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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A young teacher eager to change her students' lives with her books. An indigenous community with its own stories to share. And a great and dangerous serpent not to be underestimated. Set along the Amazon River, this stunningly illustrated story will spark lasting conversations about cross-cultural relationships, the importance of oral storytelling, and what it means to be a lifelong learner."--Page [4] of cover.
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Language
English
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"The heart finds its way when one least expects it--even in the most unforgiving frontiers. Invited by a friend to trek west and help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, and desperation leads Edward to his friend Marybeth with a proposition of marriage....
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English
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"The book revolves around Crissy, the star of a beloved Princess Diana tribute show in Las Vegas, and her estranged sister Betsy, a therapist who works with children and adolescents in Vermont. Betsy's boyfriend Frankie works in a mysterious branch of cryptocurrency and, seemingly out of nowhere, proposes that they move to Las Vegas together. Betsy and Crissy must navigate how to go about their newfound physical proximity to one another and their...
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Language
English
Description
"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm-except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
6) Murder road
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles. New York, 1908: The days are getting longer--and warmer--in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn't want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she's expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County....
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, Evans shares his moving journey from childhood to beloved author. With his signature 'seasoned finesse' (Booklist), he offers the insightful lessons he's learned and engaging advice about everything from marriage to parenthood and even facing near-death experiences."--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
483 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the changes sweeping the country. On Chicago's North Shore,...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First revised edition.
Physical Desc
90 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Poetry can be fun -- especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights. A Child's Introduction to Poetry joyously introduces kids (and parents) to the greatest poets in history -- from Homer and Shakespeare to Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou -- and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special and everlasting. The book covers every style of poem, from epics and odes, to nonsense verse and...
Author
Publisher
Mae Nicoli
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
70 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Sisters of Skunk Hollow is a collection of the memories of eight sisters who grew up there in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. The family farm was on Whipple Hill Road, running parallel to Trout Brook in the area referred to as the Poorwoods.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
He was loved by British Revolutionary War loyalists and hated by American patriots. What made King George III so mad? Hoping to restore glory to the British crown, he instead plunged two countries into a seven-year bloodbath and died plagued by insanity and failure.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2022].
Edition
First Aladdin edition.
Physical Desc
728 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With her friends divided and scattered, and the Black Swan wanting her to focus on their projects, Sophie is led in a different direction to Stellarlune, which might be their salvation or destruction, and learns the true meaning of power--and evil." -- Ingram.
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