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Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"After Danielle Geller's mother dies of a vicious withdrawal from drugs while homelessness, she is forced to return to Florida. Using her training as a librarian and archivist, Geller collects her mother's documents, diaries, and photographs into a single suitcase and begins on a journey of confronting her family, her harrowing past, and the decisions she's been forced to make, a journey that will end at her mother's home--the Navajo reservation....
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Danielle Geller's mother dies of alcohol withdrawal during an attempt to get sober, Geller returns to Florida and finds her mother's life packed into eight suitcases. Most are filled with clothes, except for the last one, which contains diaries, photos, letters, and a few undeveloped disposabal cameras. Geller, an archivist and a writer, uses these pieces of her mother's life to challenge her family's collective memory. Geller embarks on a journey...
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"To see the world through Jenny Slate's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As she will remind you, we live on an ancient ball that rotates around a bigger ball made up of lights and gasses that are science gasses, not farts (don't be immature). Heartbreak, confusion, and misogyny stalk this blue-green sphere, yes, but it is also a place of wild delight and unconstrained vitality, a place where...
4) Fire Ground
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English
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An arsonist is stalking the city, reveling in the brilliance of fire and the power to call in firefighters. Kenzie Stevenson is one of those firefighters. But Kenzie is also an arson investigator and it is her job, along with her faithful arson dog, Flower, to hunt down the arsonist. As they play a game of cat and mouse, Kenzie realizes that she may be the mouse instead of the cat. The game becomes even more personal as she must race to stop the arsonist...
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New painters wanted! No experience is necessary with Lin Wellford's instruction. Thousands have already discovered the thrill of turning rocks into works of art through Wellford's easy-to-follow tips. Her bestselling books have helped to awaken interest in modern rock painting. The Art of Rock Painting offers a variety of easy projects designed to introduce basic painting techniques yet still appeal to seasoned painters. These projects include instructions...
7) Florida
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English
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A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries. Yet Florida-- its landscapes, climate, history, and state of mind-- becomes the gravitational center as Groff writes about loneliness, rage, family, and...
8) Deadline
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English
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"The thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. In Southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. "Issues" is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether to authorize the killing of a local reporter. The vote is four to one in favor. Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers...
9) Surf's up!
Author
Series
Moby Shinobi and Toby Too! volume 1
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, Moby Shinobi and his dog Toby head to the beach for a day of fun, where Moby tries to put his ninja skill to work helping his friends build a sandcastle which unfortunately cannot withstand the weight of even a small ninja--however when a sailboat springs a leak, it is Moby Shinobi to the rescue.
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Series
Critter club volume 14
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Ellie has always wanted to go to wedding, and her hopes finally come true when her cousin asks her to be a flower girl at her wedding. Then the Critter Club gets the cutest guest Ellie has ever seen: a little French bulldog. Ellie works hard to find a home for the puppy, but she's worried she won't be able to. Suddenly she has an idea that will guarantee that the puppy lives happily ever after!"--
13) Oh no, George!
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Trusted by his owner to be a well-behaved dog while alone during the day, George finds it hard to resist the many temptations about the house, including the cake on the table, the cat, and the flower pot dirt.
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English
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Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC chronicles this astounding expedition. For an entire year, Pam Flowers and her dogs made this epic journey across North America arctic coast. The first woman to make this trip solo, Pam endures and deals with intense blizzards, melting pack ice, and a polar bear. Yet in the midst of such danger, Pam also relishes the time alone with her beloved...
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Posey is thrilled that Gramps and her neighbor Mrs. Romero are getting married. But then she learns that Mrs. Romero and her dog Hero will be moving to Gramp's house. She's going to miss having them next door so much. But with some help from her trusty pink tutu, Posey learns to embrace change --and even gets a few suprises along the way.
18) The hired man
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English
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Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of the windows, glass darkened with dirt, today stands open, and the lively chatter of English voices carries across the fallow fields. Laura and her teenage children have arrived. A short distance away lies the hut of Duro Kolak...
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English
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From the beginning, one puppy was different from the rest. He was big and black, while his brother and sisters were small and gray. While the others lay quietly snuggled against their mother, this puppy squirmed and wiggled constantly. So begins the inspiring true story of a puppy whose boundless energy almost got the best of him. Douggie: The Playful Puppy Who Became a Sled Dog Hero is Pam Flowers's tribute to the pup who seemed destined to remain...
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