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Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the fifties and sixties, privately fostered by white families, then taken to Nigeria by their parents. Coconut is the story of one of those children. 1963, North London. Nan fosters one-year-old Florence Ọlaajaidae and calls her 'Ann.' Florence adores her foster mother more than anything but Nan, and the children around her, all have white skin and she can't help but feel different....
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Contains unpublished manuscripts written by Jane Austen, including "Sandition" in which Charlotte Heywood travels to a new seaside resort in England and meets a strange variety of people who seem oblivious to the romances that are occurring around them."--
Author
Publisher
[Erin Langston
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Cora, Lady Dane, gave up her dreams of happily ever after a long time ago. Now newly widowed, the young mother is determined to finally live on her own terms...until a devastating betrayal shatters her hopes for the future. Faced with the prospect of losing her beloved children to overbearing relatives, Cora needs the help of the one thing she swore she'd never have again: a husband. Nathaniel Travers hasn't a care-or responsibility-in the world....
65) Iraq
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Iraq. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher--
66) Inside Ukraine
Author
Publisher
Lightning Source Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
'Inside Ukraine' is a fascinating visual tour of Ukraine by Ukranians, capturing a snapshot of the country in the years immediately running up to the current war.
67) France
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to France. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Series
Regency vows ; 5
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances. In fact, years ago, they had once been nearly engaged until West's almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course. Now, years later, Sophie and West are thrown back together as they conjure a plot to ensure Sophie's little sister gets to...
Author
Publisher
Trinity University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The car bomb assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 shocked the European Union and put the world's spotlight on an island so small that few knew it was an independent country and even fewer could find it on the map. But Caruana Galizia's death didn't come as a surprise to those who lived there. Ryan Murdock had visions of living a slow-paced island life on the Mediterranean while writing about his experiences,...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A searing and deeply personal memoir that explores the institutions--family, society, country--that defined a Puerto Rican woman and what she unlearned to rediscover herself. Growing up in the Midwest, raised by a Puerto Rican mother who was abandoned by her family, Jamie Figueroa and her sisters were estranged from their culture, consumed by the whiteness that surrounded them. In Mother Island, Figueroa traces her search for identity as shaped by...
Author
Publisher
Little Roads Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the fall of 2019, symphony musicians Zeneba Bowers and Matt Walker quit their jobs, sold their house, got rid of the bulk of their possessions, and moved to Italy, all in the space of six short weeks. They were chasing their longtime dream to live and work in the country they love best, performing and organizing concerts and helping like-minded explorers travel the "Little Roads Europe" way. This delightful memoir details exactly how they did...
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls-from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Over the Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought-whether you're constantly connected or have deleted your accounts forever. Alaimo shows why you're likely...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals. "--
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lady Vesper Lyndhurst is beautiful, clever, and popular. Afforded every luxury as a duke's daughter, she fills her days with friends, intrigues, and a self-professed knack for matchmaking. She may have sworn off love for herself, but she is rather excellent at arranging it. Faced with an insolvent estate, the Duke of Greydon has no choice but to return to England in a final attempt to revive his family's fortunes. He's been gone for years, happy...
Author
Publisher
George F. Thompson Publishing, in association with the Center for the Study of Place
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Occupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on Indigenous Land is an art book that engages with history. Featuring photographs of dwellings and vernacular structures found in rural Massachusetts, the book is a meditation on the human occupation of land, with an emphasis on the long presence of Indigenous people and the waves of settlement by people from other countries that began during the early 1600s and continues today.0Utilizing a muted color...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In an act of feminist inquiry, personal adventure, and literary quest, Alice Albinia embarks on a series of journeys that traverse Britain and reach beyond its contemporary borders--from Europe to the Caribbean, Ireland to Scandinavia. She walks the coastlines of Lindisfarne, sails through the Hebrides archipelago, and bikes into Westminster at dawn. As she takes us across extravagantly varied island topographies and surveys centuries of history,...
Author
Publisher
Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"Started as a column in a small-town newspaper, Mangia with Micheline combines generations of Italian American flavors and traditions with heartwarming, humorous and remarkable personal tales that celebrate those memories shared around the family dining room and kitchen" --
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