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Numbering All the Bones Numbering All the Bones Ann Rinaldi Eulinda is a 13 year old house slave on a plantation just a mile away from Andersonville Prison in southwest Georgia. As the Civil War is ending, she goes to the prison in search of her brother, wh… OL112474W
Nathan Coulter Nathan Coulter Wendell Berry This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong fascination. When young Nathan loses his grandfather, B… OL14862046W
Return Return Sharon Sala When schoolteacher Catherine Fane travels to rural Kentucky to fulfill her guardian's last wishes by burying the woman's body near the cabin where she lived years before, she unwittingly stirs a slee… OL15121902W
Danger at the Wild West show Danger at the Wild West show Alison Hart Twelve-year-old Rose sets out to prove her brother's innocence when he is accused of shooting a politician during a Wild West show performance in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886. OL15124213W
Gabriel's Horses Gabriel's Horses Alison Hart In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey. OL15124216W
Val's prayer Val's prayer Terry Fowler Val Truelove must deal with an opinionated architect, sabotaged plans, and a vengeful former coworker in order to realize her dream of operating a wedding venue business on the Kentucky horse farm wh… OL15696713W
Man hunting Man hunting Jennifer Crusie Kate Svenson is attractive, successful, a brilliant businesswoman - and miserable. After three failed engagements, she realizes it's time for a PLAN...an organized, detailed agenda with a clear goal:… OL15731817W
Restless heart Restless heart Wynonna Judd Success on the musical stage is all Destiny ever wanted, and when she finds it, she feels as if her dreams have come true. But with the exhilarating rush of success comes a price-and a battle to reca… OL16011070W
Horsin' around Horsin' around Loren Long In 1899, after losing their first game, the Travelin' Nine arrive in Louisville, Kentucky, where Griffith, Ruby, and Graham use the magical baseball again only to have race horses appear on the baseb… OL16173088W
Unwrapped Unwrapped Erin McCarthy Blue Christmas: "While a blizzard blankets the world outside, Blue Farrow burrows into the arms of her highway hunk at the No Tell Motel. The road might be closed for dangerous conditions, but the co… OL16589288W
Paradise County Paradise County Karen Robards Left bankrupt after her billionaire father's sudden death, Alexandra Haywood returns to Shelby County, Kentucky -- that bit of Southern splendor known as Paradise County--to sell the family's magnifi… OL167251W
The summer place The summer place Pamela Hearon "Can they both be right? Summer Delaney has turned over a new leaf. Now she's ready to step up and run her parents' Kentucky camp--the place she loves most in the world. Too bad her parents aren't co… OL17703612W
The heart of a thirsty woman The heart of a thirsty woman Lana Witt A novel on a bored woman. She is Josie Tolliver of Kentucky, the wife of a TV repairman, who thinks a boring life is not right and decides to give it zest by embarking on a search for a missing siste… OL17730812W
Whisper's edge Whisper's edge LuAnn McLane Savannah Perry, social director of Whisper's Edge, a retirement community struggling to stay afloat financially, finds a savior in business-minded Tristan McMillan who, determined to prove himself, h… OL17796012W
Kentucky troll Kentucky troll Juanita Havill A Swedish troll emigrates to Kentucky and tries to live there in disguise among the humans, using his magic powder to make butter and luring a pretty girl to his cabin. OL1925119W
The marble orchard The marble orchard Alex Taylor "An engrossing and tragic literary thriller that evokes the sinister realism of Cormac McCarthy and the inescapable family bonds of Daniel Woodrell, The Marble Orchard tells the story of Beam, the bl… OL19996190W
The Bourbon Kings The Bourbon Kings J. R. Ward "For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege--as well as a hard-won division… OL20003832W
River runs deep River runs deep Jennifer Bradbury Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption--and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Ra… OL20007448W
Inside the cage Inside the cage Matt Whyman Teenage hacker 17-year-old Carl Hobbes is sent to an isolated camp in the Arctic wilderness, dedicated to holding terrorists-for hire. When one notorious detainee stages an uprising, Carl must decide… OL21376623W
Kentucky ham Kentucky ham William S. Burroughs H OL7131312W
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