Hammad, Isabella
Summary: "A bold, evocative new novel from the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 and Betty Trask Award winner Isabella Hammad that follows actress Sonia as she returns to Palestine and takes a role in a West Bank production of Hamlet. After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023
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Summary: Midhat Kamal is the son of a wealthy textile merchant from Nablus, a town in Ottoman Palestine. A dreamer, a romantic, an aesthete, in 1914 he leaves to study medicine in France, and falls in love. When Midhat returns to Nablus to find it under British rule, and the entire region erupting with nationalist fervor, he must find a way to cope with his conflicting loyalties and the expectations of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAMNicholas, Jamar
Summary: "Leon is an ordinary kid who becomes extraordinary when he fights a supervillain to save his school! In the city where Leon lives, superheroes--and supervillains--are commonplace. So how does an ordinary kid like Leon, who has no superpowers himself, become the superhero he wants to be? When all his classmates suddenly become obsessed with a new phone app that turns them into zombies, Leon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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Summary: "Alternating between Beth's story and Carmel's, newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing--and then it happens"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HAMSaadawi, Aḥmad
Summary: After he constructs a corpse from body parts found on the street, Hadi wants the government to prepare a proper burial, but when the corpse goes missing, a series of strange murders occur and Hadi realizes he has created a monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2018
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Summary: What do you do with a problem? Especially one that follows you around and doesn't seem to be going away? Do you worry about it? Ignore it? Do you run and hide from it? This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compendium Kids 2016
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Summary: Though the Great Depression is behind the them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war. It is only be a matter of time before the U.S. enters the fray. In the town of Hope River, midwife Patience Hester's husband, Daniel has vowed never to take up arms again; he saw too much bloodshed during the First World War. When he is imprisoned for his beliefs, Patience and their four children are left...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "As the Holy War between The Ten Commandments and The Four Archangels begins once more, Estarossa sets off to find Derieri and Monspeet in order to claim their commandments for himself. Before long, he encounters Sariel and Tarmiel, two Archangels who vow to avenge their fallen comrade. But with three commandments already in his possession, can Estarossa even be defeated?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SEVHlad, Alan
Summary: "By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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Summary: Otto and Sheed have to team up with the Ellison twins to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County and that's turning its residents into Money-Zombies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: "Meliodas is on the verge of death as Elizabeth turns herself in to Hendrickson to save Gilthunder. During this moment of crisis, their trusted comrade, Ban the Undead, steps in. However, the Fox Sin of Greed they once knew is no longer - bane bares his fangs and attacks, aiming straight for Meliodas's heart! "--back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2015
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Summary: The seal is broken, and Gowther, the Sin of Lust, is revealed! The ruthless, elite Holy Knights known as the Roars of Dawn have tracked down the mysterious Armor Giant. They seem to have it cornered, but it hides a hair-raising secret! When they learn the truth, the Sins are befuddled, and the princess doubles her resolve! What decision has Meliodas made about the memories entrusted to him?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2015
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Summary: "A deeply moving family story about identity, faith, and belonging set in the Muslim immigrant enclave of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn following three siblings coming of age over the course of one Ramadan. It's the holy month of Ramadan, and twin sisters Amira and Lina are about to graduate high school in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. On the precipice of adulthood, they plan to embark on a summer of teenage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Summary: Jay discovers that mountain resort where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful who expect top-notch customer service even as the world outside the resort's walls disintegrates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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Summary: This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It's a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Summary: "ALL'S WELL is about Miranda Fitch whose life is a waking nightmare after an accident ruins her acting career, and leaves her with chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers and alcohol. On the verge of losing her job as a college theater director, Miranda lives out her broken dreams through an upcoming production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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Summary: "Angel of Death. After Estarossa escapes with Elizabeth, The Seven Deadly Sins and Derieri follow after him in hopes of saving their friend and putting an end to the overpowered Commandment once and for all. Meanwhile, Ban finally reunites with Meliodas in Purgatory, and the two set forth in search of an exit back to the land of the living. Their search brings them to the Demon Lord himself,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2019
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Summary: "While the fight against Estarossa hangs in the balance, the team of Merlin, Escanor, Gilthunder, Hendrickson, and Ludoshel prepares for a fierce battle in Camelot against Zeldris and Demon masters Chandler and Cusack. Even though it's three against five, the Assault Force has a fearsome enemy in Meliodas's younger brother. A revelation about another sibling-Ludoshel's fellow Archangel and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SEVHaas, Irene
Summary: A little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her "with someone nice for company" comes true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 1975
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Summary: "From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home ... On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2019
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Summary: Refusing a job with the Society for the Relocation of Wayward Spirits, Jane Eyre heads to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for Mr. Rochester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HANHand, Elizabeth
Summary: "As her passionately devoted fans know, Elizabeth Hand is a uniquely gifted storyteller. Her iconoclastic series of crime novels which features offbeat photographer Cass Neary, began with the underground classic Generation Loss, and that was followed by the brilliant Available Dark. Katherine Dunne, author of Geek Love, describes Cass as "one of literature's great noir antiheroes," and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016