Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Dralen never could leave well enough alone.He knows better than to go near the canyons. That's where the Logans live, wild men of the hills said to devour lone travelers in frenzied midnight feasts.But the mysterious cloaked figure he saw down by the canyons had to be there for a reason. And he can't get his Urpa's poem out of his head: something about "They of the West" and "Treasures buried in memory's mine."Folks used to mine for topaz in the canyons,...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The story of the composer John Cage's famous composition of four minutes and 33 seconds of empty sheet music, and its first performance by the pianist David Tudor"--
"What does nothing sound like? An offbeat history of John Cage’s 4’33”, a musical composition of blank bars, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka. One night in 1952, master pianist David Tudor took the stage in a barnlike concert hall called the Maverick. A packed audience...
3) Lark
Author
Series
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Things are getting tense at home for Nicky and Kenny as they wait for a visit from their estranged mum. To escape, they go for a walk on the moors, taking their little Jack Russell terrier with them. But what should have been a laugh, a lark, turns deadly when the weather changes and they are caught in a blizzard. Nothing will ever be quite the same again".
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future.A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn't strangle the life out of people? Naive. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams. Exactly. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University professor, insists that imagination...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a world where babies run everything, little Rockers rebel against nap time and Teacher's Pets become class presidents with "Free Pizza Fridays!" In the L.O.L. Surprise! TM world, all work is play and nothing is dull because it's all a lil' surprising and outrageous!
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lauren and her daughter, Zara, are missing. Her husband will stop at nothing to find them. He knows they're in danger. But the police know exactly where they are. They're just not saying. Zara spoke out against a terrible crime - and now the police have mother and daughter under protection. New names, new identities, far from those they love. And those who hunt them. Tired, broken and alone Lauren is determined to protect her daughter at all costs....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Mabel is determined to climb a mountain, host a dinner party, and make friends with shark. Mabel's friends aren't being very helpful, but Mabel knows the truth about Big Plans: Don't listen to those who say you cannot. Listen to those who say you can! So, even though a mountain is very, very high and Mabel is very, very small, she knows she shouldn't give up. And even though it might have been easier to fly up a tree, Mabel knows that she needs to...
Author
Series
A Sweetwater Falls Mystery volume Book 6
Language
English
Description
"It’s Founders Day in the once idyllic town, as well as the beginning of the festive holiday season. Contrary to the beautiful scenery, being the sheriff of Sweetwater is not quite as cozy as Spenser Song imagined. Nor did she think she would meet her match with her grumpy neighbor turned confidant, Ryker Makawi. When her evening out with Ryker is interrupted by the daughter of one of the town’s most powerful families. Spenser gathers her forces...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A genre-bending story about love and loss, hope and heartbreak, and the healing to be found in life's little limbos, those in-between spaces where you're no longer who you were and not yet the person you will be. About her debut, Out of Love, Hazel Hayes said, "The journey from writing horror to writing love stories was a short one. There is nothing more horrific than love." In her new novel, she sets out to prove it. This genre-defying, meta-modern...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever felt at a loss for an answer when asked: ₁How are you really feeling?₄ Maybe you can₂t quite put your finger on it, but you know something is definitely off. Microaggressions, challenging family relationships, toxic positivity, work and pandemic stress, gaslighting, these are just a few examples of what psychologist Dr. Meg Arroll calls ₃Tiny T₄ trauma. These tiny traumas can slowly build up inside of us, and if ignored for...