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Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each drawing on the other for inspiration, comfort, and strength. They brought their literary talents to bear on a wide range of topics, discussing...
Author
Publisher
Appetite by Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"You keep a running list of restaurants you go to for your favorite flavorbombs--a vibrant, pungent Caesar salad, extra crispy garlic fries, or a spicy puttanesca pasta maybe. You might even be able to articulate exactly what it is about those dishes that you find so addictive. But when you try to reproduce the same flavors at home, you find yourself falling short. If any of the above sounds familiar, this book is for you."
If you live for wildly...
1092) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
1094) No honor among thieves
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A semi's gone over the embankment." The call wakes Sheriff Joanna Brady in the middle of the night but what brings her fully alert is the rest of the story. The driver didn't drift off to sleep and cross the center line, he was shot multiple times, by someone with serious firepower. And when the truck crashed through the guardrail, its payload wound up scattered all over the road, boxes upon boxes of Legos. Legos that are being tracked by B. Simpson's...
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on Songs of Our Native Daughters / written...
1098) Deathgasm
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
High School is Hell! Metal-thrashing Brodie is an outcast in a sea of jocks and cheerleaders until he meets a kindred spirit in fellow metalhead Zakk. After starting their own band, Brodie and Zakk's resentment of the suburban wasteland leads them to a mysterious piece of sheet music said to grant Ultimate Power to whoever plays it. But the music also summons an ancient evil entity known as Aeloth The Blind One, who threatens to tear apart existence...
1099) Spirit riders
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kacie is a seventeen-year-old girl struggling with guilt and anger after a tragic loss. When Kacie is arrested and sentenced to a work-release program at Spirit Riders, an equine therapy camp, she's clearly out of her element. However, she finds a kindred spirit in Blaze, a retired racehorse having difficulty adjusting to domesticated life. With the help of the ranch owner, Kacie helps re-train Blaze and, in the process, learns how to let go of her...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bound by blood, sealed in secrets.
Twilight Crossing
Scientist Jamie McCullough carries a secret that could secure peace between humans and vampires. But before she has a chance to reveal it, she's accused of bringing a vampire-killing virus to the conclave where negotiations are taking place. Half-blood Rider Timon is willing to pay the ultimate price to save her, but can he win her trust?
Bewitching the Dragon
Dev Gideon's loyalty to...