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"For fans of The Midnight Library and Demon Copperhead comes a breathtaking story of magical realism about two sisters, deeply tied to their small Southern town, fighting to break free of the darkness swallowing the land-and its endless cycle of pecan harvests-whole. How long will you hold on when your world is gone? In a small southern pecan town, the annual harvest is a time of both celebration and heartbreak. Even as families are forced to sell...
2) Flyboy
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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After closeted trans teenager Asher is sent to Catholic school, his only escape is at night when he dreams of the Midnight Circus. He assumes it's not real until his Midnight Circus trapeze rival walks into his classroom, and he learns both that the circus is real, and his time there is limited. Desperate, he sets both worlds on a collision course that endangers all he holds dear. Now he must decide how far he'll go, and if he can face his biggest...
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Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Bonnie Hammer's legendary career spans five decades in a turbulent, male-driven industry. Today, Bonnie is a powerful leader at the very top of her field, and women at all levels constantly ask her: What is your secret to success? Her power--and her staying power--comes from rejecting common myths about how women are "supposed" to act in the workplace. She knows that the conventional wisdom women are told about work--pithy phrases like "Don't mix...
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Crowood Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Draw nature your own, unique way inspired by East Asian artistic traditions. This practical book introduces the art of brush painting. It explains how to draw and recreate the serene beauty of the natural world, including the Four Noble Plants, with minimal marks. All you need is a brush, ink and paper. Learn about brush drawing through the simple exercises that this book demonstrates and discover a place to 'be' that arises through doing rather...
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Series
Christmasaurus volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"One year has passed since William Trundle's incredible adventure with the most extraordinary dinosaur: the Christmasaurus. Now, William is swept back to the magical North Pole, where he meets the mysterious, icy Winter Witch - whose power to control time allows Santa Claus to make the long journey all around the world every Christmas Eve. And when they learn that the fate of Christmas itself hangs in the balance, William and the Christmasaurus must...
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St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the self-made businesswoman and founder of the global platform Build Like A Woman comes the essential resource to unleash your business, take up space, and create your dream life. In a world of hustle culture and burnout, women don't want to lean in, they want to lie down. Now more than ever, women are looking to leave the corporate grind to break out into their own entrepreneurial ventures in a way that feeds their life rather than consumes...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear-and even follow you home. These wholly original and shiver-inducing...
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