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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Shubeik Lubeik--a fairy-tale rhyme that means "your wish is my command" in Arabic -- is the story of three people who are navigating a world where wishes are literally for sale. Mired as they are in bureaucracy and the familiar prejudices of our world, the wishes that are more expensive are more likely to work as intended. Three wishes sold at an unassuming kiosk in Cairo link Aziza, Nour, and Shokry, changing their perspectives as well as their lives....
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. But without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for English literature. Eventually, these talents led to a new opportunity: codebreaking. Using ciphers and other trailblazing techniques, Friedman solved coded messages to take down some of the most notorious gangsters in the United States, including the infamous Al Capone. During World War II, as German forces stormed across...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, the United States' fight against the Japanese on islands in the Pacific was intense and deadly. To help respond to casualties in battle, the U.S. Navy trained 122 nurses to aid wounded soldiers in combat zones. The first nurse to do so was Jane Kendeigh, a twenty-two-year-old woman from Ohio. In March 1945, Kendeigh's first assignment was to help soldiers fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima-a fierce battle with many casualties....
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II. In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and other groups. Enter: Virginia Hall. Born on a small Maryland farm, this brilliant woman's worldly ambitions led her to a clerical position at the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, Poland....
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Kai Song dreams of being a warrior. She wants to follow in the footsteps of her beloved father, the commander of the Royal Legion. But while her father believes in Kai and trains her in martial arts, their society isn't ready for a girl warrior. Still, Kai is determined. But she is plagued by rumors that she is the granddaughter of Gumiho, the infamous nine-tailed fox demon who was killed by her father years before. Everything comes crashing down...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they also attacked U.S. military installations in the Philippines. For the army and navy nurses stationed there, what had been a peaceful outpost quickly turned into a raging war zone. When the U.S. and Philippine forces retreated to the Bataan Peninsula and the fortress island of Corregidor, the nurses followed them to the field hospitals to care for the wounded. Persevering through...
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Series
Publisher
Graphix, un sello editorial de Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Lo único por lo que Lucas siente más adoración que por el fútbol Americano es su tío Benny, el mejor amigo de su padre del departamento de bomberos donde ambos trabajan. Benny le enseñó a Lucas todo lo que hay que saber sobre el fútbol americano, así que cuando los padres del chico consideran que el deporte es demasiado peligroso y que por ello debe renunciar a practicarlo, Lucas tiene que conversar con su principal admirador. A la mañana...
Author
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Having figured out the trick to navigating the corridors of the ancient mausoleum found within the Inner Court, Maomao does an admirable job solving the current mystery in front of the emperor and Jinshi. And then the Empress Dowager comes to Maomao, asking her to investigate the late Emperor's curse. Jinshi's past and parentage are revealed!
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 13
Publisher
Abrams Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The first American pilots to fight in World War I flew for the French military. France created a squadron of volunteer Americans called the Lafayette Escadrille (named after the great Marquis de Lafayette). Follow this squadron on their high-flying adventures: How they got into the French military. How they learned to fly. How they fought--and died. And how these American pilots would go down in history with other legendary flying aces, like the Red...
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