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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel better afterwards, or worse? The reasons that we cry--and the circumstances in which we shed a tear--are often surprising and beautiful. Sad Happens is a collective, multi-faceted archive of tears that captures the complexity and variety of these circumstances. We hear from...
2) Reboot
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Language
English
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A former child actor, deadbeat dad and part-time alcoholic, David Crader, arriving in LA at his ex-wife and former co-star’s request, sees an opportunity to reboot the show that made him famous, which could be the spark that sets ablaze a nation gripped by far-right conspiracies, toxic fandoms and mass violence.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Against all the odds, Tessa Ensler has worked her way up to being a top criminal defensive barrister, and she fights to defend those pleading not guilty. She believes in the law, believes in the system. She clocks up win and after win, including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocent until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of a civilized society. But when Tessa is raped by a coworker, she struggles to find the...
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Language
English
Description
TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm--except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Organized in 12 main sections, The Good Book opens with meditations on the origin and progress of the world and human life in it, then devotes attention to the question of how life should be lived, how we relate to one another, and how vicissitudes are to be faced and joys appreciated. Inspired by the work of Herodotus and Lucretius, Confucius and Mencius, Seneca and Cicero, Montaigne, Bacon, and so many others, The Good Book will fulfill its audacious...
Publisher
Parragon
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Acurrúcate para escuchar los cuentos y rimas que más te gustan, adéntrate en los mundos mágicos de tus personajes preferidos de los cuentos de hadas, y descubre cada noche del año una nueva historia y aventuras llenas de imaginación. ¡Que tengas dulces sueños!
Curl up to hear the stories and rhymes that you like, go into the magical worlds of your favorite characters from the tales of fairies, and discover every night of the year a new story...
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Series
Songs of magic volume 3
Language
English
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Patch Brightwater, dracogriff Barver, and an army of Pipers find themselves stranded on a mysterious island while their shapeshifting friend Wren is held captive, but the three friends work to reunite and prevent the Piper of Hamelyn from achieving immortality and thwart a sinister plot.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives....
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Series
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English
Description
I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. But, the Ghan is not the respite I'd been hoping for. It turns out I've trapped myself on an 1,800-mile journey with a powder keg...
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
North America has a rich tradition of folk stories and tall tales. Native American myths and legends, Frontier-era folk heroes, and traditional homespun tall tales have delighted adults and children alike for generations. Folk Stories and Tall Tales is a treasury of the very best North American stories, all beautifully illustrated in Zanna Goldhawk's traditional, folk-inspired style. This anthology introduces children to North America's heritage of...
15) Camino Ghosts
Author
Series
Camino volume 3
Language
English
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Description
On Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed......
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald's motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin's, who claims her body and soul. But Bella has...
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ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
There is a rich and varied body of literature for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/allied and intersexed young people, which can function as a mirror for LGBTQAI+ individuals and as a window for others. This resource for librarians who work with children and teens surveys the best in LGBTQAI+ lit and offers guidance on how to share it to encourage understanding and acceptance among parents, school administrators, and...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sheila Heti collection 500,000 words from a decade's worth of journals, put the sentences in a spreadsheet, and sorted them alphabetically. She cut and cut and was left with 60,000 words of brilliance and mayhem, joy and sorrow. These are her alphabetical diaries.
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