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41) Prairie Promises
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Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
You'll be delighted with the wit and humor of three stories of marriage plans that don't go as expected. Clara Fields tries to escape a difficult situation by finding a bride for a storekeeper's son, only to discover that the task is more complicated than she thought. The shotgun wedding that results from Opal Speck's hasty confession-that Adam Grogan is the father of her unborn baby-ends up creating more problems than it solves. Gavin Miller's mistaken...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
All she wants for Christmas is to stay alive-and she needs the help of her state-trooper ex to do it . . .
Blood on her blouse. A gun in her hand. A cartel leader's dead body in front of her. Widow Asia Stratton can't remember what happened-just that she's been framed . . .
The only way to prove her innocence is to work with her ex-sweetheart, Nebraska state trooper Slade Jackson. But can they clear her name before this Christmas turns even...
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English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Will Hopkins's new housekeeper is the prettiest young woman he's ever seen - and that's the problem. Will thought Abigail Stewart would be a middle-aged matron well suited to hardscrabble prairie life. Even if his young sons are entranced by her wholesome kindness, his only option is to send Abby back east. For the sake of propriety... and his guarded heart. Answering the newspaper advertisement was Abby's chance of escape from her unhappy home. But...
45) Nebraska
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English
Description
Introduces the geography, history, people, industries, and other highlights of Nebraska.
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English
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"A rousing, suspenseful debut novel--True Grit meets Catch Me If You Can--based on the forgotten true story of a Robin Hood of the American frontier who pulls off the first successful kidnapping for ransom in U.S. history. Once the most wanted man in America, Pat Crowe is a forgotten folk hero who captivated the nation as an outlaw for economic justice. World, Chase Me Down resurrects him, telling the electrifying story of the first great crime of...
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Once again, acclaimed novelist Ron Hansen demonstrates his masterful versatility as a writer, with Isn't It Romantic?, a screwball comedy in the tradition of filmmaker Preston Sturges. In this charming entertainment, mistaken identities, botched schemes, and hilarious misunderstandings all play a part as Parisian sophistication collides with the affability and simple pleasures of the Great Plains. Touring America was Natalie's idea. But she had not...
49) Boys don't cry
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Language
English
Description
Teena Brandon alters her appearance to appear as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. She moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under her new identity. All goes well until her new friends discover her secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
50) Nebraska
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This book uses maps, full color photographs, and easy-to-read text to introduce the state of Nebraska"--
52) Election
Series
Criterion collection volume 904
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Nominated for Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actress at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the **Film Independent Spirit...
55) Worth
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Language
English
Description
After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.
56) The law of nines
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English
Description
Bestseller Goodkind ventures into thriller territory with results sure to please fans of his fantasy fiction. Turning twenty-seven may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the midwestern United States, it is cataclysmic. Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a rich and happy man; but something about this birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he just saved, has suddenly made him, and...
57) Nebraska
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, ecology, history, economy, religions, culture and people of the state of Nebraska.
59) Lazarus
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In tiny, god-forsaken Lazarus, Nebraska, Margo and Hank team up to solve a local murder, with Margo doing the detective work and the late Hank spying on suspects unseen. At the same time, Margo attempts to solve the cold case of her mother's murder seven years earlier. As Margo's quest becomes more perilous, Hank will try to protect her, anguished that he can't do more as she finally battles the sinister forces that killed her mother."--back cover....
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