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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Since antiquity, one story has stood at the center of every conversation about men and women. One couple has been the battleground for human relationships and sexual identity. That couple is Adam and Eve. Yet instead of celebrating them, history has blamed them for bringing sin, deceit, and death into the world. In this fresh retelling of their story, New York Times columnist and PBS host Bruce Feiler travels from the Garden of Eden in Iraq to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Love at First Book is a sweet, romantic YA short story in verse. From across the coffee shop Lorelei catches a stanza of heart-stopping description of a boy with a book in his back pocket. And that might have been her last line if he didn't leave it behind with a poem tucked between the pages. A poem about a candy-striper with bright hair and an angel's voice who reads to hospital patients like Lorelei does.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Years later, Frances's son, Harry, opens the door of his late mother's home, never expecting to see Tabitha the lost love of his life on the other side. Their angry parting had broken his heart, but now she holds a letter, sent by his mother just before her death, begging the pair to searchtogetherfor a priceless jewelry box, hidden somewhere in her her little Cotswold cottage. Harry quickly dismisses the search, but as an art historian, Tabitha...
4) Arthur
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English
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Is That Kosher - Joan Rivers lends her voice as Francine's sharp-tongued grandma, Bubba, in this episode about family traditions and communal celebration. Francine's convinced that she can fast on Yom Kippur just like her older sister. But then Arthur wins a free pizza party for all his friends for that very same day! Will Francine be able to resist? With Bubba's help, Francine learns that there's more to the special holiday than making it through...
Language
English
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In the late 1800s, Maggie Walker, an African American community leader, helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, a community center, and an educational loan fund, among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank.
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