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Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her three daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with now is her mother, the formidable and imposing Lenore Simmons Krackenberry - never an easy task. Lenore may be a lot of fun for other people, but she is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her daughter. Then one day, quite by...
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Step back to the day when a visit to the gas station meant service with a smile, a wash of the windshield, and the cheerful question, "Fill 'er up?" Since their unremarkable beginnings as cheap shacks and curbside pumps at the dawn of the automobile age, gas stations have taken many forms and worn many guises: castles, cottages and teepees, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne, clad with wood, stucco, or gleaming porcelain in seemingly infinite variety....
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[2019]
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1 jigsaw puzzle (500 pieces) : cardboard, color ; in container 20 x 20 x 5 cm + puzzle poster.
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"This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle titled Eugene's Gas & Grocery is from artist Geno Peoples and is part of the Americana Collection by Buffalo Games. Under the light of a full moon Eugene People's Gas and Grocery is waiting for the next customer to arrive. Deer and roosters are hanging out in the puddle covered roadway as ducks swim through the moon's reflection on the lake." -- Publisher's website.
6) Eden Hill
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Nothing seems to change in Eden Hill, Kentucky, and that's just fine with Virgil T. Osgood. He's been content to raise his family and run the only service station in town. But when a new station is set to open right across the road from Virgil's pumps, he suddenly faces obstacles in his career, his marriage, and his self-worth that he's never even dreamed of. Cornelius Alexander wants his new Zipco station to succeed and help establish a strong foundation...
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[2021]
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388 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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The cocreator of Deadpool presents this highly entertaining debut novel that follows a very pregnant former FBI profiler as she, with her five kids in tow, tries to solve the murder of a gas attendant with the help of a disgraced local journalist.
Once a budding FBI profiler, Andie Stern gave up her career to raise her four (soon to be five) children in West Windsor, New Jersey. Then she stumbles into a murder scene between soccer games and recitals....
11) Car dealership
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[2001]
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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An introduction to the people who work in a car dealership, including the owner, general manager, sales consultant, title clerk, parts manager, car porter, and more.
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[2022]
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175 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 cm
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The United States has been shaped by mobility like no other nation on Earth. The automobile made possible almost limitless development, but there was a dark side: ghost towns and deserted regions emerged due to economic crises, cultural shifts, and catastrophic weather. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs trace these lonely places, which elicit strange fascination mixed with melancholy for a bygone era. His Hopperesque images of gas stations,...
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Brent and the gang discover that Dog River has been badly mismanaged, leaving residents with little choice but to pack up and leave. As residents make one last rally to save Dog River as they know it, they discover a devious plan by a corporate chain that would change life for Dog Riverites forever.
16) Lucky strikes
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2016.
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313 pages ; 22 cm
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"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"--
With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister-- and the family gas station. To keep a competitor at bay and keep her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father-- fast. When a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity...
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