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2024.
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"For many years, "nature poetry" has evoked images of Romantic poets standing on mountain tops. But our poetic landscape has changed dramatically, and so has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, this book challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes--both literal and literary--are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously...
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2023.
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"Renting a home can be a complex process--from finding a safe and affordable space, to hiring help for moving in and out, and of course, managing any repairs that come up during your stay. You deserve to feel empowered to take matters into your own hands--and it's not as hard as you might think. In this book, Mercury will show you how to tackle the projects that need improvement in your home--from how to properly fix a clog in your bathroom sink and...
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"In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not just a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings, including everything...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"Jane Eyre has no interest in a husband. Eager to make her own way in the world, she accepts the governess position at Thornfield Hall. Though her new employer, Edward Rochester, has a charming air—not to mention a handsome face—Jane discovers that his smile can sharpen in an instant. Plagued by Edward’s mercurial mood and the strange wails that echo through the corridors, Jane grows suspicious of the secrets hidden within Thornfield Hall—unaware...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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In this enchanting new read in the fan-favorite series from a USA Today bestselling author, garda of County Cork, Ireland, Siobhán O'Sullivan and Macdaras Flannery, are about to get married at last. But just as the rowdy O'Sullivan brood and all the regulars of the local bistro have gathered at the church, the nuptials come to an abrupt halt when the discovery of an unidentified skeleton puts the wedding on pause...
If only...
If only...
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Asian saga (James Clavell) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
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By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell's Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!
Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains the first half of the complete novel.
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he
...70) Italy
Pub. Date
[2022]
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An updated edition of a popular traveler's guide to Italy offers comprehensive recommendations for a multi-week trip, covering everything from major cities and the Forum to the Colosseum and Michelangelo's David while providing walking-tour options and helpful Italian phrases.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A tree is planted on a precarious border. A shrub is stolen from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? In fourteen essays, Dispersals explores the entanglements of the plant and human worlds: from species considered invasive, like giant hogweed; to those vilified but intimate, like soy; and those like kelp, on which our futures depend. Each...
72) The king penguin
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Pub. Date
2023.
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King penguin Percival is off to find subjects who will listen to him, as long as they do not eat him first.
73) Gild
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Pub. Date
2023
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É característico dos homens desvalorizarem as mulheres. Será igualmente a sua ruína. Sempre nos disseram que esta é a história do rei Midas. Ele é o rei dourado e eu sou a sua favorita – a mulher que, com apenas um toque, ele transformou em ouro. Para mostrar que lhe pertenço. Para mostrar a todos o seu imenso poder. Ele prometeu proteger-me e, em troca, eu prometi-lhe o meu coração. Mas quando a guerra chega ao reino, é necessário um...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"Magic is fading from Wales--choked off by King Offa's Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the dragons have disappeared. And now an attack is imminent. Prince Taliesin would love to watch magic die. Prince Dafydd fears it, and the throne. But when their father promises the crown to whichever son can destroy the dyke and restore magic to Wales, the brothers are forced into an uneasy rivalry. Ffion works hedgewitch magic for...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"Welcome to Coldwater. Come for the ghosts, stay for the drama. Jericka Walker had planned to spend the summer before senior year soaking up the sun with her best friend on the Jersey Shore. Instead she finds herself in Coldwater, Maryland, a small town with a dark and complicated past where her estranged grandmother lives—someone she knows only two things about: her name and the fact that she left Jericka’s mother and uncle when they were children....
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[2020]
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"This-day-in-history approach to key figures and events that shaped Colorado from the 1690s to the present. A relevant vignette for each day of the calendar year, exploring Colorado's many facets through distilled tales of people, places, events, and trends that shaped, and continue to shape, the region."--
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Join us on a colorful journey in this look and find book. Let Otto and Brutus introduce you to all kinds of vehicles-- from the Trojan Horse to the Harley Davidson; the stagecoach to the steam train; the double-decker bus to the skateboard. Wheels get you where you want to go, but do you know why racing cars have spoilers? In which bicylce race does the leader where a pink jersey? Which van was made famous by surfers in California? Look for specific...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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Mina has become the hero of her own story. Literally. When Mina Lee woke up on Saturday morning for SAT prep, she did not expect to nearly be fried by a superhero who turned out to be a supervillain, come face to face with Jin, the handsome boy of her dreams, or discover a conspiracy involving an evil corporation she made up. And it's all happening in her fictional webcomic world. Mina is trapped in the story she created. Now it's up to her to save...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"When celebrity chef Mario Batali sent out an apology letter for the sexual harassment allegations made against him, he had the gall to include a recipe—for cinnamon rolls, of all things. Geraldine DeRuiter decided to make the recipe, and she happened to make food journalism history along with it. Her subsequent essay, with its scathing commentary about the pervasiveness of misogyny in the food world, would be read millions of times, lauded by industry...