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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Lagos to Mexico City, Australia to the Caribbean, Toronto to Los Angeles, Darjeeling to rural New Zealand, London to New York--twenty-two bestselling crime writers from diverse cultures come together from across the world in a razor sharp and deliciously sinister collection of crime stories"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two of comics' most acclaimed creators, SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire) and JEFF LEMIRE (DESCENDER, PLUTONA, Moon Knight, Sweet Tooth) unite to create an epic like no other, set in a future where a genetic cure for death has been found. Years after the discovery, one man starts to question everything, leading him on a mind-bending journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past and his own mortality. A unique combination of...
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Humanitarian, philanthropist, and campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784—1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the nineteenth century. His story, told here in full for the first time, is a remarkable and illuminating tale of diplomacy and adventure. Abigail Green's sweeping biography follows Montefiore through the realms of court and ghetto, tsar and sultan, synagogue and stock exchange.
Interweaving...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Kaufman explores the shock, wonder, and beauty of an uncertain future. The poems provide a vivid account of trying to find a path forward while reckoning with the pain of the past, embracing imperfection, and unlearning the language of self-criticism. -- adapted from back cover
28) Pierre Etaix
Series
Criterion collection volume 655
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Français
Description
A privileged but sheltered young man sets out to find a spouse; a man who has everything yearns for love; four vignettes tell stories of a man unable to tell fantasy from reality, consumer-culture assault, a restless urban population, and a picnic in the country; a married man is tempted by his secretary; vacationers react to the May 1968 protests in France; a young man is jilted by his fiancée; heavy traffic at the end of the work day makes it difficult...
29) Apocalypse 2012
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In ancient Mexico, the "End-Time Codex"-prophesizing the world's end in 2012- is entombed. A young Aztec-Mayan slave tells us its story.
Gifted in math and astronomy, Coyotl rises to king's counselor in Tula, a golden city of milk and honey ruled by the brilliant god-king, Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent of lore. Gathering artists, scientists and craftsmen, this legendary ruler builds a city that will awe humanity for one thousand years. But,...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Honey for a Child's Heart is a compelling, essential guide for parents who want to find the best books for their children ages 0-12. This edition includes a new preface, an updated list of recommended reads for each age group, and audiobook suggestions.
A good book is a gateway into a wider world of wonder, beauty, delight, and adventure. But, children don't stumble onto the best books by themselves. They need a parent's help. Author Gladys Hunt,...
33) Vessel: poems
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The imagination of a girl, the retelling of family stories, and the unfolding of a rich and often painful history: Parneshia Jones' debut collection explores the intersections of these elements of experience with refreshing candor and metaphorical purpose. A child of the South speaking in the rhythms of Chicago, Jones knits "a human quilt" with herself at the center. She relates everything from the awkward trip to Marshall Fields with her mother to...
35) Dark Dude
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As a little boy, Pacifique Irankunda lived through the thirteen-year civil war in Burundi, the war that upended his home and family, and destroyed Burundi's beautiful culture and traditions. He hid and watched as military units destroyed his village; he and his brother slept in the woods on nights when they heard shooting and violence. From his own memories and those of his family, he tells this story of surviving the devastating ethnic divisions...
Author
Publisher
Pavilion Books Company Ltd
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
This whimsical collection of botanical-inspired needlework projects will take you from budding novice to confident stitcher as you explore a variety of simple counted embroidery techniques. Bursting with colour and filled with designs to suit a range of abilities, you needn't be green-fingered to recreate a slice of this magical rural retreat in your own home.