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Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"This critical edition of the working notes for Dombey and Son (1848) is ideal for readers who wish to know more about Dickens's craft and creativity. Drawing on the authors manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and containing hyperlinked facsimiles Dickens's Working Notes for Dombey and Son offers a new digital transcription with a fresh commentary by Tony Laing. Unique and innovative, this is the only edition to make Dickens' working...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by Kristina Forest, author of The Neighbor Favor. To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all over the world, living out her dreams. Professionally, she's thriving, but her personal life is in shambles. After surviving a very public breakup with her ex-fiancé six months ago, Violet is now determined to focus...
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Description
Not a book for the easily offended!
Whether you are looking for a light-hearted way
to start an awkward conversation with your
life-partner, or just a quick and annoying jab at
your soon-to-be-ex, this book has something for
you. If you are worried about microaggressions,
fear not; there is nothing "micro" about the
aggressions in this book! And if you are just
looking for a few good laughs, to go with your
Sunday morning coffee, look no...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II--the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict. In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dorothy Thom, Spelman graduate, librarian and Francophile, joins the Women's Army Corps wanting to do her part for the war effort....
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Series
Language
English
Description
Clementine and her new friends are rescued by an island community led by an enigmatic doctor called Miss Morro, but just as Clementine's scars are finally beginning to heal, she discovers dark secrets that threaten to tear her new life apart.
Can Miss Morro be trusted? What about the rest of the islanders?
And just how far will Clementine go to protect the ones she loves?
Tilllie Walden's acclaimed trilogy continues!
6) Robot Rescue
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the fourth book in the CatStronauts graphic novel series, the stalwart Cat-Stro-Bot is stranded, and the CatStronauts have to stage an off-the-books robot rescue!
Cat-Stro-Bot has been with the CatStronauts through it all. But now he's stranded on Jupiter's coldest moon after a mission gone wrong--and his best friend/creator Blanket isn't about to leave him behind. When CATSUP refuses Blanket's rescue mission request, he creates robo-stand-ins...
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Series
Language
English
Description
In a run-down city beset with poverty and gangs, survival is a daily struggle for Yuki and his best friend Tetsu. In a desperate attempt to pay for Yuki's brother's hospitalization, the two of them get caught trying to break into a yakuza vault. But the gang's young boss, Kazutaka Hyoudo, takes an interest in Yuki and they strike a deal: Hyoudo is willing to take care of the hospital bills- for a price.
A weekly visit to the Seidoukai office doesn't...
Author
Language
English
Description
This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir. Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a company there. Each day he would set forth with a pouch full of color pencils and a sketchpad, and visit different neighborhoods. This stunning book records...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the masterminds behind YouTube's Comicstorian: "Tremendous insight and unique perspectives that any comic fan, new or old, will enjoy." -Rob Jefferson of Comics Explained
It's the Golden Age of comic book movies, with blockbuster after blockbuster starring larger-than-life characters-Thor, Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, and of course, baddies like Loki, The Joker, and Lex Luthor. When it comes to superheroes of the silver...
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