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(0)Leif Enger
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Language
English
Description
Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is 'cruising along at medium altitude' when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals--from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society. Amidst the Gulliver-like challenges of life at sea and no safe landings, Rainy is lifted by physical beauty,...
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old asthmatic Reuben Land chronicles the Land family's odyssey in search of Reuben's older brother, Davy, who has escaped from jail before he can stand trial for the killing of two marauders who came to their Minnesota farm to harm the family. A first novel. Reprint.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
1 book club in a bag ; 37 x 41 cm + 1 folder (30 x 25 cm)
Language
English
Description
A bag with ten copies of the title that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.
Eleven-year-old asthmatic Reuben Land chronicles the Land family's odyssey in search of Reuben's older brother, Davy, who has escaped from jail before he can stand trial for the killing of two marauders who came to their Minnesota farm to harm the family. A first novel....
6) Swing
Author
Series
Publisher
Leif Enger and Lin Enger
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Gunsten Søren Pedersen knew about baseball and death. A tragedy took the former slugger out of the major leagues, and the only diamonds he sees now are the stars shining in the cold night of Minnesota's North Woods. That is, until Miles Gates--an old friend in big trouble--calls him down to the Sunshine State. What Gun finds there is a trail of brutal killings, some aging ballplayers, shady characters, and the beautiful sister of a reporter who...
7) Strike
Author
Series
Publisher
Leif Enger and Lin Enger
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When gold is discovered near reservation land in Minnesota, former Detroit Tigers outfielder Gunsten Pedersen becomes enmeshed in a stand-off between a mining company and the Ojibwe tribe. Innocent people are murdered, and Gun must navigate the gray zone between white and Native-American worlds." -- Amazon.
8) Hard curves
Author
Series
Publisher
Leif Enger and Lin Enger
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When former Detroit Tiger outfielder Gunsten Pedersen witnesses the murder of a minor-league ballplayer in Duluth, Minnesota, he is drawn into a blackmail scheme involving an aging baseball groupie and the corrupt owner of a big-league franchise." -- Amazon.
9) Sacrifice
Author
Series
Publisher
Leif Enger and Lin Enger
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the late 1960s, two young men left a small Michigan town. One was Gunsten Pedersen, who went on to a career with the Detroit Tigers. The other was Harry Summers, a gifted infielder who disappeared from Copper Strike on a rainy June night. Now an excavation crew has unearthed Harry's bones, and with them, grim evidence of murder--a hammer imbedded in Harry's skull. Gun Pedersen, hometown hero turned recluse, has returned for Harry's funeral. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
Leif Enger and Lin Enger
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
vi, 245 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a friend turns up dead in Minneapolis, victim of an ugly murder, former Detroit Tigers outfielder Gunsten Pedersen must leave his sanctuary on Stony Lake in northern Minnesota and immerse himself in the dirty underworld of human trafficking." -- Amazon.
11) Comeback
Author
Series
Publisher
Leif Enger and Lin Enger
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 201 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of substantial personal loss and scandal, six-foot-six Gunsten Soren Pedersen, the Detroit Tigers' worshipped, veteran fence-swinger, walked away from his career and sport that he loved. Retiring to the tranquil solitude of Minnesota's North Woods, disgraced, Gun left behind disappointed fans and searing press coverage. But a millionaire real estate investor is out to tear up Gun's new turf. Loon Country Attractions, to be built on Gun's...