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841) Being Lara
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Lara Reid knew she was an alien. What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally learned the word 'adopted'. Twenty-two years later, a stranger arrives as she blows out the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake; a woman in a blue-and-black head tie who also claims the title 'Lara's mother'. Lara, always in control, now finds her...
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Juana's life in Bogotá, Colombia, is just about perfect. Every now and then a big problema comes along--like having to learn English or Juana's mami getting remarried--but things eventually settle down, and life goes back to feeling pretty perfect again. But then Mami springs two new sorpresas on Juana. One: Juana will be spending her school break going to skating camp instead of relaxing (even though she doesn't know how to skate!). Two: Mami is...
844) Dear Santa: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lindy Carmichael isn't feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was 'the one' has cheated on her with her best friend and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carollers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up - but Lindy's mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her daughter's spirits. Reading through a box of childhood letters...
845) Song of Aglaia
Author
Series
Song of Aglaia volume 1
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Aglaia is a simple sea nymph. One day, a Merman seduces Aglaia, forever altering her life's course. She is cast out of Oceanid by her chauvinistic father, forcing her to wander many days and nights, until one day she finds herself at the benefit of one Mr. Kite, whose traveling circus welcomes her (including the star attraction, a waltzing Horse named Henry) and once again alters her fate, sending her down many more unexpected paths. The Song of...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"See here four more strange and sad stories of the critically lauded horror-adjacent anthology series, ICE CREAM MAN. See here a tetrad of tales featuring people for whom the world spins unevenly. See here nougat, licorice, nonpareils, and other oddly named confections. See here, see here!"--Provided by publisher.
848) Unfinished business
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ali Reynolds' personal life is in turmoil when two separate men show up on the scene - a serial killer and a former employee of her husband's who has just been released from a sixteen-year prison sentence. According to the courts, Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of B. Simpson, murdered his girlfriend. But Mateo knows that her real killer is still on the loose. Mateo gets a job working for B. once again, and just as he starts his new job, chaos breaks...
Author
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Emma had the perfect trifecta: good job, steady boyfriend, creative best friend. However, after one crackling, long-distance phone call, her world changed forever. Now she's having nightmares that threaten to disrupt the space-time continuum. But these nightmares, featuring a young girl named Lily, seem all too real, and Emma's waking life begins to be affected by the events that transpire in this mysterious wartime landscape. Sara Goudarzi navigates...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Set in the early 1900s, Among the Beautiful Beasts is the untold story of the early life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known in her later years as a tireless activist for the Florida Everglades. After a childhood spent in New England estranged from her father and bewildered by her mother, who fades into madness, Marjory marries a swindler thirty years her senior. The marriage nearly destroys her, but Marjory finds the courage to move to Miami, where...
851) The edge
Author
Publisher
IOneWorld
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When you are brought to the brink, only a miracle can bring you back. Adam Fairhead is a man in danger of losing everything he worked for. The uber cool record company he runs in LA and its substance-fuelled partying, endless women and slew of smash records have begun to lose their shine. After a devastating and entirely avoidable accident occurs under his drug-addled watch, he begins to look at the life he created with creeping disillusionment....
852) Night road
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a string of foster homes and the death of her heroin-addict mother, Lexi Baill is taken in by a newly discovered great-aunt who lives a spartan life near Seattle. Lexi soon meets Mia and her loving twin brother, Zach. The friendship flourishes, and Mia's mother draws Lexi into the family circle. A slowly growing attraction between Zach and Lexi begins, but then Lexi, Mia, and Zach collectively make a bad decision that results in a tragedy with...
853) 5,000 km per second
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"5,000 Kilometers Per Second tells--or almost tells--the love story between Piero and Lucia, which begins with a casual glance exchanged by teenagers across the street through a window..."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Omni (Graphic novels) volume 2
Publisher
H1, an imprint of Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Cobbina, able to think at the speed of light and instantly diagnose any situation, heads an enigmatic corporation known only as OMNI, giving her the resources she needs to search for others like her. She's on a quest to learn the origin of her new powers-but, along the way, discovers that the fate of the entire world may rest on her shoulders! --from Amazon.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Whilst the process of aging may reflect a time of great achievement, satisfaction and excitement for many, it is not uncommon for some older people to feel isolated and concerned about some aspects of their lives - past, present and future. For some, experiences of family isolation, social withdrawal, decline in health, role and status, death of partner, family members and friends creates a great sense of loss and grief. This Speaking from experience...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Rani Arturus is a chess prodigy with no plans to be a leader of any sort, let alone QUEEN. After she pulls the legendary sword Excalibur from the stone... well, no backsies. Now she must form a new round table made of friends and family to protect the Earth from an invasion of Fae, who'd like a new planet to call their own. It's magic, romance, adventure, and excitement as old myths reveal themselves to be fake, and new ones cause trouble for everyone!...
Author
Publisher
Lóguez
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Una niña se muda con sus padres a otro país. Quiere llevarse muchas cosas, pero Èqué hacer si no puedes meter todo en la maleta? ÈO quizá habrá alguna manera de llevarse sus cosas favoritas?" --
A beautifully simple story about moving to a new home, exploring themes of change and permanence and told with warm illustrations from an award-winning illustrator. A young girl is moving to a new country, and there's so much that she wants to bring:...
Author
Publisher
Marian Wood Books/Putnam
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When 30-year-old Anna Ramsey learns that a meth-addicted looter has dug up what might be the funerary mask of Montezuma, she books the next flight to Oaxaca. Determined to redeem her father, a discredited art collector, and to one-up her unfaithful fiance, a museum curator, Anna hurls herself headlong into Mexico's underground art world. But others are chasing the treasure as well: the shape-shifting drug lord no one can really describe; the enigmatic...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
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Description
The beloved Good Morning America anchor shares the incredible journey that's been her life so far and the lessons she learned along the way as she battled breast cancer and a rare blood disorder and dealt with the death of her mother.
"'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As Momma always said, Everybody's got something.' So begins...
860) Ish
Author
Publisher
Silver Sprocket
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An evocative and contemplative collection of short comics from cartoonist Adam de Souza, ish explores the complicated nature of grief through a series of loosely connected vignettes. Each brief glimpse brings another layer to the nuances of healing--from the deep muck of despair to unexpected joys--all told with care and thoughtfulness that shows through the page.
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