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61) Ecology of the planted aquarium: a practical manual and scientific treatise for the home aquarist
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
"Reference book for setting up successful planted aquaria for fish. Hobbyists learn how to keep low-maintenance, inexpensive tanks. Aquarium plants thrive using natural processes like decomposition of fishfood and soil organic matter rather than high-tech gadgets like artificial CO2 injection and constant fertilizer dosing. [Walstad] shows how vigorous plant growth can purify the water and protect fish. Author provides simple, easy-to-understand explanations...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Summary
"TODD McFARLANE unleashed his signature creation, SPAWN, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic book in history. Now for the first time Issues 101-150 are collected in FULL Color. Some of these issues have neven been collected before! Spawn: Compendium 3 presents the continued tales of Spawn, as he discovers the true meaning of becoming a Hellspawn. He settles on a path of bloody revenge in search of a way back to his...
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Series
Ripley volume 4
Pub. Date
2008
Summary
Highsmith explores Ripley's bizarrely paternal relationship with a troubled young runaway, whose abduction draws them into Berlin's seamy underworld.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
As a child, Ashley Whitelam could often see odd things nobody else could: quiet, watchful figures she called the Heedful Ones kept a strange vigil wherever she went. As an adult, she keeps these visions to herself, but she's turned her taste of the beyond into a career as a psychic, parting people from their money with a combination of psychology and internet research. When the Lake District is gripped by a series of grisly child murders, Ashley offers...
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Trident deception volume 7
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"A U.S. destroyer is torpedoed by an Iranian submarine and Captain Murray Wilson of the U.S.S. Michigan is flown to the Pentagon to meet with the Secretary of the Navy (SecNav). There, Wilson learns that the Iranian submarine is just a cover story. One of the United States' own fully automated unmanned underwater vehicles has gone rogue, its programing corrupted in some way. Murray is charged with hunting it down and taking it out before the virus...
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"Just in time for the centennial celebration of groundbreaking noir fiction writer Patricia Highsmith comes a reissue of her propulsive, engrossing debut, Strangers on a Train, with a new introduction by best-selling author Paula Hawkins. Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno are passengers on the same train. Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth-talker with a sadistic proposal: he'll murder Haines's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul's Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in white, her guardian angel. Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greatest magical girl of all time. But the woman's excitement turns to frustration when she learns that being a magical...
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Inside you'll find a wealth of information about 2013 to 2022 used cars, SUVs, and trucks. We'll let you know which models are available and how they compare in performance, fuel economy, and safety. We also give you expert advice on determining how much you can afford, the best ways to shop, and how to get the most for your money -- even if you hate haggling."--From page 3.
70) Cancelled
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
High school senior Brynn Whittaker faces a school-wide scandal when a viral video wrongly implicates her, prompting her and her friends to confront the school's misogynistic culture, while Brynn grapples with the decision to expose the true culprit.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Lucy's father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she's never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad's and she'd never measure up. And his pitching may mean big things for his career and their family, but it's also what keeps him away from home so much of the year. Sometimes, Lucy isn't sure what would be worse:...
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Series
Dragon Masters volume 26
Pub. Date
2024.
Lexile Measure
550L
Summary
While trying to rescue their friend Griffith, Drake and Rori team up with a boy named Llew and try to gain the trust of a Crystal Dragon.
73) Dream big
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"This new picture book from best-selling creator Emma Dodd has a heartwarming and uplifting message about embracing your hopes and dreams to reach your full potential. The story features a lion cub who learns to consider the future with positivity and not to be afraid to think big! ...this heartwarming foiled picture book is about allowing yourself to have big dreams." --
"Let's snuggle up and think about how great your life can be. We'll dream big...
74) Roar-choo!
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Everyone knows that dragons are fierce, capable of taking on the world! But this dragon can't stop sneezing long enough to get a roar out. Even with friendly Phoenix insisting that Dragon get some rest, this powerful creature refuses to stop for any orange ginger tea or a drop of bone broth soup. It's only when Dragon realizes Phoenix has caught the same cold that they are both able to take the break they so badly need. This tale of helping your...
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"'You like it darker? Fine, so do I," writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
"Curse of the Jedi - a DARK DROIDS tie-in! Killer droids have taken over Darth Vader's flagship! Will the lessons of Jedi Masters Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan save the man who was once Anakin Skywalker from the corruption of the Scourge - or make him a tool for its galactic conquest? To survive a war on two fronts - against a horde of Scourged and the forces of the Empire itself - Vader must reclaim his control over the Force by exploring his deepest hatred....
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Case Closed volume 90
Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
"Conan's investigations have finally drawn him closer to the Men in Black and the drug that turned him into a kid. To dig deeper, he'll need to solve a double murder in America that stumped the authorities 17 years ago. When a TV psychic claims to be able to contact the ghost of one of the victims, the cold case suddenly turns hot. And a song with lyrics that may point to the Men in Black attracts the dangerous attention of Vermouth, the crime syndicate's...
80) The sweet shop
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Series
Itty Bitty Princess Kitty volume 13
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"A new shop is opening in Lollyland! It's a sweet shop filled with cookies, tarts, and maple cream puffs. Itty Bitty Princess Kitty can't wait for all the residents of Lollyland to become regular customers, just like she will be. But when the shop finally opens, the business is slow. Can Itty find out why no one is visiting the sweet shop?"--