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62) Boat of dreams
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
80 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Rogério Coelho's family vacation on a Brazilian coastal village in winter, the characters of the old man and the young boy popped into his imagination and compelled him to create a story that took him almost seven years to complete. An old man and a seagull live on a deserted island. A young boy and his cat are lonely in a city. Between them, in a stoppered bottle, floats a piece of paper on which the man draws a flying boat and the boy...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (7 hr.) : digital ; 9 x 6 cm
Language
English
Description
Jean Gilkyson, pregnant when her husband was killed, is raising their daughter, Griff, in an Iowa trailer house with yet another brutal boyfriend, when she realizes this can't go on. But the only refuge available is a town in Wyoming where her loved ones are dead and her father-in-law wishes she was too. For a decade he has blamed her for his son's death, choosing to go on living himself largely because his oldest friend otherwise couldn't survive....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aldwych West, an eighty-year-old modern-day aristocrat living alone in his Manhattan townhouse, is used to having what he wants. And when he sets eyes on August Dupond, a strong, stunningly beautiful soloist in the New York City Ballet, he decides he must have him. Soon they strike up a closeness that falls between the blurry lines of friendship, sponsorship, and love, and August moves in with Aldwych. But eventually August starts bringing home other...
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Back when Poke Rafferty first arrived in Bangkok to write a travel guide, some of the old-timers in the Expat Bar on Patpong Road helped him make sense of the city. Now these men--many of whom have been living in Southeast Asia since the Vietnam War--have grown old and, in some cases, frail. When a talkative stranger named Arthur Varney turns up, they accept him without suspicion, failing to see that he's actually using them to get to Poke. Varney...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr., 15 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sherlock's phenomenal mental acuity diminishing and the emotional life he had always resisted pushing its way to the surface, the worlds greatest detective is forced to confront the most baffling mystery of his career, that of the meaning and significance of his own inner life.
Author
Publisher
Black Rose Writing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
5th Anniversary Edition
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"With all his family and friends gone, one-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off wishes one by one. Along the way, Murray remembers what it's like to be young, and Jason fights for the opportunity to grow old. But when...
Author
Publisher
Forge/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mr Katō--a curmudgeon and recent retiree--finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won't allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him to join her business Happy Family, where employees act as part-time relatives or acquaintances for clients in need, for whatever reason, if only for a day....
Author
Publisher
New Vessel Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A letter has beckoned to Raimundo since he received it over fifty years ago from his youthful passion, handsome Cícero. But having grown up in an impoverished area of Brazil where the demands of manual labor thwarted his becoming literate, Raimundo has long been unable to read. As young men, he and Cícero fell in love, only to have Raimundo's father brutally beat his son when he discovered their affair. Even after Raimundo succeeds in making a...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover--and in some cases even make and unmake--the various uncharted parts of existence. In "Hypothetical Lizard," two concubines in a brothel of fantastical specialists fall in love with tragic ramifications. In "Not Even Legend," a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of...
74) The shade tree
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Villagers like to come to rest and cool down in the shade of a huge, old tree. But when a young traveler decides to join them one day, a rich man on whose land the tree stands demands they leave because he owns the tree and therefore its shade. Thinking fast, the traveler strikes a deal: one that will enable him to outsmart the rich man--and ensure that the villagers will always have access to the shade tree's shade, wherever it may fall. With simple,...
75) Pretty kitty
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 380L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
In this charming counting book, a lonely old man discovers one kitty on his front step. But he does not want a kitty cat - scat! As the number of kitties grows, will the man find room in his heart--and home--for his new feline friends? A counting picture book in rhyme about a lonely old man whose heart is slowly melted by an ever-growing number of kitties hoping to find a home.
77) Too far afield
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 658 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
[The wishes of Mr. Murray McBride volume 2
Publisher
Black Rose Writing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jason Cashman has reached the goal he spent the last twenty years seeking, but instead of feeling content, he feels empty. When he meets Alexandra Lopez, a ten-year-old America-loving girl facing deportation, he is inspired by his old friend, Murray McBride, to give her five wishes before she must leave. They set out to check off as many wishes as possible, but when Jason's transplanted heart begins to fail, he must choose between his obligations...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
ix, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Gang is known beyond Morgan, Minnesota. This self-made support group of guys, with their close-bonded friendships, daily routines, and active physical and mental lifestyles have the edge in successful aging. Eighty-two-year old Russ, the driver, has his loyalty tested when his best friend Rich's failing health demands his attention and then when he is wooed by Agnes and her home cooking.
80) Grudge match
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Rental edition ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry 'Razor' Sharp and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen are old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. On their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.