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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
415 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
The stressful life of reporter David Harwood turns terrifying when a day at a local amusement park is marked by the disappearances of his wife and son, a situation that reveals a tangled web of lies and deception.
Publisher
Hart Sharp
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gavin Ransom, a handsome land developer, wins the right to build a tract of garish mini-mansions on sensitive coastal real estate over the objection of environmentalists led by his sister, Olive Ransom, an intense, serious woman.
3) Monte Walsh
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Monte Walsh and his friends are cowboys and bronco busters, plying their trade in the Wyoming Territory of 1892. The advancement of civilization has all but rendered Monte obsolete, but Monte doesn't want to change his ways. But with the corporate buy-ups of Wyoming land, Monte and his friends may be forced to move on.
Author
Series
Summer beach volume 2
Description
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
5) Hoot
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the best-selling children's novel by Carl Hiaasen comes this larger-than-life story of three kids who answer the call of the wild by protecting a family of endangered miniature owls. But when a housing development threatens the fragile species, the threesome must learn to think big, break some rules and take a stand.
Author
Series
Bridal Veil Island romances volume 1
Formats
Description
"When Audrey Cunningham's father proposes that they move to Bridal Veil Island, where he grew up, she agrees, thinking this will help keep him sober and close to God. But they arrive to find wealthy investors buying up land to build a grand resort on the secluded island--and they want the Cunninghams' acreage. Contractor Marshall Graham can't imagine why the former drinking buddy of his deceased father would beckon him to Bridal Veil Island. And when...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
A polar bear of many words, Norm's greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do; he heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the big apple, big business and a big identity crisis to save the day.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early 20th century, Harley recounts that after his father's sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida-mere miles away from what would become Disney World-to join a community of Shakers. Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith, and charity,...
10) Forbidden boy
Author
Publisher
Harper Teen
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
234, 9 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
At the first beach party of the summer, Julianne meets the boy of her dreams, and when it turns out that his wealthy, obnoxious parents are trying to buy Julianne's family's beachfront property, their mutual and forbidden attraction grows.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
218 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Fox Street means everything to Mo Wren, who is nearly eleven, and so she is very upset when a land developer offers to buy her father's house, especially since she has not yet found the fox she is sure lives in the nearby ravine.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (7 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).
Description
Parish priest Father Chuck O'Malley (Bing Crosby back after introducing the affable O'Malley in the 1944 film Going my way) is sent to revive a financially-ailing parochial school and immediately finds himself at odds with the no-nonsense Sister Benedict on how to educate the children. Beyond their battle of wits lies a bigger problem--the skinflint businessman next door wants St. Mary's condemned, so he can build a parking lot for his employees.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
320 pages
Description
In the middle of the bustle of London's Soho, among the theaters and sex shops and pubs, sits a building. It isn?t particularly assuming. But it?s a prime piece of real estate, and a young millionaire, Agatha Howard, wants to convert it into luxury condos as soon as she can kick out all the tenants. The problem is, the building in question houses a brothel, and Precious and Tabitha, two of the women who live and work there, are not going to go quietly....
17) Dead pigs
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The fates of an unlucky pig farmer, a feisty home-owner defending her property, a lovestruck busboy, a disenchanted rich girl, and an American ex-pat pursuing the Chinese Dream converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs are found floating down the Huangpu River, towards a modernizing Shanghai in Cathy Yan's (Birds Of Prey) debut feature.
Author
Series
Lady and lady's maid mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
367 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children. But when Alice arrives alone, desiring a break from her family, Eva becomes concerned. Her dismay deepens as Alice starts spending time with a former beau, Keenan Ripley, who owns the nearby pear orchard. At the same time, Phoebe's sister Julia, now a widow and pregnant, is in a fretful state, and Phoebe struggles to be helpful to her. When...
20) Dead of winter
Author
Series
August Snow novels volume 3
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Authentico Foods Inc. has been a part of Detroit's Mexican town for over thirty years, grown from a home kitchen business to a city-block-long facility that supplies Mexican tortillas to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Detroit ex-cop and Mexican town native August Snow has been invited for a business meeting at Authentico Foods. Its owner, Ronaldo Ochoa, is dying, and is being blackmailed into selling the company to an anonymous entity. Worried...
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