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81) Aliens: Bishop
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
A direct sequel to Aliens and Alien 3—Weyland-Yutani, the Colonial Marines, and Bishop’s creator all pursue the android for the deadly Xenomorph data contained in his brain. Written by T. R. Napper, award-winning author of the acclaimed 36 Streets, whose explosive work explores the artificial intelligence and what it is to be human.
“Do me a favor. Disconnect me. I could be reworked, but I’ll never be top of...
“Do me a favor. Disconnect me. I could be reworked, but I’ll never be top of...
Author
Series
Asha and Baz volume 2
Publisher
Common Deer Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Computer class is off to a rocky start for Asha and Baz! They've been given a Coding Challenge and must correctly code instructions to send a digital frog across a computer screen. But they can't seem to figure it out. With their reputation as the smartest kids in their class at stake, the pair turn to their magic stick for answers. They use it to draw their coding problem in the sand and are transported back in time to 1941 Hollywood to meet Hedy...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens' Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she'll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively...
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 1-6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents the adventures of the Grace children who have some unusual experiences after they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures, in a text that includes the author's sketchbook.
86) Walking trees
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lily wants a tree for her birthday. Although she and her father live in a tiny dark apartment, she promises to give it water and sun and air. But after she receives her tree--whom she names George--even Lily can't imagine how their daily walks will change the neighborhood! With George in a wagon, the two friends explore Lily's street, greeting neighbors who are happy to sit in George's shade. It turns out he's the only tree on the street! Soon Lily's...
Author
Series
One of us is lying volume 3
Publisher
Alfaguara, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Al principio, el misterioso letrero parece una broma de mal gusto: Es hora de un nuevo juego, Bayview . Pero cuando alguien desaparece, queda claro que ese juego se ha vuelto serio, y nadie entiende las reglas. Todo el mundo puede ser la siguiente víctima. Y ahora que un individuo inesperado ha vuelto a Bayview, las cosas empiezan a ser mortales. Simon tenía razón sobre los secretos: al final, todos salen a la luz.
A member of the Bayview Crew...
89) Oreo
Author
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City
Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical...Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Born from young King Henry's first marriage, his elder daughter, Princess Mary, is raised to be queen once it becomes clear that her mother, Katherine of Aragon, will bear no more surviving children. However, Henry's restless eye has a devastating influence on the young princess's future when he declares her a bastard and his marriage to her mother unlawful. In hopes of a male heir, he marries Anne Boleyn and banishes Katherine and Mary from the royal...
Author
Series
Daughters of war trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise ... A rebellious daughter. 1925. Among the ancient honey-colored walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets. A sister with a secret. 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A long-awaited collection of stories--twelve in all--by one of the most exciting writers at work today. Stories remarkable in their range, emotional force, and dark laughter, and in the sheer beauty and power of their language.
Author
Series
Easy Rawlins mystery volume 16
Publisher
Mullholland Books / Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
January 1970 finds Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, LA's premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations. He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a thriving investigation agency. All is right with the world... and then Amethystine Stoller, his own personal Helen of Troy, arrives. Her ex-husband is missing. A simple enough case. But even as Easy takes his first step in the investigation he trips. He falls into the memory of things...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack London's most profound and moving literary works... The Call of the Wild, London's elemental masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canada's Yukon Territory, is...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's. Will Gigi give up or will she try her best?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rowan and Neil, in a committed long-distance relationship while attending different colleges in Boston and New York City, face the challenges of navigating the first months of college life and personal struggles as they strive to make their relationship last.
Author
Series
Emperor volume 3
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
With an army made in his own image, Caesar begins a daring charge through Gaul, across the English Channel, and to the wilds of tribal Britain. Here, in a series of cataclysmic clashes, the legend of Julius Caesar will be forged. And while Caesar and Brutus battle the armies of the wilderness, their politicial adversaries in Rome grow ever more powerful. For when the fighting is over, the greatest danger to Julius Caesar will await him on the Tiber...
99) The naturals
Author
Series
Naturals novel volume 1
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Atrapada en una caza inesperada, Cassie tendrá que enfrentarse a sus mayores miedos para sobrevivir. A Cassie se le ha dado siempre bien calar a la gente. Observándolos puede saber quiénes son y lo que quieren, pero este don nunca ha sido algo que se haya tomado muy en serio. O, al menos, hasta que el FBI llama a su puerta y la recluta para un programa secreto. En él, Cassie y otros jóvenes excepcionales deben solucionar famosos casos sin resolver....
100) Emergency quarters
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ernesto has waited his whoooole life to become a niño grande. A big boy. Now he's finally old enough to walk the six blocks to school without his parents. Every morning, his mom hands him a shiny new quarter and reminds him they're for emergencies. If Ernesto needs her, she's only a pay phone call away. But each day reveals a tempting new treat to enjoy with his friends: crisp packs of baseball cards, arcade games, hot tamales, and fresh juices!...
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