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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Flr - Audiobooks
CD FICTION ALLENDE
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CD FICTION ALLENDE
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Audiobooks
CD FICTION ALLENDE
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CD FICTION ALLENDE
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"In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and...
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION ARDEN
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FICTION ARDEN
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION ARDEN
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FICTION ARDEN
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"At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind--she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor...
3) Snow
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"Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family. The year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford--flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer--faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Flr - Audiobooks
CD FICTION BENJAMIN
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CD FICTION BENJAMIN
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"The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats-- leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION BINCHY
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FICTION BINCHY
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION BINCHY
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FICTION BINCHY
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Flr - Audiobooks
CD FICTION BINCHY
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CD FICTION BINCHY
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Follows the efforts of Chicky who, with the help of Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business), turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges. John, the American movie star thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - Romance
FICTION FARMER
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FICTION FARMER
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION FARMER
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FICTION FARMER
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"After years of putting aside her dreams of travel and adventure, Bailey George is ready to leave Lanford Falls and her responsibilities behind on a long-awaited vacation to New York City. But when the volunteer who took over her leadership position for the town's Winter Wonderfest has a medical emergency, Bailey finds herself stuck in Lanford Falls. She gets roped into reassuming her old role, not wanting to let the town or her friends and family...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION GRAVES
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FICTION GRAVES
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"Tough but haunted police chief Lizzie Snow, a big-city cop with a mission, takes on a small town with a dark side when she moves from Boston to Bearkill, Maine, hoping to find her missing niece. As a blizzard bears down, Lizzie gears up for a showdown with a killer"-- Provided by publisher.
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION HAN
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FICTION HAN
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - New Books
FICTION HAN
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FICTION HAN
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION HAN
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FICTION HAN
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"One morning in December, Kyungha receives a message from her friend Inseon saying she has been hospitalized in Seoul and asking that Kyungha join her urgently. The two women have last seen each other over a year before, on Jeju Island, where Inseon lives and where, two days before this reunion, she has injured herself chopping wood. Airlifted to Seoul for an operation, Inseon has had to leave behind her pet bird. Bedridden, she begs Kyungha to take...
9) Snowblind
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Dark Iceland series volume 1
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION RAGNAR
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FICTION RAGNAR
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"Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors -- accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local...
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"A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway. But when the storm hits, no one is getting away. It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing maybe even romantic weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with...
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Puffin classics
Scholastic classics
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Scholastic classics
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Great illustrated classics
Dover thrift editions
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Library of America paperback classics
Kingfisher classics
Benediction classics
Scribner illustrated classic
Aladdin classics
Chiltern classics
Junior classics for young readers
Green Puffin classics
Macmillan classics
Oxford children's classics
LRS large print heritage series
Timeless classics study guide
Tor Classics
American Classics Children's Collection
Calico Illustrated Classics
World Classics
Dover thrift editions
Classic starts
Library of America paperback classics
Kingfisher classics
Benediction classics
Scribner illustrated classic
Aladdin classics
Chiltern classics
Junior classics for young readers
Green Puffin classics
Macmillan classics
Oxford children's classics
LRS large print heritage series
Timeless classics study guide
Tor Classics
American Classics Children's Collection
Calico Illustrated Classics
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Kids Audiobooks
J CD FICTION LONDON
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J CD FICTION LONDON
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"The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush--a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION MAGUIRE
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FICTION MAGUIRE
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Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the...
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"An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding...
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"Want to survive those dark and freezing winter months? The Danish do it with hygge--a concept that's all about coziness, simple pleasures, and the company of loved ones. Embrace this warmhearted philosophy with these 25 creative crafts and recipes, which range from gorgeous trinkets to snuggly woolens and tasty treats. You don't have to be an expert with a crochet hook or a whiz in the kitchen to complete the projects, which include easy-to-follow...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION MOSSE
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FICTION MOSSE
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Sepulchre and Labyrinth-a compelling story of love, ghosts and remembrance.
World War I robbed England and France of an entire generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, the battlefields took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. In the winter of 1928, still seeking some kind of resolution, Freddie is travelling through
...16) Spinning silver
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Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father's inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty -- until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk -- grim fey creatures who seem more ice than...
17) Winter sisters
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION OLIVEIRA
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FICTION OLIVEIRA
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After an epic snow storm ravages the city of Albany, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former Civil War surgeon, begins a search for two little girls, the daughters of close friends killed by the storm who have vanished without a trace. Mary's mother and niece Elizabeth, who has been studying violin in Paris, return to Albany upon learning of the girls' disappearance--but Elizabeth has another reason for wanting to come home, one she is not willing to reveal. Despite...
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On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her: the wealthy mother of a kidnapped daughter missing for two years; a farming family sure it is their son's secret daughter; a parson's housekeeper,...
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Plays (Oxford University Press)
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Pelican Shakespeare
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Pelican Shakespeare
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New Folger Library Shakespeare
RSC Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare Library
Arden Shakespeare
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Signet classic volume ce2260
Shakespeare Library classic
New Shakespeare
New Penguin Shakespeare
Folger Library general reader's Shakespeare volume w102
New Folger Library
Arden edition of the works of William Shakespeare
Dover thrift editions
RSC Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare Library
Arden Shakespeare
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Signet classic volume ce2260
Shakespeare Library classic
New Shakespeare
New Penguin Shakespeare
Folger Library general reader's Shakespeare volume w102
New Folger Library
Arden edition of the works of William Shakespeare
Dover thrift editions
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"The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies. Each edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play&;s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare&;s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images...
