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Austen, Jane — Pride and Prejudice
Benedictus, David — Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (j)
Birdsall, Jeanne — Teaflet and the Roog Make a Mess (j)
Cleeves, Ann — Red Bones (M)
Dickens, Charles S. — Hard Times | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Nicholas Nickleby | A Tale of Two Cities
DiTerlizzi, Tony and Black, Holly — Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixies Song (Fan/YA) | The Spiderwick Chronicles: Field Guide (Fan)
Dumas, Alexandre — The Three Musketeers
Forester, C.S. — The Horatio Hornblower Saga
Gaskell, Elizabeth — Cranford
Graham, Winston — Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787
Grange, Amanda — Mr. Darcy, Vampyre (Fan)
Holmes, Colin — The Oxygen Farmer (SF)
Hugo, Victor — Les Miserables (1 comment/rating)
James, P.D. — Death Comes to Pemberley (M)
Johnson, Craig — Hell and Back (M) | The Longmire Defense (M)
Joyce, William — Ollie’s Odyssey (j)
jPB Knapp, Andrew — Find Momo | Find Momo Across Europe
Lee, Harper — Go Set a Watchman | To Kill a Mockingbird
Leguin, Ursula K. — Tales From Earthsea (Fan)
L’Engle, Madeleine — A Wrinkle in Time: The 50th Anniversary Edition (SF) (j)
Leroux, Gaston — The Phantom of the Opera (Hor)
Novik, Naomi — Blood of Tyrants (Fan) | A Deadly Education (Fan) | The Golden Enclaves (Fan) | His Majesty’s Dragon (Fan) (2 comments/ratings) | The Last Graduate (Fan) | Uprooted (Fan) | Victory of Eagles (Fan)
Olson, Sigurd — The Singing Wilderness
Penny, Louise — Bury Your Dead (M)
Quinn, Spencer — It’s a Wonderful Woof (M)
Roth, Veronica — Allegiant (SF) | Divergent (SF) | Insurgent (SF) (all YA)
Rowling, J.K. — The Christmas Pig (j) (Fan) | Harry Potter: A Magical Year (j) (Fan) | The Ickabog (j) (Fan)
Tolkien, J.R.R. — The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Fan) | The Story of Kullervo (Fan)
Winters, Ben — Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Worth, Jennifer — Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse
YA PB Packer — Packer, Alex J. — How Rude! The Teen Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out
133.12 M71m — Moberly, Charlotte Anne Elizabeth – An Adventure
155.937 Dug — Dugdale, L.S. — The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom
305.234 Tob — Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich — Middle School, the Inside Story: What Kids Tell Us But Don’t Tell You
306.362 Bel — Bell, Richard — Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astounding Odyssey Home
306.7 May — Mayer, Julia and Jacobs, Barry — Love and Meaning After 50
388.1 Kon — Konz, Mike — The Lincoln Highway: Nebraska’s Longest Main Street Celebrates 100 Years
421 Tru — Truss, Lynne — Eats, Shoots & Leaves
428.1 Gil — Gillard, Joe — The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Smollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting
581.63 Lin — Lincoff, Gary — The Joy of Foraging
635 McD — McDowell, Marta — Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales
636.753 Bea — Beauchesne, Ryan — Crusoe: The Celebrity Dachshund: Adeventures of the Weiner Dog Extraordinarie
639.97 Eie — Eierman, Kim — The Pollinator Victory Garden
j641.5 Wal — Walker, Barbara M. — The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods From Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Classic Stories (j)
641.503 Gia — Giagnocavo, Carole Roth — Amish Community Cookbook: Simple, Delicious Recipes From Amish and Mennonite Homes
641.505 Sev — Sever, Shauna — Midwest Made: Big Bold Baking From the Heartland
641.594 ScaYb — Bahen, Melissa — Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast – 70 Simple Recipes and Crafts for Everyday Celebrations
641.865 Ber — Beranbaum, Rose — The Cake Bible
641.865 Sil — Silverton, Nancy — That Cookie That Changed My Life and More Than 100 Other Classic Cakes, Cookies, Muffins
648.5 Let — Lethbridge, Lucy — Mind Your Manors: Tried and Truth British Household Cleaning Tips
649.125 Hef — Heffernan, Lisa and Harrington, Mary Dell — Grown & Flown
741.524 SchYb — Beecroft, Simon — The Peanuts Book: A Visual History of the Iconic Comic Strip
741.642 Pot — Hobbs, Anne Stevenson — Beatrix Potter’s Art
759.36 Kli — O’Connor, Anne Marie — The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
Music 780.92 Tra — Trapp, Maria Von — Maria
Music 781.64 Ten — Tennille, Toni — Toni Tennille: A Memoir
Music 781.66 Beach — Morgan, Johnny — The Beach Boys: America’s Band
Music 781.66 Bea — Rusten, Jan and Stebbins, Jon — The Beach Boys in Concert: The Ultimate History of America’s Band On Tour and Onstage
Music 781.66 Jan — Torrence, Dean — Surf City: The Jan and Dean Story
Music 781.66 McC — McCartney, Paul — The Lyrics: 1956 to Present | 1964: Eyes of the Storm
Music 781.66 Wilson — Crowley, Kent — Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul of the Beach Boys | Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul of the Beach Boys
Music 781.66 WilYc — Carlin, Peter Ames — Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson
Music 782.27 Mor — Morgan, Robert J. — Then Sings My Soul, Vol. 1
791.437 Doe — Doescher, Ian — William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope
791.452 qKee — Keeshan, Bob — Good Morning, Captain: Fifty Wonderful Years With TV’s Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan
811 K25p — Kees, Weldon — Poems: 1947-1954
813.08 Est — Estleman, Loren D. [ed.] — American West: Twenty New Stories
817 Gru — Grumpy Cat — Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book
822.33 ShaP7 — Shakespeare, William — A Midsummer Night’s Dream
823 qF76z — Forester, C.S. — The Hornblower Companion
j823 Row — Rowling, J.K. — Harry Potter: A Journey Through the History of Magic (Fan)
910.45 Sn6t — Snow, Edward Rowe — Tales of Sea and Shore
910.453 Sn6i — Snow, Edward Rowe — Incredible Mysteries and Legends of the Sea
914.253 Lea — Leatham, Victoria — Life at Burghley: Restoring One of England’s Great Houses
R 917.82 Col — Cole Publications — The Cole Cross-Reference Directory – Lincoln and Vicinity (REF)
917.82 F31 — Federal Writers Project — Lincoln City Guide
917.9 qBar — Barnes, Christine — Great Lodges of the National Parks
920.078 Kra — Kral, Elmer A. — Profiles of Nationally Distinguished Nebraskans
940.544 qPen — Penry, Jerry — Nebraska’s Fatal Air Crashes of WWII
976.413 Lar — Larson, Erik — Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
978.2 Ren — Renaud, Nicole — Abandoned Eastern Nebraska: Rural Wanderings
978.2 Wil — Williams, Suzanne — Nebraska and the CCC: Young Men at Their Best
978.225 Bed — Bednarek, Janet Daly — Lost Omaha
B qB268b — Birkin, Andrew — J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys
jB C57 — Cleary, Beverly — My Own Two Feet: A Memoir
B Ea67v — VanPelt, Lori — Amelia Earhart: The Sky’s No Limit
Biography Felton — Felton, Tom — Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
Biography Glenn — Glenn, Ruth — Everything I Never Dreamed: My Life Surviving and Standing Up to Domestic Abuse
Biography Grahame — Dennison, Matthew — The Man in the Willows
Biography Grodin — Gilpeer, Valerie & Groden, Emily — I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust
B H1907q — Hanff, Helene — Q’s Legacy
B H4355l — Herriot, James — The Lord God Made Them All
B H43551 — Lord, Graham — James Herriot: The Life of a Country Vet
B H4355w — Wright, Jim — The Real James Herriot
Biography Keister — Keister, Douglas — Heart-Land: Growing Up in the Middle of Everything
Biography Kirkby — Kirkby, Mary-Ann — I Am Hutterite
Biography Lee — Mills, Marja — The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee
j Biography Pinkney — Pinkney, Jerry — Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
B T578c — Carpenter, Humphrey — Tolkien: A Biography
Compact Disc 394 Men — Menzel, Idina — Holiday Wishes
DVD Adventures — based on the works of Herge — The Adventures of TinTin
DVD Alice — Alice in Wonderland (2010)
DVD All — All Creatures Great and Small (2020) | All Creatures Great and Small: Season 3 (2023)
DVD All — All is True
DVD Annika — Annika: Season One (M) | Annika: Season Two (M)
DVD j BFG — Dahl, Roald — The BFG (Fan)
DVD Bletchley — The Bletchley Circle
DVD j Christmas — The Christmas Doodle
DVD Christmas — A Christmas Story Christmas
DVD Current — The Current War
DVD Denial — Denial
DVD Dickens — Dickens, Charles — David Copperfield | The Old Curiousity Shop
DVD Dickensian — Dickensian
DVD Duke — The Duke
DVD Dune — Herbert, Frank — Dune (SF)
DVD Endeavour — Endeavour – Series One (M) | Endeavour (full series) (M)
DVD Forester — Forester, C.S. — The Horatio Hornblower Saga
DVD Gaskell — Gaskell, Elizabeth – North & South | Wives and Daughters
DVD Greatest — The Greatest Showman
DVD Hamlet — Shakespeare, William — Hamlet
DVD Hard — A Hard Day’s Night
DVD Help — The Beatles — Help!
DVD Horowitz — Horowitz, Anthony — Foyle’s War (M)
DVD Inspector — The Inspector Lewis series (M)
DVD John — McCullough, David — John Adams
DVD Kindness — Kindness Matters
DVD Land — Land Girls
DVD Les — Les Miserables (2018)
DVD Lost — The Lost King
DVD Love — Austin, Jane — Love and Friendship
DVD Man — The Man Who Invented Christmas
DVD News — Giles, Paulette — News of the World (W)
DVD j Night — Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb
DVD Picnic — A Picnic at Hanging Rock
DVD Poldark — Graham, Winston — Poldark: Series One (1975) | Poldark: The Complete First Season (2015)
DVD Promise — A Promise
DVD Royal — A Royal Night Out
DVD Seabiscuit — Hillenbrand, Laura — Seabiscuit
DVD Shetland — Shetland (M)
DVD Spider-Man — Spider-Man (2002) (SF) (1 comment/rating) | Spider-Man: Far From Home (SF)
DVD Star — Star Trek: Discovery (SF)
DVD Star — Star Trek: Picard (season three) (SF)
DVD Station — Station Eleven (SF)
DVD To — Lee, Harper — To Kill a Mockingbird
DVD Trollope — Trollope, Anthony — The Pallisers
DVD Vera — Cleeve, Ann — Vera (M)
DVD Victoria — Victoria & Abdul
DVD Wallander — Mankell, Henning — Wallander: Series One (M)
DVD 002.o75 Boo — The Booksellers
DVD 598.41 Hon — Honk: The Movie
DVD 629.454 Whe — When We Were Apollo
DVD Wolf — Mantel, Hillary — Wolf Hall
DVD 791.437 Pri — The Prisoner (10-disc series) (1 comment/rating)
Video 792.02 Ols — Olshaker, Mark – Discovering Hamlet
DVD 822.332 Hen5 — Shakespeare, William — Henry V
DVD Biography Finley — Calendar Girl

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last updated March 2024