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"The sun beamed down on Melissa Henderson's shining dark hair, pinned up on her head in a loose knot, as sweat ran down her face, and the muscles in her long, lithe arms were taut with effort as she worked. She was lost in concentration, sanding a door of the house in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts that had been her salvation. She had bought it four years before. It had been weather-beaten, shabby and in serious need of repair when she found...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B.A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in The Therapist--a powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret. When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they've dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive... As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating...
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English
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Sara Medlar is a household name in romance, with millions of books sold. But lately, retirement has been boring her and she's found herself back in her hometown of Lachlan, Florida, remodeling the grand old mansion she'd admired as a child. It's much too big for her alone, but she'd die before letting anyone in town know that. Then Sara's niece Kate is offered a job in Lachlan - a start in what could be a very successful career in real estate. She...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having worked all summer at keeping bunnies out of his garden, Mr. McGreely looks forward to a peaceful winter--if only he can keep those naughty bunnies from invading his home.
8) Igloo
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describes how to build an igloo.
9) Igloos
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The Magnolia Story is the first book from Chip and Joanna, offering their fans a detailed look at their life together. From the very first renovation project they ever tackled together, to the project that nearly cost them everything; from the childhood memories that shaped them, to the twists and turns that led them to the life they share on the farm today.
11) Blackbird House
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
225p. 21cm.
Language
English
Description
With "incantatory prose" that "sweeps over the reader like a dream" (Philadelphia Inquirer), Hoffman follows her celebrated bestseller The Probable Future with an evocative work that traces the lives of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span of two hundred years.In a rare and gorgeous departure, beloved novelist Alice Hoffman weaves a web of tales, all set in Blackbird House. This small farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod...
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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jayden's mom is working on a navy ship, so he's staying with his grandparents. But soon he and his mom will move into a new home. Jayden visits several friends to get ideas about where his family could live. From houses with big yards to mobile homes and everything in between, Jayden realizes there are many types of homes to choose from. But what makes a home, a home?
15) Too tall houses
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Owl and Rabbit are good friends and neighbors atop a hill, but when Rabbit's garden blocks Owl's view of the forest Owl builds a higher house, which prevents sunlight from reaching Rabbit's plants.
16) Dressed to drill
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a dead body halts her renovation of an old Victorian church, Shannon Hammer discovers the church is hiding a century of secrets and must figure out which one someone with a screw loose would kill to protect.
20) Renovation
Author
Publisher
The Taunton Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
4th ed.
Physical Desc
615 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to home renovation, there's no substitute for experience. This book contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of contractors, architects and tradespeople who shared their first-hand experience with Mike Litchfield as he interviewed and photographed them on job sites across North America.