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Author
Series
Virgil Flowers mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
Pinion, Minnesota: a huge city of all of 700 folks who define the phrase 'small town'. Nothing has ever happened in Pinion, and nothing ever will...until the mayor of sorts comes up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. He's heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of curious people and making the townsfolk rich overnight. Why not stage a prank in Pinion and do the same?...
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A local plumber is plunged into the national spotlight when he takes on the former President of the United States, who can't believe he's running against a man who installed his toilets. To make matters worse, the ex-president is trying to steal the election -- and the affection of the handyman's girlfriend. Whoever wins, one thing's for sure, this town is not small enough for both of them.
Author
Series
San Francisco novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Gavin Cain, an SFPD homicide inspector, is in the middle of an exhumation when his phone rings. San Francisco's mayor is being blackmailed and has ordered Cain back to the city... a helicopter is on its way. The casket, and Cain's cold-case investigation, must wait. At City Hall, the mayor shows Cain four photographs he's received: the first, an unforgettable blonde; the second, pills and handcuffs on a nightstand; the third, the woman drinking from...
4) Leviathan
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man must fight the corrupt mayor when he learns that his house will be demolished.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm
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
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
447 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Honey Creek mayor Piper Jane Mackenzie won't let a scandal rip her hometown apart, so she hires outsiders Sam Cassidy and Colby McBride to find the source of corruption in the sheriff's office. Sam, a former military man, and the town's latest interim minister, is grieving and has lost both his faith and his fight. He has come to Honey Creek intending to earn his paycheck and move on. State trooper Colby is dedicated to his job, and this undercover...
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Marshall, Skye, Rubble, and the rest of the pups are coming to the big screen in PAW Patrol: The Movie, an all-new theatrical event. Can Ryder and his heroic team save Adventure City from the meddling Mayor Humdinger in their greatest rescue ever?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Somerset lake volume 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
467 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everything in Moira Green's life goes topsy-turvy when the town council plans to demolish her mother's cafe to make room for parking. Determined to save her mother's business, she swallows her pride and asks Gil Ryan for help. Moira and Somerset Lake's mayor were good friends once, until one night changed everything between them. And now, with Gil supporting the council's plans, Moira is forced to find another way to save Sweetie's - and it involves...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal. Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the nation's most visionary politicians. First elected in 2011, Buttigieg left a successful business career to move...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually make history of his own by becoming the first openly gay elected politician in California. While in office, Harvey Milk advocated for equal rights for the gay community. Even though his life and career were cut short, Harvey is still seen by many as one of...
Author
Series
Andy Carpenter novels volume 24
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a snowstorm that dumps two feet of snow on the ground. Lawyer Andy Carpenter likes snow--white Christmas and all that--but it can cause problems for the walks he takes his dogs on every day. When Andy's golden retriever Tara goes to play in the snow and instead discovers a body, Andy ends up on the phone with the local newspaper editor. The murder victim is Mayor Alex Oliva,...
Author
Series
Michael Bennett volume 12
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
366, 12 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Castro, nacido con un hermano gemelo Joaqu�in de padres solteros, cuenta una historia de su sue�no hecho realidad en Estados Unidos sobre su aumento de la pobreza para convertirse en alcalde de San Antonio, orador principal en la Convenci�on Dem�ocrata de 2012 y Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano en la administraci�on de el presidente Barack Obama.
Author
Series
Wormwood trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life in the newly independent city-state of Rosewater isn't everything its citizens were expecting. The Mayor finds that debts incurred during the insurrection are coming back to haunt him. Nigeria isn't willing to let Rosewater go without a fight. And the city's alien inhabitants are threatening mass murder for their own sinister ends... Operating across spacetime, the xenosphere, and international borders, it is up to a small group of hackers and...
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