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Series
Man and his cat volume 9
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this wholesome, heartwarming tale, a lonely older man takes home a pet-shop kitten that no one else wants. It doesn't take long for the pair to warm up to each other, and soon, they're inseparable. Told through the eyes of both the man and his cat, this sweet and hilarious story is a balm for the soul! The fur flies when Mr. Kanda's surly son, Hoshinari, turns up, only to add to the ever-growing crowd at the house! More laps to sit on and more...
Author
Series
Man and his cat volume 10
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A stint at the cat café to cover for Miss Sato unexpectedly leads to Mr. Kanda taking part in an impromptu rescue to save a kitty in need! The charge is led by the café manager, who ropes in Mr. Kanda and Teruaki Kuju, one of Mr. Kandas former pupils who happens to be in the right(?) place at the right(?) time."--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made quite difficult, however, when she is revealed as a fraud--she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker, and soon Sophie becomes an outcast. In dire search of clients, Sophie stumbles...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Description
Jean Gilkyson is floundering in a trailer house in Iowa with yet another brutal boyfriend when she realizes this kind of life has got to stop, especially for the sake of her daughter, Griff. But the only place they can run to is Ishawooa, Wyoming, where Jean's loved ones are dead and her father in law, the only person who could take them in, wishes that she was too. For a decade, Einar Gilkyson has blamed her for the accident that took his son's life,...
67) The grand tour
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Richard Lazar is advancing in years but regressing in life. After a career as a literary novelist that has ground to a halt and landed him in a trailer in Phoenix, Richard is surprised to find sudden success publishing a gritty memoir about his service in Vietnam. Sent on a book tour by his publishing house, Richard encounters his biggest (and really only) fan: an awkward, despondent student named Vance with issues of his own (an absentee father,...
68) Cuento de hadas
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Estoy seguro de que puedo contar esta historia. Tambien estoy seguro de que nadie se la creera. Eso me da igual. Me basta con contarla. Para mi --y esta claro que para muchos escritores, no solo los novatos como yo--, el problema es decidir por donde empezar ... Y ahora, mientras pienso en esas cosas, veo un claro hilo que conduce a lo largo de los anos hasta el senor Bowditch y el cobertizo cerrado con candado detras de su vieja y ruinosa casa victoriana....
69) Up
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Language
English
Formats
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Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
70) A sea of love
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Each morning, a frail, old, bespectacled fisherman heads out to sea, leaving his doting, matronly wife at home patiently caring for the house, awaiting his return in the evening. But one evening he doesn't come home, instead accidentally snared by a much larger, industrial fishing trawler that absentmindedly carries him across the Atlantic. Back home, the village wonders what might have happened, assuming his death, but his wife refuses to give up...
Author
Series
Man and his cat volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fukumaru's in the hospital and in big trouble! This turn of events leaves Mr. Kanda in big trouble too, emotionally speaking. Both the man and the cat know what it's like to be lonely, and as the days pass in a whirl, the reason Mr. Kanda weeps from time to time gradually becomes clear."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Man and his cat volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
His days as an unwanted, overlooked piece of merchandise a distant memory, Fukumaru is now well and truly Mr. Kanda's cat. He's gained a lot in the process, not least of which is his very own name! But Fukumaru isn't the only one getting something out of this relationship. First-time pet owner Mr. Kanda is finding his new life with Fukumaru to be full of surprises and delights. And Fukumaru's influence makes time, which had come to a standstill for...
73) Kill me tomorrow
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Series
Old cowboys never die volume 3
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Some say the Wild West is no country for old men. But apparently no one told Eli Doolin and Casey Tubbs. This rowdy pair of cowboys may be a bit long in the tooth but--thanks to the success of their new business venture, the D&T Cattle Company--they're riding high in the saddle. And raking in the cash. What's their secret? ... Disguised as even older men than they are, Doolin and Tubbs have managed to pull off a string of bank jobs without a hitch,...
76) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
77) Old man's war
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Enlisting in the army on his seventy-fifth birthday, John Perry joins an interstellar war between Earth and alien enemies who would stake claims on the few existing inhabitable planets, unaware that the conflict involves much more than he understands.
Author
Series
Old man Logan volume 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"New York's new mayor, Wilson Fisk, has banned vigilantes from the Big Apple! But Logan may have information that can take down the Kingpin, though Fisk won't surrender without a fight! Now that he's acquired political power, he'll do anything to hang on to it! Which means that even as Logan hunts down the Kingpin's biographer hoping to get dirt on the big man, he himself is being targeted by ... Bullseye! Prepare for a knockdown, drag-out fight in...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
""What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? Asle, an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway, is reminiscing about his life. His only friends are his neighbor, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers--two versions of...
80) Duffy and son
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Eugene Duffy is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40. For decades now, they've been running the family hardware shop and living in good-natured bachelor harmony. But time is marching on, and with thoughts of old age weighing heavily on his mind, Eugene is growing increasingly concerned about his son's future. He resolves to help in the best way possible: by finding Jim a wife. And he's not going to let anyone - let alone Jim himself - stand in his...
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