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"An epic novel of a love affair that changed history--that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets--Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II--who rule despotically over a court rotten with intrigue....
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3 copies, 38 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 11 people are on the wait list.
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An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of...
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En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida and Chi Chi are stranded in a tiny Midwestern town when their 1967 Cadillac breaks down. When their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend.
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O'Fallon Public Library - Adult Fiction - 1st Floor New Fiction
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1 available
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3 copies, 29 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 24 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 24 people are on the wait list.
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Earnest Cunningham, Ern, is invited by the Australian Mystery Writers' Society to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, a famous train through the Australian desert. He is hoping for some inspiration for his second book, but he finds himself on a 1,800 mile journey filled with grudges: crime writers with hidden secrets, overeager fans bearing cinspiracy theories, and agents and editors undercutting each other in order to sign the next big...
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Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society including who among the ton is capable of murder... The daughter of a baronet and minor heiress, Rosalind Thorne was nearly ruined after her father abandoned the family. To survive in the only world she knew, she began to manage the affairs of some of London...
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the timing appeared perfect to bring Sesame Street to millions of children living in the former Soviet Union. With the Muppets envisioned as ideal ambassadors of Western values, no one anticipated just how challenging and dangerous this would prove to be. Amidst bombings, assassinations, and a military takeover of the production office, Lance Rogoff and the talented Moscow team of artists,...
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O'Fallon Public Library - Audiobook - 2nd Floor Adult Audiobook
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6 copies, 17 people are on the wait list.
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6 copies, 17 people are on the wait list.
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Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan lives her life by the numbers. She's nothing like her best friend Bella - who is wild, whimsical, and believes in fate. Dannie lands her dream job and accepts her boyfriend's marriage proposal in one fell swoop. She falls asleep completely content. But when she wakes up, she's suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends exactly one hour five years...
