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New in Ebooks - Reference
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Kennedy's Avenger
Dan Abrams
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NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America's most publicized—and most surprising—criminal trials in history.No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after... |
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Sparrow Envy
Lanham, J. Drew
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“You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same.” That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry... |
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Phantompains
Estacion, Therese
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Therese Estacion survived a rare infection that nearly killed her, but not without losing both her legs below the knees, several fingers, and reproductive organs. Phantompains is a visceral, imaginative collection exploring disability, grief and life by interweaving stark memories... |
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The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman
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Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration “Stunning.” —CNN “Dynamic.” —NPR “Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —VogueOn January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest... |
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It Doesn't Matter What We Meant
Winger, Rob
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An astonishing new collection of poems that question perception, meaning, and context.
How does private thinking align with public action? And what might it mean to intend something anyhow? To name our particulars? To translate from the personal to the communal, the pedestrian... |
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Black Girl, Call Home
Mans, Jasmine
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A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine • Vulture • Essence • Elle • Cosmopolitan • Real Simple • Refinery... |
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Poetry of Love, The - Speaking From the Heart
Keats, John; Browning, Elizabeth Barrett; Shakespeare, William
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Love whether fleeting or of the ages, expressed with a look, a touch, or a thought is wanted by us all. Across genders and generations love is both the glue and the accelerant of our lives. Yet once gained we sometimes let it go without recognition of its value or fail to nourish... |
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Let the Lord Sort Them
Chammah, Maurice
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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America
“If you’re one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something... |
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Dear God
Laditan, Bunmi
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As seen on The TODAY Show! Dear God is a poignant collection of funny, often heartbreaking, and deeply insightful letters to God that bravely share the emotions we all feel as we grapple... |
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shine your icy crown
Lovelace, Amanda; ladybookmad
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“make them rue the day they underestimated you.”
amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-winning author of the “women are some kind of magic” poetry series, presents shine your icy crown, the second installment in her new feminist poetry series, “you are your... |
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An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Gideon Defoe
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Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated-and timely-history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist.
"Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They're all equally implausible once you get up close."
Countries... |
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