Award Winning Books
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People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying InvadersDickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the...
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The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen RevisitedFinalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the world on Foreign Affairs An Economist Book of the Year, 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice...
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The Years with Laura DiazA radiant family saga set in a century of Mexican history, by one of the world's greatest writers. Carlos Fuentes's hope-filled novel sees the twentieth century through the eyes of Laura Diaz, a woman who becomes as much a part of our history as...
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So You Want to Be an Inventor?St. George and Small, the Caldecott Medal-winning team who created So You Want to Be President?, are back with another spirited and witty look at history-this time focusing on the inventors and inventions who have given us lightbulbs, automobiles, and all the other things...
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Hip LogicThe second collection of poetry from the author of Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018 Terrance Hayes is a...
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Laugh-Eteria: Poems and DrawingsThis book is bound To pick you up. To give a little lift. If you take half A change you'll laugh. We know you won't be miffed. So find a home Inside a poem. Take off your shoes and sit And if you smile...
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Moccasin TrailA Newbery Honor Award-winning book Jim Keath has lived for six years as a Crow Indian when he learns that his two younger brothers and a sister are journeying west to take up land. Although Jim finds it difficult to fit in with the...
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The Last Wicked ScoundrelNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lorraine Heath brings us the eagerly awaited final story in the Scoundrels of St. James series.William Graves is the last of Feagan's scoundrels. A onetime grave robber turned royal physician, he has devoted his life to...
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Clockwork Dagger PBFull of magic, mystery, and romance, an enchanting steampunk fantasy debut in the bestselling vein of Trudi Canavan and Gail Carriger.Orphaned as a child, Octavia Leander was doomed to grow up on the streets until Miss Percival saved her and taught her to become...
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Quarantine"An extraordinary book that transcends gender and race and culture and sexual identity to speak to our universal humanity and the quest we all share for a self." -- Robert Olen ButlerReminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies and the work of Michael Cunningham,...
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Kapitoil"Teddy Wayne has written a brilliant book. Karim Issar is one of the freshest, funniest heroes I've come across in a long time." -- Ben Fountain, bestselling author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara "An innovative and incisive meditation on the wages of corporate...
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Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories"Lydia Peelle has given us a collection of stories so artfully constructed and deeply imagined they read like classics. It marks the beginning of what will surely be a long and beautiful career." --Ann PatchettIn Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing, Lydia Peelle brings...
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Duchess by NightA Mischievous Charade . . . Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of her title and the responsibilities that come along with it. Enough with proper tea parties and elegant balls; what Harriet really wants is to attend an outrageous soiree where she can...
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The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War"Moving, revealing, and lovingly researched, this book is a must read, and a great read, for any of us whose forebears came from overseas--meaning just about all of us." -- Erik LarsonThe author of the award-winning The Children's Blizzard, David Laskin, returns with a...
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My Mother the CheerleaderShare this "harrowing and painfully honest historical novel"* at home or in the classroom. Through this "extraordinary" debut effort from the Sydney Taylor Award winner Robert Sharenow, readers will explore how "ingrained prejudices--whether acted upon or not--help destroy lives and shatter a community."**In 1960...
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A Duke of Her OwnLady Louisa longs to marry for passion and love--but will she find happiness in the arms of the duke?Author: Lorraine HeathPublisher: Avon BooksPublished: 10/31/2006Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 6.74h x 4.40w x 1.03dISBN: 9780061129636Award: Rita Awards - FinalistAbout the AuthorHeath, Lorraine: - When multiple...
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The Undead Next DoorThree signs that something is very different with your mew man: 1. He sleeps all day . . . which would be annoying except he's so attentive at night.2. He's attacked by sword-wielding assailants, yet insists he can handle it on his own.3. He...
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Diary of a Worm#1 New York Times Bestseller This hilarious picture book from the bestselling, acclaimed author-illustrator team of Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss tells the adventures of a worm through his daily diary entries.This is the diary of a worm. This worm lives with his parents,...
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The Faithful FriendA friendship is tested by love and magic in this beautiful, Caldecott Honor-winning retelling of a traditional tale from the French West Indies. Clement and Hippolyte are best friends who live together on the lush tropical island of Martinique. They set off together toward...
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Ain't Burned All the BrightPrepare yourself for something unlike anything for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written and performed by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Featuring a bonus performance of the text by an...
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