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Emmy Award-winner Ben Gazzara ("Happiness," "The Big Lebowski") portrays a convicted killer who, when he receives a reprieve from a date with the electric chair, goes on to find redemption in prison. An all-star cast provides strong support in this drama based on a true story. Also starring Emmy Award-winner Ray Walston (TV's "Picket Fences," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"), Academy Award-winner Rod Steiger ("In the Heat of the Night," "On the Waterfront"),...
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A cold murder of Arya and Annika characters parents in the heat of the night by a mob of demons.A fantasy story revolving around teen young adult characters Arya and Annika. Fate brings them together at a very young age and starts an action adventure of a lifetime for the characters. A Journey they can't refuse.The trials start from a young tender age of four as they witness their parents getting slaughtered brutally by demons. From that moment, they...
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When up-and-coming singing sensation Shelby Vaughn arrives in town for two weeks of concert dates, she hires her old friend Angie and the rest of the bakery crew to supply cupcakes for the VIP guest lounge every night. After overhearing Shelby in a heated argument with her manager, Mel is concerned, but she and the crew decide to make the best of their time working with the star. Just as the bakers fall into the rhythm of the job, Shelby's manager...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Mountain of Fire is the narrative nonfiction story of the violent volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, the story of the people who died, those who survived, and the heroes who fought to raise an alarm. For weeks, the ground around Mount St. Helens shuddered like a dynamite keg ready to explode. There were legends of previou eruptions: violent fire, treacherous floods, and heat that had scoured the area. But the shaking and swelling...
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice Marble. In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the legendary Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet...
6) Ocean
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The ocean can be bright and warm or dark and cold. During the day, the sunlight heats the water surface. At night, everything turns dark. How does this change affect the creatures that live there? What do animals such as sharks, turtles, and whales do as the day goes by? Learn about the ocean habitat while you follow its daily cycle in this beautiful book"--
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Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"These childhood best friends swore they'd never speak again. But that was before a surprise summer reunion gives them a chance to turn up the heat. Effie Olsen thought she'd never settle down on the tiny Maine island where she grew up, but she's returning from a whirlwind sixteen years as a professional chef in far-flung countries for one summer and one summer only. Her hometown boasts one of the best restaurants in the US, and lucky for her, Brown...
8) Arctic
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Discover the different habitats of Earth, and learn what animals do as the day goes by, with this new series of books!"--
"How are day and night different in each of the main habitats on Earth? Discover it with this series of books! The Arctic is a cold and unusual place. There are six months of daylight and six months of darkness. How does this affect the creatures that live there? What do animals such as polar bears, walruses, and reindeers do...
9) Desert
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Discover the different habitats of Earth, and learn what animals do as the day goes by, with this new series of books!"--
"How are day and night different in each of the main habitats on Earth? Discover it with this series of books!The desert is a dry place with little rain. Days can be very hot, while nights can be extremely cold. How does this affect the creatures that live there? What do animals such as meerkats, camels, and lizards do as they...
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Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Español
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"My name is Earth / but people call me Little Earth." In the fourth installment of their award-winning Madre Tierra / Mother Earth series of trilingual picture books about the natural world, Jorge Argueta and Felipe Ugalde Alcántara collaborate again to introduce Mother Earth, who is "full of all the colors / and all the flavors." She is the mother of water, fire, wind and earth. Some call her planet, others nature or creation. "I am Mother Earth...
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Off-campus volume 4
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Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Discover another binge-worthy romance from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy! She's good at achieving her goals... College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn't include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling...
12) Frontera
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HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is ill-prepared for the unforgiving heat that is sure to...
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Tin House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In the late 1980s on the Jersey shore, Jane Wong watches her mother shake ants from an MSG bin behind the family's Chinese restaurant. She is a hungry daughter frying crab rangoon for lunch, a child sneaking naps on bags of rice, a playful sister scheming to trap her brother in the freezer before he traps her first. Jane is part of a family staking their claim to the American dream, even as this dream crumbles. Beneath Atlantic City's promise lies...
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True hauntings volume 2
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Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"A bloody soldier who disappears into thin air. Flickering orbs floating over a military cemetery. History is filled with brave fighters cut down in the heat of battle. But what if they aren't resting in peace? True Hauntings: Battlefield Ghosts revisits deadly clashes from the past and the ghosts they left behind, from a headless horseman galloping through the night to restless spirits rising from sunken ships, searching for revenge. In this second...
15) Dirtbag: essays
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The complete story of the victories and failures of millennial socialism, as told by the writer who witnessed it all firsthand. Amber A'Lee Frost came to New York City as a working class activist in a punk band, arriving just before the start of Occupy Wall Street-the first major event in decades for a socialist movement that was nearly extinct at the turn of the century. She's been at the vanguard of radical politics ever since, as a writer, veteran...
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Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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The one thing they both agree on? Their attraction! Artist Willow Jacobs's latest high-society portrait is set to make her career. Until the subject's son, Leonidas Stanhope, demands it never sees the light of day! He's everything she isn't: uptight, reserved, and richer than sense. But that won't stop her standing her ground. And yet their negotiations can't halt her red-hot reaction to the Greek - especially when she sees the same heat reflected...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Everything in Moira Green's life goes topsy-turvy when the town council plans to demolish her mother's cafe to make room for parking. Determined to save her mother's business, she swallows her pride and asks Gil Ryan for help. Moira and Somerset Lake's mayor were good friends once, until one night changed everything between them. And now, with Gil supporting the council's plans, Moira is forced to find another way to save Sweetie's - and it involves...
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From the Gilded Age to the first Red Scare of 1919-1920, the American anarchist movement clashed with some of the nation's most powerful institutions and individuals. Anarchists never comprised more than a small minority the labor movement. Their vision of a world without states, borders, laws, organized religion, or private property proved far too radical for even the most open-minded liberals of their day-particularly when some anarchists advocated...