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Author
Series
Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 22
Language
English
Description
"Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeper of the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Gobbles has missed his court date and gone into hiding. People have seen him on campus,...
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Forget what you know. This book changes everything. Someone's found her voice and she has A LOT to tell you"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"For nearly four decades, fans have welcomed the star of television's number-one daytime show, The Young and the Restless, into their living rooms. While they've come to know and love the suave Victor Newman, few truly know the man behind the character, the supremely talented Eric Braeden. I'll Be Damned is his story--a startling and uplifting true tale of war, deprivation, determination, fame, and social commitment that spans from Nazi Germany to...
24) Chestnut Street
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Every once in a while, she would write about one these people. She would then put it in a drawer. "For the future," she would say. The future is now. Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent (which readers will recognize from Minding Frankie)...
25) Global warming
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Discusses two sides of issues related to global warming--whether the climate change will have good or bad effects, whether or not greenhouse gases should be reduced, and whether forests should be cleared for farms.
26) The good egg
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
Author
Series
How to be a supervillain volume 1
Publisher
LIttle, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains and he's fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family's utter disappointment, Victor doesn't have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won't run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can't stand to be messy. Hopeless!"--
Author
Series
Sunshine Vicram volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series! Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose. Del Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, its strong cups of coffee-and a nationwide manhunt? Del...
29) The bad guys
Author
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused 'muscle' Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.' But when, after years of countless heists and being the world's most-wanted...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"SEE THROUGH THE LIES YOUR BRAIN TELLS YOU Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Your brain was wired this way when it evolved, primed to learn quickly from bad experiences, but not so muchfrom the good ones. It's an ancient survival mechanism that turned the brain into Velcro for the negative, but Teflon for the positive. Life isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After tracking the lives of thousands of people from birth to midlife, four of the world's preeminent psychologists reveal what they have learned about how humans develop. Does temperament in childhood predict adult personality? What role do parents playin shaping how a child matures? Is day care bad-or good-for children? Does adolescent delinquency forecast a life of crime? Do genes influence success in life? Is health in adulthood shaped by childhood...
32) White fragility: why understanding racism can be so hard for white people : adapted for young adults
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A reimagining of the best-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world"--
33) Deep freeze
Author
Series
Virgil Flowers mysteries volume 10
Language
English
Description
"Class reunions: a time for memories--good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly--in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt - and as it turned out, homicidal - local school board, and now the town's back in view with more alarming news: A woman's been found dead, frozen in a block of ice. There's...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
You hear so much conflicting information in mass media. Much of the news is scary. Crime rules the cities, almost everything that tastes good is bad for you, the environment is filled with noxious chemicals, cancer runs amok, and icebergs will soon start to melt. Just what can you believe? How can the results of an opinion poll, a research study, or any set of data be manipulated to bend the truth? (Learning Seed, USA)
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy Meals. Save for one thing: the Civil War never occurred. A gifted young Black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law enforcement, working as a bounty hunter for the US Marshall Service. He's got plenty of work. In this version of America, slavery continues in four states called "the Hard Four." On the trail of a runaway known...
37) Hello stranger
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The author of the groundbreaking work Slut! explores the phenomenon of slut-shaming in the age of sexting, tweeting, and "liking." She shows that the sexual double standard is more dangerous than ever before and offers wisdom and strategies for alleviating its destructive effects on young women's lives. Young women are encouraged to express themselves sexually. Yet when they do, they are derided as "sluts." Caught in a double bind of mixed sexual...
39) No one but you
Author
Series
Silver Springs (Brenda Novak) volume 2
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Struggling to make ends meet after a messy divorce, Sadie Harris is at the end of her tether. Her waitressing gig isn't enough to pay the bills let alone secure primary custody of her son, Jayden, a battle she refuses to lose. Desperate, she accepts a position assisting Dawson Reed--the same Dawson Reed who recently stood trial for the murder of his adoptive parents. Joining him at his isolated farm seems risky, but Sadie is out of options. Dawson...
40) Blind faith
Author
Series
Jigsaw files volume 3
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"He has nothing and everything to lose...When a seventeen-year-old boy goes missing while camping with his buddies in the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend, the case is right up PI Charlie Dodge's alley. Charlie's reputation for finding missing people--especially missing kids--is unparalleled. Unfortunately, trouble seems to be equally good at finding him. Charlie's still in the thick of it when bad news arrives regarding his wife, Annie, whose early onset...
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