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Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
Author
Series
Alaska homecoming volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Astrid James didn't ask to be mayor of Deep River, but when an arrogant outsider shows up and tries taking charge, she'll have to decide what she's willing to risk.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Paradise is rocked by the mayor's untimely death in the latest novel starring police chief Jesse Stone"--
The town of Paradise receives a tragic shock when the mayor is discovered dead, his body lying in a shallow grave on a property on the lake. It's ostensibly suicide, but Jesse's has his doubts... especially because the piece of land where the man was found is the subject of a contentious and dodgy land deal. Two powerful moguls are fighting...
4) Blindside
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing and in danger. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. The two strike a deal. Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. Just one father helping another. The detective leaps into the case and sources lead him to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking...
Author
Series
Empire State novel volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A female accountant in 1908, Eloise Drake thought she'd put her past behind her. Then her new job lands her in the path of the man who broke her heart. Alex Duval, mayor of a doomed town, can't believe his eyes when he sees Eloise as part of the entourage that's come to wipe his town off the map. Can he convince her to help him--and give him another chance?
Author
Series
Girls trip volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Marketing manager Caila Harris knows that the road to success in the beauty industry doesn't allow for detours. She's forsaken any trace of a social life, working 24/7 to ensure her next promotion. When grief over her grandfather's death leads to several catastrophic decisions, Caila gets one final chance to prove herself: shut down an unprofitable factory in a small Southern town. But as soon as she arrives in Bradleton, she meets one outsized problem:...
7) Provenance
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles interior designer and former foster kid Kendall Green is in high demand, both for her impeccable eye and for her uncanny ability to uncover the provenance of any piece. But for all her success, skyrocketing costs have put her California home and her business in jeopardy. Then an unexpected inheritance provides a timely solution: a grandmother she never knew has left her a group of historic properties in a tiny Colorado town on the edge...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Make your way to the ballot box --- Mama is running for mayor! There are lots of improvements to be made in Bear Country, and Mama has a plan. She's going to fix the roads, pick up the trash, and replace the broken streetlights. But will she promise too much?
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Best friends Katie and Suzanne are both nominated for mayor of the fourth grade, and Suzanne wants to win so much that she starts spreading mean rumors, while Katie gets an inside look at the Cherrydale mayoral race.
11) The ditch
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print Core
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Robert Walter, popular mayor of Amsterdam, sees his wife toss her head back with laughter while chatting to one of his aldermen at a New Year's reception, he immediately suspects the worst. Despite their long and happy marriage, Robert is convinced that Sylvia is cheating on him--with the respectable alderman who is dedicated to the environment, no less. The man who wants to spoil the capital's skyline with wind turbines. The New Year's reception...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ineffective, short-sighted and self-centred, that's what top family lawyer Leah Ellis thinks of Gil Hamilton. And that's why she's vying for his position as mayor of Butterfly Harbor. But when a six-month-old baby is left on Gil's doorstep, he turns to her for help. Gil's dedication to baby Eli shows Leah she was wrong about her rival. But can he win her vote for a future together?
Author
Series
Harlequin heartwarming volume 284
Publisher
Harlequin Heartwarming
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"To mayor and single dad Mitch Kincaid, Second Chance, Idaho, is something of a time capsule, and he wants to keep it that way. His problem? Gorgeous pregnant redhead Laurel Monroe, who, along with her family, now owns the town. But sometimes all it takes is an unexpected opportunity--and a snowstorm--to turn Mitch's bad first impressions into a second chance at love!" -- Page [4] cover.
14) Mom for mayor
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Upon learning that the city has sold his neighborhood park to developers, fifth-grader Eric Clark determines to help his community by getting his mother elected mayor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Receiving a surprise inheritance, social media expert Maddy Montgomery must live in her great-aunt Octavia's house in New Bison, Michigan, for a year, running her bakery and caring for an English mastiff named Baby, while trying to prove her innocence in the murder of the town's mayor"--
A surprise inheritance offers Maddy Montgomery a chance to regroup from a no-show groom at her wedding -- as long as she is willing to live in her late, great Aunt...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212), Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to fix the town's pipes, the water commission will shut off the water to the village and all its residents will be forced to disperse. So in a bid to boost tourism--and revenue--he spreads a harmless rumor that movie star Dante Rinaldi will be filming his next project nearby. Unfortunately, the plan...
Author
Series
Modern Library college editions volume T20
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1950]
Language
English
Description
Thomas Hardy's first masterpiece, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a scene of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. A poor workman named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunken rage, sells his wife and baby daughter to a stranger at a country fair. Stricken with remorse, Henchard forswears alcohol and works hard to become a prosperous businessman and the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But he cannot erase his past....
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