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May 1912. After the previous year's deadly heatwave, it's been an uneventful spring in Littleton Cotterell. Though for Lady Hardcastle and her fiercely loyal lady's maid Flo, at least there are the provincial delights of the village's inaugural art exhibition--and bicycle race--to look forward...

An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style.Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not...

Artificial intelligence is only partially visible, just like an iceberg. To understand it fully, we must look beneath the surface. The positive side is that technology is making machines smarter. However, the deeper view explained in this book shows that AI is also making...

A revealing and beautifully open memoir from pioneering industrial music artist, visual artist, and transgender icon Genesis P-Orridge.In this groundbreaking book spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, the inventor of "industrial music", founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and world-renowned fine artist with COUM...

In pursuit of her dream to be a writer, Nora journeys from her family in Canada after she accepts a job as a journalist in Jamaica and then later, the United States. In the autobiography, the young author recounts her early life and writing...

Author: Sue Monk KiddPublisher: HarperCollinsPublished: 09/12/2023Binding Type: MP3 CDISBN: 9798212903424This title is only available via back order

Author: Alan Smyth, Jessica MidkiffPublisher: Waterside Productions, Inc.Published: 09/12/2023Binding Type: MP3 CDSize: 7.50h x 5.30wISBN: 9798212904049

Over the centuries, two important beliefs arose in Europe: a faith that man could order his own destiny, and the idea that progress was normal. But by 1900, doubts had arisen concerning traditional Western values. The continuing problems of world poverty, environmental deterioration, the...

Not a technical guide on snowboarding but, rather, a very personal approach to how to think about mountains, snow, and adventure, The Art of Shralpinism reflects the remarkable journey of snowboarding superstar Jeremy Jones. Drawing on the hundreds of journals he has kept over...

After being given a terminal diagnosis with only a few weeks to live, Jane McLelland dug up research, some decades old, in her quest to survive. Rather than aiming to cure cancer, which in many cases is unachievable, Jane's approach was to stop it...

This is a spellbinding tale woven of equal parts epic and myth--with a liberal dash of hard science fiction. When a one-way time tunnel to Earth's distant past, specifically six million BC, was discovered by folks on the Galactic Milieu, every misfit for light-years...

April 1916, Germany: Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the...

You've seen Kevin Hart rule the stand-up circuit. You've watched him take over Hollywood. You've even seen him slay the New York Times best seller list. Now he's going to help you own your monsters.Following his popular titles I Can't Make This Up and...

From underdog in life to starring in Discovery Channel's Undercover Billionaire, Glenn Stearns is a rags-to-riches story that shows what can be accomplished with unbridled grit and fierce determination.Growing up in a low-income suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, Glenn Stearns attributes optimism, hope, hard work,...

Author: Justine PicardiePublisher: HarperCollinsPublished: 09/19/2023Binding Type: MP3 CDISBN: 9798212903486This title is only available via back order

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Darynda Jones comes a story in her Charley Davidson series...Eric Vause is done.Done with ghosts. Done with hellhounds. And definitely done with asshole demons, mostly because he'd been possessed by one. Even now, five years...

Conquer the Soil profiles 45 hidden figures of horticulture--the Black men and women whose accomplished careers in the plant world are little known or untold. Among them are Wormley Hughes, an enslaved African-American who was head gardener at Monticello and dug Jefferson's grave; Annie...

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers."Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature." --The GuardianIn the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters...

Contests with consequences.Recently returned from a harrowing vacation, FBI Special Agent Megan Luchek tries to settle into her day job in sunny Hawaii. But practically before her feet hit Oahu, a crisis catapults her back to the mainland.The Popularity Contest: Somebody kidnaps Megan's sister...

Sam the sheep lives in a field somewhere in England.It's a quiet life, but he has his friends, his favorite tree, and still manages to have the occasional adventure.As well as curious and philosophical Sam, we meet Morag the grumpy tabby cat; Ava the...