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321) Slow west
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy heads west on a journey across nineteenth century frontier America in search of the woman he loves. He encounters a mysterious traveler named Silas, who protects him from the savage elements and outlaws in a lawless land. But is Silas really watching out for him, or is he tied to the band of thieves tracking their every step?
322) Trieste
Author
Language
English
Description
"Haya Tedeschi sits alone in Gorizia, in northeastern Italy, surrounded by a basket of photographs and newspaper clippings. Now an old woman, she waits to be reunited after sixty-two years with her son, fathered by an SS officer and stolen from her by the German authorities as part of Himmler's clandestine Lebensborn project. Haya reflects on her Catholicized Jewish family's experiences, dealing unsparingly with the massacre of Italian Jews in the...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"According to the Centers for Disease Control, 47,500 people killed themselves in in the US in 2019, which is about one death every eleven minutes. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. The shock of it and immediacy of the grief makes a suicidal death different from many other deaths people can experience"--
325) The searching dead
Author
Series
Three births of Daoloth volume 1
Publisher
Flame Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
1952. On a school trip to France teenager Dominic Sheldrake begins to suspect his teacher Christian Noble has reasons to be there as secret as they're strange. Meanwhile a widowed neighbour joins a church that puts you in touch with your dead relatives, who prove much harder to get rid of. As Dominic and his friends Roberta and Jim investigate, they can't suspect how much larger and more terrible the link between these mysteries will become. A monstrous...
326) Fishnet
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Debut novel in which a woman's search for her missing sister leads her into the world of contemporary sex work. Rona Leonard was only twenty years old when she walked out of her sister Fiona's flat and disappeared. Six years later--worn down by a tedious job, childcare, and an aching absence in her life--Fiona's mundane existence is blown apart by the revelation that Rona had been working as a prostitute before she vanished. Driven to discover the...
Author
Publisher
Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From a flamboyance of flamingos to a conspiracy of lemurs, this is a fabulous celebration of animals and birds from around the globe. Discover the weird and wonderful collective names for each creature and catch a glimpse of their worlds. With simple search-and-find games on every page, this is the perfect gift for curious young minds.--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, celebrated editor-in-chief of The Wine Economist Mike Veseth takes his readers Around the World in Eighty Wines. The journey starts in London, Phileas Fogg's home base, and follows Fogg's itinerary to France and Italy before veering off in search of compelling wine stories in Syria, Georgia, and Lebanon. Every glass of wine tells a story, and so each of the eighty wines must tell an important tale....
329) The chaos code
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Matt and his new friend Robin search the globe to retrieve an ancient code--rumored to have brought down the ancient civilization of Atlantis--from the hands of a madman who is bent on destroying the modern world.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"By the founder of the first organization in the US committed to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, a riveting story of devotion, sacrifice, and vindication Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would transform his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment found him a chaplain at Trenton...
Author
Publisher
China Institute in America
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Rabbit is eating breakfast with his friends Baby Squirrel, Young Porcupine, and Little Brother Panda when an unexpected visitor arrives. He is a master builder, searching for inspiration to design a great palace for the Emperor of China. Together, Uncle Builder and the little animals explore how nature supplies us with the wonders that enrich our lives.
333) You raised us - now work with us: millennials, career success, and building strong workplace teams
Author
Publisher
ABA Publishing, American Bar Association
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Millennials are often stereotyped: they are 'entitled', seek promotions prematurely, and require constant praise. They see themselves, however, buried in historically high student debt and thwarted by an outdated workplace structure. This ground-breaking book is an indispensable resource to help millennials, gen Xers and baby boomers create a more effective work environment. ... [T]he book separates myths from reality, and provides practical advice,...
336) Heaven and earth
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A powerful, epic novel of four friends as they grapple with desire, youth, death, and faith in a sweeping story by the international bestselling author of The Solitude of Prime Numbers Every year, after her school in Turin closes for the summer holidays, Teresa follows her father to his childhood home in Puglia and endures weeks of relentless heat and boredom. But everything changes the summer she meets the three boys who live on the farm next door:...
337) DuckTales: Volume 3
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Return to Duckburg, USA with Scrooge McDuck and his smart-alecky nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. This collection finds them on a journey to an African jungle, stowed away on a secret aircraft carrier, and rocketing into space to search for a lost "Money Bin." But wherever their zany adventures take them, Uncle Scrooge and his crew, including the energetic pilot Launchpad McQuack, never forget that their greatest treasures are family and friendship....
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tree Hill is a small town. Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott have the same father, but live two very different lives. Nathan is the golden boy, Lucas the abandoned illegitimate son. They are both on the same high school basketball team. Chronicles the heartbreak, challenges, lies and loves that erupt from the fateful new relationship between Lucas and Nathan. Given their pasts, the boys would have a hard enough time working together. Add in the...
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