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61) The last word
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Hating Game meets Beach Read in Katy Birchall's enemies-to-lovers romcom The Last Word, about a young journalist who puts her career (and her heart) on the line when her former work nemesis is hired in her newsroom. Harper Jenkins is at the top of her game. A brilliant, determined journalist with a well-known knack for getting tight-lipped Hollywood stars to open up to her, Harper loves her job as Celebrity Editor at a newspaper's glossy weekend...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut and in the process may find his true love; Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth; Diego, the saber-toothed tiger, wonders if he's growing too 'soft' hanging with his pals; and Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world where they...
63) Missing you
Author
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for fans of Bambi and The Fox and the Hound, MISSING YOU is a heartwarming story of companionship, loss, and learning how and when to let go from award-winning creators Phellip Willian and Melissa Garabeli. Following the loss of their mother, Thomas and Lara find an injured deer on the side of the road. Deciding to bring it home with them, they name the deer Lion and quickly become best friends. The new woodland creature soon fills their...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate love, relationships, tradition, caretaking and grieving in a rapidly changing world. A young widow who for a nearly a year wears mourning clothes in part as a warning to those who believe the old superstitions about bad luck following--even though she's unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection....
65) I was never here
Author
Publisher
Page Two
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An ex-spy lifts the lid on life in the secret service. Andrew Kirsch didn't grow up watching spy movies, or dreaming about being a real-life James Bond. He was hardly aware that Canada even had its own intelligence service--let alone knew what its officers did. But when a terrorist attack occurred near the office of his financial services job, all of a sudden fighting terrorism meant a lot more to him than the markets. Within 18 months he had landed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Countess of Prague is the wonderfully exciting introduction to Beatrice von Falklenburg, known to her intimates as Trixie, who will lead us from Prague through Europe and occasionally beyond on a ten-book set of investigations that begins in 1904 and finishes in 1914. The assassination of the Archduke in Sarajevo that summer effectively ended the Old Europe into which she was born to a noble Czech father and an English mother. Through the lens...
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What happens when your gender doesn't fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a form or using a public bathroom can be a struggle when these designations prove inadequate. In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary. The powerful first-person narratives of this collection show us a world where gender exists along a spectrum,...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Leopards are known for being shy and elusive, and leopard mothers are even more so. Imagine, then, having the rare opportunity to follow and photograph a mother leopard and her cubs. When world-renowned nature photographer Suzi Eszterhas was given the chance to do so, she jumped on a plane to Botswana. And through this collection of informative diary entries and stunning photos, readers are able to share this rare privilege. This compelling chronical...
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil record, Prothero creates a riveting history of life on our planet. The twenty-five fossils portrayed in this book catch animals in...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the intelligent insects, marvelous minibeasts, and inspirational invertebrates that help shape our planet -- and discover how you can help them help us by rebugging your attitude today! Remember when there were bugs on your windshield? Ever wonder where they went? We need to act now if we are to help the insects survive. Robin Wall Kimmerer, David Attenborough, and Elizabeth Kolbert are but a few voices championing the rewilding of our world....
Author
Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Tabletop and board games aren't just for rainy days or awkward family events anymore. As the game industry grows, people of all ages are jumping to play "the original social network." In our ever-increasing technological world, playing old-school games is a welcome retreat from the overexposure to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and the rest of social media. Over the past few years, board games have become the hot new hobby. Instead of friends sitting...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dounia is the story of a little girl who loves her home city of Aleppo, Syria, and its many smells, sights, and traditions. But when war breaks out, Dounia and her grandparents must flee Aleppo to find safety. Before they go, their neighbour reads their future in a cup of coffee - she sees a long difficult journey ahead of the family and a blue house awaiting them at the end. Taking only a bird carved from Aleppo soap and four little barake seeds...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Josee has been in a wheelchair since she was a child, and has lived her life through pictures, books, and her imagination. One day, she meets Tsuneo, a college student, and while they clash at first, the two soon grow closer than expected. She takes this chance to venture outside with Tsuneo to experience a new world where surprises await"--
"College student Tsuneo loves the ocean and the creatures it harbors, and he dreams of studying abroad in...
Author
Series
Celestial kingdom duology volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin's magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the "epic of epics"--and to the past 60 years of American culture--from a beloved authority on the subject who read all 27,000+ Marvel superhero comics and lived to tell the tale. The superhero comic books that Marvel Comics has published since 1961 are, Douglas Wolk notes, the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created:...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
¿Te has preguntado cómo le han hecho algunas parejas para amarse plenamente? ¿Será que amar es un aprendizaje que nunca termina?. Y si termina ¿por dónde se empieza?. No te preocupes, yo me sentía tan dudosa como puedes sentirte tú en este momento. Cómo me hubiera gustado saber entonces un poco de los que sé ahora sobre crecer en el amor. Me habría evitado varias decepciones y un corazón roto. Es por eso que, para ahorrarte dos o tres...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life--and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.'s elite--her renowned writing career, her celebrity marriage, and her legendary role as doyenne of the capital's social scene. In this emotionally involving, illuminating memoir, the legendary Washington Post journalist,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From the medieval bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious island of Caldihe, where sheep were said to grow on trees, Anthony Bale brings history alive in A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages, inviting the reader to travel across a medieval world punctuated with miraculous wonders and long-lost landmarks. Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East, the Antipodes, and the ends of the world, this is no ordinary travel...
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