Author: Hoffman, Lisa (Knitwear designer), author. Hoffman, Alice. Fairy tales. Selections.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 746.432
Format: Books
Summary: "Gorgeous knitwear meets inspired fairy tales with Alice Hoffman and Lisa Hoffman's Faerie Knitting. Each of the 14 projects from knitwear designer and knitting instructor Lisa Hoffman is inspired by and paired with an original fairy tale by New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman. From the Blue Heron Shawl and the Love Never Ending Cowl to the Three Wishes Mittens and Amulet Necklace, each of Lisa's projects feature clear, easy-to-follow instructions and gorgeous 4-color photography that perfectly capture the essence of Alice's signature, magical stories"--
Author: Sapkowski, Andrzej, author. French, David (Translator), translator.
Published: 2016
Call Number: F SAPKOWSK
Format: Books
Summary: The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous. There is only one place left to run.
Author: Sapkowski, Andrzej, author. French, David (Translator), translator.
Published: 2015
Call Number: F SAPKOWSKI
Format: Books
Summary: "Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent."--
Author: Zimniuch, Fran, author.
Published: 2015
Call Number: 796.332 ZIMNIUCH
Format: Books
Author: Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 Brave new world revisited.
Published: 2010 2004
Call Number: F HUXLEY
Format: Books
Summary: Huxley's vision of the future comes to life in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World--a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering--and its sequel, written thirty years after his classic novel of the future, in which Huxley describes the shocking scientific devices and techniques available to any group in a position to manipulate society.
Author: Albom, Mitch, 1958-
Published: 2006
Call Number: F ALBOM
Format: Books
Summary: In an inspirational debut novel by the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother's ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.
Author: Kaplan, Sonia.
Published: 2004
Call Number: B KAPLAN
Format: Books
Author: Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Allen, Brooke.
Published: 2003
Call Number: F STOKER
Format: Books
Summary: After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
Author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, author.
Published: 2001
Call Number: F DEFOE
Format: Books
Summary: During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
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