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Bad bad girl : a novel / by Jen, Gish,author.;
"Gish's mother--Loo Shu-hsin--is born in 1925 to a wealthy Shanghai family where girls are expected to behave and be quiet. Every act of disobedience prompts the same reprimand: "Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!" She gets sent to Catholic school, where she is baptized, re-named for St. Agnes, and, unusually for a girl, given an internationally-minded education. Still, her father would say, "Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot." Agnes finds solace in books, reading every night with a flashlight and an English-Chinese dictionary, before announcing her intention to pursue a Ph.D in America. It is 1947, and with the forces of Communist revolution on the horizon, she leaves--never to return. Lonely and adrift in Manhattan, Agnes begins dating Chao-Pei, an engineering student also from Shanghai. While news of their country and their families grows increasingly dire, they set out to make a new life together: marriage, a number one son, a small house in the suburbs. By the time Gish is born, her parents' marriage is unraveling, and her mother, struggling to understand her strong-willed American daughter, is repeating the refrain that punctuated her own childhood: "Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!" Bad Bad Girl is a novel about a mother and a daughter forced to reckon with one another across decades of curiosity and ambition, elation and disappointment, intense intimacy and misunderstanding. Spanning continents and generations, this is a rich, heartbreaking portrait of two fierce women locked in a complicated life-long embrace"--
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Chinese American families; Chinese Americans; Chinese diaspora; Emigration and immigration; Intergenerational relations; Interpersonal relations; Mothers and daughters;
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The little book of hygge : the Danish way to live well / by Wiking, Meik.; Happiness Research Institute.;
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Subjects: Well-being.; Conduct of life.; Happiness.; Happiness; Human comfort;
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Grand slam romance. [graphic novel] / by Hicks, Olivia,author,illustrator.; Oosterhaus, Emma,author,illustrator.;
"In this queer graphic novel that's equal parts romance, softball, and magical girl drama, Mickey Monsoon is the hotshot pitcher for the Belle City Broads, and their team is poised to sweep the league this season. But Mickey is thrown off their game when Astra Maxima shows up to catch for the Gaiety Gals, the Broads' fiercest rival. Years ago, Mickey and Astra were best friends ... and maybe more. That was, until Astra unceremoniously dumped Mickey to become a softball wunderkind at a private girl's school in Switzerland. Now, Astra is flirty, arrogant, and reckless on the field-everything the rule-abiding Mickey hates. Mickey's rapidly getting in too deep, but are they just in trouble or are they actually in love?"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Lesbian comics.; Queer comics.; Romance comics.; Sports comics.; Baseball; Lesbians; Softball players; Sports rivalries; Sports teams; Women softball players;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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House of the beast : a novel / by Wong, Michelle(Comic book artist),author.;
Born out of wedlock and shunned by society, Alma learned to make her peace with solitude, so long as she had her mother by her side. When her mother becomes gravely ill, Alma discovers a clue about her estranged father and writes a message begging for help. Little does she know that she is a bastard of House Avera, one of the four noble families that serve the gods and are imbued with their powers--and her father is a vessel of the Dread Beast, the most frightening god of all, a harbinger of death. In a desperate exchange for her mother's medicine, Alma agrees to sacrifice her left arm to the Beast in a ceremony that will bind her forever to the House and its deity. Regardless, her mother soon passes, leaving Alma trapped inside the Avera's grand estate, despised by her relatives and nothing but a pawn in her father's schemes. Now vengeance is the only thing that keeps Alma going. That, and the strange connection she has with her god--a monster who is constantly by her side, an eldritch being taking the form of a beautiful prince with starlit hair that only she can see. He tells Alma that she has been chosen to bring change upon their world, and with his help, Alma plots a perilous journey to destroy the House that stole everything from her. A gripping coming-of-age fantasy novel marked by divine rituals, intense combat, and twisted relationships, House of the Beast is a tale of revenge, resilience, and the power of love to see us through the darkness.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Families; Gods; Imaginary places; Mothers; Magic; Monsters; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Young women;
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The LEGO Christmas ornaments book : 16 designs to spread holiday cheer / by McVeigh, Chris(Artist);
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Subjects: Christmas tree ornaments; LEGO toys;
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My first Bob books. children learn to relate sounds with letters / by Kertell, Lynn Maslen.; Hendra, Sue.; Maslen, John R.;
bk. 1. The A-B book -- bk. 2. The C-D book -- bk. 3. The E-F book -- bk. 4. The G-H book -- bk. 5. The I-J book -- bk. 6. The K-L book -- bk. 7. The M-N book -- bk. 8. The O-P book -- bk. 9. The Q-R book -- bk. 10. The S-T-U book -- bk. 11. The V-W book -- bk. 12. The X-Y-Z book.This book focuses on: the alphabet
Subjects: Alphabet books.; Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Spellings: the alphabet.; Animals; Alphabet; Reading readiness; Reading (Primary);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Do a powerbomb! [graphic novel] / by Johnson, Daniel Warren,author,illustrator.; Spicer, Michael(Colorist),colorist.; Wooton, Rus,letterer.;
16-19.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Wrestling; Loss; Resurrection;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The magnificent book of kites : explorations in design, construction, enjoyment & flight / by Eden, Maxwell;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Kites;
© 1998., Sterling,
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Universal monsters. [graphic novel] / by Hicks, Faith Erin,author,illustrator.;
Forever haunted by a cursed encounter as a child, Helen Grosvenor is a woman born to two worlds and belonging in neither. When unknown voices bring her to an Egyptian dig site, Helen will play an unexpected role in the rise of a monster known only as ... the Mummy.Rated T+ / Teen plus.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Monster comics.; Horror comics.; Graphic novel adaptations.; Mummies; Monsters;
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A witch's guide to burning [graphic novel] / by Dhaliwal, Aminder,1988-author,illustrator.;
"A witch's work is never done when she works for the people. With the success of her town relying on her magic, demands are high. But what happens when a witch can't keep up with the magical requests? She is burnt, of course--in a cruel ritual that extinguishes her magic and erases all her memories, making her just like everybody else. But when a burning ceremony is interrupted by rain in Chamomile Valley, a witch is left writhing at the stake. It's up to a witch doctor and her toad friend to save the singed witch and nurse her back to health. Can they help her before her magic is lost forever?"--
Subjects: Witch comics.; Paranormal comics.; Fantasy fiction.; Graphic novels.; Witches; Magic; Memory;
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