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Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author offers an intimate portrait of America's original first family in this groundbreaking major biography of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, filled with rich anecdotes and stories that reveal the father of our country in a fresh and original way.
Author
Series
Captain Marvel (2019) volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen is not particularly interested in getting married, although she does find the mysterious Mr. Lefroy an intriguing possibility--but first she has to deal with the accusation that her cousin Eliza is a French spy, and solve a murder.
25624) Summer fun
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
414 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gala, a young trans woman, works at a hostel in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. She is obsessed with the Get Happies, the quintessential 1960s Californian band, helmed by its resident genius, B--. Why did the band stop making music? Why did they never release their rumored album, Summer Fun? Gala writes letters to B-- that shed light not only on the Get Happies, but paint an extraordinary portrait of Gala. The parallel narratives of B-- and Gala...
25626) Cosmoknights: Book one
Author
Series
Cosmoknights volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
211 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"For this ragtag band of space gays, liberation means beating the patriarchy at its own game. Pan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess... until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep,...
25627) Josephine Baker
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Josephine Baker, from her childhood in St. Louis and her early career in New York to her rise to fame in France and her role as a spy in World War II.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xv, 999 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Publishing for the centenary of her birth, Patricia Highsmith's diaries "offer the most complete picture ever published" of the canonical author (New York Times). Relegated during her lifetime to the pulpy genre of mystery, Patricia Highsmith has emerged since her death in 1995 as one of "our greatest modernist writers" (Gore Vidal). Presented for the first time, this one-volume assemblage of her diaries and notebooks-- posthumously discovered behind...
25629) Oh pure and radiant heart
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
489 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
25630) Grass
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
471 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering...
25631) Bad best friend
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Niki's best friend, Ava, dumps her just as life at home is becoming more complicated by her brother Danny's behavior and her mother's refusal to admit Danny is on the autism spectrum.
25632) La chica que dejaste atrás
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
524 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"En 1916 el artista francés Édouard Lefèvre ha de dejar a su mujer Sophie para irse al frente a luchar. Cuando la ciudad cae en manos alemanas y ella ha de acoger a los soldados en el hotel que regenta, el retrato que pintó su marido se convierte en una obsesión para el comandante germano y ella se ve forzada a arriesgarlo todo, su familia, su reputación e incluso su vida, con la esperanza de ver a su amor una última vez. Un siglo más tarde...
25633) No pity for the dead
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Herriman skillfully brings 1867 San Francisco to life in all its beauty and treachery."--Anna Lee Huber, National Bestselling Author of the Lady Darby Mysteries -- The author of No Comfort for the Lost returns with a new mystery of Old San Francisco... British-born nurse Celia Davies runs a free medical clinic to assist the poor women of San Francisco. Aided in her endeavors by her half-Chinese cousin, Barbara, and her feisty housekeeper, Addie,...
25634) Dead girls dancing
Author
Series
Katie Maguire novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the middle of Cork, in the middle of the day, a fire blazes in a local dance studio. Thirteen women, all promising stars, die in the flames. Their young lives cut short by a tragic accident. But where others see tragedy, DCI Katie Maguire sees murder. This is not the first fire to sweep through Cork. And in one previous case, the victims were dead before the fire was started. As Katie Maguire investigates the strange, obsessive world of competitive...
25635) The devil's bible: a novel
Author
Series
Bohemian gospel volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The propulsive follow-up to Bohemian Gospel, which sends Mouse on a dangerous journey to Europe to find the missing pages from The Devils Biblea mission which just may have a chance to save the world from the forces of evil.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
330 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the island of Cyprus, in the overgrown ruins of Varosha--a resort town abandoned since the Turkish invasion of 1974--a secret village thrives. Here, a community of resourceful exiles and refugees lives under the radar of the Turkish authorities, thanks to the good-natured, cheerfully corrupt Colonel Kaya. Each villager has his or her own cryptic reasons for hiding among the lemon and olive trees, for trying to keep the outside world at bay. Into...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Game A shockingly personal, surprisingly relatable, brutally honest memoir, in which the celebrated dating expert confronts the greatest challenge he has ever faced: monogamy and fidelity. Neil Strauss became famous to millions around the world as the author of The Game, a funny and slyly instructive account of how he transformed himself from a scrawny, insecure nerd into the ultra-confident, ultra-successful...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and experiences of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velasquez, from getting bullied in school and later online, to her multi-million-viewed TED talk, her work as a motivational speaker and as a lobbyist for the first federal anti-bullying bill.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
Author
Series
Lady Montfort novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xi, 318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Filled with deceptions both real and imagined, Death Sits Down to Dinner is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in London. Lady Montfort is thrilled to receive an invitation to a dinner party hosted by her close friend Hermione Kingsley, the patroness of England's largest charity. Hermione has pulled together a select gathering to celebrate Winston Churchill's 39th birthday. Some of the oldest families in the country have gathered to toast the dangerously...
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