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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bootlegger Rory Docherty has returned home to the fabled mountain of his childhood -- a misty wilderness that holds its secrets close and keeps the outside world at gunpoint. Slowed by a wooden leg and haunted by memories of the Korean War, Rory runs bootleg whiskey for a powerful mountain clan in a retro-fitted '40 Ford coupe. Between deliveries to roadhouses, brothels, and private clients, he lives with his formidable grandmother, evades federal...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Great War consumes all in its path, but for the assassins at Talon it's just another day on the job . . . until an old threat revives from the smoke of war-torn Europe to obliterate the world as they know it. After successfully rescuing Phillip from the clutches of the Order of the Rising Moon, Jack and Ivy Vale are relieved to end their months-long chase across Eastern Europe and recover from their wounds back at Talon headquarters. A homecoming--much...
Author
Publisher
Beck & Branch Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1956, a young American photographer falls in love with a Cuban line cook in New York. They have a ten-week affair which ends when Immigration arrests and deports him, and by then Clare Miller is pregnant. Few Americans know the name Camilo Cienfuegos. All Cubans do. He was the most charismatic of Castro's rebel commanders. But Clare, who never hears from him after he's deported, believes he has died in Fidel's invasion of the island....
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
240 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
La presente antologia publicada en ingles y en espanol reune 20 relatos de extraordinaria calidad de autores que representan una muestra de la mejor literatura mexicana de la primera mitad del siglo XX. El lector recorrera en estos parrafos la irrealidad fantastica, los paisajes perfectamente reconocibles de la realidad y el pasado palpable de la historia de Mexico; asimismo, transitara entre los reflejos urbanos de lo cotidiano y la intima imaginacion...
65) Out of darkness
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
Author
Series
Joseph Spector novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered dead in his locked study, and there seems to be no way that a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. Stumped by the confounding scene, the Scotland Yard detective on the case calls on retired stage magician-turned-part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. For who better to make sense of the impossible than one who traffics in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
320 pages : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
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Description
This delightful book contains all 20 of the classic Farmyard Tales stories. Young children will love meeting Poppy and Sam, Rusty the dog, Curly the pig and Woolly the sheep, and spotting the little yellow duck on every page.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Set across the U.S. and abroad, Meron Hadero stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong. Moving through diverse geographies and styles, this captivating collection follows characters on the journey toward home, which they dream of, create and redefine, lose and find and make their own. Beyond migration, these stories examine themes of race, gender, class, friendship...
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander 'Andy' Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective--but his business hasn't exactly taken off. It turns out that word spreads fast when you have a bad reputation, and no one in the queer community trusts him enough to ask an ex-cop for help. When James, an old flame from the war who had mysteriously disappeared, arrives in his offices above the Ruby, Andy wants to kick him out. But the job...
70) The black kids
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the 1990s, during the turbulent and deeply corrupt years of Alberto Fujimori's presidency, two wealthy couples of Lima's high society become embroiled in a disturbing vortex of erotic adventures and politically driven blackmail. One day Enrique, a high-profile businessman, receives a visit from Rolando Garro, the editor of a notorious magazine that specializes in salacious exposes. Garro presents Enrique with lewd pictures from an old business...
Author
Publisher
RBA Libros
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
303 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation.
Enero de 1946: Londres emerge de las sombras de la segunda guerra mundial. La escritora Juliet Ashton está buscando el argumento para su próximo libro. ¿Quién podría imaginarse que lo encontraría en la carta...
Author
Series
Taos Pueblo four seasons volume 2
Publisher
Seventh Generation Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
22 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"We are the Red Willow People of Taos Pueblo. This illustrations-only book tells the story of our Red Willow People of Taos Pueblo in present-day northern New Mexico. Taos Pueblo is known to be one of the longest continuously inhabited communities, designated both as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Landmark. We speak Tiwa language, a dialect of Tanoan, which is unwritten and taught through oral tradition, having been passed down...
74) The colony
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders.
It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn’t much like the sea. He wants the authentic experience, to be changed by this...
Author
Series
Absolute Sandman volume 2
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
616 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
The second of four slipcased volumes, "The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2" collects 20 tales of "The Sandman" and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, as well as never-before-seen extra material from one of the most original and artistically ambitious comic book series of the modern age.D.C. Comics
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2023], c2022.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
Español
Description
En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se encuentran con otras personas como ellos. Familias con raíces...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 26
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Annie travel back in time to 1925 Nome, Alaska, where they meet Balto, the famous sled dog, and help save the town from illness"--
Series
pokemon journeys volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Ash is back in awesome adventures that take place across multiple regions of the best-selling Pokémon video games! Ash is back and more determined than ever to be a Pokémon Master! Now he's teamed up with a new friend, Goh, who wants to collect every Pokémon from every region! When Ash and Pikachu hitch a ride aboard the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, they discover another kid is also on board! Meet Goh, who wants to catch every Pokémon ever-including...
79) Crystal & gem
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how crystals form in nature, how crystals are grown artificially, and how crystals are used in industry. Numerous color photos with text identify the various gemstones.
"Discover the beauty of emeralds, rubies, lapis lazuli, jade, silver, and gold in this glittering collection of precious stones and metals. Learn where crystals can be found, how they form, and what they are used for--from dazzling jewelry to diamond-cutting tools and the...
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