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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. Leaving behind a disintegrating marriage and an unhappy career in America, he threw himself into the low-life of Bohemian Paris with unwavering gusto.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . . October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the...
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st Aladdin hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her new town with her father and her friend Sally"--OCLC.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This night not only marked the end to the drought, but also the end to the long-held secret we'd kept hidden under the magnolias. Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980 Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness. Scratching out a living on the family's tobacco farm is...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A captivating tour through Rome's centuries-old Jewish community with more than 100 simple, deeply flavorful, vegetable-forward recipes. "Naming the book Portico is my way of saying, 'Welcome. I'm glad you are here.'" A leading authority on Jewish food, Leah Koenig celebrates la cucina Ebraica Romana within the pages of her new cookbook. Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen features over 100 deeply flavorful recipes and beautiful...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"James Herriot's timeless, heartwarming, and perceptive stories about animals and people have charmed millions of readers around the world, and millions more have watched the popular PBS series All Creatures Great and Small, which is based on his four books. The Wonderful World of James Herriot excerpts the best of his stories to shape the larger tale of his life, his family, and his world, illustrated with evocative drawings and family photographs,...
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Language
English
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Description
'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich.' Barbara 'Babe' Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy's sister) -- they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. These women captivated and enchanted Capote -- and at times, they infuriated him as well. He befriended them,...
10) Moon's Ramadan
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Moon smiles down on Earth and observes different countries celebrating Ramadan until her crescent tinkle triggers the start of Eid.
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two friends, a boy from the country and a girl from the city, take us on a tour of their beloved land through their eyes. They introduce us to their homes, families, favorite places, school life, holidays and more!
Celebrate the cherry blossom festival
Learn traditional Japanese songs and poems
Make easy recipes like mochi (New Year's sweet rice cakes) and okonomiyaki (Japanese pizza or pancakes)
Create origami frogs, samurai helmets...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the spring of 1939. Big changes are happening at Skeldale House and everyone has to learn how to adjust. Tristan is now a qualified vet while James enters a new stage of his life with Helen and at the practice.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
528 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist One In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcast Be There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious,...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody.