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Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
232 p.
Language
English
Description
Gaza was born and raised in McGregor Gully, one of Jamaica's grittiest housing projects in the slums of East Kingston. Growing up in poverty, he was exposed to robbery and murder at a tender age. In order to stay alive, he quickly adapted to a life of crime. Now he is one of the coldest killers and richest kingpins to ever walk the streets of Kingston. Whoever comes into contact with him and his crew either loves them, fears them, or wants to see...
62) Ever after
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
435 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the "ever after," the demonic realm that parallels the human world, starts shrinking, witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan, who caused the rip in the first place, must fix her mistake and prevent an apocalypse before it's too late.
63) The undead pool
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Supernatural superhero Rachel Morgan must counter a strange magic that could spell civil war for the Hollows.
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, Sister Souljah's debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, became a bestselling cultural phenomenon ... with the unforgettable Winter Santiaga, daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family, who captivated her lovers, friends, and enemies with her sexy street smarts ... With her jail sentence coming to a close, Winter is ready to step back into the spotlight and reclaim her throne"--
65) Open water
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a crowded London pub, two young people meet. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists--he a photographer, she a dancer--and both are trying to make their mark in a world that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence, and over the course of...
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Create simple solutions for growing organic gardens! The word "hack" has a multitude of meanings these days, but if you ask garden author Shawna Coronado what a hack is, she might just wave her hand toward her own back yard. She could be pointing at the garden bench she created from leftover wood posts and a few cinder blocks, or the rows of wine bottles buried soldier-style along a winding pathway, or even the garden soil itself, which is blended...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTorch
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
416 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sexy bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan prowls the dark streets of Cincinnati, keeping tabs on the vampires and other creatures of the supernatural who prey on the city's innocent and vulnerable inhabitants.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Torch
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Language
English
Description
Rachel Morgan's back! Bestselling author Kim Harrison returns with a new supernatural adventure that fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris won't want to miss.
Some days, you just can't win. Witch and former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan's managed to escape her corrupt company, survive living with a vampire, start her own runner service, and face down a vampire master. But her vampire roommate Ivy is off the wagon, her human boyfriend Nick...
Author
Series
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Physical Desc
528 p.
Language
English
Description
To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her. As Rachel searches for the truth behind a terrifying murder, an even greater menace threatens, for the demon Algaliarept will stop at nothing to claim her, and the discovery of a shocking family secret throws Rachel's entire life into question. If she is ever to live free, Rachel must first...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
462 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bounty hunter Rachel Morgan will risk everything to save Ivy's soul and the rest of the living vampires and to keep the demons of Hell from destroying humankind.
71) Black Hamptons
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a piece of land comes up for sale in this exclusive community, it sparks a war between the Brittons and the Johnsons. It's old money versus new money, and neither family seems willing to compromise. Will the tension between them shatter any hopes of a peaceful summer?"--
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Garden Refresh is a thoughtful, accessible, and creative guide for the savvy home gardener on how to create a beautiful, productive and healthy garden without spending crazy amounts of cash or using an excess of Earth's valuable natural resources. This budget and earth-friendly guide presents itself in different chapters that focus on key specific areas where a gardener can save, such as on designing a garden, soil, plants, water, maintenance,...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores more than one hundred tall tales, suspicious stories, and urban myths, revealing how each has been disproven, with facts about myth origins, historical significance, and how they were investigated by scientific debunkers.
75) Bound by Flames
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
The climactic third novel in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Prince series finds Vlad and his newly turned bride, Leila, at odds with each other-and vulnerable to the one vampire powerful enough to end the Dark Prince's reign . . . Play with fire, pay the price. Leila's years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education. What she didn't learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Maddy Donaldo, a homeless woman who has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended"--
77) Backyard bear
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Johannes is a free dog, a fast dog--such a fast dog! He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every day, he runs through the park, seeing all, missing nothing, and reporting what he sees to the park's three ancient Bison, the Keepers of the Equilibrium. But the Equilibrium has been disrupted. Mysterious rectangles are hypnotizing Johannes, the humans are erecting a mysterious new building, and an entirely new kind of animal has arrived in the park--and...
79) Man on the run
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First Trade Paperback Edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber delivers a riveting, action-packed drama full of the twists and turns for which he's become known. It was the night before his wedding, fifteen years ago, that the nightmare began for Jay Crawford--locked up for a crime he never committed. Now, he's escaped prison and wants nothing more than to clear his name and protect his family. To get justice, he'll need the help of the three best friends who have...
80) Wild backyard
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Detailed illustrations and simple text are paired within a board book format to introduce young readers to six animals and their mini-habitats common to urban or rural backyards"--