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41) Depeche Mode
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A poet and novelist whose work has been variously compared to Rimbaud, Charles Bukowski and Irvine Welsh, Serhiy Zhadan's first novel Depeche Mode depicts Ukrainian youth during the turbulent 1990s. Described by the author as "a book about real male comradeship," the novel follows the unemployed narrator and his friends, Jewish anti-Semite Dogg Pavlov and Vasia the Communist, on their adventures around Kharkiv and beyond.
Against a background of...
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c2004
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IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
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56 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
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Examines the urbanization of the world's population, discussing the growth of megacities, model city planing, projects and plans that deal with clean water and proper sanitation, the health of city residents, and the urban economy.
43) Pride
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[2018]
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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289 pages ; 22 cm
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Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as...
44) Sin of a woman
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"The new novel in Kimberla Lawson Roby's beloved New York Times bestselling Curtis Black series. Raven Black is bouncing back after her very public divorce from Dillon. He's done everything he can to discredit her, but she's learned from her mistakes and him. In fact, she's become her ex-husband in more ways than one and is slowly but surely leading those connected to her down a terrible path of destruction. Playing with the lives of innocent people...
45) The Godmakers
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An interstellar agent discovers his latent powers while investigating a warlike planet in this classic sci-fi fantasy by the author of Dune.
It's been centuries since the devastating Rim Wars separated numerous planets from the protection and control of the galactic empire. The Rediscovery and Reeducation Service is dedicated to finding these "lost planets" and returning them to the fold. But not all civilizations are eager to cooperate.
Young and...
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Paris, France: 1860's. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, moulding it into a modern city. The reforms will erase generations of history, but in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand. Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction...
47) Codename W
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It doesn't matter what's after you. The only thing that counts is who's in your corner.Bessie is just meant to be an ordinary journalist. Okay, she's kinda scatty, bolshie, and has never backed down from a story – or a fight. But when a fight comes to her that could consume the whole city, there's only one person she can turn to.Xavier Kilmer is a ghost vampire. He's also Bessie's sworn enemy. The animosity isn't mutual. Three years ago, he met...
48) She Transcends
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Layla and Manus are thrown together in a fight for everything. This isn't the first time they've been here, but it's the first time they'll fight together.
When Ignis tears up the realm of oaths to defeat Manus and steal Layla's force, she'll have to find out her past, once and for all. But Ignis won't end there — Earth and all above and below will be under his sway. Unless she can convince Manus to finally let go of something and move on.
For...
49) Pale Demon
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 9
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"I wouldn't miss a Kim Harrison book for anything."—Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels
New York Times bestselling urban fantasy superstar Kim Harrison is back with Pale Demon—her ninth electrifying adventure featuring contemporary witch Rachel Morgan. This time Rachel's leaving the Hollows, on a cross-country road trip with a pixy, an elf, and a vampire, as she races to clear her blackened name at a California
...50) Magic First
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You can resist. You can win. But can you do it again tomorrow?
Sarah is a witch on the run, hunted by a deranged magical council out for her blood. All she's ever dreamed of is revenge.
One day soon, she'll get it. When she finds her nemesis's son has no magic, she slips in beside him and pretends to be his secretary — all to kill him and deliver her first blow. But plans rarely work out.
Soon Sarah is dragged into the crippling magical world...
51) Past Tense
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Right. Great. She's saved Carmichael. For now. It turns out literal hell is after him.
Sally's only one small past witch. What can she possibly do to save him? It all depends on how motivated she is.
When Archibald continues his never-ending quest to capture Sally and Carmichael falls head-first into this twisted magical world, she's forced to find power she never thought she had.
Now she just needs to roll her sleeves up and use it. If Julius and...
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Right and wrong will cost you….Lizzie Luck is magical. Apparently. The DNA test came back proving she's from the otherworld.She's unemployed, has 24 dollars in her account, and is so out of luck it's killing her.Things couldn't get worse, right?Wrong.When she winds up in the police station and comes to the attention of the city's richest, most charming and most powerful vampire, her fortunes take a turn for the worse. Soon she finds herself under...
53) My Immortal Soul
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Celeste is no ordinary hero. She's got one foot in the dark and one in the light.
A hard-boiled private eye, she specializes in finding lost souls. Which isn't easy in Soullake City. This place sits on a gate to Heaven and Hell, and it's up to her to ensure neither the light nor dark spill through.
She's got a problem, though. She made a deal with the Devil to access her immortal soul, and it now sits around her neck as a clockwork amulet. But in...
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She's got powers, and she must use them to find her future husband before it's too late.This isn't fair. Beth has just found out she's a witch, and in this world, witches are regulated.When her powers are discovered, she's pushed into a new job working for a rakish bounty hunter who's charm only just makes up for his arrogance. But if Beth thinks finding bounties for Josh McIntosh is the worst punishment imaginable, she hasn't met Maximus C. Knights...
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Want to build your own backyard garden?Dean Simpson has created the ultimate urban gardening guide for you and your needs. This makes square foot gardening as easy as it gets.Enjoy this backyard gardening handbook and take advantage of this information.This is gardening for dummies and that is what matters most!
56) DIY Hydroponic Gardens: How to Design and Build an Inexpensive System for Growing Plants in Water
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DIY Hydroponic Gardens takes the mystery out of growing in water. With practical information aimed at home DIYers, author Tyler Baras (Farmer Tyler to his fans) shows exactly how to build, plant, and maintain more than a dozen unique hydroponic systems, some of which cost just a few dollars to make. Growing produce without soil offers a unique opportunity to have a productive garden indoors or in areas where soil is not present. An expert in hydroponics,...
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In Real Love: Strategies for Reaching Students Who See No Way Out, Alexes uses her personal stories and professional experiences to empower and equip educators with strategies that can be implemented, immediately, to support students with diverse needs. Rooted in the theories of Culturally Responsive and Reality pedagogy, Alexes challenges educators to reconsider outdated and inequitable educational practices and pushes them to create learning environments,...
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Food, we can't live without it, yet its costs are rising and consuming more of the family budget. In addition, health concerns about the use of pesticides, gmo foods, and potential soil mineral depletion in the food supply inspire more people to want to grow their own vegetables. Many of these live in cities with only small yard spaces. This book presents new methods devised and tested by the author to maximize food production from a small yard. By...
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“Reauthoring Savage Inequalities” brings together scholars, educators, practitioners, and students to counter dominant narratives of urban educational environments. Using a community cultural wealth lens, contributors center the strategies, actions, and ways of knowing communities of color use to resist systemic oppression. So often, discussions of urban schooling are filled with stories of what Jonathan Kozol famously referred to as "savage inequalities"...
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