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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The harrowing, but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history,"--NoveList.
4) Pumpkin soup
Author
Language
English
Description
The Cat and the Squirrel come to blows with the Duck in arguing about who will perform what duty in preparing their pumpkin soup, and they almost lose the Duck's friendship when he decides to leave them.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Gato and Ardilla come to blows with Pato in arguing about who will perform what duty in preparing their sopa de calabaza, and they almost lose Pato's friendship when he decides to leave them.
7) Villette
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume no. 68
Everyman's library. Fiction volume no. 351
Complete Brontë Sisters Children's Collection
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Everyman's library. Fiction volume no. 351
Complete Brontë Sisters Children's Collection
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Language
English
Description
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster, and her own complex feelings, first for the school's English doctor and then for the dictatorial professor, Paul Emmanuel. Charlotte Brontë's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From her downstairs apartment in suburban London, Emma has often overheard the everyday life of the seemingly perfect family upstairs--Steph, Paul and teenage daughter Freya--but has never got to know them. Until one day, she hears something that seizes her attention: Freya has vanished and the police are questioning Steph and Paul about their life. Do either of you have any enemies? Anyone who might want to harm or threaten you? The effects of Freya's...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family at this point-they vacation together, co-own a beach cottage, and their young children are inseparable. So Lucy is devastated when, while looking at a colleague's photos of a trip to the Maldives, she spots a picture of Scott, apparently on a luxurious holiday with another woman. Lucy is determined to protect her best...
10) Tatty-Ratty
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Molly's stuffed rabbit gets lost, she and her parents imagine all the adventures it is having before returning home.
11) Dog biscuit
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little girl eats a dog biscuit by mistake and worries about the consequences. Includes recipe for "human-being treats."
12) Delicious
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unable to find a suitable pumpkin to use for soup, Cat and Squirrel attempt to make other versions for Duck, their fussy friend, but it's only when they find a way to make the dish orange that Duck agrees it's the best soup he ever tasted.
13) The other guest
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
388 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything-and everyone-they love in order to untangle truth from lies in this twisty, captivating read"--
One year ago, Leah's feisty 21-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned in the beautiful lake near her family-owned resort in Northern Italy. Now, Leah's grief has caught up with her, and she decides to return to Lake Garda for the first time since...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy who does not want to go to bed has a series of imaginary encounters with a tiger, soldiers, the moon, and others, all of whom convince him to change his mind.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Staus Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but while Cat and Squirrel head straight to the salt store, Duck pauses at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
One morning, Ben finds an envelope containing a very special invitation to come and see the Gee Museum -- a dusty old place under threat of closure. However, once inside he discovers all sorts of incredible things like talking owls, dancing bees, magical bottles, witches, and of course, a hippo at the end of the hall. But most importantly he discovers a connection to his father and the family he never even knew he had. And now he has something important...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the rescuers meet the boat, there are only two people left: a little one and a bigger one. The bigger one remembers the uncertainty of the trip across the ocean, but the little one has stopped thinking about all that. Can the little one and a very special butterfly help the big one move forward?"--
Publisher
Gagosian Gallery
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
160 pages (1 folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated new book devoted to Frankenthaler's paintings from the 1950s brings together nearly 30 paintings, including important works from Frankenthaler's estate. A new essay by John Elderfield and important historical texts by the poet and art critic Frank O'Hara (1960) and former Rose Art Museum director Carl Belz (1981) shed light on the work, and a new, full chronology of Frankenthaler's life and work in the 1950s draws upon...
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