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CD FICTION GEORGE, N.
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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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LARGE TYPE FICTION HAIG, M.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION HAIG, M.
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"'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices ... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?' A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION HALPERN, S.
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FICTION HALPERN, S.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE FICTION HALPERN, S.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION HALPERN, S.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
PLAYAWAY FICTION HALPERN, S.
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PLAYAWAY FICTION HALPERN, S.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD FICTION HALPERN, S.
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CD FICTION HALPERN, S.
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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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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
MYSTERY JURCZYK, E.
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MYSTERY JURCZYK, E.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE FICTION JURCZYK, E.
1 available
LARGE TYPE FICTION JURCZYK, E.
1 available
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CD MYSTERY JURCZYK, E.
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CD MYSTERY JURCZYK, E.
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"Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing. Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book but is told repeatedly to keep quiet to keep the...
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PLAYAWAY FICTION MOYES, J.
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PLAYAWAY FICTION MOYES, J.
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"Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient...
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FICTION NATSUKAWA, S.
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FICTION NATSUKAWA, S.
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"Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" -Kirkus "Bibliophiles will dote on this charming import from Japan, smoothly translated by Louise Heal Kawai." - Library Journal From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about...
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Book woman of Trouble Creek volume 1
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CD FICTION RICHARDSON, K.M.
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CD FICTION RICHARDSON, K.M.
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BOOK BAG BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK
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BOOK BAG BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK
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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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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION SAVRAN, J.
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FICTION SAVRAN, J.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD FICTION SAVRAN, J.
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CD FICTION SAVRAN, J.
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An accessible, character-driven story set in 2003 New York City about a genderqueer book conservator who feels trapped by her gender presentation, her ill-fitting relationship, and her artistic block, as she discovers a decades-old hidden queer love letter and becomes obsessed with tracking down its author.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION SKESLIEN CHARLES, J.
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FICTION SKESLIEN CHARLES, J.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
PLAYAWAY FICTION SKESLIEN CHARLES, J.
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PLAYAWAY FICTION SKESLIEN CHARLES, J.
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"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear - including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare...
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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...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION SAMPSON, F.
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FICTION SAMPSON, F.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE FICTION SAMPSON, F.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION SAMPSON, F.
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"June Jones emerges from her shell to fight for her beloved local library, and through the efforts and support of an eclectic group of library patrons, she discovers life-changing friendships along the way. Lonely librarian June Jones has never left the sleepy English village where she grew up. Shy and reclusive, the thirty-year-old would rather spend her time buried in books than venture out into the world. But when her library is threatened with...
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FICTION WAXMAN, A.
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FICTION WAXMAN, A.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WAXMAN, A.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WAXMAN, A.
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"Nina Hill's life may not seem like much, but for a person battling anxiety, it's more than enough. She enjoys her job at a bookstore and her small circle of friends. Until a visit from a lawyer changes everything ... The father that Nina never knew existed has died, leaving behind an enormous extended family. Nina now has innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, and cousins all living within a twenty-mile radius--some welcoming and some not...
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PLAYAWAY FICTION ZEVIN, G.
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PLAYAWAY FICTION ZEVIN, G.
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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...
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator and creator of Incidental Comics.
It's no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves with books. We collect them, decorate with them, are inspired by them, and treat our books as sacred objects....
It's no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves with books. We collect them, decorate with them, are inspired by them, and treat our books as sacred objects....
19) Book lovers
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE HENRY, E.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE HENRY, E.
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PLAYAWAY ROMANCE HENRY, E.
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PLAYAWAY ROMANCE HENRY, E.
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"A by-the-book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Nora Stephens life is books-she's read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are...
20) Book Love
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Book Loveis a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles. Debbie Tung's comics are humorous and instantly recognizable—making readers laugh while precisely conveying the thoughts and habits of book nerds.
Book Love is the ideal gift to let a book lover know they're understood and appreciated.