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ABOUT THE BOOK: Anyone fascinated by true crime and legal thrillers will want to read The Sky's The Limit: People v. Newton, The Real Trial of the 20th Century? In comparing the 1968 trial of Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton to other riveting...

PURA BELPRÉ HONOR WINNER BOOKPAGE TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF 2023 KIRKUS BEST OF THE YEAR Mexico. 1418. Meet Prince Acolmiztli. Puma of the Acolhua People. Heir to his father's throne. Half Acolhuan, half Mexica. Singer. Warrior. Poet. Sixteen years old. And now, betrayed....

***NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER*** Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals. In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize-winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and...

The beautiful young widow of the President of the United States makes up her mind to escape the White House. As an entire nation searches for her, the First Lady teams up with a seductive stranger and two orphaned girls in need of a...

During an early morning jog, Atlanta attorney Tom Halloran discovers the body of his friend and colleague, Elliot Carter, hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park. Even worse, the private and dignified Carter is grotesquely dressed in women's clothes. Halloran is convinced that Elliot's...

The Circle is the most important pattern of the cosmos. All wisdom traditions point toward this fundamental truth. There is a pattern to the flow of the universe: it flows in a circle. It follows that when human activities flow in a circular manner,...

Gloria E. Anzaldúa, best known for her books Borderlands/La Frontera and This Bridge Called My Back, is one of the foremost feminist thinkers and activists of our time. As one of the first openly lesbian Chicana writers, Anzaldúa has played a major role in...

In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America. Believing that criminality and mental illness were inherited, state legislatures passed laws calling for the sterilization of "habitual criminals" and the "feebleminded." But in 1936, inmates...

For Jake, there is only one thing he loves more than playing shortstop for his team, and that's winning. So when newcomer Adam joins the team, Jake is excited to see that this guy can do it all--pitch, hit, field! But as their team...

Featuring the latest cutting-edge information on healing over 100 common ailments, Your Natural Medicine Cabinet focuses on the fastest-acting natural products available. Ideal for families, busy households, and anyone interested in natural alternatives for themselves and their children, it offers essential resources in a...

"We Disappear is a mystery concerning the identity of a teenage boy and the people he draws into his web of half-truths. . . . It's not hyperbole to suggest that We Disappear is the eeriest Kansas-set story since Truman Capote's In Cold Blood."...

Author: David I. KertzerPublisher: Knopf Publishing GroupPublished: 05/06/1997Pages: 350Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.57lbsSize: 9.60h x 6.76w x 1.25dISBN: 9780679450313Award: National Book Awards - NomineeAward: National Jewish Book Award - WinnerReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 03/31/1997 pg. 50Library Journal 05/01/1997 pg. 120Kirkus Reviews 04/01/1997 pg. 526Booklist 05/15/1997...

From the renowned author of Here Lies Arthur and No Such Thing As Dragons, the adventures of a goblin outcast who must save his world from the rise of a dangerous dark magic...Welcome to a wild world of magical creatures and heroic adventure The...

Seasons come, seasons go. But a little brown bunny and a graceful blue bird discover that friendship, true friendship, lasts forever.Author: Carin BergerPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublished: 03/02/2010Pages: 40Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 11.24h x 8.32w x 0.45dISBN: 9780061915284Audience: Ages 4-8Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - NomineeReview...

STONEWALL BOOK AWARD HONOR BEST OF THE YEAR Booklist - BookPage - Kirkus - BCCB In a kaleidoscope of desert sands and swirling skirts, Queen Harish takes flight. This picture book biography, spun in vibrant verse by Jyoti Gopal, traces the journey of a...

Lambda Literary Award, Drama: Michel Marc Bouchard, Tom at the Farm, translated by Linda Gaboriau (Winner)Following the accidental death of his lover, and in the throes of his grief, urban ad executive Tom travels to the country to attend the funeral and to meet...

Yogurt is consumed in a variety of ways in many cultures throughout the world. The author--truly an expert on the subject--tells us the history of yogurt, how to make it, and how it is easily used in all kinds of delicious recipes. This splendid...

Perhaps you're a "closet writer" who's been scribbling in journals for years. Maybe you once had a passion for playing the piano or violin--a passion that is still flickering somewhere deep inside you. You may have a knack for photography, drawing, gardening, cooking, or...

Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert...

How do you connect the artsy, science-nerd mom to the art and science of parenting? Lynn Brunelle shares her field trip through pregnancy and parenting, sprinkled with a sparkle of science, in this hilarious and awe-inspiring memoir. With great enthusiasm, Lynn shows how she...