Harry
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a Time of Crisis is a stimulating collection of essays about the lives of immigrants in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, told through the lens of food. Their stories range from emotional reflections on hardship, loss, and resilience to journalistic investigations of racism in the American food system. Aimed at a popular audience and also designed to be suitable for use in...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
An all-new edition of the candid insiders' guide to the US Foreign Service as an institution, a profession, and a career Career Diplomacy takes readers inside the world of American diplomats in the US Foreign Service. Members of the Foreign Service represent the country abroad, protect and support American citizens overseas, manage government programs and facilities, and move foreign policy from the abstract to the actual. In this new and thoroughly...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Aligned with her infamous Russian spy mother, Elizabeth Keen squares off against Red in order to finally discover why he has entered her life, but the fallout of their confrontation will have dire consequences for everyone in their lives, including the Task Force that has grown around them both.
24) Duck soup
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After being appointed dictator of Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly proceeds to bring the mythical nation to a halt by showing up late and insulting everyone at his inauguration. Hoping to oust the unfit new leader, two spies are sent from neighboring Sylvania. Soon enough, war is declared between the two nations with outrageous results.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the queer community from both past and present. Marsha P. Johnson, Harvey Milk, Cleve Jones, Pauline Park, Richard Blanco, and Pete Buttigieg are just a few of the iconic figures represented in this wonderfully designed and colorful picture book with illustrations by Harry Woodgate. A perfect introduction to the people who have stood up for what they believed in, lived lives...
26) The lost king
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. For Philippa Langley, this was the culmination of years of obsessive research despite the doubts of her friends, family, experts, and academics.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jonas Taylor leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal, prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers, they must outrun, outsmart and outswim their merciless predators.
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Series
Language
English
Description
When some of Raven's fellow marching-band members are killed by vampires, she reluctantly discovers she is a slayer. Now she's at a slayer academy, learning how to get revenge. Then she meets Khamari, who is intelligent and reasonable-- and turns out to be the actual vampire prince. He knows things about Raven that could change everything-- and he's also hiding something big, even from his own kind. Now Raven and Khamari are teamed up to take down...
Author
Language
English
Description
As the soon-to-be wife of youth pastor Joshua Harris, Shannon Harris found that nothing in her secular upbringing had prepared her to enter the world of conservative Christianity. When Joshua wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye, it became a bestseller and helped inspire a national purity movement. Now Shannon's identity became "pastor's wife." Asked to live within a narrow definition of womanhood for almost two decades, she found her worldview was narrowed,...
30) Rockstar
Author
Publisher
Big Machine
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Global icon and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Dolly Parton, has joined forces with some of rock music's most legendary artists along with today's biggest stars for her first-ever rock album. The ever-evolving Parton teamed up with an all-star roster of musicians for the 30-song collection which includes nine original tracks and 21 covers of iconic rock anthems.
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Language
English
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Description
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
Author
Series
First cat in space volume 2
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
With few she can trust in her own royal court, she and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them ... But our once-heroic toenail clipping robot is on the run, looking for new purpose in this vast universe. Unbeknownst to our trio, secret forces are working against them. In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another...
Author
Series
Publisher
Quarry
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Begin with solid drawing fundamentals that demonstrate how to draw manga characters, and learn to add accessories, clothing, and your own unique style. Through step-by-step drawings, discover how to draw classic characters in a range of genres and themes, including heroines, heroes, villains, and more.
Author
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Genie: A Psycholinguistic Study of a Modern-Day "Wild Child reports on the linguistic research carried out through studying and working with Genie, a deprived and isolated, to an unprecedented degree, girl who was not discovered until she was an adolescent. An inhuman childhood had prevented Genie from learning language, and she knew little about the world in any respect save abuse, neglect, isolation, and deprivation. This book is organized into...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
©2011.
Language
English
Description
As secondary math teachers, we're often frustrated by the lack of true number sense in our students. Solid research at the elementary level shows how to help all students become mathematically proficient by redefining what it means to compute with number sense. Pam Harris has spent the past ten years scrutinizing the research and using the resulting reform materials with teachers and students, seeing what works and what doesn't work, always with an...
Author
Series
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book covers the basics and key issues of digital licensing for librarians, and updates sample agreement clauses. It offers understanding and tools needed to negotiate and organize license agreements and demystifies the process. It includes licensing terminology and changes in technology; opportunities for cost savings; tools such as a digital license checklist; sources of additional global licensing information; and education of organizations...
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jaxon and his friends are back in the magical realm, Palmera, trying to convince Guardian Sis that magical creatures should exist in both world, but things might be even more complicated than Jax and his friends realize.
38) White holes
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. We slip beyond its horizon and tumble down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we see geometry fold. Time and space pull and stretch. And finally, at the black hole's core, space and time dissolve, and a white hole is born. Guiding us beyond the horizon, he invites us to experience the fever and the disquiet of science-and the strange and startling life of...
39) New England
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides background information on New England; recommends the 10 best restaurants, nightlife, entertainment, hotels, and local attractions.
40) Dolphin tale 2
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Winter's dolphin companion dies, the aquarium staff locate a replacement and try to integrate the two dolphins into the same tank.