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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Nine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity"--
Rome--metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical--is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine the first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth, and a major literary...
2) Panama
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, 1 color map ; 24 cm.
Description
"In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Panama. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index."--
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"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of...
5) Nine stories
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Pub. Date
[1953]
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 20 cm
Description
A collection of 9 realistic and perceptive short stories.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times-bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the...
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Lady Worthing mysteries volume 2
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"Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the town's judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolition--and her fears that someone from her past...
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
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26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Explore the four core cultural values of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people in this photo-based children's book. These four values - which include living in harmony with the land and the importance of balance and reciprocity - have guided Native peoples in Southeast Alaska for more than 10,000 years and remain central in these cultures today.
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Pub. Date
c2021
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198 pages ; 24 cm.
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Ashby Egbert, joven perteneciente a la clase acomodada, sufre un accidente y es internado en un hospital p͠blico. Ah̕ empieza a conocer un mundo de cuya existencia no ten̕a idea y a entablar relaciones con personajes que le tender̀n la mano como si fuera uno de ellos. Al salir, ̌l ya ser̀ otro: tendr̀ una visi̤n m̀s cr̕tica y social, desde la que encontrar̀ su verdadero motor: Amaya Chacel. Ella llegar̀ a su vida para darle un nuevo giro....
12) Barbie
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice. "Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was thirteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I'd sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you could be thirteen-sixteenths of anything and if so, what part of her constituted...
14) Tokyo ghoul: 3
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Series
Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
166 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki is still trying to get used to his new life when Commission of Counter Ghoul agents Mado and Amon start...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
On the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and laws; those who award this neighborhood its name. The rules appear...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (64 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. "An exploration of the soul food tradition, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its continuing popularity despite the known dangers of high-fat, high-calorie diets...an absorbing and ultimately inspiring look at the cultural politics of food and the complex interplay between identity, taste, power, and health"--Container.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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xi, 451 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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"From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author, a romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and misadventures of a 19th-century zelig. One man, many lives ... Cashel Greville Ross experiences more of everything than most, from the rapturous to the devastating, from surprising good luck to unexpected loss. Born in 1799, Cashel seeks his fortune across the turbulence of multiple continents, from County Cork to...
19) Inshallah a boy
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan's Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
20) Jamaica
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Jamaica. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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