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Pub. Date
2024
Summary
In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her. Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister...
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Pub. Date
2009.
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A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other living things, and the planet itself. Lipsky...
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Rip through time volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else's body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she?s not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the night both of them were attacked in the same dark alley 150 years apart. Mallory likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, and is developing true friends - and feelings...
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"September 1943: Berlin is the heart of darkness - and the last place Dr. Elin Lund wishes to be. An expert in psychological profiling, she's been summoned from Copenhagen to investigate the gruesome murders of eight young women. Even in the midst of unspeakable evil, these killings stand apart. And with her homeland now under Nazi occupation and a young son to protect, Elin can't refuse such a request. Detective Kurt Schneider, head of the criminal...
46) Basilosaurus
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Engaging images accompany information about the basilosaurus. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
48) Orthocones
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Engaging images accompany information about orthocones. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"There's no doubt about it, making food is a form of art! Resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to problem-solve are essential ingredients for crafting a great dish. In this fun, educational book, readers will learn all about getting creative in the kitchen. Vibrant photographs and lively, clear language is sure to appeal to beginning readers, while relatable, real-life examples show them how to apply the elements of STEAM in a practical way....
51) Iguanodon
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the iguanodon dinosaur.
"Iguanodon got its name because its discoverer thought its teeth looked like the teeth of an iguana& - but much bigger! This plant-eating reptile was just the second dinosaur ever discovered. Scientists have learned a lot about Iguanodon since then. Besides presenting many fascinating facts about the big creature, this volume provides valuable information about Earth...
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Blotto and Twinks mystery volume 13
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Blotto and Twinks are off on another adventure - and this time they're bound for the Alpine village of Luzvimmen in Switzerland, where Blotto participates in racing the prestigious and very fast Croissant Run, though someone seems determined to sabotage his chances. Twinks, on the other hand, is on a mission to rescue her friend's sister from the sinister finishing school she is trapped in - the Convent of the Sacred Icicle. Once inside, Twinks is...
53) Desperation reef
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Pub. Date
2024
Summary
"Jen Stonebreaker hasn't entered into a big-wave surfing competition since witnessing her husband's tragic death twenty-five years ago at the Monsters of the Mavericks. Now, Jen is ready to tackle those same Monsters with her twin sons Casey and Brock, who have become competitive surfers in a perilous sport. When he's not riding waves, modeling for surfing magazines, or posting viral content for his many fans, Casey Stonebreaker spends his days helping...
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Pub. Date
2024
Summary
"In 1961, the new president John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of the world. Extensively researched and vividly imagined, The Shadow of War brings to life the many threads that lead to the building crisis between the Soviet Union and the United...
55) I see UR
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the r-controlled sound of ur. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
60) Think twice
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Myron Bolitar novel volume 12
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"Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on ? until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is. According to the agents, Greg is still alive - and has been placed at the scene...
