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From Jenny Holiday comes a modern fairy tale just in time for Christmas about a tough New Yorker from the other side of the tracks who falls for a princess from the other side of the world.Leo Ricci's already handling all he can, between taking care of his little sister Gabby, driving a cab, and being the super of his apartment building in the Bronx. But when Gabby spots a "princess" in a gown outside of the UN trying to hail a cab, she begs her brother...
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"NYC taxi driver Ranjit Singh has 10 days to prove his innocence... Bollywood film icon Shabana Shah has been murdered, her body found in the apartment where Ranjit ate dinner mere hours before. Ranjit's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a statue of the elephant god Ganesh used to grotesquely smash the actress' beautiful face. Caught on film leaving the apartment alone, Ranjit is accused by the NYPD as an accessory to murder. Ranjit's only...
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Soho
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2014.
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330 pages ; 24 cm
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"Foreign Gods, Inc., tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery. Ike's plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional and material needs...
6) Rosa Parks
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La Otra H
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[2022]
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127 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Montgomery, Alabama, 1 de diciembre de 1955: al final de la jornada laboral, Rosa Parks, de 42 años, una modista de profesión, tomó el autobús 2857 y se dirigió a su casa. Ella se sentó en una fila central, pero cuando un pasajero blanco subió después de algunas paradas, el conductor le pidió que se levante para darle su asiento, como lo requieren las reglas. Rosa las conoce bien: los negros se sientan en la parte de atrás, los blancos se...
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