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"Emily Dickinson's poem "Split the Lark" refers to the "scarlet experiment" by which scientists destroy a bird in order to learn more about it. Indeed, humans have killed hundreds of millions of birds--for science, fashion, curiosity, and myriad other reasons. In the United State...
Uryu has returned to his world after parting ways with Shirahi. Wanting to make the three sisters happy, he asks to redo the marriage interviews with each of them. As their relationships deepen, he begins to see their respective worries. Moreover, the appearance of a new part-tim...
A stunningly shot meditation on love and loss, New York newlyweds peter and Chloe fall into marital crisis while on a research vessel en route to Antarctica. As romantic bliss sours, Chloe takes comfort in the company of the ship's captain, a man who has good reason for setting h...
Documents the survival tale of an intrepid shorebird who has endured annual migrations between Argentina and the Canadian Arctic throughout the course of a long lifetime while his species continues to decline.
Presents twelve stories by contemporary, award-winning young adult authors, some presented in graphic or letter format, which explore themes of gender identity, love, and sexuality.
"Everyone knows the groom's grandmother does not approve of the bride. But would she actually kill her? The richest family in town is implicated in murder and Jenny reluctantly steps in to investigate. Jenny finds there are very few suspects and hardly any motive. Spring flings a...
"Best friends Anita and Rainie have made countless visits to their home base: an old sycamore tree and its neighboring lot of stray dogs who have a mysterious ability to communicate with humans. The girls learn that they are preceded by generations of dog-headed women and women-h...
A FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ???? Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers of 2024 ???? Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2024 for Kids and Teens ???? BookPage Best Middle Grade of 2024 ???? Common Sense Media Best Books of 2024 ???? When twelve-year-old...
Carole, Stevie, and Lisa get involved in everything from a burning barn to an unexpected proposal. First, Max blames Red for the fire that was really caused by Jake's negligence. Then, Max and Deborah decide to tie the knot. When Phil finally gets the nerve to ask Stevie for a da...
Cover events from the book Krasnoe koleso : povestvovanʹe v otmerennykh srokakh, Uzel III, Mart semnadt͡satogo (The red wheel : Knot III, March 1917) by Solzhenit͡syn.
Cover events from the book Krasnoe koleso : povestvovanʹe v otmerennykh srokakh, Uzel III, Mart semnadt͡satogo (The red wheel : Knot III, March 1917) by Solzhenit͡syn.
When an award-winning foreign journalist reveals the existence of an Amsterdam-based sweatshop known as a "knot shop" that employs and enslaves young girls as laborers, private security firm Rutherford Risk is hired by a philanthropist to find it and shut it down. David ...
Taming Clint Westmoreland In name only? The moment former Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learns that he is still married, he sets the limits for his wife's stay at his exclusive horse ranch. But when she arrives, Clint's boundaries begin to blur. He and Alyssa Barkley have ...