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21) The inland sea
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After her final year in college, a young writer begins working part-time as an emergency dispatch operator in Sydney. Over the course of an eight-hour shift, she is dropped into hundreds of crises, hearing only pieces of each. The work itself becomes monotonous. And yet the stress of listening to far-off disasters seeps into her personal life, and she begins drinking heavily, sleeping with strangers, having an affair with an ex-lover. Interwoven with...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
503 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress emerge in the aftermath of World War I. After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can't wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search...
23) Sent to Sydney
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dom and Ella enjoy some of the sights and sounds of Sydney, Australia, while on a mission for the Secret World Adventure Team one New Year's Eve.
24) Undercover
Author
Series
Kensy and Max volume 3
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
372 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kensy and Max are back in London for no time at all before things begin to heat up--quite literally. As a result, Granny Cordelia ships them off to Australia on an undercover mission. The twins find themselves planted in a posh Sydney school where first appearances prove to be deceiving. What seems like a straightforward assignment turns into something so much bigger. Kensy and Max must employ all their spy skills--the fate of their parents, and...
25) Her tycoon hero
Author
Series
Heartsong presents volume HP1119
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cassie Beaumont believes in second chances. Set on proving to everyone that she's no longer a party girl, Cassie is focused on her career as an event planner. But her dad's top executive, Ryan Mitchell, proves to be a handsome distraction. Especially when someone from Cassie's wild past tries to get her tangled in the life she's worked hard to escape. Ryan is taken with his boss's beautiful daughter. But having been fooled by a brother who ran in...
26) Will
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Will's behavior has been getting him in trouble at his all-boys school in Sydney, Australia, but his latest punishment, playing in the band for a musical production, gives him new insights into his fellow students and helps him cope with an incident he has tried to forget.
27) Magic or madness
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Belltree trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Sergeant Harry Belltree, back on the job after a near-fatal confrontation with corrupt colleagues, has become a departmental embarrassment. He can't and doesn't want to return to his post with the Sydney Police Department. Instead, he accepts a post far away from Sydney and attempts to build a quiet life in Newcastle, Australia. But that quiet life quickly eludes him. A body's been found buried just offshore on Ash Island and that one body...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at an upscale department store called Goode's, are run off their feet selling ladies' cocktail dresses during the busy season. But in Sydney in the 1950s, there's always time to pursue other goals... Patty, in her mid-thirties, has been working at Goode's for years. She's married to Frank, who eats a steak for dinner every night, watches a few minutes of TV, and then turns...
30) Web of deceit
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When frantic man refuses to leave the car that witnesses say he deliberately crashed, paramedics Jane and Alex think it's a desperate cry for help. But his paranoid claims that someone is out to get him only confirm official reports that he is delusional. When he is indeed found dead in what looks like a suicide, Jane is uneasy: she remembers the raw terror in his eyes. Detective Ella Marconi shares these doubts, which are compounded as the case...
31) Finding Nemo
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Blu-ray version ; Collector's edition ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the depths of the Great Barrier Reef, Marlin (Albert Brooks), an overly protective clownfish, embarks on a daring rescue mission when his beloved son, Nemo, gets scooped up by a diver. With his unforgettable friend Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) by his side, Marlin encounters an ocean full of memorable comedic characters on his momentous journey--to find Nemo.