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Long Story Short
by Siobhán ParkinsonFrom Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor. Jono has always been able to cope with his mother's drinking, but when she hits his little sister Julie, he decides it's time for them to run away. Told in Jono's funny, self-conscious voice, the layers of his past and the events of his escape are gradually revealed. Amusing and touching but never sentimental, Siobhan Parkinson is a well reviewed middle-grade author who now turns her considerable skill as a writer to a young adult audience.
Long Time, No See
by Dermot HealyLong Time, No Seeintroduces us to the unforgettable world of Mister Psyche in the isolated coastal townland of Ballintra in the north-west of Ireland. Recent school-leaver, occasional worker, full-time companion and Malibu-provider to Uncle Joe-Joe and his friend The Blackbird, Psyche is a boy on the cusp of adulthood, undone by a recent traumatic event. Hanging out with men some fifty-plus years his senior proves hazardous for Mister Psyche when the appearance of a bullet-hole in Uncle Joe-Joe’s window draws him into a series of (mis)adventures which unsettle and bemuse. Perhaps The Blackbird is losing it? Or perhaps The General has decided to act on a decades-old grudge? Whichever way, as the paranoia grabs a creeping hold of Uncle Joe-Joe, his fragile world threatens to collapse. And it is Mister Psyche who must digest this and acknowledge the new world taking shape in the old. A novel about community, family, love and bonds across generations, Long Time, No Seeis one of the most significant novels to come out of Ireland in this new century. An epic in miniature, peopled by a cast of innocents and broken misfits, its still, lyrical power casts a miraculous literary spell.
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, a book destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph, which has, until now, been virtually unknown to most of the world. The foster son of a Thembu chief, Mandela was raised in the traditional, tribal culture of his ancestors, but at an early age learned the modern, inescapable reality of what came to be called apartheid, one of the most powerful and effective systems of oppression ever conceived. In classically elegant and engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s. He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children. He brings vividly to life the escalating political warfare in the fifties between the ANC and the government, culminating in his dramatic escapades as an underground leader and the notorious Rivonia Trial of 1964, at which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He recounts the surprisingly eventful twenty-seven years in prison and the complex, delicate negotiations that led both to his freedom and to the beginning of the end of apartheid. Finally he provides the ultimate inside account of the unforgettable events since his release that produced at last a free, multiracial democracy in South Africa. To millions of people around the world, Nelson Mandela stands, as no other living figure does, for the triumph of dignity and hope over despair and hatred, of self-discipline and love over persecution and evil. Long Walk to Freedom embodies that spirit in a book for all time.
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
by Jason Reynolds&“An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.&” —Booklist (starred review) &“Astonishing.&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &“A tour de force.&” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People&’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents&’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds&’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he&’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother.A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun. That&’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That&’s where Will&’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother&’s gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he&’s after. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. And that&’s when Will sees that one bullet is missing. And the only one who could have fired Shawn&’s gun was Shawn. Huh. Will didn&’t know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. Bigger huh. BUCK IS DEAD. But Buck&’s in the elevator? Just as Will&’s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck&’s cigarette. Will doesn&’t know her, but she knew him. Knew. When they were eight. And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES. And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if Will gets off that elevator. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.
Longarm #399: Longarm and the Grand Canyon Murders
by Tabor EvansA judge and his wife have disappeared while boating on the Colorado River. Three river guides have had their throats slit. And Longarm will have to keep his head above water as he battles the ruthless river rats-or he may find himself up the creek without a paddle. .
Longarm #407
by Tabor EvansMISSING LINK Deputy Marshal Link St. Clair is missing in action. Last seen hot on the trail of train robbers outside of Cheyenne, the lost lawman hasn't been heard from since--and now it's the job of Deputy Marshal Custis Long to find the fed. But Longarm is disturbed by an odd coincidence--a beautiful young widow he saved on the streets of Denver has also disappeared without a trace. Her last name? St. Clair. Once Longarm arrives in Cheyenne to unravel the mystery, he encounters a twisted trail of bloody murder, opium addiction, deadly deceit, and hidden gold. It turns out neither Lilly or Link St. Clair are what they appear. Only one thing is certain--both of them are far from saints...
Longarm #412
by Tabor EvansWHO'S BAYING AT THE MOON? The town of Crazy Kate, once known as Little Bucharest, was renamed after Katarina Barkova not only went mad after a wolf killed her beau but--legend has it--turned into a werewolf. When Longarm rides in with a prisoner in tow, the townspeople have a haunted look in their eyes. His arrival coincides with the next full moon--and the outlaw with him bears the marks of a wolf attack. The local law may be armed to the teeth with silver bullets, but Longarm aims to get to the bottom of the werewolf legend. Accompanied by a frisky general's daughter and his Winchester '73, he's ready for anything. But as the full moon rises, the lawman expects he's in for a long night...and a whole pack of trouble.
Longarm #430
by Tabor EvansWHAT A PAIR! The Olsen sisters are as beautiful as they are deadly. Hilda and Pearl were twin mistresses to Senator Taft Baker of Sacramento, California, but now the polygamous politician has been shot to death in his bed--and the sisters are nowhere to be found. Word is, they've fled to Denver, where it's up to Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long to bring the diabolical duo to justice--on the double! While the sisters may be identical in appearance, they turn out to be as different as night and day when it comes to temperament. Evil twin Pearl aims to blast Longarm with both barrels, while Hilda is more interested in doubling his pleasure. This time the lawman will have to think twice before making his move--or the Olsen twins may just be the death of him...
Longarm #431
by Tabor EvansHis prisoner had help--but Longarm never saw who it was. The backshooter's bullet creased the nape of his neck, knocking him from his horse and rendering him unconscious. Eager to make his getaway, Alton Gray made a fatal error--he didn't take a moment to confirm that the lawman was dead. Now Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long is back on the trail of the runaway prisoner--and his ambushing accomplice. A corrupt town marshal and a wily woman of ill repute may lead him to the elusive escapee, but to finish the job he started, Longarm will have to stick his neck out one more time...
Longarm #432
by Tabor EvansWHITE LIGHTNING One good lawman has already been murdered in pursuit of Missouri moonshiners who could care less if their rotgut leaves a person blind--or even dead. Now it's Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long's turn to search out their stills and make sure these moonshiners don't see the light of day.But as Longarm explores the back country, he learns there's far more at stake than selling bad hooch to the locals. Intoxicated by greed, one man is behind an ambitious whiskey-running operation to sell firewater--and firearms--to the Indians. It's up to Longarm to give this liquor-lugging lunatic a shot and a chaser of a little something called justice...
Longarm 409
by Tabor EvansDADDY'S LITTLE DOUBLE CROSSERLongarm has tangled with some dirty double-crossers in his day, but the luscious Lacy Sackett may be the dirtiest of them all. She's used her feminine wiles to hoodwink a long list of men--her banker father, the outlaws who've robbed her father's bank, clueless cavalry Captain Dickie Shafter, and even Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long. The lawman is determined to bring in the curvaceous catamount--no matter how many scratches he gets--and recover the loot she's hidden from her partners in crime. But until he's turned her in, he'd better not turn his back on her...
Longarm 420
by Tabor EvansSOME SOILED DOVES ARE DIRTIER THAN OTHERS... When Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long's boss, Billy Vail, sends him to the town of Salt Springs in New Mexico Territory to investigate a possibly crooked lawman, he needs a good cover. Whiskey salesman, wandering gambler, and doctor specializing in female complaints are all ruled out. Land speculator should be safe, Billy decides. But Longarm still manages to get himself into some trouble when he books a room in the town's only hotel, which also happens to be a brothel. Longarm quickly learns there's more going on behind closed doors than good times. Some of the ladies of the world's oldest profession may be moonlighting...as stagecoach robbers.
Longarm And The Sins Of Laughing Lyle
by Tabor EvansLAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK There’s nothing funny about the cold-blooded crimes of the bank robber and murderer known as Laughing Lyle May. After he robbed the Stoneville bank, he trapped the tellers and patrons inside—and set the place ablaze. Now Deputy Marshal Custis Long is on the heinous hyena’s trail, tracking him to a little town called Nowhere. There he discovers Lyle—wounded and unconscious on a doctor's table—but the stolen loot is nowhere to be found. No one seems to have seen the cash, though a preacher’s amorous daughter offers to let the lawman search her. Longarm is sure someone is up to some funny business, and he’s determined to make sure they don't have the last laugh… .
Longarm Double #3
by Tabor EvansThe fifth and sixth tales in the series deliver all the blood, bullets, and beauties Longarm lovers demand-and then some! .
Longarm and Lucky Lucy
by Tabor EvansLUCK BE A LADY At first glance one might think fortune has smiled on the lovely, redheaded Lucy Horton. But as U. S. Marshal Custis Long soon discovers, she is fleeing a tragic past in Philadelphia—and dodging armed assassins on the streets of Denver. In order to protect her, Longarm needs to know who wants her dead. Unfortunately Lucy is playing her cards close to her ample chest. But as her past continues to catch up with her, Lucy’s buried secrets may land them both in an early grave… .
Longarm and Naughty Nellie
by Tabor EvansBURNING BED In her youth, her fiery temper and wild ways earned her the nickname Naughty Nellie. But this close kin to Marshal Billy Vail is no killer—at least Billy doesn’t think so. A jury in Carson City disagrees, and they’ve sentenced Nellie to hang for burning her husband alive in their marriage bed. Billy has always turned to his best deputy marshal to put out his fires—but this time it’s personal. Longarm barely has time to rekindle his romance with a Denver waitress before he lights out for Carson City. After he sees Nellie, he’s determined to make sure an innocent widow doesn’t go to the gallows—and a match-happy murderer burns in hell… .
Longarm and the 400 Blows
by Tabor EvansLongarm comes to Fort Marion to extradite prisoner Anton Gardner, who robbed a military payroll and killed seven men. But when he's set upon by too many enemies to handle, Gardner escapes with Longarm's badge and impersonates him. One thing's for sure. . . Longarm is not down for the count. .
Longarm and the Arapaho Hellcats
by Tabor EvansYOU MAY NOW KIDNAP THE BRIDE Beautiful, blushing bride-to-be Casey Summerville was all set to say, #147;I do!” after #147;Till death do you part. ” She never expected her groom to die before the vows, gunned down in the streets of Arapaho by the bank-robbing Drummond Gang on their wedding day. And being carried off by the outlaws is no honeymoon. It’s up to Longarm to catch the mangy murderers and rescue Casey, who just happens to be best friends with his lovely lady friend, Cynthia Larimer. But when Cynthia lights out on her own in pursuit of her abducted friend, Longarm has to save both of them#151;and wipe out the wedding crashers one slug at a time. DON’T MISS OTHERS IN THE SERIES!
Longarm and the Hangtree Vengeance (Longarm #350)
by Tabor EvansLongarm comes to the aid of a town held hostage by a powerful rancher out for revenge. The townfolk lynched his son, and now he's vowed to burn the town down and kill everyone in it-unless Longarm can stop him.
Longarm and the Mountain Manhunt #406
by Tabor EvansAIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH… It started with a botched robbery. When the smoke cleared, one Kleiter brother was dead and another in handcuffs, led to the town jail by Deputy U. S. Marshal Custis Long. Longarm was only passing through the town of Wahoo on his way to collect a federal prisoner, when the hapless Kleiters ran afoul of the lawman. But when the rest of the Kleiter clan load up on ammunition and coal oil to burn down the town—sparing only the local bordello—and free their kin, Longarm’s determined to scale any heights to bring these mountain folk to justice… .
Longarm: And the Hell Creek Lead Storm
by Tabor EvansIT’S RAINING BULLETS AND BUCKSHOT Deputy U. S. Marshal Custis Long’s got no stomach for yellow-bellied killers—but when a gang of outlaws takes to decapitating deputies, it’s Longarm who loses his head. The worst of the bunch is a wild hellcat by the name of Bella Flowers, who’s going to be pushing up daisies just like her cold-blooded compadres if she keeps putting up a fight. Once he’s got Bella hogtied, handcuffed, and headed for hanging, Longarm runs afoul of a mysterious bushwhacker. But the shooter’s target may be someone else entirely—a lovely blonde on her way to Hell Creek to claim her uncle’s ranch. Once a boom town, Hell Creek is now a haven for hard cases, so Longarm aims to make sure the pretty lady isn’t riding blindly into a storm of trouble… .
Longbow Girl
by Linda DaviesThe stunningly written start to an exciting new trilogy about a smart, strong, bold girl who travels back in time to protect her family's past and ensure its future using her archery skills.Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized by their aristocratic neighbors the de Courcys. Merry's best friend James de Courcy (and heir to the de Courcy wealth) follows her back in time and the two get tangled up in their families' ancient histories. There are forces working against them both in the past and the present. Will they be able to survive their pasts to save their futures?
Longing
by Mary BaloghFrom New York Times bestselling legend and author of the Survivors' Club series comes a cherished novel about the risks and the compromises that come with falling in love.... Governess and mistress--he wanted her as both....The illegitimate daughter of an English lord, Sian Jones abandoned her heritage to live in a stalwart coal mining community in South Wales. Empowered by their cause, she's engaged to be married to the leader of a revolutionary movement that is bracing itself against the tyranny of English mine owners. But Sian's principles are unexpectedly shaken when she accepts a job as governess under Alexander Hyatt, the mysterious Marquess of Craille, the oppressive symbol of everything she has come to resist. She never expected Alexander to upend all her expectations. He is sympathetic to her cause. He is a loving father. A man of wealth and position, he is fatally attractive. And he is offering his heart to the independent woman who has illuminated his life. Now, caught between two worlds, and between the promises and desires of two men, Sian must make a choice that will define her future--one that can only be made in the name of love....
Longshot (Sid Halley)
by Dick Francis"Fast-paced, meticulously plotted...Nobody sets up a mystery better than Dick Francis."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLETravel writer John Kendall didn't think he was doing anything too out of the ordinary when he tramped off to rural England for an interview with a successful race horse trainer. Soon enough, however, Kendall realizes that completing the book will be tricky at best. In fact, the perils described in his survival manuals pale next to the dangers in rural England....Selected by the Literary Guild, the Mystery Guild, and Doubleday Book Club
Look Ahead, Look Back (The Snipesville Chronicles #3)
by Annette LaingIt s big news in boring Snipesville when a skeleton is found in the park. But to reluctant time travelers Hannah, Alex, and Brandon, the discovery is a shocking omen of adventures to come. The Professor, their mentor, has disappeared. And if she s not the skeleton, who is? Soon, the three land in the distant year of 1752. Some people they meet, like ruthless planter Mr. Gordon, trust their own smarts to bring success. Others, like Sukey, a slave, think that what happens to them is pure luck. But Hannah, Alex, and Brandon quickly learn that for everyone in the 1700s, fortune s wheel is constantly turning. And at a time when ghosts, witches, little folk, and dreams can seem as real as slavery, greed, and cruelty, their choices, too, are very few indeed.