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1) Survival
Author
Series
Deadlands (Skye Melki-Wegner) volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As bloody battle rages between the two surviving dinosaur kingdoms, Eleri and the other young exiles--including a peppy stegosaur, a stoic sauropod, a testy triceratops, and a mysterious spy--have temporarily thwarted the Carrion Kingdom, a conniving cabal of carnivores, and destroyed their secret stronghold. Fearing that their cunning enemies will soon regroup and seek vengeance, the exiles must risk their lives by returning home to unite and lead...
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology."--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"With their stunning black-and-orange wings, monarch butterflies are one of the most recognizable insects on the planet. But despite their delicate beauty, these creatures are warriors. The moment they hatch, they're fighting for their lives. Everything is the enemy: from the very leaf they live on to the humans and animals around them to nature itself. How does such a tiny egg survive to become a butterfly? And even after emerging from the cocoon,...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This revised guide covers every aspect of prostate cancer: everything from potential causes, diets, and diagnostic tests to curative treatment and innovative means of controlling advanced stages of cancer. As of 2022, an estimated 268,490 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. A high percentage of those will relapse. But the good news is that more men are being cured of this disease than ever before. In a new and completely revised...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 2020, many of us were sequestered in our homes, attempting to teach our children and learn to bake while the pings of news alerts and wails of sirens reminded us of the devastation outside. Dr. Cornelia Griggs’s experience was nothing like ours. A pediatric surgery fellow in New York City, Griggs was entering the final victory lap at the end of nine grueling years of training. She was set for a big graduation celebration and looking...
Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 9
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Paul Colbert's French village has been under Nazi control for years. His Jewish best friend has disappeared. Food is scarce. And there doesn't seem to be anything Paul can do to make things better. Then Paul finds an American paratrooper stuck in a tree. When Paul helps the soldier, he discovers a secret resistance movement - and he learns the Allies have a plan to crush the Nazis. But first, the resistance needs Paul's help. This is Paul's chance...
10) The breast cancer survival manual: a step-by-step guide for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
Author
Publisher
Holt Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The seventh edition of The Breast Cancer Survival Manual provides essential updates on treatment and care, enhancing the basic information that has made this the most trusted guide for women diagnosed with breast cancer for the past two decades. This edition includes the most current advice on: · The genomic basis of breast cancer and recent changes in the genomic breast cancer types · The need for individual tailoring of a treatment plan, resulting...
Author
Publisher
Mango Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Discover the true and incredible survival story of K'wasi, the lion cub who overcame unimaginable odds. Magnificently documented by wildlife expert Ron Magill. K’wasi’s story is told by world renowned wildlife photographer and Zoo Miami’s “Goodwill Ambassador”, Ron Magill who documented and photographed every stage of K’wasi’s remarkable roller coaster life. Join Ron and his half-a-century career as he helps us all understand the life...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist. Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet media and politicians have always characterized smugglers-or coyotes,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Survival of the Fittest: the game show where animal contestants pitch the latest and greatest in scientific innovation to a panel of shark judges! Animals of all sizes and skills compete to see who can come up with the most useful, most creative, most brilliant design for a product based on something that exists in the natural world. Today's theme is: engineering.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society
“A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar, 2020
Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,”...
“A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar, 2020
Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,”...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
This program includes a foreword by author, educator, and Jordan Peele collaborator, Tananarive Due.
A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end
Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one.
Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. When a terrible rafting accident separates him from his partner, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone against one of the wildest backdrops on the planet. Stranded with no equipment,...
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