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1041) LGBTQ rights
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the Compton's Cafeteria and Stonewall riots in the 1960s, to the decriminalization of homosexuality, and marriage rights, this thoughtful title examines the continuing fight for LGBTQ human and legal rights. Using fascinating primary and secondary source material, readers will gain insight into this evolving rights movement and be encouraged to think critically about the concepts of rights and freedoms in democratic societies. The effects of...
1042) Prophet's daughter: my life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet inside the Church Universal and Triumphant
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
1043) Lunar boy
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Indu, a boy from the moon, feels like he doesn't belong. He hasn't since he and his adoptive mom disembarked from their spaceship--their home--to live on Earth with their new blended family. The kids at school think he's weird; he has a crush on his pen pal, who might not like him back; and his stepfamily doesn't seem to know what to do with him. Worst of all, Indu can't even talk to his mom about how he's feeling because she's so busy. In a moment...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. In light of recent revelations, he finally feels like he's starting to piece together the answers he's looking for. But while he feels a new sense of purpose is Reverend Anderson's life falling apart?
Author
Series
"Outcast" series of chapbooks volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it.
1047) Joyce's Ulysses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Professor Heffernan delivers lectures analyzing and interpreting James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
1048) Soldier's home
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Standard format.
Language
English
Description
An American soldier returning from World War I is unable to re-adjust to civilian life.
Series
Criterion collection volume 522
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Italiano
Description
Guiliana is the wife of Ugo, a plant manager in Ravenna. Recently released from the hospital after a car accident, Giuliana is in dire straits mentally, but Ugo thinks she's just hysterical. When she meets the charming Corrado, he seems sympathetic, shares her feeling of being lost, but he doesn't fully understand and his amatory advances are not what she needs. Living in the shadow of industry, surrounded by the blighted landscape of the mechanized...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The great untruths are harming kids by teaching them the opposite of ancient wisdom and the opposite of modern psychological findings on grit, growth, and antifragility. The result is rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with endless stories of college campuses torn apart by moralistic divisions and mutual recriminations.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With her country accent ... clothes that are far from cool … an odd, funny-to-pronounce family name (that earns her a terrible nickname) … Jilly feels like an outcast. Can she find a way to fit in while still being true to herself? Independent readers and middle school students will relate to the challenges and joys that Jilly and her schoolmates experience.--Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams--and the public loved it. The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply conflicted, changing American society that was its theater....
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Kyle is faced with the most emotional exorcism he's performed yet... as he begins to learn more about his abilities and what's really happening around him. The pieces are starting to fall into place as secrets are revealed that will change everything"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explore the highs and lows of modern life through the sharp, dark wit of Ruby Elliot--creator of the massively popular Tumblr account, Rubyetc, which has over 210k followers and growing. Ruby's simple drawings of not-so-simple issues capture the humor and melancholy of everyday life. Her comics appeal to both new adults who are beginning to explore these subjects and to battle-tested veterans of the daily struggles of life with mental illness.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortnight she'll be completely blind. As Billie struggles to deal with her impending blindness, she sets off on a journey from Middlesbrough to London; into a world of post-austerity Britain and the problems facing those left behind."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Peter Parker is on the outs with the Avengers. He's on the outs with the Fantastic Four. He's on the outs with Aunt May! No one wants to see Spider-Man -- except for Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock is on Spidey's tail, and the Master Planner has something truly terrible planned for when he gets his tentacles on Spidey. But what did Spider-Man do that has alienated him from everyone? And what moves is the gangster called Tombstone making? Just in time for...
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