Mack
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Scholastic Inc
Language
English
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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest stars in the world! This easy-to-read biography is perfect for her youngest fans.
Taylor Swift is one of today's biggest music superstars! She's got millions of fans around the world. But before she was famous, Taylor was just a young girl who loved to sing and dreamed of sharing her music with others.
Discover how Taylor made it all the way to the top in this exciting biography! It's
...Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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We know the universe had a beginning. With the Big Bang, it expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy, laying down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. But what happens to the universe at the end of the story? And what does it mean for us now? Dr....
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Series
August Snow novels volume 3
Language
English
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"Authentico Foods Inc. has been a part of Detroit's Mexican town for over thirty years, grown from a home kitchen business to a city-block-long facility that supplies Mexican tortillas to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Detroit ex-cop and Mexican town native August Snow has been invited for a business meeting at Authentico Foods. Its owner, Ronaldo Ochoa, is dying, and is being blackmailed into selling the company to an anonymous entity. Worried...
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"All that bestselling author Eleanor Dash wants is to get through her book tour in Italy and kill off her main character, Connor Smith, in the next in her Vacation Mysteries series--is that too much to ask? Clearly, because when an attempt is made on the real Connor's life--the handsome but infuriating con man she got mixed up with ten years ago and now can't get out of her life--Eleanor's enlisted to help solve the case. Contending with literary...
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Language
English
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The widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff presents an insider's account as an unsuspecting member of the family associated with the audacious Ponzi scheme, describing her idyllic marriage, her belief in her husband's innocence, their ordeals at the height of the media frenzy and her husband's tragic suicide.
Author
Series
Mr. Monkey volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Mr. Monkey bakes a cake and enters it in a contest, but nothing goes as planned.
Author
Series
Mr. Monkey volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Monkey is invited to visit a school to perform a trick he just learned, but nothing goes as planned.
Author
Series
Mr. Monkey volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Monkey takes a break from his favorite video game to do something outside, but nothing goes as planned.
10) August Snow
Author
Series
August Snow novels volume 1
Language
English
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"Tough, smart, and struggling to stay afloat, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African American father and a Mexican mother, August grew up in Detroit's Mexicantown and joined the Detroit police only to be drummed out of the force by a conspiracy of corrupt cops and politicians. But August fought back; he took on the city and got himself a $12 million wrongful dismissal settlement that left him low on friends. He has just returned...
11) Lives laid away
Author
Series
August Snow novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"When the body of an anonymous young Hispanic woman dressed as Queen Marie Antoinette is dredged from the Detroit River, the Detroit Police Department wants the case closed out fast. Wayne County Coroner Dr. Bobby Falconi gives the woman's photo to his old pal August Snow, insisting August show it around his native Mexicantown to see if anyone recognizes her. August's good friend Elena, a prominent advocate for undocumented immigrants, recognizes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Our world is filled with the most wonderful tools and machines. This is, of course, thanks to clever inventors! The first television was concocted with simple tea boxes and biscuit tins. The first airplane was the product of bicycle makers. The first submarine had oars. And Leonardo da Vinci described his many inventions in mirrored writing. Why? You'll discover these things and more in this informative book."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An eye-opening journey to the most overlooked parts of America. Everyone knows that America is 50 states and...some other stuff. Scattered shards in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the not-quite states-American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-and their 4 million people are often forgotten, even by most Americans. But they're filled with American flags, U.S. post offices, and Little League baseball...
Author
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"I'm really good at giving kisses. Every night I make sure all the animals get a good-night kiss. Then they can sleep tight." Before going to bed, Chick wants to give all the animals a good-night kiss. Meet the crocodile who's floating in the water, the rooster who's crowing loud, the horst running in the meadow, and the cutest art ever. From the big lion to the little hedgehog, they all get a sweet kiss from little Chick. Until he gets tired himself.......
15) August Snow
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Winner of the Hammett Prize and the Nero Award
From the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-terrorism, race and urban decay.
Tough, smart, and struggling to stay alive, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African-American father and a Mexican-American mother, August grew up in the city’s Mexicantown...
From the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-terrorism, race and urban decay.
Tough, smart, and struggling to stay alive, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African-American father and a Mexican-American mother, August grew up in the city’s Mexicantown...
16) Time to make art
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Awed by the endless possibilities, a young girl begins asking meaningful questions about creating art. Her questions are answered by a diverse group of artists throughout time and history: from the earliest cave painters to the most recent digital illustrators. Rethinking the familiar Western European timeline of art history, this book introduces readers to diverse works from every era and continent in a playful and inspiring way."-- Provided by...
17) Lives Laid Away
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown is caught in the crosshairs of a human trafficking scheme.
When the body of an unidentified young Hispanic woman is dredged from the Detroit River, the Wayne County coroner gives her photo to ex-police detective August Snow, insisting August ask around his native Mexicantown to see if anyone recognizes her. August’s good friend...
When the body of an unidentified young Hispanic woman is dredged from the Detroit River, the Wayne County coroner gives her photo to ex-police detective August Snow, insisting August ask around his native Mexicantown to see if anyone recognizes her. August’s good friend...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1861, a young slave named Sam escapes to search for his father, who has been conscripted into the Confederate army, and makes his way to a northern city, while back at the Virginia plantation where Sam was raised Annabelle, the owner's daughter, struggles to run things after her father's death.
19) Playtime?
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Using illustrations and only two words, shows the trouble a young boy has trying to get his very playful pet gorilla to go to bed.
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