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362) The atonement bell
Author
Publisher
Red 5 Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Months after a brutal tragedy, young Jake and his mother travel to St. Louis to visit their estranged family during the holidays. Soon, Jake, his cousin Baby Al, and their friend Sara must fight for their very lives when they discover the horrific truth about the city's devastating secret past"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Conundrum Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"At age 21, Alison hitchhiked to the Yukon and spent the summer living in a tent.10 years later, in the deep of winter and seven months pregnant, she returns. Degrees of Separation is about what happened in between.Over the course of a decade, artist Alison McCreesh lived, worked, and travelled north of the 60th parallel. Through a combination of autobiographical stories, drawings and sketches, Degrees of Separation offers an intimate and understated...
365) Origin story
Publisher
Indie Rights
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows a young Lao-American woman on her journey to find and meet her biological father in Laos.
366) Eliza Mace
Author
Series
Eliza Mace mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Duckworth
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Welsh borders, 1870s. On the cusp of adulthood, Eliza Mace is battling for her independence. Stuck in a crumbling manor house on the fringe of a small town, she is thwarted by powers that conspire to protect, control and deceive her. But when her father goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Eliza's determination to uncover the truth is unstoppable. Joining forces with the charismatic new police constable, Dafydd Pritchard, she sets out to...
Series
Publisher
Frederick Warne, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Join Peter Rabbit and his family as they welcome little ones everywhere with this charming rhyming text and beautiful illustrations that capture the whimsical, charming nature of Beatrix Potter's original drawings."--
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Christmas story: local scrooge Ben Weaver manages to have harmless bootlegger Sam Muggins thrown into jail on Christmas, but the good folk of Mayberry have a unique plan of their own. The pickle story: Aunt Bee decides to enter her homemade pickles in the annual county fair contest--only they taste like "kerosene cucumbers"!
Author
Publisher
Lexington Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In Depictions of Home in African American Literature, Trudier Harris analyzes fictional homespaces in African American literature from those set in the time of slavery to modern urban configurations of the homespace. She argues that African American writers often inadvertently create and follow a tradition of portraying dysfunctional and physically or emotionally violent homespaces. Harris explores the roles race and religion play in the creation...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai's classic novel, often considered his masterpiece. Set in the aftermath of World War II, this is the story of Kazuko, a strong-willed young woman from an aristocratic family that has fallen into poverty since the war. The book follows Kazuko's journey as she and her family struggle to survive and adapt to the harsh new conditions. In addition to having to move from Tokyo to...
Author
Publisher
Nathan, SEJER
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
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