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439861) Written off
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Matt Edwards grew up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where the winters are long, they call the mosquito the state bird, and his hometown was so small that it didn't have a single store. His first high came from pills prescribed by a doctor for a botched toe surgery. For ten years he sweat out shift after shift in restaurant kitchens, working twice as many hours as anyone else so he could pay rent and feed his addiction. Matt was driven by a desperate...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A "brilliant London historian" (BBC Radio) tells the story of Britain as never before--through its abandoned villages and towns. Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain's eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. Peering through the cracks of history, we find Dunwich, a medieval city plunged off a cliff by sea storms; the abandoned village...
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When the mainstream transgender rights movement was still a glimmer on the horizon, Julia Serano's smash-hit manifesto Whipping Girl revolutionized the way we think about gender. With the movement for trans rights now at the center of our cultural debates, Julia Serano returns with a groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be sexualized. We tend to think of sexualization-that is, when people are reduced to their sexual bodies-as an issue that...
439864) Live in no shoes nation
Author
Publisher
Blue Chair Records, LLC / Columbia Nashville
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
439865) The curvy tree
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A friendless girl who is teased for being different runs away from her village in tears and finds herself having a conversation with a very unusual tree, who tells a story of how his differences not only saved his life, they helped him see that he is not so very different after all." --
439866) 52 pick-up
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Life is good for Los Angeles entrepreneur Harry Mitchell, great business, beautiful home and a gorgeous wife. Just when he thinks he'll land a seat n the city council, Harry's life suddenly spins out of control when a trio of pornographers, shows up with a video of Harry in bed with his mistress.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
439868) Discipline and punishment
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on how discipline and punishment at school has evolved.
439870) Crusader kings III
Publisher
Koch Media GmbH
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Your legacy awaits. Rule the Middle Ages in this larger-than-life simulation. Your reign may be brief, but through your heirs you can bring your dynasty to prominence and power. Choose your noble house and lead your dynasty to greatness in a Middle Ages epic that spans generations. War is but one of many tools to establish your reign, as real strategy requires expert diplomatic skill, mastery of your realm, and true cunning. Crusader Kings III continues...
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From racing red fire engines and high flying choppers to giant pumper trucks and amazing rescue rigs you'll see fire fighting equipment of every shape and size ... Plus, kids and adults will have fun learning how to "Stop, Drop and Roll" and other life saving fire safety tips from Fireman Jim, America's favorite firefighter! Spectacular camera footage combined with award-winning SING-A-LONG SONGS by favorite children's musician James Coffey and lots...
Series
Publisher
Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"An Irrepressible Conflict documents the pivotal role New York State played in our nation's bloodiest and most enduring conflict. As the wealthiest and most populous state in the Union, the Empire State led all others in supplying men, money, and material to the causes of unity and freedom. New York's experience provides significant insight into the reasons why the war was fought and the meaning that the Civil War holds today. A companion to the award-winning...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Upper Hand is designed to provide and expand options to an innovation alternative: one where marginalized communities aren't left behind as technology furthers its influence on society and deeply impacts and shapes our quality of life and economic/educational opportunities. Upper Hand helps us think about how we strategically shape the next decade of our lives and our communities as automation, robots, and the narrowing world of technology greatly...
439874) Fire road: the Napalm girl's journey through the horrors of war to faith, forgiveness, and peace
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now! These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames--before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It's a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in...
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the famous clash between two high-profile scientists over a consequential question: Is California earthquake country? Set in the first half of the twentieth century, when seismology was still in in its infancy, this debate had life-or-death consequences for the millions of people migrating west. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, people wanted to know: Is it safe? And how can we best prepare for the next big one? Susan Hough...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ingrid Winter is desperately trying to hold it all together. A neurotic Norwegian mother of three small children and an overworked literature professor with an overactive imagination, Ingrid feels like her life's always on the brink of chaos. Clearly she needs to get away. But Russia? Forced to join an academic mission to Saint Petersburg to promote international cooperation, Ingrid finds herself at a crossroads while drinking too much cough syrup....
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung era marvelously...
439880) Doom Patrol: Volume 2,Nada
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Flex Mentallo, Robotman, Rebis, Crazy Jane and more are back to twist minds and take control. The most prevailing question in Vol. 2? What is S**t, and why is everyone eating it? Cliff doesn't like it, but Casey can't get enough. Sure, Cliff doesn't like a lot of stuff, but that doesn't mean he's wrong to be suspicious this time around. Meanwhile, we find out where Lotion the cat got off to, and how his journey has changed him. Life on the streets...