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Summary: "Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GONSummary: Readers will find details of when the character was first mentioned, appearance, wizard school, house, patronus, wand, related family members, skills and achievements, personal history and more! With more than 700 characters included, this book is packed from cover to cover. The book will also include genealogical charts and family trees for the major characters, world maps detailing important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Media Lab Books 2020
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Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.917 HARHart, Emilia
Summary: I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before. Through a series of IVF treatments, which they hope to keep secret, they propose an experiment that will upend the human race as we know...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hutchinson Heinemann 2023
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Summary: Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, shes an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HAZSummary: Codex: Blood Angels contains a wealth of background and rules – the definitive book for Blood Angels collectors. Within this 144-page hardback, you’ll find: - The Angelic Host: the origin of the Blood Angels, the story behind their homeworld of Ball, the horror of the Flaw and the introduction of Primaris Space Marines to their ranks;- Ordering the Host: a detailed breakdown of the Blood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Games Workshop Limited 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 WARSummary: The Emperor's Sword!Bolters roar and chainswords scream as the battlefield welcomes the physical definition of the Imperium's might - the Adeptus Astartes. Drop Pods smash down from orbit, unleashing squads of Space Marines, their vox-amplified war cries panicking and scattering foes. Gunships roar through the scorched skies, air-to-surface missiles slamming down zenith angles to annihilate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Games Workshop Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 WARRoanhorse, Rebecca
Summary: "The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROAAkasaka, Aka
Summary: "Will Kaguya and Miyuki find a way to see each other sooner rather than later over summer vacation? And is tweeting really an effective way to communicate with your crush? Then, Kaguya's overprotective staff try to prevent her from going to the fireworks festival with the rest of the student council. Miyuki and Kaguya both try to find a way to enroll in the same elective class. And someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KAGTaylor, Brad
Summary: While on a mission in Sweden, Pike Logan learns of a rogue Ukrainian group's plans to assassinate Vladimir Putin to end the war between their nations. But even if they succeed, Putin has a last endgame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Shirin, Nina, and Silvia have just gotten their first jobs in publishing, at a University Press, a traditional publisher, and a trust-fund kid's "indie" publisher, respectively. And it's... great? They know they're paying their dues and the challenges they meet (Shirin's boss just assumes she knows Cantonese, Nina cannot get promoted by sheer force of will, and Silvia has to deal with daily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GAVSmith, Nicholas Sansbury
Summary: With hope for salvation dwindling, Captain Akira Hayashi deploys on a desperate mission to find Apeiron, believing only she can stop Doctor Otto Cross from completing his reset of Earth. But Akira soon realizes they need more than just Apeiron. Shadow Squad must somehow reunite with Tadhg and the weapon he carries. Only then can Akira lead the charge against the machines in one last fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SMIRollins, James
Summary: A fire in a Copenhagen bookstore leads Commander Gray Pierce into a mystery that is connected to horrific Nazi experiments, an insidious madness affecting Buddhist monks, a possible mythological beast run amok in South Africa, and a century-old plot that threatens to destroy the current world order.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2006
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROLLemire, Jeff.
Summary: "Bloodshot's nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing made him the perfect weapon, and he served his masters at Project Rising Spirit--a private contractor trafficking in violence--very well. Now, Bloodshot is a shadow of his former self. He lives in self-imposed exile, reeling from the consequences of his past life and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Valiant Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BLOLangan, Sarah
Summary: "You'll be safe here. That's what the greasy tour guide tells the Farmer-Bowens when they visit Plymouth Valley, a walled-off company town with clean air, pantries that never go empty, and blue-ribbon schools. On a very trial basis, the company offers to hire Linda Farmer's husband, a numbers genius, and relocate her whole family to this bucolic paradise for the .0001%. Though Linda will have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESpires, Ashley
Summary: "Award-winning and bestselling author-illustrator Ashley Spires takes readers on an inspirational alphabet journey, as our favorite characters from THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING introduce all the words little makers need to know. This informational picture book gives young kids and their grown-ups vocabulary that will help them on their creative journeys, touching on themes such as growth mindset,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPIStevenson, Noelle
Summary: "Final exams are looming at Battleworld's Institute for Gifted Youths, a prestigious school in the planet's capital. But the new class doesn't react so well when they discover that the school's beloved headmaster is actually a diabolical super villain ... and their final exam is a brutal deathmatch between students! Faced with harsh lessons and an even harsher truth, the students take to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNRollins, James
Summary: It begins in Africa ... A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them--plants and animals--has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROLRollins, James
Summary: "A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state while the plants and animals around them have grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading across the African...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROLBrody, Jennifer
Summary: When the Spectre Team assassinates a target, they literally scare the victim to death, making it look like they had a stroke or heart attack, so the target appears to die from natural causes. Then they ghost from the scene, leaving no trace they were ever there. They're the perfect weapons. The downside to spectre soldiers? They're like batteries that need to be recharged, or they'll disperse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Publishing Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BROHouellebecq, Michel
Summary: "'Mes croyances sont limitées, mais elles sont violentes. Je crois à la possibilité du royaume restreint. Je crois à l'amour' écrivait récemment Michel Houellebecq. Le narrateur de Sérotonine approuverait sans réserve. Son récit traverse une France qui piétine ses traditions, banalise ses villes, détruit ses campagnes au bord de la révolte. Il raconte sa vie d'ingénieur agronome, son amitié...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 FIC HOUJohansen, Iris
Summary: Traveling to Palanan Island in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who have no qualms about killing to get what they want. When she successfully evades them and finds the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior, it is just what she needs to entice Eve Duncan to join her. As they seek answers to the questions the body has raised, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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Summary: "Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEM1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC DEM