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Akpan, Uwem Akpan, Uwem. Armand, Glenda Barad, Alexis. Greci, Paul Martine, Arkady Parpan, Justin. ReadSummary: "In Paris in the early 1990s, a group of activists go to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies. Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, the newcomer Nathan falls in love with Sean, the group's radical firebrand, and their passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BPMParpan, Justin.
Summary: A lonely dinosaur wanders the barren desert of the Southwest, looking for a companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Cygnet Press 2007
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Summary: This collection of five stories set in various African countries reveals the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AKPMartine, Arkady
Summary: "During a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court, Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident--or that Mahit might be next to die....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1986
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Large Print 1993
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Summary: "A daring first novel in the great picaresque tradition-both buoyant comedy and devastating satire-by the author of the best-selling story collection Say You're One of Them. Ekong Udousoro is a Nigerian editor undertaking a reckoning with the brutal recent history of his homeland by curating a collection of stories about the Biafran War. He is thrilled when a publishing fellowship gives him the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AKPGreci, Paul
Summary: This thrilling adventure begins after a sea kayaking trip takes a dangerous turn and Tom Parker is stranded on the remote, outer coast of the unpopulated Bear Island in the rough terrains of the Alaskan wilderness. With only a small survival kit in his pocket, Tom finds himself soaked and freezing, and worst of all alone. Desperate to find his father, Tom doesn't know how long he can survive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Move Books 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REASummary: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Houghton Muffin 0000
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Summary: In an English village whose inhabitants cherish virtues and manners considered antiquated elsewhere, Miss Read, the school's headmistress, prepares for an early retirement because of ill health. On the positive side, a suitor appears. With artwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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Summary: The Birthday Bird flies to a child's house on their special day to bake them a birthday cake the Kartoo way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: These stories are told from the viewpoints of the children of Africa. Akpan's ability to capture a child's imagination and his skillful portrayal of the situation they endure is nothing short of transcendent. His stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2008
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Summary: Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. The eight-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his twelve-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2008
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Summary: Baby will love discovering the rainforest by touching realistic textures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1984
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1995