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This book is a short, lovely memoir of the authors childhood, based on the song/poem written by David Mallett, I Knew This Place. A place that was unique, very historic, and very loving, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was a hustling and bustling community in the 1950s. All predictions were it would become the next Chicago.
The Sounds and Smells of My Childhood is a nostalgic journey. It brings the reader back in time to that place of their own youth,...
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From the depths of despair, her adventures bring to life curious mysteries, rising the Phoenix in Bronagh's life. A brainy young woman, she needs her questions answered, like she needs gold dust. Finn's life is barren. Does he believe romance applies to him? No he does not.
Rich Celtic culture in Ireland and beyond has underlying secrets. We are lured in and want to know more.
Weaving through the mazes and baffling laid down codes unlocks the doors...
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Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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"Whether enemy or ally, demon or god, the source of satisfaction or the root of all earthly troubles, the penis has forced humanity to wrestle with its enduring mysteries. Here, in an enlightening and entertaining cultural study, is a book that gives context to the central role of the penis in Western civilization." "In A Mind of Its Own, David M. Friedman shows that the penis is more than a body part. It is an idea, a conceptual but flesh-and-blood...
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Sisters in Paradise volume 2
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English
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"Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise--the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters--contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first Ophelia and Jake's personalities clash, but soon enough sparks start flying. Meanwhile, older...
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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...
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Hayley always has a crush. The problem is her crushes never like her back. After her latest unrequited love--a girl from her basketball team--gets a boyfriend, she decides she's done falling for girls who are unavailable. Her best friend, Talia, wants romance, too, but rarely gets crushes on anyone, and she's tired of watching Hayley get her heart stomped on over and over. So the two girls make a pact: They'll help each other find summer love by putting...
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Fresh out of prison for an arson conviction, clueless 20-year old Billy Bonney finds himself drifting through the seedy and unsavory world of cut-rate moviemaking, even more out of place amongst his peers than he felt as a teen six years earlier when he got busted. Following his brother to the sets of grade B and exploitation 1970s Hollywood seems like a path of least resistance, until he accidentally lands a job as a handler to a has-been actor....
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Descendants novels (Melissa de la Cruz) volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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For Red, growing up in Wonderland has been no piece of cake (literally--dessert is outlawed). Her mom, the Queen of Hearts, rules the kingdom with an iron scepter, while Red longs for a life of her own. She's heard rumors about an island that once housed all the villains of folklore. A place with no rules? It sounds perfect.
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"In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future.A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn't strangle the life out of people? Naive. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams. Exactly. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University professor, insists that imagination...
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"Consider the most famous music group in history. What would the world be like if the Beatles never existed? This was the question posed by the playful, thought-provoking 2019 film Yesterday, in which a young, completely unknown singer starts performing Beatles hits to a world that has never heard them. Would the Fab Four's songs be as phenomenally popular as they are in our own Beatle-infused world? The movie asserts that they would, but is that...
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Seal Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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For as long as queer women have existed, they've created gathering grounds where they can be themselves. From the intimate darkness of the lesbian bar to the sweaty camaraderie of the softball field, these spaces aren't a luxury--they're a necessity for queer women defining their identities. In A Place of Our Own, journalist June Thomas invites readers into six iconic lesbian spaces over the course of the last sixty years, including the rural commune,...
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Menucha Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Sarah Chinn, Naomi Kaufman, Rivky Segal, and Melissa Farber are inseparable. At least they were until Rivky got moved into the other fourth grade class in the Bais Yaakov of Bloomfield. Will the Treehouse Kids be able to stay friends? Rivky misses her friends. Sarah is too involved with her birthday to come to the treehouse. Can Melissa's secret plan patch things up? Join Sarah, Rivky, Naomi, and Melissa as they learn about Growing up."--Page 4 of...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Regaled by her daddy's stories of his homeland of Haiti, Lune can see, hear and feel this unknown place when she closes her eyes, and when mommy tells her everyone has stories, she wonders if she could have stories of her own, too.
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Riley Thorn series volume 3
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score's suspenseful reluctant psychic Riley Thorn series features hapless Riley and her hot tattooed PI boyfriend Nick Santiago who's determined to keep her safe at all costs. They're are all moved in to their new fixer-upper, finally have their own place, and no new dead bodies for some time. But then a woman from Nick's past shows up and throws a wrench into everything"--
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Kalaniot Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Leah and her family are packing everything they own, and along with their close-knit Jewish community, leaving the coast of India for their new home in Israel. Leah is torn between the two treasured places until she realizes that her heart is big enough to hold many things.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey-featuring interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, Southside Johnny, members of the E Street Band and Asbury Jukes, the Ramones, the Jonas Brothers, Jack Antonoff, and other legendary musicians. In 1970, Asbury Park, New Jersey, was ripped apart by race riots that left the once-proud beach town an hour away...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Drawing on her own personal experience, the latest research and case studies, the former head of retirement solutions for JPMorgan Asset Management provides actionable solutions for the unique challenges Millennials and Gen Z face while saving for their future to help them achieve their biggest life goals.
20) Shared space
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Mouse liked having his own yard. There was never a stick out of place. There was room to stretch. Room to move. But when Pak-Rat moved in next door, Mouse realized two things: 1. A neighbor meant sharing the yard. 2. It was going to be a problem." --