Prince
1) Spare
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...
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To Ella Beene, happiness is living in the northern California river town of Elbow with her husband, Joe, and his two young children. Then one day Joe breaks his own rule - never turn your back on the ocean - and a sleeper wave strikes, drowning not only the man but his many secrets. For three years Ella has been mother to his kids, believing that their mother, Paige, abandoned them. Then Paige shows up at the funeral to reclaim the children.
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2016]
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371 pages : map ; 24 cm
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Kachemak Winkel's mother used to tell him that Alaska doesn't forgive mistakes. A lot of mistakes where made the day she died in a plane crash with Kache's father and brother-- and Kache still feels responsible. He fled Alaska for good, but now his aunt Snag insists on his return. Returning to his family's cabin in the woods, he finds smoke rising from the chimney and a mysterious Russian woman hiding from her own troubled past. Nadia has stayed there,...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
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42 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
10) Climate change
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Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
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79 pages. ; 20 cm.
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Why is the Earth's climate changing? And how will this change our lives? HRH The PRince of Wales is worried about climate change. In this book, he explains why it is so important for us to stop climate change now, and he shpws how we can do it.
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Last gate of the emperor volume 1
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"Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family... and his only friends. Often in trouble for his thrill-seeking antics and smart mouth, those same qualities make Yared a star player of the underground augmented reality game, The Hunt for Kaleb's Obelisk. But when a change in the game rules prompts...
12) The woman king
Pub. Date
2022
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The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
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1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand-in mother for Lily. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town, they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for her rights. The angry men give her a beating and she ends up in the hospital. Lily's father rescues Lily but not Rosaleen, so Lily talks Rosaleen into running...
14) Settlers
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RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A family of early settlers with a young daughter living on the Martian frontier struggle to survive the environment and others.
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Criterion collection volume 1090
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 DVD (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Documents the eighteen-hour recording session for the album of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical "Company," featuring members of the original 1970 cast.
18) Iceman
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Omnibus Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Over 5300 years ago, a Neolithic clan settled near a creek. While their leader Kelab is hunting, the settlement is attacked, and the tribe is brutally murdered, amongst them Kelab's wife and son. He sets out after the murderers on what turns into a grand odyssey where he must fight constantly against the forces of nature; against hunters; the loneliness of the quest, and the growing sense of doubt over the morality' of his mission.
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Criterion collection volume 1194
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023].
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Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
The unknown: An unrequited infatuation leads a circus knife-thrower on the run from the law into a troubled state, but when the circus owner discovers the desperate man's secret identity, things become markedly worse.
The mystic: A confederacy of unsavory characters conspire to cheat an heiress...
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Celebrated poet Lee Bennett Hopkins shares a diverse collection of poems that ask (with the help of Newbery medalist Lois Lowry, former US Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis, and others), "Who do you want to be?" Kids can imagine pretending and dressing up in this playful poetry collection, flexing their creative muscles and bucking stereotypes. (Who says that girls can't be knights and boys can't be mermaids?) Fifteen poets write about who...