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Greystone Books
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English
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"Cat people, rejoice! Finally, a fun-to-read yet science-based book about cat behavior that explains how to keep your cat healthy and happy. We all love our cats, and we all want them to be happy. But making our cats happy isn't about buying them lots of things. It's about finding out what matters to them--and this book shows you how to do that, with the science to back it up. In Purr, animal behavior expert Zazie Todd addresses every stage of your...
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Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The adventures of Cat and her cat, Sushi, continue in more comic escapdes. To get away from it all, and get from rest and relaxation, Cat, her cat, and her dad visit the great outdoors. Being a single parent is never easy, and having a daughter such as Cat, not to mention a cat that's also very much a part of the family, may be too much for her dad to handle no matter how much they all may lover each other!" -- Page [4] cover.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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The legendary Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxers and white America to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. The Big Smoke, Adrian Matejka's third work of poetry, follows the fighter's journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white...
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Series
Cat and cat volume 5
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Cat, her dad, his girlfriend Samantha, and her son Virgil, bring Sushi the cat to a family farm, the cat antics get elevated to a new level. Holy cow! Life on a farm is anything but simple with Sushi calling the shots. Wait... is that a cat ghost in the old barn? Just when you think it can't possibly get any weirder, Sushi becomes a movie star when he gets selected for a role in a film! Will stardom go to his head? How can you keep that cat...
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English
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"Stories that capture our times by "a young author who has already established himself as a unique American voice" (Elle). Saïd Sayrafiezadeh has been hailed by Philip Gourevitch as "a masterful storyteller working from deep in the American grain." His new collection of stories-some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories-are set in a contemporary America full of the kind of emotionally bruised...
7) No one else
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Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Charlene is a single mom and full-time nurse who also cares for her elderly father. She was already struggling to hold everything together when tragedy strikes and her nonconformist brother returns home unexpectly, piling chaos on top of grief. A tightwire act of functioning disfunction teeters on the brink in this funny and bittersweet work of graphic fiction from The New Yorker cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson (Night Fisher), gorgeously set in and around...
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English
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"With her Let It Bee honey boutique buzzing along nicely, life is as sweet as nectar for Wren Johnson--until she takes a morning walk along the Pacific beach with her Havana Brown cat, Everett, and stumbles upon the body of Agnes Snow, the cranky queen of the local craft fairs, stiff as driftwood. More unfortunate? Clutched in the victim's fist is a label from Wren's homemade beeswax-and-honey lip balm. Which makes Officer Jim Hampton focus his dreamy-blue...
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Publisher
Minerva
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Let me introduce the world's most beloved singing doggie duo! Mother and daughter... Luna and Ranchera... born and raised in the Nuevo Wild West. Together they are the one and only Luna Ranchera. But life was not always so easy. Sit back and listen to an unforgettable story of hunger, struggle, music--and finally, worldwide stardom!
"This spellbinding original story opens in a cantina crowded with desert animals, cowboys, and cowgirls all excited...
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Publisher
Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Meet the fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods! The Hodag, like a spinybacked bull-horned rhinoceros packing 3,000 pounds of carnivorous fury. The Snoligoster, the reptilian beast that feeds on the shadows of its victims. And deadlier than a rattler, copperhead, or cottonmouth combined, the Hoop Snake, which can chase prey at speeds up to 60 miles per hour and then, with one sting of its venomous tail, cause the victim to turn purple, swell up, and...
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Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
It is 2029 and Blade Runner Ash continues to hunt the streets of the rain-soaked dystopian world of Los Angeles for renegade Replicants, but this time she's trying to protect as many as she can find... Aahna 'Ash' Ashina is back with the LAPD Blade Runner Unit and has returned to the rain-soaked streets of a slowly crumbling Los Angeles, hunting for renegade Replicants. But this time she's out to save as many of them as she can. Changed by her experiences,...
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Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"From elaborate Victorian cat funerals to a Regency era pony who took a ride in a hot air balloon, Mimi Matthews shares some of the quirkiest and most poignant animal tales of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Meet Fortune, the Pug who bit Napoleon on his wedding night, and Looty, the Pekingese sleeve dog who was presented to Queen Victoria after the 1860 sacking of the Summer Palace in Peking. The four-legged friends of Lord Byron, Emily Bronte,...
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Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Meet 28 icons, including pop star Ariana Grande, Hollywood icon The Rock, sporting hero Serena Williams, and even royalty--Prince Harry--and discover how they have dealt with mental health issues to live inspiring lives. So whatever you are going through, learn why it's OK to not be OK with these perfectly imperfect stories"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Spider-Slayers are back! Spider-Man is under siege when deadly robots start attacking every time he appears in public. Who is behind their unrelenting assaults? Can Spidey uncover the truth with Electro and the Scorpion standing in his way? And what side deal has Felicia Hardy, the former Black Cat, made with the Tinkerer? Meanwhile, Peter Parker's parents have recently returned home, but a mysterious man is watching their every move. And Venom...
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Series
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Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company Gale
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"When a bee wrangler is bludgeoned, Let It Bee honey shop owner Wren Johnson makes it her beeswax to solve the crime in Nancy Coco's second Oregon Honeycomb Mystery... For the picturesque town of Oceanview on the Oregon Coast, May brings blossoming fruit trees and the annual UFO festival. As Aunt Eloise tries out alien costumes on their Havana brown cat Everett, Wren is off to meet with a bee wrangler, her go-to guy for local fruit tree honey. But...
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Series
Island bites volume 2
Publisher
Independently Published
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Devon King has a plan. An actual plan with bullet points and everything else for his life. When he's called out at work for never participating in any of the office activities he feels compelled to take part in the upcoming office bake off competition to prove he's a team player, as making partner at his architectural design firm is top on his list of career goals. Only problem, he doesn't know anything about baking. Failure is not an option so when...
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
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