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• Taking Manhattan

  the Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

  Shorto, Russell

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  Shorto tells the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise. He also shows how the paradox of New York’s origins―boundless opportunity coupled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Broken Country

  a Novel

  Hall, Clare Leslie

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  Farmers Beth and Frank are enjoying a happy marriage, until a rogue dog goes after their sheep and is shot, a dog that belonged to Beth's teenage love, Gabriel Wolfe. With Gabriel back in the village, jealousies ignite dangerous passions,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Super-Italian

  More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy's Healthiest Foods

  De Laurentiis, Giada

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  For Giada De Laurentiis, the fundamental formula is Good Cooking = Technique + Ingredients + Ambience. Super-Italian helps you stock your shelves with healthy Italian superfoods and create meals that are nutritionally dense, supportive of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sirens

  a Novel

  Hart, Emilia

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  In 2019, Lucy awakens to find her hands around her ex-lover's throat. Fleeing from the horror, she runs to her sister's house on the Australian coast, but she is not there. As Lucy awaits Jess' return and desperate for answers, Lucy turns…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Propaganda Girls

  the Secret War of the Women in the OSS

  Rogak, Lisa, 1962-

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  Working in the European theater, across enemy lines in occupied China, and in Washington, D.C., Hawaiian reporter Betty MacDonald, polyglot Czech Zuzka Lauwers, naval attache wife Jane Smith-Hutton, and film star Marlene Dietrich forged…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Count My Lies

  a Novel

  Stava, Sophie

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  A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves.

• The Teeny-weeny Unicorn's Great Big Wish

  Harris, Shawn (Artist)

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  Once upon a time, there was a teeny-weeny unicorn that wished to be big. But he never saw a shooting star, and a ladybug never landed on his arm. So when he comes across a dandelion poof, he decides to give his wish one last try. With a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Resist

  a Story of D-Day

  Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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  Samira Zidane lives in Nazi-occupied France during World War II...and she has a secret. She and her mother are spies for the underground resistance. They crack codes and trade messages that will help sabotage the Nazis' plans. When her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

  Zhao, Amélie Wen

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  In a world at war with demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother's soul… before she loses her forever.

• How to Feed the World

  the History and Future of Food

  Smil, Vaclav

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  Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today: why are some of the world’s biggest food producers also the countries with the most undernourished populations? Why do we waste so much food and how can we solve that?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Broken Fields

  Rendon, Marcie R.

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  Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman and occasional sleuth, is back on the case after a man is found dead on a rural Minnesota farm in the next installment of the acclaimed Native crime series.

• Just Action

  How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

  Rothstein, Richard

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  Just Action offers programs that activists and their supporters can undertake in their own communities to address historical inequities, providing answers based on decades of study and experience, in a nation awash with memes and internet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Papilio

  Clanton, Ben, 1988-

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  Introducing Papilio Polyxenes, the Black Swallowtail Butterfly! She’s an adorable and hilarious caterpillar who is ready to join the world and become a butterfly! But growing up is a complicated work in progress, and Papilio encounters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Makeda Makes a Mountain

  Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola

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  The first title in a delightful new Level 2 I Can Read! series from acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and illustrator Lydia Mba, starring Makeda, an exuberant 7-year-old "maker" and problem solver who loves to create.

• That's Not Funny, David!

  Shannon, David, 1959-

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  David is determined to get laughs out of everyone--even from those who might not find his antics amusing! From cannonballs into the pool to slurping his spaghetti to telling funny jokes during class, David is a natural comedian. But David…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mallory and the Trouble With Twins: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #17)

  Nopra, Arley

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  Mallory knows she's a good baby-sitter. She's been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it'll be easy money. The twins sure are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oathbound

  Deonn, Tracy

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  Bree Matthews is alone. She exiled herself from the Legendborn Order, cut her ancestral connections, and turned away from the friends who can’t understand the impossible cost of her powers. This is the only way to keep herself—and those…Read moreRead more of this annotation