Award Winning Books
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From the Score to the Stage: An Illustrated History of Continental Opera Production and StagingWithout scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. But in the audience, we know little (and think less) about the enormous efforts of those involved in bringing an opera to life--by the stagehands who shift scenery, the...
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Sweet, Soft, Plenty RhythmGMA BUZZ PICK - How do we find belonging when love is unrequited? A "gorgeously written debut" (Celeste Ng, best-selling author of Little Fires Everywhere) filled with jazz and soul, about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, told by the women who love Circus...
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Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Seaside CorpseFor young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a...
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Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories"A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and...
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The Invention of Everything ElseNew York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla. It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa,...
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American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the RipperNew York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness. Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths of the Great Depression, Cleveland had the Mad...
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Until the Brighter Tomorrow: One Woman's Courageous Climb from the Projects to the PodiumA true-life, sometimes gritty yet ultimately triumphant story, Until the Brighter Tomorrow is told straight from Valerie Rainford's heart. The daughter of southern sharecroppers, she takes the reader through her challenging young life in the projects, where her mother's steadfast work ethic and undying...
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Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary FunAstronomy for kids! If you are looking for home school supplies, this book needs to be on your list. Through bright illustrations, young readers learn about our solar system to the tune of an old familiar song, "Over in the Meadow". In Going Around...
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Bubble Homes and Fish FartsPop into a hidden world of underwater animal behavior with this charmingly illustrated introduction to sixteen bubble-blowing animals. Bubbles are for popping, fishing, finding food--and for sailing, playing, and shooting hoops Who knew animals used bubbles for so many different things? Learn about how...
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The Patron Saint of DreamsMeet the characters of essayist Philip Gerard's world: a misguided sailor and his crew of rowdy teenage boys, an ancient nun, a nurse who believes the government has been secretly spreading the bubonic plague, a park ranger, jaded baseball players, a voice on a...
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Hunter Brown and the Eye of EndsIn Hunter Brown and The Eye of Ends, the heart-pounding conclusion of Hunter's previous adventures begins with an even bigger surprise-his memory is gone. With no knowledge of his last visit to Solandria, Hunter must fight to piece together the growing puzzle of his...
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Visible Bones: Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River CountryHow can you know a place? Historian and naturalist Jack Nisbet--author of Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America--looks to the relics of a region to connect the present moment to the distant past. In the vast Western territory defined...
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Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer Among the IndiansSequel to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. begun by Mark Twain in 1885, finished by Lee NelsonAuthor: Mark TwainPublisher: Council PressPublished: 04/22/2003Pages: 277Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.86w x 1.03dISBN: 9781555176808Audience: Young AdultAward: IndieFab awards - WinnerReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg....
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How to Build a BoatLonglisted for the 2023 Booker PrizeA funny and deeply moving novel about a boy, his dream, and the people who lend him a hand, by the acclaimed author of As You WereJamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain...
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In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 4)This twisty, cozy murder mystery finds Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle investigating the case of an heiress lost at sea--an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim. When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the...
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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE"Buzzy and enthralling ...A glorious novel about empires and erasures,...
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Waiting Is Not Easy!-An Elephant and Piggie BookGerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Waiting Is Not Easy , Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to...
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We Are in a Book!-An Elephant and Piggie BookGerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald and Piggie are best friends.In We Are in a Book Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? Using vocabulary perfect for...
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Pigeon Needs a Bath!, The-Pigeon SeriesThe Pigeon really needs a bath Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing to try and get the Pigeon to take the plunge.Author: Mo WillemsPublisher: Hyperion Books for...
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There Is a Bird on Your Head!-An Elephant and Piggie BookGerald and Piggie are best friends!Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. In There Is a Bird On My Head!, Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your...
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