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• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

  a Novel

  Chakraborty, S. A.

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  Amina is a retired pirate living in 1200s Oman who comes out of retirement to save the daughter of a lost former crewmate in this fantasy novel full of rich characters, humorous banter, and historically accurate detail.

• Airplane Mode

  An Irreverent History of Travel

  Habib, Shahnaz

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  Habib threads the history of travel with her personal story as a child on family vacations in India, an adult curious about the world, and an immigrant for whom roundtrips are an annual fact of life. Tracing the power dynamics that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A City on Mars

  Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

  Weinersmith, Kelly

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  In a world hurtling toward human expansion into space, A City on Mars investigates whether the dream of new worlds won't create nightmares, both for settlers and those they leave behind. In the process, the Weinersmiths answer every…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Grande Odalisque

  Vivès, Bastien

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  Best friends and cat burglars Carole & Alex, along with their new getaway driver Sam, plan their biggest heist yet: to steal the classic Ingres painting, "Le Grande Odalisque," from the Louvre.

• The Kamogawa Food Detectives

  Kashiwai, Hisashi, 1952-

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  The novel includes mouthwatering descriptions of food, as well as a nuanced description of life in Japan.

• The Lost Art of Walking

  the History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism

  Nicholson, Geoff, 1953-

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  Walking is a profoundly universal aspect of what makes us human, social creatures, and engaged with the world. Cultural commentator, Whitbread Prize-winner, and author of Sex Collectors, Geoff Nicholson offers his fascinating, definitive,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mistborn

  the Final Empire

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.

• Mycroft Holmes. [1]

  Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

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  Playboy Mycroft Holmes is forced by Queen Victoria to seize plans for weapons of mass destruction before a madman can use them to hold the world ransom.

• Nala's World

  One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride Around the Globe

  Nicholson, Dean

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  The @1bike1world Instagram sensation shares the full story of his life-changing relationship with his rescue cat, Nala, and their inspiring bicycle journeys through the refugee camps, remarkable terrains, and animal shelters of the world.

• No End in Sight

  My Life as a Blind Iditarod Racer

  Scdoris, Rachael

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  For more than 11 years, 21-year-old Rachael Scdoris has guided teams of sled dogs across jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, and desolate tundra. The youngest athlete to ever complete a 500-mile sled dog race, Rachel is…Read moreRead more of this annotation