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1) The nest
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Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old...
2) The nest
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"When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean what Steve thinks it means"--
3) The nest
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Rory, an ambitious entrepreneur, and former commodities broker persuades his American wife, Allison, and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the '80s. Sensing an opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison's horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to...
4) The Nest
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Rory (Jude Law), an ambitious entrepreneur and former commodities broker, persuades his American wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the 1980's. Sensing opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to face the unwelcome truths lying beneath...
5) The nest
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Star wars adventures in wild space volume 3
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English
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When the parents of Milo and Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across the unknown reaches of Wild Space to rescue them - and to discover hope for the future. Milo and Lina trace their latest clue to a remote jungle world where a terrifying beast lies in wait.
6) The nest
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A suspenseful Scottish drama about a wealthy couple who would do anything to have a baby. After a chance encounter, they recruit a down-on-her-luck eighteen-year-old to be a surrogate, but secrets emerge about the girl's past that could make them regret their deal.
7) The Nest
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Four offspring were born in the Nest. The fourth offspring was the strongest one between her brothers and sisters. So the nest began to control by fourth offspring's rule. After fourth, first, and third offspring leave the nest, only second offspring, who is the weakest left in the nest. The second offspring began to afraid about leaving the nest and try to not independent and not to adapt into the nature.
8) The Nest
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English
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The author did happen upon some robins that were in similar circumstances but two were dead already and one was so weak that I could not save it. I cleared the debris off the floor of the forest until I reached red earth, then I got a stick, I made a shallow grave and put the baby robins in it. I have wondered about those robins and how they fit in nature. Was it chance or grand design witch made me go down this particular path?
9) The Nest
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English
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In 1980, the author, and his wife decided to leave the frantic pace of the big city that they had both known their whole lives and move to the diametrically opposite setting of rural North Idaho to raise their family. They also relocated their quickly growing electronics manufacturing company and any of its employees who wanted to make the move. This work is a humorous view of their first 10 years and the changes to their priorities and values. This...
10) The Nest
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English
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A mother is suspicious that her daughter may be infected by a parasitic creature. The people she trusts most push her into a chasm of self-destruction.
12) The nest
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old...
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English
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After a long and perilous journey to the Earth Navel, Belgrieve finally succeeds in locating the second of his missing comrades. The dangers of the road are a fresh reminder of Belgrieve's limitations, and he begins to doubt his ability to continue his quest. But with the support of his daughter and friends, he finally manages to reconcile with his old party member Percival.
Resolved to see things through to the end, they continue their journey to...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the rhyming style of "The House That Jack Built," this poem about the care and specificity that Carolina wrens put into building a nest is at once tender and true to life. Papa and Mama Wren gather treasures of the forest, from soft moss for a lining to snakeskin for warding off predators. Randi Sonenshine's lilting stanzas, woven with accurate and unexpected details about Carolina wrens, and Anne Hunter's gentle, inviting illustrations reveal...
15) Leaving the nest
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The lives of a baby jaybird, a young girl, a kitten, and a small squirrel intersect as they venture out into the world.
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English
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After Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse sets his sights on the young Lady Sue, his efforts are thwarted by the arrival of the dashing Richard Lambert. The impending pair become the focal point of the elder's money-grubbing scheme.
Set in the seventeenth century, The Nest of the Sparrowhawk follows the events within a small Puritan community. One of its members, Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse, is captivated by the young ward, Lady Sue. She is beautiful, charming...
17) The Nest Keeper
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English
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Susan Abbot is a good daughter. So, it is not surprising that she takes a hiatus from her job as a Memphis real estate agent in January to come back to her college hometown and help her aging parents settle a real estate deal with an attorney. She only tries to do the right thing when she offers to help everyone by finding the necessary legal documents. What is surprising to her happens, when she uncovers an old secret that still needs guarding. As...
18) Flying the Nest
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English
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Lonely millennial Chad MacEwan can't seem to get it together. While his boomer Uncle Martin sails through his twilight years with a full social calendar, Chad's weekly highpoint is dutifully visiting Martin at the Eldernest Assisted Living Lodge. Maybe his uncle's magnetism and way with the ladies will rub off on him, or perhaps Chad will one day gain enough courage to strike up conversation with the woman who works in the cafeteria.
It's not only...
19) Leaving the Nest
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We find Soar again, having left her pigeon family to pursue her destiny. Her journey begins blissfully, soaring the plains and forests of the Texas landscape only to discover a very different world. Beyond the tall brick buildings and concrete mazes of the life she leaves behind, the trees of the forest initiate her into the real world beyond her safe and loving nest she once called home. In the purity of nature and all its wonder she discovers stories,...
20) Leaving the Nest
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English
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Already divorced and facing an empty nest, Jake plans a cruise through the Gulf Coast with his daughter Danielle before she leaves for college.
Danielle, however, struggles with the emotional baggage of her dad's reliance on her presence and what that means for her future.
Will this cruise help them sort out their emotional baggage? Or will it sink the relationship as life changes?
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