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1) The Academy
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"It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news arrives: America Today just ranked Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It's a seventeen-spot jump - was there a typo? The dorms need to be renovated, their sports teams always come in last place, and let's just say Tiffin students are known for being more social than academic. On the other hand,...
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Nestled at the bottom of a five-story apartment block in the community of Advance Hill is the children's playground in Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community. According to urban legend, if you touch the exact part of the hippo where you have an ailment or wound, you will see swift signs of recovery....
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
FICTION ADAMS
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FICTION ADAMS
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In one Halloween obsessed Midwestern town, everyone's on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Little do they know it's only the beginning. It's been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin. The town is famous for its Halloween celebrations, but also its history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. To Dolores, it's the place she fled, family, bad memories, and...
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"It's been several years since Detective Jimmy Perez left Shetland. He has settled into his new home in Orkney, the group of islands, off the northern coast of Scotland,with his partner Willow Reeve and their growing family. One stormy winter night, his oldest and closest friend, Archie Stout, goes missing. Ever the detective, Perez catches a boat to the island of Westray, where Archie worked as a farmer and lived with his wife and children. But when...
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
FICTION JURCZYK
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FICTION JURCZYK
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"Agatha's husband bought her a first-class ticket on the famous six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a present - a one-day writing retreat so she could get some serious writing done on her book. The first-class car is the perfect place to be productive, with only a handful of other passengers, plenty of snacks and drinks, and beautiful views flying by outside the window. But when the train breaks down in the middle of the Canadian woods and...
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
FICTION PATTERSO
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FICTION PATTERSO
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
FICTION PATTERSO
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FICTION PATTERSO
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor - Large Type
LT FICTION PATTERSO
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LT FICTION PATTERSO
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"Five members of a billionaire's family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment. Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills. A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, and crypto are all ready. There's only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn't...
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"Tess Bright just scored her dream role starring in an adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. It's not just the role of a lifetime, but it's also her last chance to prove herself as a serious actress (no easy feat after being fired from her last TV gig) and more importantly, it's her opportunity to honor her mom, who was the biggest fan of Jane Austen ever. But one thing is standing in Tess's way-well, one very tall, annoyingly handsome person,...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - New Romance
FICTION AMADOR
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FICTION AMADOR
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"In a Miami where enchantment is just another college major, the magic of television could change two lives. Penelope Delmar, a brokesalesgirl, has been chosen to compete on Cast Judgment, a spellcasting reality show. The winner gets a big cash prize, and for extra hype, this season is the Spellebrity Edition: every contestant will bepaired with a celebrity teammate. Unfortunately, her partner, Leandro Presto, is best known for his goofy viral spell...
9) Saltcrop
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"From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister - and Earth's environmental salvation. In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - New Books
FICTION WEHUNT
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FICTION WEHUNT
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"Horror Movie meets the scope and emotion of Stephen King in this heart-pounding, magnetic tour de force novel, destined to become an instant classic, about a woman pulled into a cult horror film that is determined to have a sequel, by critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt. Ten years ago, Jorie Stroud was the rising star of the October Film Haunt - a trio of horror enthusiasts who camped out at the filming locations of their favorite scary movies,...
11) Awake: a memoir
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
B HATMAKER
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B HATMAKER
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
B HATMAKER
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B HATMAKER
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Flr - Audiobooks
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CD B HATMAKER
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From Jen Hatmaker beloved New York Times bestselling author and host of the "For the Love podcast" -- comes a brutally honest, funny, and revealing memoir about the traumatic end of her twenty-six-year-long marriage, and the beginning of a different kind of love story.
12) History matters
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
973.072 MCC
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973.072 MCC
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor - History
973.072 MCC
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973.072 MCC
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
CD 973.072 MCC
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CD 973.072 MCC
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
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In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays--many never published before--Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided by its lessons, and the enduring legacy of American ideals. History Matters brings together selected essays by beloved historian David McCullough, some published here for the first time, written at different points over the course of his long...
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
FICTION STEEL
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FICTION STEEL
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
FICTION STEEL
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FICTION STEEL
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"Devon Darcy's reputation precedes her. As a highly sought-after portrait artist, she seems to have the ability to peer into the souls of her subjects and then capture them on canvas. But the world doesn't know about the devastating losses she has endured, first as an orphan, then as a far-too-young widow. When entrepreneur Charles Mackenzie Taylor sees her at a New York gallery event, he is instantly haunted by her beauty and her talent. Having lost...
14) Vianne: a novel
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
FICTION HARRIS
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FICTION HARRIS
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult New
FICTION HARRIS
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FICTION HARRIS
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"Secrets. Chocolate. A touch of magic. On the evening of July 4th, a young woman scatters her mother's ashes in New York and follows the call of the changing winds to the French coastal city of Marseille. For the first time in her life, Vianne feels in control of her future. Charming her way into a job as a waitress, she tries to fit in, make friends, and come to terms with her pregnancy, knowing that by the time her child is born, the turning wind...
15) Clown town
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - New Books
FICTION HERRON
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FICTION HERRON
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"The ninth book in the series behind Slow Horses, an Apple original series now streaming on Apple TV+. "Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren't much better than clowns." Or so David Cartwright, the late retired head of MI5, used to tell his grandson. He forgot to add that old spies can be dangerous, too, especially if they've fallen on hard times-as River Cartwright is about to learn the hard way. David Cartwright, long buried, has left...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - New Books
FICTION ROSS
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FICTION ROSS
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"Set in the world of the gods first introduced in Divine Rivals, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Ross delivers a sweeping, beautiful adult novel filled with tension, romance, and dark secrets. True love is more divine, than any ruthless god. Born in the firelit domain of the under realm, Matilda is the youngest goddess of her clan, blessed with humble messenger magic. But in a land where gods often kill each other to steal power and alliances...
17) Sunward
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"Captain Tova Lir chose a life as a courier rather than get involved in her family's illustrious business in politics. Set in humanity's far future, hiring a planetary courier is essential for delivering private messages across the stars. Encouraged by friends, Tova begins mentoring baby bots, juvenile AI who are developmentally in their teens, and trains them how to interact within society essentiallybecoming their foster mom. Her latest charge,...
18) Play nice
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"Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so-glamorous secret: she grew up in a haunted house. Well, not haunted. Possessed. After Clio's parent's messy divorce, her mother, Alex, moved Clio and her sisters into a house occupied by a demon. Or so Alex claimed. That's not what Clio's sisters remember or what the courts determined when they stripped Alex of custody after...
19) Truly
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor - Memoir and Biography
B RICHIE
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B RICHIE
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As a storyteller second to none, Lionel Richie is ready to tell it all. In this intimate, deeply candid memoir, Lionel revisits hilarious and harrowing events to inspire all who doubt themselves or feel their dreams don't matter. Lionel chronicles lessons learned during his unlikely story of remarkable success--his dramatic transformation from painfully shy, "tragically" late bloomer to world-class entertainer and composer of love songs that have...
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"A gripping account of the rise of the digital world and a crucial guide to the future of the internet-from the inventor of the WorldWide Web"-- Provided by publisher.
The inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision's promise--and how it can be redeemed for the future. Perhaps the most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of technologist. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, he famously...
