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Dedham - Adult
616.07 DETTMER, P.
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616.07 DETTMER, P.
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Dedham Endicott - Adult
616.07 DETTMER, P.
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616.07 DETTMER, P.
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2 copies, 15 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
Description
"Although everyone who has ever had a cold is familiar with the human immune system and its importance, few understand just how complex and intricate the immune system is. In Immune, Internet creator and storyteller Philipp Dettmer takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle raging just under our skin, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact,...
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Dedham - Adult
FIC GILBERT, E.
1 available
FIC GILBERT, E.
1 available
Dedham Endicott - Adult
FIC GILBERT, E.
1 available
FIC GILBERT, E.
1 available
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4 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.
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Dedham - Large Print
LARGE PRINT FIC GILBERT, E.
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LARGE PRINT FIC GILBERT, E.
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Description
"Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College,...
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1 copy on order.
Dedham - Adult
FIC HARROW, A.
1 available
FIC HARROW, A.
1 available
Dedham Endicott - Adult
FIC HARROW, A.
1 available
FIC HARROW, A.
1 available
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15 copies, 64 people are on the wait list.
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17 copies, 78 people are on the wait list.
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17 copies, 78 people are on the wait list.
Description
Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote "The Underland" -- and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling go to rot ... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but...
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Dedham - Adult
FIC WOODSON, J.
1 available
FIC WOODSON, J.
1 available
Dedham Endicott - Adult
FIC WOODSON, J.
1 available
FIC WOODSON, J.
1 available
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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"Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress. But the event is not without poignancy. Sixteen years earlier,...
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105 copies available. 2 copies on order.
Dedham - Young Adult
YA FIC GYASI, Y.
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YA FIC GYASI, Y.
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19 copies, 14 people are on the wait list.
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"Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the...
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Dedham - Adult
FIC DARE, A.
1 available
FIC DARE, A.
1 available
Dedham Endicott - Adult
FIC DARE, A.
1 available
FIC DARE, A.
1 available
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2 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
Description
"A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"--the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's...
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eAudiobook
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51 copies, 376 people are on the wait list.
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69 copies, 766 people are on the wait list.
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69 copies, 766 people are on the wait list.
On Shelf
1 copy on order.
Dedham - Audiovisual
AUDIOBOOK FIC VAN PELT, S
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AUDIOBOOK FIC VAN PELT, S
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Description
"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old...
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Series
Six crimson cranes volume 1
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Dedham - Young Adult
YA LIM, E.
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YA LIM, E.
1 available
Dedham Endicott - Young Adult
YA FIC LIM, E.
1 available
YA FIC LIM, E.
1 available
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.
Description
The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.
Shiori, princess of Kiata, has a secret: Forbidden magic runs through her veins. On the morning of her betrothal ceremony she loses control, and it forestalls the wedding she never wanted-- but it also catches the attention of Raikama, her...
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These violent delights volume 1
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48 copies available. 1 copy on order.
Dedham - Young Adult
YA FIC GONG, C.
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YA FIC GONG, C.
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4 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.--
Shanghai, 1926. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. Juliette Cai, a former flapper, has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang, a network of...
10) House of Hollow
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"Iris and Vivi work to uncover their dark, dangerous, and possibly magical past when their older sister Grey goes missing"--
11) Medea
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22 copies available. 1 copy on order.
Dedham - New Books
FIC QUIN, E.
1 available
FIC QUIN, E.
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Description
"Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind. Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, the Argonauts leader Jason, Medea has carved out a singularly infamous...
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2 copies on order.
Dedham Endicott - New Books
FIC WILLIAMS, T.
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FIC WILLIAMS, T.
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5 copies, 72 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 97 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 97 people are on the wait list.
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"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that...
13) The bad ones
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39 copies available. 1 copy on order.
Dedham - YA - New
YA FIC ALBERT, M.
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YA FIC ALBERT, M.
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2 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
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"In the course of a single winter's night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. Nora's estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca's disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town's past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and...
14) Untamed
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4 copies, 46 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 46 people are on the wait list.
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Dedham - Audiovisual
AUDIOBOOK BIO DOYLE, G.
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AUDIOBOOK BIO DOYLE, G.
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Dedham Endicott - Audiovisual
AUDIOBOOK BIO DOYLE, G.
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AUDIOBOOK BIO DOYLE, G.
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Description
"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...
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"A gorgeous visual guide to designing jaw-dropping botanical arrangements from world-renowned floral artist Kiana Underwood"--
16) Lavender house
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Andy Mills mysteries volume 1
eAudiobook
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6 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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6 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Description
"A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene's recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret--but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who...
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2 copies on order.
Dedham Endicott - Adult
FIC HABECK, E.
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FIC HABECK, E.
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7 copies, 42 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 80 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 80 people are on the wait list.
Description
"For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He will retain most of his consciousness, memories, and intellect, but his physical body will gradually turn into a great white shark. As Lewis develops the features and impulses of one of the most predatory creatures in the ocean, his complicated artist's heart struggles to make peace with his unfulfilled dreams....