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Forest Avenue Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"An unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godn̕ez. His world expands as he meets her network of family and friends, setting him on a course to discover his first-life history, which the...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us." — Esquire
"Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking." — New Scientist
For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions
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Publisher
Citadel Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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A Ms. Magazine Pick for Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023
"Pashtana's story highlights the resourcefulness and bravery of young women in Afghanistan. I hope readers will be inspired by her mission to give every girl the education she deserves and the opportunity to pursue her dreams."—Malala Yousafzai
In the spirit of I am Malala and Our House is On Fire by Greta Thunberg, this...
"Pashtana's story highlights the resourcefulness and bravery of young women in Afghanistan. I hope readers will be inspired by her mission to give every girl the education she deserves and the opportunity to pursue her dreams."—Malala Yousafzai
In the spirit of I am Malala and Our House is On Fire by Greta Thunberg, this...
5) No Accident
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Series
Publisher
Books in Motion
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Good cops have no use for coincidence. When a driver slams his pickup truck—twice—into a tandem bike being ridden by Carlos Guzman and his fiancée, Tasha, in Briones, California, it's more than a simple hit-and-run; the driver clearly intended to harm them. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman gets the call with the news of her son's accident and wastes no time racing to his side. She is greeted by Police Captain Eddie Mitchell, formerly
...6) The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republicanism has been mangled by opportunists who are apologists for racism.
After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans,
...7) DQChannels
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Publisher
Cyber Media (India) Limited
Language
English
Description
DQ Channels was launched in 1999 to provide a platform for channel partners & vendors to put forth their views on industry happenings, offer their opinions and raise issues that needed resolution.
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Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. Between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. Branded a Guild deserter, Jal "accidentally" lands a ride on a Guild ship. Helmed by an AI, with a ship's engineer/medic who doesn't see much of a difference between the two jobs, and a "don't make me shoot you" XO, the Guild crew of the Ambit is...
10) Gory Details
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Infused with Mary Roach-style humor and science, this narrative illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, the Earth, and universe.
Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed...
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Series
First cat in space volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world....
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Set in an unnamed valley-surrounded by other valleys, each twenty years apart in time-a masterful, moving literary speculative novel in which the Conseil determines if a bereaved resident can cross the border to the past or the future on a "mourning tour." One sixteen-year-old Conseil candidate spots two visitors from the future, but is shocked when she recognizes them as the parents of the boy she loves"--
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world’s top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing.
"Why We Remember offers a radically new and engaging...
"Why We Remember offers a radically new and engaging...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
When her favorite customer, a lonely yet charming old man, dies right in front of her, Cassie holds on to the last book he was reading, which turns out to be a rare volume that has great power and she is tasked with protecting it from those who will do evil.
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"I loved it!"—Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
"An essential, profound read." —The Washington Post
The right guy, the right place, the wrong time.
It's 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazing woman named Holly and all the time in the world ahead of him. That is until a brutal encounter...
"An essential, profound read." —The Washington Post
The right guy, the right place, the wrong time.
It's 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazing woman named Holly and all the time in the world ahead of him. That is until a brutal encounter...
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Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit--an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice. Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of Defense has asked us to refer to it, has been responsible...
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Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer’s second installment in the middle grade Animal Rescue Agency series sends your favorite fox and chicken duo on a tropical adventure to save the world’s biggest pangolin pop star.
After a frigid arctic rescue, Esquire and Mr. Pepper get the perfect opportunity to warm up—an invitation to Beatle the Pangolin’s private island concert. Sun and sand await!
But when Esquire and Mr. Pepper arrive,...
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Series
The adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 3
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sophie Mouse wants to prove how wonderful mice are for a school project she is doing with her brother, Winston, but starts to have doubts when, even with Hattie and Owen's help, she is unable to learn to swim.
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Series
The adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 4
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Mouse's brother, Winston, wants to help her build a fort in the woods, but Sophie Mouse tells him he should go home because he's too little. When she realizes that she could use his help, he's nowhere to be found!"--