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2) Medusa
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Myth of monsters ; 1
Language
English
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"A descendant of Medusa, Ava is sent to the Accademia del Forte in Venice after an altercation with a classmate, where she must learn to control her emotions, especially when she unearths a terrible secret that could change the world forever"--
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Language
English
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"Lana loves stories, especially the ones she and her brother, Harrison, share during their make-believe games. But when Harrison decides he's too grown-up to play with Lana, she finds herself feeling lonely. Until something magical happens... Lana discovers a portal to a fairy-tale world hidden in the strange new supermarket in town! But these aren't the happily-ever -after fairy tales that Lana knows: they are darker and more dangerous, and the characters...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"With emotions like fear, guilt and empathy eluding her, the author, trying to replace the nothingness with something, realizes, after connecting with an old flame, if she's capable of love, it must mean she isn't a monster and sets out to prove the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren't all monsters either."--
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Language
English
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"Many of us dread having to convey our ideas to others, often feeling ill-equipped, anxious, and awkward. Public speaking experts help by focusing on planned communication experiences such as slide presentations, pitches, or formal talks. Yet, most of our professional and personal communication occurs in spontaneous situations that creep up on us and all too often leave us flustered and stumbling for words. How can we rise to the occasion and shine...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A guide to succeeding in face-to-face interviews that explains how to avoid common errors, apply key principles to the job interview situation, develop winning answers to 101 important questions, respond to negative questions, communicate positive nonverbal messages, and ask questions about the job and the employer.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life.
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' bravura account of Cook's last journey...
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