(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A gripping, darkly comic novel from the national bestselling author of Bad Summer People about a team of wealthy and powerful executives on retreat in Miami when one of them goes missing . . . Every year, executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company's top employees for an exclusive retreat in Miami and this year, Caitlin Levy--Aurora's newest hire--is joining the team as Head of Events. The benefits are outstanding: a seven-figure...
Author
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In America today, more books are being banned than ever before. This censorship is part of a larger assault on such American institutions as schools, public libraries, and universities. In On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US, respected longtime public librarian James LaRue issues a balanced and reasonable call to action for all citizens. LaRue, who served as director of the American Library Association's Office for...
9) 2054
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Military fiction that imagines a geopolitical conflict in the year 2054"--
It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that's held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. More and more Americans are convinced that they're losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become very popular. Grievance needn't be bad. But what happens when people take their grievances to...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom--a land set apart, a nation uniquely blessed, a people in special covenant with God. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and cultural inflection points in the context of church teachings...
Author
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
La casa de caramelo, que culmina el ambicioso proyecto narrativo de Jennifer Egan iniciado con El tiempo es un canalla (Premio Pulitzer en 2011), cuenta la historia de Bix Bouton, un brillante empresario informático en horas bajas que acaba patentando una exitosa herramienta tecnológica que permite acceder a nuestros recuerdos y compartirlos, y que ha seducido a miles de personas. Con una asombrosa variedad de recursos narrativos, Egan pone el foco...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist One In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcast Be There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in a deeply evangelical family in the Midwest in the '80s and '90s, Sarah McCammon was strictly taught to fear God, obey him, and not question the faith. Persistently worried that her gay grandfather would go to hell unless she could reach him, or that her Muslim friend would need to be converted, and that she, too, would go to hell if she did not believe fervently enough, McCammon was a rule-follower and--most of the time--a true believer....
15) Natural me
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by her hit song "Natural Girl" and featuring charming watercolor illustrations, this joyful picture book from award-winning musician MzVee and debut illustrator Lisbeth Checo is an ode to young girls on their journey to self-empowerment, sisterhood, and embracing their natural selves. With a message that speaks to beauty inside and out, Natural Me invites readers to celebrate all the ways in which they are special."--Front flap of jacket....
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Crocodile Dundee: A free spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare hands, stares down giant water buffaloes, and drinks mere mortals under the table, faces the ultimate torture test -- a trip to New York City. Crocodile Dundee II: Continuing the adventures of the eccentric Australian, Crocodile Dundee, he and his beautiful girlfriend are threatened by a ruthless gang of drug dealers. Dundee evens the odds by leading the hoods to his turf,...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When her mother suddenly dies, Sara must abandon her plans to become a ballerina and join her estranged father on Chicago's gritty South side. She feels out of place until she is befriended by a black classmate and her handsome brother, Derek. Sara and Derek's shared love for dance leads to romance--and opposition from their families and friends.
Publisher
Bonnier Publications International A/S
Language
Deutsch
Description
1933 ergreift Adolf Hitler die Macht in Deutschland, indem er die Bevölkerung mit goldenen Versprechungen zur Wiederherstellung des Großdeutschen Reiches verführt hat. Er verbündet sich mit Mussolinis faschistischem Italien, Stalins kommunistischer Sowjetunion und der Militärdiktatur in Japan, die dieselben Großmachtträume hegt, wie Deutschland. In dieser Serie erhalten Sie einen umfassenden Überblick über
...19) Historie Extra
Series
Publisher
Bonnier Publications International A/S
Language
Deutsch
Description
In dieser Serie werden Sie in die dramatischen Ereignisse- zurückversetzt, die die Weltgeschichte positiv und negativ geprägt haben. Vom Bau der ersten Kathedralen in Europa,über die Pest bis hin zur Landung in der Normandie im Jahr 1944. Lesen Sie von den blutigen Märschen der Kreuzritter nach Jerusalem bis zu den wagemutigen Piloten, die die Menschen in die Lüfte trieben. Darüber hinaus erfahren Sie auf unterhaltsame
...20) Serial Killers
Series
Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
In this issue of Serial Killers, we revisit 30+ infamous cases and go inside the mind of a serial killer.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request