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1) White tears
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Two ambitious young musicians are drawn into the dark underworld of blues-record collecting while navigating the fallout of a scam involving one's claim that a viral video of an unknown singer is a long-lost recording of a famous blues musician.
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only...
6) Thunderhead
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Arc of a scythe volume 2
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English
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"Intelligent and entertaining." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Even better than the first book." —School Library Journal (starred review)
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.
Humans...
"Even better than the first book." —School Library Journal (starred review)
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.
Humans...
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Visit from the Goon Squad volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. The Christmas holidays have barely passed before a fire engulfs the humble thatched cottage housing Donal Donnally and his family. Although the family escapes the blaze more or less unsinged, Donal, his wife, their three small children, and their beloved dog find themselves with nothing left but the clothes on their back. Good thing Doctors O'Reilly and Laverty...
Author
Publisher
Imperial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Critically acclaimed soundtrack to Bo Burnham's Netflix musical comedy special. The twenty-track CD features all the music including All Eyes On Me; Welcome To The Internet; and Bezos over the course of a very unusual year. Nominated for six Emmys including best variety series, writing, directing, song, musical direction, and editing.
14) Becoming
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English
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"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...
15) Safe haven
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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...
16) Delta kream
Author
Publisher
Nonesuch Records
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Black Keys celebrate their roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others. The album takes its name from William Eggleston’s iconic Mississippi photograph that is on its cover.
17) Neverworld Wake
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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An absorbing psychological thriller in which fears are physical and memories come alive from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.
"Beautifully creepy." —The New York Times
"You wont be able to stop reading." —Refinery29
"Dark and twisty." —Bustle
Five friends. Only one can survive. Who would...
"Beautifully creepy." —The New York Times
"You wont be able to stop reading." —Refinery29
"Dark and twisty." —Bustle
Five friends. Only one can survive. Who would...
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
The story of Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone's founder, editor, and publisher, and the pioneering era he helped curate, is told here for the first time in glittering, glorious detail. Joe Hagan provides readers with a backstage pass to storied concert venues and rock-star hotel rooms; he tells never before heard stories about the lives of rock stars and their handlers; he details the daring journalism (Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, P.J. O'Rourke) and...
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Spy penguins volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Two young adventure-loving and gadget-obsessed penguins dream of joining the FBI (Frosty Bureau of Investigation) in Sam Hay's hilarious new series, Spy Penguins.
Adventure-loving penguin Jackson dreams of being a secret agent like his Uncle Bryn, who works for the Frosty Bureau of Investigation. Jackson and his gadget-inventing best friend Quigley might officially be too young to join the FBI, but they aren't going to let that