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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
London, 1894. Albertine Honeycombe never wanted a husband and certainly not the one with fifteen children that her cousin, Aubrey, is trying to marry her off to. She reinvents herself as Countess Von Dagga, a private detective aiding the upper echelons of women in society. As the Countess, she is a married woman, with a conveniently absent husband who doesn't exist, which allows her far more freedom than being single. When Lord Grendel, from whom...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Take a lively look at the biology of plants on Earth and their vast importance to our planet, with this wide-ranging exploration from an award-winning team."--Publisher's description.
"On land and in the seas, green plants make the oxygen and food that many living things--including us--need to survive. Covering the evolution of the first plants billions of years ago, the secret, microscopic workings of trees and leaves today, and the role of plants...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Why is this night different from all other nights? Every year when families gather for the Passover holiday, the youngest child poses that question as part of the poetic Four Questions near the start of the Seder. The answers are no less than the story of people bound in slavery, their suffering in a foreign land, and their ultimate liberation - the story of Passover. Here the Four Questions are presented in breathtaking luminous paintings by Ori...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
Author
Series
The Brass Queen volume 2
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Blackmailed into stealing artifacts from the crown heads of Europe, eccentric aristocrat Constance Haltwhistle and the annoyingly handsome US spy "Liberty" Trusdale team up to execute perfect palace heists while keeping monstrous otherworldy creatures from invading Earth"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Just in time for the third North American total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century, this book explains how to safely observe solar eclipses, how long eclipses last, and why they result in a blackout period during the day"--
Author
Series
Dog man volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic / Graphix
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red color remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots?"--
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A book of fun chemistry experiments has fallen into the wrong hands. Only Mel can use her knowledge of the periodic table to put an end to a maniacal madman's evil schemes. The periodic table helps us quickly understand the 118 elements, those tiny substances that make up everything in the world. By using the periodic table, we can recognize how these building blocks behave, find trends and patterns in the universe, and make predictions about elements...
Author
Series
A Caribbean kitchen mystery volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A surprise trip to Miriam's parents in Punta Cana, which should be filled with arroz con pollo and breezy days under the tamarind tree, quickly becomes a hunt for a possible property saboteur. But before Miriam can begin to uncover the person damaging the vacation rentals her parents manage, she's called away to Puerto Rico to film a Three Kings Day special. She's welcomed to the blue ballast-stone streets of Old San Juan by crime scene tape, and...
31) Big ship rescue!
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When a cargo ship is wrecked during a storm, the first on the scene is Salvage Master Miley with her tugboat and salvage team, ready to do what it takes to bring the ship back to port.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there's a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"DIVE! is a fascinating introduction to the comprehensive, world history of diving by award-winning artist Chris Gall. How do you breathe underwater? What tools can we use to go deeper and deeper into the oceans? And...what's down there? Two-thirds of our Earth is covered in ocean, yet only 5% of it has been explored. DIVE deep into our long history of sea exploration to learn why, how, and when humans have dived, and uncover our biggest questions...
34) The night war
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--
Author
Publisher
The Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The impact of climate change has created a global concern about the future of our reproductive health. The Conceivable Future creates a conversation of what family planning in the era of climate consequences is while being a stimulating guide to a balanced life of participating within climate activism"--
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...
37) Just like Millie
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new city. Despite her mother's efforts to take her out, the girl would rather play by herself in their cozy home-she feels just fine on her own. Introductions to children her age have her hiding behind her mother's legs, and invitations to group activities have her in tears. That is, until she meets Millie, a rescue dog who is not too big, not too small, and kisses her arm when the girl nervously...
38) Mal goes to war
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He's not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the Humanists abruptly cut off access to infospace he finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, and responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting....
39) The hunting dogs
Author
Series
William Wisting volume 3
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years ago William Wisting led the investigation into one of Norway's most notorious criminal cases, the murder of young Cecilia Linde. When it is discovered that evidence was falsified he is suspended from duty. It looks like a man has been wrongly convicted, and suddenly the media are baying for blood. Wisting, who has spent his life hunting criminals, is now the hunted.
40) The last word
Author
Series
Harbinder Kaur volume 4
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency. At eighty-four, Edwin regularly claims that he's the oldest detective in England. He is a master at surveillance, deploying his age as a cloak of invisibility. Natalka, Ukrainian-born and more than fifty years his junior, is a math whizz, who takes any cases concerning fraud or deception. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated. She loves a murder, as...
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