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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Joan Acocella was "one of our finest cultural critics" (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it-its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it springs. In her hands, arts criticism was a celebration and an investigation, and her essays pulse with unadulterated enthusiasm. As Kathryn Harrison wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "Hers is a vision that allows art...
Author
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated guide to the least-known period in Middle-earth's history, the Second Age. The lore and legends of this period are given life through hundreds of illustrations from artists who have studied Tolkien's work, and insightful commentary from David Day makes this a valuable addition to the shelf of anyone with a keen interest in exploring more of Tolkien's world"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcturus
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"See how the extraordinary explosion of living things came about and discover how plants and animals adapted to new environments -- even as they shaped the Earth itself. This book takes us right up to the present day, showing the impact of humans as we spread out across the globe."--Back cover.
65) Earth angel
Author
Publisher
CLASH Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Earth Angel is a book like no other, the paperback that swallowed the smartphone. An Isis recruit, an adolescent beauty queen, and a childless millennial walk into a bar. A Biblical plague rains down head lice, aerial drone strikes, gender non-conforming frogs. An app throws a slumber party for a friendless office worker. Texans in the winter, the Taliban in Springtime, Teslas with ℮☥ bumper stickers, Frozen 5 in Arabic, architectural consistency...
66) Cloudlanders
Author
Publisher
Kelpies
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An island of magic and mayhem floating above the flooded Earth, Bastion has long been the last country left in the world. Then one day best friends Kurt (an eight-foot mushroom with a fear of heights) and Flicker (a tiny, tough-talking gemstone faerie) stand on the edge of the land and see the impossible: a plane from nowhere is heading straight for them. Kurt and Flicker join forces with a brave gang of misfits -- including wood-nymph twins (one...
67) Black Solstice
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Last winter solstice the whole world turned upside down when every single Black person gained a superpower that lasted exactly one day before disappearing entirely. It's three days until the next solstice, and everyone on earth is anxiously holding their breath to see if it happens again. Everyone except the Wallace kids-they're betting their lives their powers will return and they plan to use them to change everything. . .for everyone"--
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom assemble again! Innocent people and world leaders are dead after simultaneous attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments. False-flag attacks meant to whip up anti-mutant hysteria are unfolding and, hey, some of Steve Rogers' best friends are mutants. So Captain America enlists Rogue, Deadpool, Quicksilver, Psylocke and Monet to solve the mystery of who the new, murderous Captain Krakoa is - and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From how we throw away trash to the ways we use electricity, our habits affect the size of our carbon footprint. The bigger our carbon footprint, the more greenhouse gas is in the air. This contributes to climate change. How can we help the planet? Simple actions we can take every day can make a big difference! Learn how changing our habits can save the world. Fun illustrations, exciting photos, and encouraging text make having an impact easy!"--...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"All we need to do is give animals a voice and our perception of the world could change forever. That's what author Martin Wikelski and his team of scientists believe, and this book shares their story for the first time. As they tag animals around the world with minuscule tracking devices, they link their movements to The International Space Station, which taps into the 'internet of animals': an astonishing network of information made up of thousands...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"One mysterious day, over twenty thousand otherworldly spaceships settle into stable orbit around Earth. Six months later, in a certain Asian village, a young girl named Zhihan discovers an old man who fell from the sky...but the strangeness doesn't end there. Soon, many more elderly drifters in peculiar outfits begin descending all over the world, claiming they created human civilization. Now it's humanity's turn to take care of their Progenitors--but...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Insight, ideas, and inspiration abound in this highly practical guide to growing successfully in harmony with the moon, the Earth, and other planetary influences. Planting by the moon is an age-old gardening tradition, but did you know that the cycles of the moon and the zodiac can be a powerful tool to improve your success with all kinds of gardening tasks? In The Celestial Garden, longtime gardener and herbalist Jane Hawley Stevens explains how...
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Vietnamese. This attractive pocketsized book is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to Vietnam andVietnamese language and culture. Everyday words are arranged in themes with carefully selected up-to-date images to illustrate key words and phrases, and an English and Vietnamese index help you to find words quickly as you learn.
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Go beyond the stereotypes of Mercury retrograde and dig deep into the planetary cycles, discovering how they can affect your everyday life from day to day and year to year. Every planet except Earth goes into retrograde at some point, and each planet has its own bundle of joys and pain points that come with it. The Retrograde Guidebook aims to take the mystery out of planetary retrogrades, providing an overview of what retrograde means astrologically...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this vast sweep of our Earth's history, Michael Benton brings the deep past to life as never before. Deploying the cutting-edge tools in biology, chemistry, physics and geology that are transforming our understanding of previous environmental cataclysms -- including the discovery of a hitherto unknown extinction event -- he uncovers not only their lethal effects but also the processes that brought about such a large-scale destruction. Beginning...
77) The gardener of Lashkar Gah: a true story of the Afghans who risked everything to fight the Taliban
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The 20-year war fought by the US and its allies in Afghanistan is the longest war of the 21st century. It brought opportunity and tragedy for those who were forced to live through it. The abrupt withdrawal of British and American troops in 2021, in what may come to be regarded as one of the worst foreign policy failures of the past hundred years, precipitated the swift recapture of the country by the Taliban. With the withdrawal came upheaval and...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
It's 1973 and Will Ross, a divorced American geologist, has signed on to work on a troubled dam in a remote, rugged part of Turkey. He decides to take his children with him, but they think they're only going for their usual two-week stint of shared custody, not to live there. Once in Turkey, Will struggles for control--of his family, his work, the landscape the dam is to be built on, and, ultimately, himself. Alongside these emotional conflicts, he,...
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Summer Reading helps kids stay motivated, maintain reading skills, and learn all summer long! Kids will build confidence and avoid summer slide as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks.
This fun and educational game introduces kids to the water crisis and helps them think critically about the topic of water and its direct impact on education. Travel with Maya on her quest for clean water. The more water Maya...
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