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1) Laugh track
Author
Publisher
4AD
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The surprise companion to the National's April release, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, is the band's most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20-plus years together, the vibrant, exploratory album is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically upend its creative process, the National honed most of this...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Move over carb-haters and ketophiles! The author of SIBO Made Simple dispels the still-pervasive myths about carbs, with recipes that show you how to combine ingredients for the healthiest (and delicious) carby dishes you love"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Dominoes opens in London, twenty-nine days before the wedding of a young couple. Layla is a mixed-race woman -- with a Black, Jamaican mother, and a white father she's never met -- and Andy is a white man of Scottish descent. When they first meet at a party, they can't believe how instant their chemistry is, and how quickly their relationship unfolds. But the commonalities between the two outweigh their differences; funnily enough, they even share...
Publisher
Lucasfilm Ltd
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She's working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon finds himself bored with his lack of power.
Author
Publisher
Trope
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fashion Icons celebrates the origins and contributions of some of the world's most remarkable and gifted fashion designers throughout history. Bold, whimsical illustrations by David Lee Csicsko along with concise, engaging bios written by Gillion Carrara celebrate a diverse group of designers. From Paul Piorret, the visionary who shunned the corset, to Elsa Schiaparelli, who shocked the world with her "shoe hat", to Comme des Garcon's Rei Kawakubo,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this stunning and propulsive debut, a town grieves the loss of a young girl-but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret. For fans of Jane Harper, Ashley Flowers, and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. The question For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help on the fateful night of the...
Author
Series
Gods of night and day volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new epic fantasy series from David R. Slayton, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and self-discovery, perfect for fans of the Dark Souls series or Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all who follow her are branded heretics. With Phoebe gone, the souls of the dead are no longer ferried to the underworld, and instead linger...
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A super collectible series that celebrates the inner fire of everyday girls! Rosie, Phoebe, and Stella all share an incredible secret---when they travel to a place called the Magic Forest, they can transform into powerful creatures called Night Dragons. Once there, the friends must save the Magic Forest from an evil that threatens to banish nighttime--forever. Rosie is determined to help! Her first task is to save the forest's magical daydreams from...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Come explore where Lucy and Ethel baked a hilariously monstrous loaf of bread, where Phoebe performed "Smelly Cat," where Jim and Pam fell in love, and countless other homes, offices, and towns as familiar to you as your own living room. Illustrator Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde has expertly rendered thirty-six of the most memorable television floor plans in modern history-puzzling together the layouts with an architect's eye for detail and a director's...
11) Wild geese
Author
Publisher
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Wild Geese is Irish novelist Soula Emmanuel's debut novel. Phoebe Forde has a new home, a new name, and is newly thirty. An Irish transplant and PhD candidate, she's overeducated and underpaid, but finally settling into her new life in Copenhagen. Almost three years into her gender transition, Phoebe has learned to move through the world carefully, savoring small moments of joy. After all, a woman without a past can be anyone she wants. But an unexpected...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel better afterwards, or worse? The reasons that we cry--and the circumstances in which we shed a tear--are often surprising and beautiful. Sad Happens is a collective, multi-faceted archive of tears that captures the complexity and variety of these circumstances. We hear from...
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