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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"So, you're thinking of writing a book. Or, maybe you've written one, and are wondering what to do with it. What does it take to publish a novel, or even a short story? If you're a writer of color, these questions might multiply; after all, there's a lot of writing advice out there, and it can be hard to know how much of it really applies to your own experiences. If any of this sounds like you, you're in the right place: this collection of essays,...
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"Religion is on a decline in the United States, as the religiously unaffiliated segment climbs to more than 25% of the overall population. This is likely due to demographic shifts, but it may also be influenced by factors such as mass migrations from rural to urban areas and the advancement of isolating technology. Additionally, many are turned off by what they consider outdated stances and exclusiveness of many religions. Given these changes, what...
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What are the stories we tell ourselves about America? How do they shape our sense of history, cloud our perceptions, inspire us? America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we’ve been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that...
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Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Description
A comforting and useful resource for anyone who s struggling emotionally and looking for help―from the nation s leading community-based nonprofit that addresses the needs of those living with mental illness It can be extremely hard to figure out what s going on in our own heads when we are suffering when we feel alone and unworthy and can t stop our self-critical inner voice. And it s even more difficult to know where to go for answers. This book...
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Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
The past is not past. We may think something ancient history, or something that doesn’t affect our present day, but we would be wrong. Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow. Jaha Nailah Avery is a lawyer, scholar, and reporter whose family has roots in North Carolina stretching back over 300 years. These interviews have been a personal passion project for...
8) Betrayal
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Series
Robin Lockwood novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple murder of the entire Finch family...and Kerrigan's only...
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 480 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created...
11) Kangaroos
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Series
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
"A kindergarten-level introduction to kangaroos, covering their growth process, behaviors, their home in Australia, and such defining features as their big back feet"--
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Publisher
Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Discover all about the history of iconic Palestinian symbols like tatreez embroidery, or the inspiration behind Mahmoud Darwish's poetry. As you turn every page, you'll find yourself lost in the world of Dabke (the folk dance of Palestine) and amazed by its famous old cities; you'll try traditional food like knafeh, explore the different religions, and find out much more. Each spread of We Are Palestinian is accessible, richly inspiring, and visually...
13) Planets
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Description
Packed with stunning photography, Eyewitness Planets explores Earth s neighborhood, space and the Solar System. Become an eyewitness to the fascinating world of outer space, in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of Earth and its neighborhood with this spectacular planetary guide. Children will be mesmerized by this eyewitness view from Mercury to Neptune, of the rocky planets, gas giants, dwarf planets, asteroids,...
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Pub. Date
2024
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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.” —Reese Witherspoon
Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie...
“This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.” —Reese Witherspoon
Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie...
15) The planets
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm.
Description
Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.
16) The #1 lawyer
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Pub. Date
2024.
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A small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation, Stafford Lee Penney, Mississippi's #1 lawyer who has never lost a case, when his wife is scandalously killed, spirals into a legal and personal legal streak, ruining his career, and making him the nation's #1 suspect.
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Just in time for the third North American total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century, this book explains how to safely observe solar eclipses, how long eclipses last, and why they result in a blackout period during the day"--
18) Long Island
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Stunning." —People * "Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world's best living literary writers." —The Boston Globe * "Momentous and hugely affecting." —The Wall Street Journal *
From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey,...
From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey,...
19) The night sky
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"From planets and stars to constellations and meteor showers, readers will discover the amazing sights that can be seen in our night sky in this stellar Level 1 Ready-to-Read"--
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Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
"A visually packed guidebook to the exoplanets of our universe. You'll learn the four main types of exoplanets, techniques scientists use to discover them, the probability of finding life as we know it beyond Earth, plus detailed information about dozens of some of the most fascinating exoplanets discovered so far"--
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