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c1979., 5-8; 7.1, Childrens Press Call No: REF 977.3 Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: His The new enchantment of AmericaSummary Note: A history of the state with a view of its industries today and a profile of some famous Illinoisans.
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[2018]., Adults, Crown Call No: BIOG 973.932 Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private. A deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations.
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c2006., Adult, Tyndale House Call No: FIC HEN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Sheriff Nathan Justice must track down a killer who is brutally murdering the women of Justice, Illinois, and joins forces with former FBI agent Rae Gabriella while trying to protect the town and restore its faith.
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c2003., Adult, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Chicago detective V. I. Warshawski investigates the murder of an African-American reporter and walks into a web of sex, politics, corruption, and secrecy spanning fifty years--from the McCarthy era to the Patriot Act--that could ultimately kill her.
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-- At head of title: Focus on the Familyc2007., Adults, Tyndale House Publishers Call No: BIOG 362.73092 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Focus on the familySummary Note: "Abandoned by his parents when he was just three years old, Rob Mitchell began his journey as one the last "lifers" in an American orphanage. As Rob's loneliness and rage grew his hope shrank. Would he ever find a real family or a place to call home? Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and ultimately triumphant, this true story shows how, with faith, every person can leave the past behind and forge healthier, happier relationships." --from back cover.
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c2008., Family, Walt Disney Home Entertainment Call No: DVD VID Edition: Full screen ; wides Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Choosing a college and striking out on one's own is an exciting time that requires a big adjustment by both child and parent, but few parents will have as much difficulty relinquishing control over their daughter's life as Chicago police chief James Porter. A loving, but overprotective father, James wants his daughter Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern College. When she's waitlisted and called for an interview at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., James gets more than a little nervous. Squashing her plans for a road trip to D.C. with her girlfriends, James insists on a father-daughter road trip which he envisions being full of reminiscing, heart-to-heart conversations, and a healthy dose of persuasive promotion of Northwestern. Melanie's little brother and pet pig stow away in the back of the truck. The Porters manage to keep running into a super sweet dad and his college-bound daughter, who have a close relationship, are full of clean-cut enthusiasm, and for some reason, willing to befriend the Porters.
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-- Sable Hill[2015]., Adults, Zondervan Call No: FIC GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Chicago World's Fair mystery Volume: #2Summary Note: When Gilded Age Chicago debutante Eloisa Carstairs meets Detective Sean Ryan at a high society ball, she trusts him with a dark secret and turns to him for protection against a killer on the loose, but their disparate social standing complicates the feelings growing between them.
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[2015]., Adults, Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc. Call No: FIC BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to view Click here to view Series Title: Prairie state friends Volume: #1Summary Note: Moving from Pennsylvania, finding rewarding work, and leaving heartbreak behind is the best decision Jonah ever made. But is he ready to consider love again when he meets Elaine Schrock? Will his scarred heart mend when she chooses family loyalty over love?
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By Larson, Erik2004, c2003., Adult, Vintage Books Call No: TRUC 364.152 3 0977311 Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
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2024., Adult, Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Call No: FIC HUN Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "This collection of three interconnected novellas follows each generation of the iconic Swagger family-grandfather Charles, father Earl, and fan favorite hero Bob Lee-from New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and "true master at the pinnacle of his craft" (Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Stephen Hunter"--
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[2015]., 3.4; Ages 3-6, Scholastic Inc. Call No: G TAR Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: I survivedSummary Note: Oscar Starling tries to survive during the Great Chicago Fire.
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1993., Adult, Doubleday Call No: FIC JAK Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Story of a German American family in Chicago, Ill. struggling to live the American dream.
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c2007., Adults, Bethany House Call No: FIC MIL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Postcards from Pullman Volume: #1Summary Note: "Olivia Mott didn't intend to lie. Somehow, it just happened. And wasn't it all Lady Charlotte's fault anyway? Now Olivia's position as assistnat chef at Pullman's elegant Hotel Florence is dependent upon her keeping her secrets. And sometimes lies have a way of leading to other lies. Should Olivia admit her real past and accept the consequences or keep quiet in order to preserve her comfortable new circumstances? Deception seems to be part of everyday life in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, where the grand Pullman Palace Car is manufactured. Samuel Howard, Olivia's friend and the town manager, seems to think everything is fine, but Olivia observes something quite different. Could it be that Olivia is not the only one harboring secrets?" --from back cover.
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c1995., Adult, Tyndale House Call No: FIC LaH Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Left behind seriesSummary Note: Airline captain Rayford Steele, stunned when over one hundred passengers vanish from his plane in the blink of an eye, quickly realizes the Rapture his wife had been telling him about--an event in which Jesus would return to take his followers to Heaven before they die--had happened and he had been left behind.
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c1998., 4.2; 5-8, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Y PEC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
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2011., Adults, Grand Central Pub. Call No: ROM ROB Edition: 1st mass market ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: After the Reverend Curtis Black and his wife, Charlotte, must take in the illegitimate child he fathered with a mistress, who is now deceased, the two-year-old's arrival puts stress on their marriage, and soon each begins to stray, all the while suspecting the other of infidelities.
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By Wiggs, Susanc2000., Adult, MIRA Call No: ROM WIG Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Chicago fire trilogySummary Note: Kathleen O'Leary, a penniless maid, disguises herself, with the help of her friends, as a glamorous heiress to attend a social event and meets Dylan Kennedy, a millionaire rumored to be looking for a wife, and while they are hugely attracted to each other, the Chicago fire interrupts their budding relationship, and they are forced to run for their lives before getting a chance to reveal their secrets.