Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+4294958058 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749187 When Olivia is summoned by her father, a man she barely remembers, to determine whether she is worthy of inheriting his legacy, she embarks on a personal odyssey that teaches her the true meaning of love and kinship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748637 When the celebrated Russian-born architect Roman Guttman is injured in a bus bombing, his perceptions become heightened and disturbed, leading him on an ill-advised journey into Palestinian territory. His odyssey alternates with the bittersweet diary of his teenage daughter Anyusha on her own perilous path and the startlingly alive observations of Amir, the young Palestinian who pushed the button and is now damned to watch the havoc he has wrought from a shaky beyond. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703534 Seventeen-year-old Anna finds herself on the run from her fathers enigmatic Agency, along with the four teen boys the Agency had been experimenting on, as they try to make sense of erased memories, secret identities, and genetic alteration. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748374 A lyrical and deeply affecting novel recounting the seven days a father spends on the road with his daughter after kidnapping her during a parental visit. Eric Schroder brings his daughter, Meadow, to Lake Champlain, Vermont, in an attempt to outrun the authorities amid a heated custody battle with his wife-- who will soon discover that her husband is not who he says he is. A deftly imagined novel on the many identities we take on in our lives-- those we are born with and those we construct for ourselves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727633 Annas lived on the island all her life. She knows no one else, apart from her father, her fathers assistant and two faithful servants. But one day, a strange boy is washed up on the shore. Hes wild and free. And he has the power to change everything. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699900 This epic trilogy concludes with the Amish communitys pacifism sorely tested by attacking bandits and the equally cruel Mexican troops sent to defend the Amish. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749112 Fleeing home from his military service in Afghanistan when his wife dies in an apparent freak household accident, Dr. Mike Scanlon struggles with the tragedy, his inability to bond with his new baby daughter, and a downsizing in his medical practice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748105 Life has been hard for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul, a member of the Uyghur tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime, so when an American offers to buy all the baskets she can make in three weeks, Mehrigul strives for a better future for herself and her family despite her fathers opposition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727459 Blaze is tired of spending her life on the sidelines. All she wants is for Mark the Soccer Stud to notice her. Not as Joshs weird sister who drives a turd-brown minivan. And not as that nerdy girl who draws comics. What she gets is her very own arch-nemesis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748385 Dr. Moreaus daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged fathers island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639918 Katy, a quiet French Canadian teenager, reluctantly leaves Montral to spend time with her estranged father, an aging Los Angeles punk rock legend. Dads an aging L.A. punk rocker known as the Rat. Daughters a buttoned-up neat freak whod rather be anywhere else. Can this summer be saved? Now that shes exiled from Canada to sunny Los Angeles, Katy figures shell bury her nose in a book and ignore the fact that shes spending two weeks with her father -- punk name: the Rat -- a recovered addict and drummer for the famously infamous band Suck. Even though Katy doesnt want to be there, even though she feels abandoned by her mom, even though the Rats place is a mess and hes not like anything shed call a father, Katy wont make a fuss. After all, she is a nice girl, a girl who is quiet and polite, a girl who smiles, a girl who is, well, beige. Or is she? From the author of BOY PROOF and THE QUEEN OF COOL comes an edgy new L.A. novel full of humor, heart, and music. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727278 Twelve-year old Joanie loves animals and her family often fosters animals for a local rescue operation. Because her father doesnt want more pets, their relationship is rocky until a unique rescue operation brings them closer together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703210 When her absent-minded inventor father suddenly remembers that he has five sisters, nine-year-old Harriet Bean, who has never heard of them before, determines to find her unknown aunts so that the unfinished family portrait can be completed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639924 Reeling from the deaths of her mother and sister on the Titanic, Sibyl Allston is living a life of quiet desperation with her taciturn father and scandal-plagued brother in Bostons Back Bay; she flees for solace to the parlor of a table-turning medium. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573986 Since the loss of her father, Abigail Thatchs life has been in turmoil. Her social status is in shambles, her finances depleted, and shes on the verge of losing her beloved home. But everything changes when she meets the dashing flying machine captain Jasper Blackthorn. Not only does he introduce her to a world she thought only existed in myth and legend, he awakens sensual feelings deep within her...Jasper may be immortal, but he hasnt truly lived in years. Having secretly watched over Abigail as a favor to her notorious grandfather, he cant resist arranging a chance meeting with the beauty. But he has an ulterior motive: to retrieve the mystical Crystal Compass hidden in her house before it falls into the wrong hands. He never imagines hell be tempted to love again...When Abigail learns the truth, she and Jasper embark on a journey that will change both of their lives-and possibly the world... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699835 When newly divorced Maggie Carter inherits a gold mine from the father she never knew, she leaves Houston and travels to the small town of Eureka, Colorado. There, she hopes to solve the mystery of the man who abandoned the family when she was three. In Eureka, Maggie meets people who touch her life in different ways, bitter librarian Cassie Wynock, town mayor Lucille Theriot; and Jameso Clark, whose love-hate relationship with her father intrigues Maggie, and whose attraction for her she finds both frightening and exhilarating. As Maggie confronts the sins of her father and the mistakes of her own past she learns to look at life differently and discovers it can take a village or one small mountain town to heal a heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703088 A long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. One is a Russian world chess champion who has turned to dissident politics. The other is an American woman who finds a copy of the letter her late father had written to the young chess champion, to which hed never received adequate response. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699199 After her fathers third divorce, seventeen-year-old Natalia decides to move with her stepmother, Maureen, from Spain to Florida to learn more of Maureens faith and to discover who she is away from her fathers expectations. Includes reading group guide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642949 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646656 Her Boston family shattered by the deaths of her mother and sister on the Titanic, Sibyl attempts to contact her departed loved ones at a mediums table before reconnecting with former flame Ben, with whom she tackles a harrowing mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562019 Three stories of light-hearted romance. Widow Lorna Patterson returns to college looking for education not romance. Then she meets fellow student and culinary novice Evan Bailey. Will his persistence have her re-thinking love? When Shelia Nickels searches for her grandmothers doll her hunt leads to antique dealer Dwaine Woodss door. But will she find love instead of a lost treasure? Wendy Campbell doesnt want a relationship, but her father does ... for her. Will his matchmaking end with an unexpected romance for Wendy and paramedic Kyle Rogers? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639319 After losing his construction job and his home, 23-year-old single father Travis Brown, who will do anything for his daughter Bella, gets an offer to participate in a onetime criminal act that promises quick money and no repercussions, which forces him to make a difficult decision for his daughters sake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699233 The two Minnesota towns couldnt be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that companys carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporations president, is found shot dead--and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime. Olivias father, Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, comes to defend his daughter and uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639219 Caitlin now, finally, has all four keys, but still, she must find her father. Her search takes her to Nazareth, to Capernaum, to Jerusalem, following a mystical trail of secrets and clues in the footsteps of Christ. It also takes her to the ancient Mount of Olives, to Aiden and his coven, and to more powerful secrets and relics than shes ever known. At every turn, her father is just a step away. But time is of the essence: Sam, turned to the dark side, has landed back in this time, too, and as he unites with Rexius, leader of the evil coven, they race to beat Caitlin to the Shield. Rexius will stop at nothing to destroy Caitlin and Caleb, and with Sam on his side, and a new army behind him, the odds are in his favor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703134 Bridgestead is a peaceful spot: a babbling brook, rolling hills, and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens until the day that Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard from again. Now Joshuas daughter is getting married and wants one last attempt at finding her father. Has he run off with his mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles. So who better to get to the bottom of Joshuas mysterious disappearance? But as Kate taps into the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens cracks that some would kill to keep closed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639123 Ally Green returns home to bury her father and must decide if she can stop her wandering existence, as her life becomes intertwined with a that of a young woman fleeing the rock quarries of Nepal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643822 Shes saved countless lives, yet theres one person emergency room doctor Elizabeth Randall cant rescue--her adopted daughter, Jordan. Perhaps meeting her biological father, Blake Crawford, will be the lifeline Jordan needs. The handsome, guarded firefighter takes risks every day. But facing the daughter he never knew--along with lovely Elizabeth--has him thinking about family. With fatherhood thrust suddenly upon him, theres no way he can turn his back on his sick child--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641735 Massachusetts thirteen-year-old Clare, grieving after her mothers recent death, reluctantly travels with her father to spend nine weeks in a remote village in Malawi, where new friends and experiences help open her mind and heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640594 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573303 As the Romans storm the last stronghold of Dacia, Princess Ademeni awaits her fate. Taken as a slave, she is deposited into General Marcus Cordoviss home as a gift. Driven to avenge her family, Ademeni plots to kill her captor and escape. Though not the cruel victor she expects, Marcus keeps her too close to make escape easy--so close that Ademeni is soon tormented by an unbidden, traitorous attraction. In a moment of weakness, a passionate kiss almost undoes them both. But the handsome, widowed general has another surprise for Ademeni: a young daughter. Marcus dares ask Ademeni to help him bridge the gap between him and his little girl. And now, Ademeni is growing too fond of those she is supposed to despise. As Marcus prepares for the triumphal march and the opening of the gladiatorial games--where captives of her homeland will be sacrificed--Ademeni readies for her own battle--between revenge and love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639596 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748740 When her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Molly moves from Indiana to California, to live with her newly discovered father, a Hollywood megastar, and his pampered teenaged daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562045 Jadens summer visit with her meteorologist father, who has just returned from spending four years in Russia conducting weather experiments not permitted in the United States, fills her with apprehension and fear as she discovers that living at her fathers planned community, Placid Meadows, is anything but placid. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748441 A peaceful summer night is shattered by gunfire as an unseen assailant tries to murder police officer John Busby. Though horribly wounded, Busby survives. But the perpetrator remains at large, meaning neither Busby, nor his wife, nor their three children are safe. In separate chapters John and his daughter Cylin, who was nine at the time, recount the story of that year. John writes graphically, and movingly, of his wounds, his pain, his multiple surgeries, and his rage... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699497 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639985 Charles Dickens Dombey and Son tells the story of the wealthy owner of a shipping company, Paul Dombey, who dreams of having a son to carry on the family business. It deals with themes such as marriage for financial gain, cruelty towards children, family relationships, pride, arrogance, betrayal and the destructive effects of industrialization. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640210 Emma stands a little apart from Jane Austens other novels. It is perhaps the most self-aware, socially critical and ironic of all her works. Her protagonist, Emma Woodhouse, is a beautiful, rich girl who is also spoiled, proud and blinded by her own situation in life. She begins to understand herself and life a little better when her romantic schemes - charitable good works to those around her - become entangled in tensions of class and of the heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640213 The first novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton was published in 1848. It tells of the plight of the lower class in Manchester during the 1830s and 1840s. Contrasting the gap between rich and poor, the first half of the novel tells of the humble lives of the Barton and Wilson families, the extreme poverty of the Davenports and the luxurious life of the Carsons. Symbolically, John Barton receives five shillings for selling most of his worldly possessions; Henry Carson has this as loose change in his pocket. The second half of the novel comes to grips with a plot to murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646793 Fancy Nancy thinks that everything in the sky is simply stellar, from the sun and the moon to the stars and their constellations (thats a fancy word for the shapes that stars make!). So nothing could make her happier than a special sleepover under the stars with her dad and her little sister, JoJo. Together Nancy and JoJo wish on stars, moon bathe, and even eat astronaut ice cream! But when rain clouds cover up the stars, whats a stellar stargazer to do? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646799 Tillie Harriss life is in disarray--her husband is away on business, the boxes in her new home arent unpacked, and the telephone isnt even connected yet. Though shes not due for another month, sudden labor pains force Tillie to reach out to her estranged father for help, a choice that means facing the painful memories shes been running from since she was a little girl... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561903 After overcoming a number of obstacles, especially in the subject of geography, Olivia is on her way to Hollywood to appear on Jeopardy! and, she hopes, to reunite with her father who left the family two years ago. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574716 Psychologist Joe OLoughlin is being pushed away. His marriage is ending. Charlie, his eldest daughter, will barely speak to him. And Charlies rebellious best friend Sienna is getting into more and more trouble, and taking Charlie along for the ride. Sienna has been almost like family to OLoughlin-a troubled child who for years spent more time in the OLoghlin residence than her own home. OLoughlins worst fears are confirmed when Sienna turns up at his front door, traumatized and covered in blood. The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Siennas house: her father Ray Hegarty, a celebrated former police officer, murdered. The blood covering Sienna was her fathers. She cant remember what happened, but, at the same time, doesnt mourn her fathers death. OLoughlin vows to unearth the dark secrets of Siennas mind, hoping his efforts will win back the confidence of a daughter he may be in danger of losing forever. But as the accusations fly, the line between victim and accused begins to blur. When the detective in charge of the case seems all too eager to lay the blame at Siennas feet rather than malign the honor of a respected former colleague, OLoughlin begins to make his own inquiries. But each step he takes toward the truth also brings him closer to the path of a manipulative killer unlike anything he has ever encountered-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709820 Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful. Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes, lots of spending money, a cool car, and a picture-perfect fianc. So why is she so unhappy? She promises God that she will become a better person as her father lays on his deathbed. But, keeping that promise unravels Chantells seemingly perfect life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573774 Using magic means it uses you back, and every spell exacts a price from its user. But some people get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent. Then its Allison Beckstroms job to identify the spell-caster. And when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her fathers signature all over it, Allie is thrown into a world of black magic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543179 It is the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut. Glen, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. Waiting for Sheilas return, with their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Adding to the tragedy, the police claim Sheila was responsible. Glen knows it is impossible. When he investigates, Glen begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors. Propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew, Glen must take his own desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child. -- From publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707821 Dr. Lily Whitney has been recruited by her father to help conduct a government experiment studying the psychic ability of an elite group of soldiers. Blesed with the gift herself, Lily is fascinated by the study, and intensely drawn to one of its difficult subjects--the broodind Captain Ryland Miller. When the experiment goes awry, and her father is murdered, Lily will need Ryland to help catch the killer. But Ryland is weary about trusting a scientist, even if his connection to Lily is too strong to resist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709005 At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevive, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of the aging resident Goriot. Once a well-heeled merchant, Goriot was--at first--afforded special treatment from the Madame. But now something is clearly amiss in his financial affairs, and his increasingly tawdry appearance makes him a subject of ridicule in the household. Some think he lost in the markets, others see him as a lecherous patron of prostitutes, but one thing is clear: his selflessness and complete devotion to his two daughters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540689 France, 1963. The last thing Inspector Lucas Rocco expects to find, in a British military cemetery, is the body of a murdered woman wearing a Gestapo officers uniform. When the body is removed from the police mortuary on the authority of a Paris magistrate, Rocco traces the order back to the dead womans father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710949 In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542818 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296717 Calliope Reaper-Jones so just wanted a normal life: buying designer shoes on sale, dating guys from Craigs List, web-surfing for organic dim-sum for her boss... But when her father--who happens to be Death himself--is kidnapped, and the Devils Protege embarks on a hostile takeover of the family business, Death, Inc., Callie returns home to assume the CEO mantle--only to discover she must complete three nearly impossible tasks in the realm of the afterlife first. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541888 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707994 Joe Junior, the barber of Post Oak, Texas, has been murdered. And though he was beloved around town, there are no less than three primary suspects. Judge Crain has the final word when it comes to laying down the law in PostOak, but this time hes having a dandy of a hard time figuring out where to lay it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542759 After being ousted from yet another elite boarding school, seventeen-year-old Jane returns to her Alabama hometown, where her grandmother persuades her to enter the Magnolia Maid pageant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542147 A story about a mans deception, a familys complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoons two families, the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered. As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed characters, the father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncle, she also reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one anothers lives. At the heart of it all are the two lives at stake, and like the best writers--think Toni Morrison with The Bluest Eye--Jones portrays the fragility of these young girls with raw authenticity as they seek love, demand attention, and try to imagine themselves as women, just not as their mothers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539458 Nothing short of her dads stroke could bring professional bodyguard Cara Madison back to Virginia. But her homecoming turns explosive with a pipe-bomb package addressed to her father. Cara knows two things for sure. First, someones after either her father or her...or both. And second, this job is too big to handle on her own. Unexpected help comes from agent Connor Fitzgerald. Years ago shed walked away from him...and love. Now, despite their unresolved feelings, they must join forces--and settle their scarred past--to survive.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709529 Eight years ao, the three teenaged McKenna sisters, Kate, Ashley, and Caroline, became famous by winning an arduous, around-the-world sailboat race. Driven hard by their ambitious father, the three young women faced months of intense emotional strain and physical hardship and persevered. But the cost of their tremendous victory didnt come cheap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708255 When her mother throws her father out, young Lulu is told never to let him in again. But Lulu disobeys, and the consequences are heartbreaking. Lulus mother ends up killed, and Lulu and her sister Merry are orphaned. Now, as the sisters grow into adulthood, they find the ghosts of their past are difficult to outrun. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639491 A harrowing and engrossing saga set in nineteenth-century Devon. It is 1887, and times are lean. When West Country farm labourer Emmanuel Ladycott and his dairymaid daughter, Tresca, lose their jobs, they head for Tavistock, where Emmanuel hopes to join the hundreds of navvies working on the new railway line. Tresca is determined to forge a new life among the overcrowding and poverty of Bannawell Street. But when Emmanuel loses this new job, Tresca is left on the brink of despair. Will she find the strength to fight for her future? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707754 Eleven-year-old Ellie Sanders is forced to grow up quickly when her pregnant mother develops health problems and her fathers attentions become diverted by a teenage produce peddler. To escape, Ellie creates a secret world of her own, where life still seems normal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709206 The Woodsmans Daughter is set in 19th-century rural Georgia. Dauntless teenaged beauty Dahlia is plagued by her hard-drinking father and his terrible secrets. Determined to make a better life for herself, Dahlia strikes out to raise her own family. But her life is haunted by tragedy, and she is never out of reach of fates cruel hand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641538 Growing up along the Gulf Coasts Shell Beach, Daisy Fay has to deal with lots of troubles, including her own daddy who has a mortgage scheme in which his daughter has to return from the dead in a carefully orchestrated miracle--Cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574756 Milo Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls, Maine, with his partner, Mrs. Whiting, who is the heir to a faded logging and textile legacy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707908 Lillian longs to soar beyond her provincial limits. After enjoying Londons sophisticated society and the attentions of wealthy suitors, Lilly returns home to help her ailing dad. Determined to resurrect his apothecary business, Lilly labors tirelessly--praying her familys secrets and her rivals schemes wont cloud her future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539667 Though Caroline Wallace cant have a family, she can still have a purpose. Becoming Simpson Creeks new schoolmarm helps heal the heartache of losing Pete, her fiance, to influenza. Then Petes brother arrives, trailing a herd of cattle and twin six-year-old girls. Jack Collier expected Pete and his bride to care for his daughters until he was settled in Montana. But bad weather and worse news strand Jack in Texas until spring. Its little wonder Caroline grows fond of Abby and Amelia. But could such a refined, warmhearted woman fall for a gruff rancher ... before the time comes for him to leave again? --Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709599 Putting Henchard on trial for his behaviour enables this recording to get inside Hardys novel. This audio GCSE guide combines a fully-cast dramatization of the text with the hotseating technique of questioning characters inside the book in order to give students access to the plot, historical background and the motivations of each character. It also offers advice and tips on planning and studying for exams and coursework. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573745 In 1980s Atlanta, James Witherspoon is living a double life. He has two families, a public one and a secret one. When the daughters from each family become friends, James secrets are revealed and lives are changed forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543111 When three teenage clients of her fashion photographer dad go missing, Shelbys near perfect life crumbles when her dad is named a prime suspect in the girls disappearance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708811 Annette Goode has finally found a man who loves her. But at a pre-wedding ceremony, her ugly past is revealed, and her world falls apart. When she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, it seems like everything might be fine--until her long-absent friend, who hides a deadly secret, comes back into Annettes life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574480 Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706995 As Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett races against time to save an endangered species, he finds himself plunged into a deadly mystery that soon threatens his family and the life he loves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573639 In 1897, Lady Elizabeth Beth Wellington flees an arranged marriage in England to become a school teacher in New Prospects, Montana, the home of her young pen pal Janie Steele. Janies father, Garrett, expects that Lady Beth will want to be waited on hand and foot, but Beth surprises him by moving into a tumbledown cabin. As Beth settles into her new life, her feelings for Garrett grow while she fends off the mayors hot pursuit.--Amazon.com. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699802 Peter and Georgia Marsh are in the Kentish seaside resort of Broadgate, on the trail of Georgias missing brother Rick when they come across the strange tale of a haunted fish and chip shop. They pursue both mysteries but the journey to discovery is a dangerous one. There is much at risk. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709103 Thirty-one-year-old Cornelia Brown adores classic romantic films. Anything starring Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant will do nicely, especially The Philadelphia Story. Unapologetically idealistic about love, Cornelia appears to catch the break of a lifetime when the dashing Martin Grace, her own personal Cary Grant, comes strolling into her life. But Cornelias life truly changes one snowy day when she looks up to find troubled 11-year-old Clare Hobbes standing before her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252803 Sixteen-year-old Jude hopes to finally become who she wants to be, away from tiny Churchtown and the father who cannot get over her mothers death, by joining a prestigious drama program in London until Stella, her wild childhood friend, returns and causes Jude to wonder if she really wants to be the center of attention, after all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709340 The villagers of Ravelo have the weaver, Silas Marner, marked as a miser, but he has a heart of gold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710991 In 1943, eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan lives with her scientist father in Los Alamos, New Mexico, as he works on a top secret government program, and befriends an aspiring artist who is a misfit just like her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1351251 Miriam Lapp returns to the Amish community she once belonged to when she hears of her mothers death. Amidst her grief and some painful lies from her past, she is forced to face the people who rejected her. Losing her once fianc and being shunned by her father becomes an excruciating test of her faith. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710932 In 1961 fifteen-year-old Pert, who lives with her mother in Kinship, Georgia, meets her long-absent father and discovers the true meaning of home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710732 Haunted by flashbacks, fifteen-year-old Meredith learns that three years in prison has not changed the abusive father who molested her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540777 Maddie loves it when her father plays scary games with her, but when he is too busy with work she turns into a Maddie Scientist and builds herself a monster dad that she thinks will be more fun. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707932 Young and recently widowed, Jasmine Houston confronts the vital issues of freedom and slavery, love and hate, life and death. As Jasmines opposition to slavery grows and her friendship with her bachelor brother-in-law Nolan deepens, her Massachusetts horse farm soon becomes a stop for the Underground Railroad. With both her mother and mammy dying, she and her young son rush to the family plantation in Mississippi--escorted by Nolan. Keeping a death-bed promise, Jasmine tries to emancipate her mammys son. But soon a sinister kidnapper will put her faith and her love to the ultimate test. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710948 King Solon the Red attempts to capture his runaway daughter Ettarde and force her into marriage with a rival king who has been threatening his reign. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711224 When her eight-year-old neighbor is stricken with polio in 1955, eleven-year-old Laurie discovers that there is power in her imagination as she weaves a story during her visits with him and other patients confined to iron lung machines. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641294 Curiosity about a murder that took place in an eighteenth-century folly draws father and daughter team Peter and Georgia Marsh to attend a summer gala in honour of Jane Austen at Stourdens, a fast decaying Georgian mansion in Kent. But instead of enjoying a literary day out, they are thrust into a tense situation rapidly approaching boiling point.--P. [2] of jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573793 Named for two literary characters (Alice from Lewis Carroll and Ozma from L. Frank Baum), the author is the daughter of a Philadelphia-area elementary school librarian. Father and daughter embarked on a streak of reading-out-loud sessions every night before bed as Ozma was growing up--a streak that would continue for eight years straight. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296741 Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mothers death, Princess Azalea and her eleven sisters join The Keeper, who is trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710929 Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mothers and ten-year-old sisters grief, as well as her own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541835 Francis Gil Gilheaney is a sculptor of boundless ambition. But bad fortune and his own prideful spirit have driven him from New York into artistic exile in Texas just after World War I. His adult daughter, Maureen, serves as his assistant, although she has artistic ambitions of her own and is beginning to understand how her own career--perhaps even her life--has become hostage to her driven fathers wild pursuit of glory. When Lamar Clayton, an aging, heartbroken rancher, offers Gil a commission to create a memorial statue of his son Ben, who was killed in the war, Gil seizes the opportunity to create what he believes will be his greatest achievement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707793 After the unexpected death of his daughter, musician Adam Anker loses all sense of direction in his life. Adrift, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery, one that will take him from New Zealand, to Poland, and finally to Sweden for a reunion with his daughters mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540917 When Audrey Cunninghams father proposes that they move to Bridal Veil Island, where he grew up, she agrees, thinking this will help keep him sober and close to God. But they arrive to find wealthy investors buying up land to build a grand resort on the secluded island--and they want the Cunninghams acreage. Contractor Marshall Graham cant imagine why the former drinking buddy of his deceased father would beckon him to Bridal Veil Island. And when Boyd Cunningham asks him to watch over Audrey, Marshall is even more confused. He has no desire to be saddled with caring for this fiery young woman who is openly hostile toward him. But when Audrey seems to be falling for another man--one who has two little girls Audrey adores--Marshall realizes she holds more of his heart than he realized. Which man will Audrey choose? And can she hold on to her ancestral property in the face of overwhelming odds? --from publishers description http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708026 For six years, Reginald Brooks--slick Disney marketing VP--has pulled off the perfect scam. He has juggled two families without the other one finding out. He stays two weeks in Miami with his wife and two young adult daughters and the next two weeks in Orlando with his trophy mistress and their young daughter. But when the charade unravels, its clear theres been a lot more pretending than anyone realized. Soon wide-ranging consequences begin to take their toll. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708269 Old-school lawyer Albert Schmidt has spent years climbing the ladder of success. But now, at what should be the pinnacle of his career, he is widowed, forcibly retired and harbors mixed feelings about his daughters impending marriage. Suddenly, a seductive young woman asks Smitty what he wants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708578 Traces the authors journey of recovery after a childhood marked by her mentally ill father, a respected suburban doctor with an obsessive need for control that caused him to torture his wife and children about the most minute details of their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1606994 Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate attorney who wants nothing more than for her husband, Des, to renounce his hustlin ways and commit to his life as a pastor, especially after someone tries to kill him. But Des isnt ready to abandon his old habits just yet. He has to find out who is behind the murder attempt, and he wonders if the brazen robbery that took place during one of his church services is related in any way. But before he or Yarni can regain their footing, a young woman shows up on their doorstep, Desember Day, the eighteen-year-old daughter Des never knew he had. And, unfortunately, she takes after her father, so trouble isnt far behind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710577 While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her familys past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710549 Willa, a romantic girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother, Cape Cods most popular wedding planner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707871 When Vronique Girard was five, her father left for America to amass a fortune and send for his family. After 25 long years, a deathbed promise carries Vronique from Paris to Willow Springs to find her long-lost father--said to be mining in nearby mountains. But when she asks local freighter Jack Brennan to take her on his treacherous mining camp deliveries, neither realizes how much a simple request will forever alter their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709603 Lear, the King of Britain, has three daughters. Wishing to ease himself of the burden of rule, he determines to divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711073 During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansions boarded-up tower.