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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
A girl with no gifts must bargain for the power to fight her own mother's dark schemes -- even if the price is her life. Crackling with dark magic, unspeakable betrayal, and daring twists you won't see coming, this explosive YA fantasy debut is a can't-miss, high-stakes epic perfect for fans of Strange the Dreamer and Children of Blood and Bone. "Magnetic and addictive. This book is black girl magic at its finest." -- New York Times bestselling author...
Author
Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times Editors' Choice collection of recipes featuring the seasonal foods and flavors of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. The classic cookbook of Greek cuisine, Rosemary Barron's Flavours of Greece is regarded as the most authentic and authoritative collection of Greek recipes. Food explorers and cooks of all levels will enjoy more than 250 regional and national specialties -- from the olives, feta, and seafood of mezes; to delicate lemon...
3) Dark Girls
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of the New York Times bestselling I Dream a World and Crowns comes this full-color companion volume to the acclaimed NAACP Award–nominated documentary Dark Girls-an inspiring and breathtaking photo book that celebrates dark-skinned women.
Black has never been more beautiful, witnessed by this magnificent collection featuring accomplished dark skinned-women from all walks of life. In Dark Girls, celebrities such as Lupita...
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Even though he passed over 80 years ago, H. P. Lovecraft maintains a visceral influence over a host of contemporary writers. Inspired by the Master of the Macabre's more optimistic writings, this unique collection spotlights the weird works of nine current horror and fantasy authors, including the award-winning Michael Cisco and Livia Llewellyn plus Victor LaValle, Molly Tanzer, and Masahiko Inoue. Also includes Clark Ashton Smith's 1931 The City...
5) The nest
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Language
English
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A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives. Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront...
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Language
English
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Ex-government assassin turned bounty-hunter, Nyx, is good at solving other people's problems. Her favorite problem-solving solution is punching people in the face. Then maybe chopping off some heads. Hey―it's a living.
Nyx's disreputable reputation has been well earned. After all, she's trying to navigate an apocalyptic world full of giant bugs, contaminated deserts, scheming magicians, and a centuries-long war that's consuming her future. Managing...
Author
Series
Kingmaker chronicles volume 2
Language
English
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Description
A USA Today Bestseller! " Breath of Fire is a heart-pounding and joyous romantic adventure. Amanda Bouchet's talent is striking."--NALINI SINGH, New York Times bestselling author SHE'S DESTINED TO DESTROY THE WORLD ... BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP IT "Cat" Catalia Fisa has been running from her destiny since she could crawl. But now, her newfound loved ones are caught between the shadow of Cat's tortured past and the threat of her world-shattering future....
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Series
Language
English
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One of Entertainment Weekly 's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now and the riveting conclusion to the Kingmaker Chronicles! GODS. I'M AN IDIOT. Without Griffin--and apparently a few meddling Gods--to push me along, I'd still be telling fortunes at the circus, lying about my past, ignoring my future, and living as far away from my tyrant mother as humanly possible. True understanding thuds into place. Hope isn't just an abstract...
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English
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"An ex-FBI agent in suburbia feels driven to investigate her neighbor in the "delicious" new novel from the New York Times -- bestselling author ( Newsday ). Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at thirty-five, she traded in her badge and married the brilliant and remarkably handsome Judge Josh Geller, becoming adoptive mother of his lovely teenage daughter. Between cooking meals and playing chauffeur,...
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Series
Language
English
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Fantasy romance at its finest! -Darynda Jones, New York Times bestselling author of the Charley Davidson series KINGDOMS WILL RISE AND FALL FOR HER ... BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP IT Catalia "Cat" Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the Gods-and her homicidal mother-have saddled her with. That is, until Griffin, an ambitious warlord from the magic-deprived south, fixes her...
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Language
English
Description
The dead can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. This book draws on interviews with some of these top-level professionals, ground-breaking research, and McDermid's own original interviews and firsthand experience...