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"A new chapter in Superman's life begins as the challenges of Dark Nights: Death Metal are causing Clark Kent to feel...a change in his powers. Is it possible the Metropolis Marvel could be losing a step? The Man of Steel's struggles in taking down the creatures from the Breach would suggest as much! If he's going to continue to protect the people of Earth, he'll have to adapt-especially with threats like Mongul out there waiting to launch their biggest...
1082) Spells like teen spirit
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Esme is a Sitter, a supernaturally-gifted teen tasked with protecting the innocent from evil. During the day she chases wild toddlers; at night she employs a different skill set for literal demons. Her spells are getting better, her telekinesis is on point, and now that Esme's dad and her best friend Janis know the truth, she's no longer lying to the people she loves. She's also learned that there's a way to undo her mother's curse, and with the Synod...
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Santánico and Richie (living outside of Houston) are now partners in crime, resembling a more modern version of Bonnie and Clyde; Seth and Kate are scraping by as small time criminals south of the border; and Freddie Gonzalez has an almost obsessive focus on protecting his wife and young daughter in the suburbs. Carlos Madrigal and Scott Fuller emerge from the Titty Twister, changed men. They will all come together once again; this time facing off...
1084) Finalists
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"What will we call the last generation before the looming end times? With Finalists, Rae Armantrout suggests one option. Brilliant and irascible, playful and intense, Armantrout nails the current moment's debris fields and super computers, its sizzling malaise and confusion, with an exemplary immensity of heart and a boundless capacity for humor. The poems in this book find (and create) beauty in midst of the ongoing crisis."--
1085) Bimini twist
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"Jane Bunker returns in another thrilling, small-town mystery set in Down East Maine It seems like everyone in Green Haven knows that Jane Bunker has scored an invite to the ultra-exclusive Summer Solstice Soiree--and they all assume she'll be in attendance, as one of the few eligible single women in town. Of course, that's the last place Jane would like to be; hobnobbing and making small talk with the upper crust isn't exactly her idea of a good...
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"When Cuban fisherman first spotted the Key West lighthouse floating in Florida waters, they called her Stella Maris, Star of the Sea. It's a beacon that draws people from everywhere seeking the end-of-the-line bohemian oasis that can still be found amidst the condo share towers, chain stores, and Redneck Riviera clientele. And it's a mecca for gay men and the women who love them. Sue Kaufman Prize-winning author Michael Carroll knows the territory...
1089) X-Men: Hellfire gala
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Don your finest dress or sharpest suit -- or get Jumbo Carnation to whip you up something new just for the occasion! Because you are cordially invited to the hottest mutant event of the season -- the Hellfire Gala! Everyone who's anyone in the hot new world of mutantkind will be there. All of your favorite heroes, their closest allies--and even their worst enemies...for a special night of dinner, drinks, diplomacy and deceit! The very first democratically-elected...
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By April of 1944, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt have occupied the White House for more than eleven years. The President is secretly convalescing in South Carolina from a recently diagnosed bout of congestive heart failure while the war rages overseas and his family is under press scrutiny at home. Despite his failing health, FDR has ambitious postwar plans for his country: to see the horrific struggle through to victory, and then to bring the United...
1093) Through the smoke
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A shocking betrayal... Riches. Power. An ancient heritage of pride. The Earl of Druridge wanted only for an heir. So when he learned that his wife was carrying another man's child, he was filled with a thirst for vengeance. But he wasn't the one who caused Katherine's death. Or was he? To his horror, he remembers nothing of that dreadful night, when, when their last shocking confrontation ended in scorching flame and cold blood. A forbidden love......
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Too tired to think? No time to read books? Zibby Owens gets it. The award-winning podcaster of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books and mother of four (ages six to fourteen) compiled fifty-three essays by forty-nine authors to help the rest of us feel understood, inspired, and less alone.
1097) A trail through time
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"The fourth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"-these historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate...
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In African Rhapsody, esteemed scholar and critic Nadežda Obradović has assembled twenty-five stories by the best emerging and award-winning contemporary African writers. As distinct and complex as the nations the writers come from, these stories illuminate the realities, the hardships and brief respites, of contemporary African life. The publication of many authors for the first time in the United States and the inclusion of female voices distinguish...
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Season six mixes up the cast with the introduction of Jan Hooks as Carlene Frazier-Dobber, the fresh-off-the-bus replacement for her sister Charlene. Julia Duffy also joins the ensemble as Allison Sugarbaker, the driven, well-to-do replacement for her departed cousin Suzanne. While Mary Jo (Annie Potts) steps in to take Carlene under her wing, Julia (Dixie Carter) and Allison immediately take to butting heads. Caught in the middle are Anthony (Meshach...