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2005, c2003., Anchor Books Call No: 823 .914 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Von Igelfeld is quite pleased with his role as a visiting scholar at Cambridge, even if his English colleagues can be difficult to comprehend. They frequently speak in metaphors and make peculiar assumptions, saying such odd things as "I take it your journey went well," when that is not the case at all. But von Igelfeld settles in the best he can, and is soon deeply embroiled in some shady political scheming at the university. After returning to the comfort of his perfectly rational Germany, von Igelfeld is invited to Colombia for a special fellowship. But while there, he gets caught up in some decidedly unscupulous behavior.
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2005, c2003., Anchor Books Call No: 823 .914 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due-a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. In The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs,"" Professor Dr. Von Igelfeld is mistaken for a veterinarian and not wanting to call attention to the faux pas, begins practicing veterinary medicine without a license. He ends up operating on a friend's dachshund to dramatic and unfortunate effect. He also transports relics for a schismatically challenged Coptic prelate, and is pursued by marriage-minded widows on board a Mediterranean cruise ship.
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-- How it is done2006., Flux Call No: Romance Fic MacLean Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Eighteen-year-old Grace Passedge tries to experience the world despite the restrictions set by her pious parents. Her affair with an older man, a college professor named Michael, brings unexpected consequences. Faced with choosing between her family and the man she loves, Grace finds her way out of childhood.
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2021., Minotaur Books Call No: Mystery Fic Penny Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When a visiting professor gains traction in the Canadian national media for a controversial proposal, Quebec Chief Inspector Armand Gamache finds himself investigating a murder tied to the dissent between factions gathering on both sides of the debate.
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2005, c2003., Anchor Books Call No: 823 .914 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Unnaturally tall, hypersensitive to slights, and oblivious to his own frequent gaucheries, von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he knows is due him. Portuguese Irregular Verbs follows the Professor from a busman's holiday researching old Irish obscenities to a flirtation with a desirable lady dentist.
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Ã2013., Simon & Schuster Call No: Romance FIC Simsion Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. Genre: Romance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Genetic scientist Don Tillman, deciding it is time to find a wife, creates the Wife Project to filter out all the DNA mismatched women from his list of wife candidates. Filtered out of the list is Rosie Jarman, but that doesn't mean she is out of Don's life as he agrees to help her find who her true father is through DNA testing--and, amazingly and unscientifically, Don feels himself growing to love Rosie, even though she is not genetically compatible.
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2016., Regan Arts Call No: MYSTERY F HAH Edition: First Regan Arts ha Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In 1979, seventeen-year-old Alice Pearson is getting high in the woods with her best friends when they meet the mystical Jack Wyck and join his small band of followers. Alice becomes lost under Wyck's control and then one night things go horribly wrong and a traumatic event causes Alice's brain to shut down. Twenty years later, Alice has regained her sanity and created a quiet life for herself. Then a documentary about Wyck's cult and influence from prison threatens to turn Alice's life upside down. Wyck plots to overturn his conviction and get revenge on Alice for testifying against him, forcing her to confront her past and her role in the evil committed at Wyck's command.
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c2007., Rayo Call No: Sci Fi Fic Somoza Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Elisa, a young physics professor, races against time to solve the mysterious deaths of a number of elite scientists with whom she was sequestered while the group experimented on the "String Theory," making it possible to witness past events.
