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Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill
Heather L Montgomery · Bloomsbury Children's Books Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover
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When Heather L. Montgomery sees a rattlesnake flattened on the side of the road, her first instinct is to pick it up and dissect it--she's always wanted to see how a snake's fangs retract when they close their mouths, and it's not exactly safe to poke around in a live reptile's mouth. A wildlife... |
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Recommended by Laura F.
Laura says, "An excellent book to read to the driver on a road trip."
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The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1
Gerard Way · Dark Horse Books Pages: 184 Format: Paperback
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** Soon to be a live-action series on Netflix! **In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why,... |
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Umbrella Academy Volume 2: Dallas
Gerard Way · Dark Horse Books Pages: 184 Format: Paperback
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** Soon to be a live-action series on Netflix! **The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is - each member of the team... |
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Recommended by Carmen
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The Lost Queen: A Novel
Signe Pike · Touchstone Pages: 544 Format: Hardcover
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The Mists of Avalon meets the world of Philippa Gregory in the thrilling first novel of a debut trilogy that reveals the untold story of Languoreth - a forgotten queen of sixth-century Scotland - twin sister of the man who inspired the legend of Merlin. I write because I have seen the darkness... |
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Good Dog
Dan Gemeinhart · Scholastic Press Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Brodie was a good dog. And good dogs go to heaven.Except Brodie can't move on. Not just yet. As wonderful as his glimpse of the afterlife is, he can't forget the boy he left behind. The boy he loved, and who loved him in return.The boy who's still in danger.So Brodie breaks the rules of heaven.... |
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Recommended by Heidi
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Don't Eat Me
Colin Cotterill · Soho Crime Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Between getting into a tangle with a corrupt local judge, and discovering a disturbing black-market business, Dr. Siri and his friend Inspector Phosy have their hands full in the thirteenth installment of Colin Cotterill's quirky, critically acclaimed series.Dr. Siri Paiboun, the ex-national... |
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Recommended by Byron
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Nimona
Noelle Stevenson · HarperTeen Format: Print book
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A National Book Award Longlist TitleThe graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on her beloved and critically acclaimed web comic, which Slate awarded its Cartoonist Studio Prize, calling it "a deadpan epic."Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these... |
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Recommended by Emily
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
Lamar Giles · Versify Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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"The Last Last-Day-of-Summer reminds me that all children deserve to exist in magical spaces where their imaginations and familial bonds will them into heroism. Every single child should have the freedom to be one of The Legendary Alstons. And I, for one, am grateful to Giles, and this... |
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Recommended by Kristy
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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Format: DVD
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Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from another dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
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Recommended by Jeremy
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The Bride Test
Helen Hoang · Berkley Pages: 320 Format: Paperback
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From the critically acclaimed author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart...Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny,... |
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
CLEMANTINE WAMARIYA · Crown Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not - could not - live in that tale." Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear,... |
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Recommended by Carly
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Helene Tursten · Soho Crime Pages: 184 Format: Hardcover
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Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing... |
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Recommended by Andrea
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At Eternity's Gate
Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Oscar Isaac · Lions Gate Format: DVD
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Figuring
Maria Popova · Pantheon Pages: 592 Format: Hardcover
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Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries--beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine... |
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Recommended by Julie K.
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The book of dust : la belle sauvage
Philip Pullman · Findaway World
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This book is set ten years before The Golden Compass and tells the story of how Lyra came to be living at Jordan College. |
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Recommended by Suzanne
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Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
Heather Anderson · Mountaineers Books Pages: 208 Format: Paperback
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By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT) , Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) , and Continental Divide Trail (CDT) -- a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet.... |
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Solitary
Albert Woodfox · Grove Press Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement -- in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana -- all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary... |
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Recommended by Bridgit
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The Darkness: A Thriller
RAGNAR JONASSON · Minotaur Books Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir.The body of a young Russian woman washes up on an Icelandic shore. After a cursory investigation,... |
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Recommended by Steph
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Borrowed Time
Tracy Clark · Kensington Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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In Tracy Clark's electrifying new mystery featuring Cassandra Raines, the former Chicago cop turned private investigator looks into a suspicious death as a favor to a friend - and makes some powerful enemies . . . Sitting in cold cars for hours, serving lowlifes with summonses . . . being... |
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Recommended by Marie W.
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Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit: A Felicity Carrol Mystery
Patricia Marcantonio · Crooked Lane Books Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Amidst the heraldry of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations, a string of brutal murders rocks Britain's upper crust -- and could threaten the realm itself -- in the spellbinding debut of Patricia Marcantonio's Felicity Carrol mysteries.Felicity Carrol is interested in everything... |
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The Mustang
Laure deClermont-Tonnerre · Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Format: DVD
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Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) , a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his past, rediscovers his own humanity in a social rehabilitation program. There he must gentle an especially unbreakable mustang named Marcus. During the program, Roman is helped by a no-nonsense... |
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Recommended by Kathy
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