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Death of the Author A Novel [electronic resource] : by Okorafor, Nnedi.aut; cloudLibrary;
Recommended by New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • Rolling Stone • Los Angeles Times • Reader's Digest • and more! “This one has it all.” — George R.R. Martin • “As delicious as it is disorienting.” — Zakiya Dalila Harris • “Suspenseful, timely, and heartfelt.” — People • “Mind-bending.” — New York Times Book Review In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you’ve read before. The future of storytelling is here. Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it Rusted Robots. When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next. A book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, Death of the Author is a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of Yellowface with the heartfelt humanity of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it.  “An ambitious, inventive tribute to the power of storytelling itself.” — Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author of The Measure “A deeply felt dazzle. A blaze. It is true deep to the bones.” — Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels "There’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes." — Ursula K. Le Guin
Subjects: Electronic books.; Visionary & Metaphysical; Literary; Sagas; Contemporary Women; Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic; Suspense;
© 2025., HarperCollins,
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The Barn The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi [electronic resource] : by Thompson, Wright.aut; cloudLibrary;
"The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the nuance and wallop of a finely wrought novel… The Barn describes not just the poison of silence and lies, but also the dignity of courage and truth.” — The Washington Post “The most brutal, layered, and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read…Reporting and reckoning can get no better, or more important, than this.” —Kiese Laymon “An incredible history of a crime that changed America.” —John Grisham "With integrity, and soul, Thompson unearths the terrible how and why, carrying us back and forth through time, deep in Mississippi—baring, sweat, soil, and heart all the way through.” —Imani Perry A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long Wright Thompson’s family farm in Mississippi is 23 miles from the site of one of the most notorious and consequential killings in American history, yet he had to leave the state for college before he learned the first thing about it. To this day, fundamental truths about the crime are widely unknown, including where it took place and how many people were involved. This is no accident: the cover-up began at once, and it is ongoing.  In August 1955, two men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were charged with the torture and murder of the 14-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. After their inevitable acquittal in a mockery of justice, they gave a false confession to a journalist, which was misleading about where the long night of hell took place and who was involved. In fact, Wright Thompson reveals, at least eight people can be placed at the scene, which was inside the barn of one of the killers, on a plot of land within the six-square-mile grid whose official name is Township 22 North, Range 4 West, Section 2, West Half, fabled in the Delta of myth as the birthplace of the blues on nearby Dockery Plantation. Even in the context of the racist caste regime of the time, the four-hour torture and murder of a Black boy barely in his teens for whistling at a young white woman was acutely depraved; Till’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s decision to keep the casket open seared the crime indelibly into American consciousness. Wright Thompson has a deep understanding of this story—the world of the families of both Emmett Till and his killers, and all the forces that aligned to place them together on that spot on the map. As he shows, the full horror of the crime was its inevitability, and how much about it we still need to understand. Ultimately this is a story about property, and money, and power, and white supremacy. It implicates all of us. In The Barn, Thompson brings to life the small group of dedicated people who have been engaged in the hard, fearful business of bringing the truth to light. Putting the killing floor of the barn on the map of Township 22 North, Range 4 West, Section 2, West Half, and the Delta, and America, is a way of mapping the road this country must travel if we are to heal our oldest, deepest wound.  
Subjects: Electronic books.; South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV);
© 2024., Penguin Publishing Group,
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Léonard, le mouton qui ne voulait pas être tricoté / by Fortin, Mélanie,1976-; Béha, Philippe.;
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Subjects: Moutons; Courage; Sheep; Courage;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Khorobri, dobri ta pukhnasti / by Kinnear, Nicola.;
Khorobri -- T͡Sytʹ! Tykhenʹko!
Subjects: Picture books.; Humorous fiction.; Rabbits; Courage; Forest animals; Ukrainian language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mamá se va a la guerra / by Aparici Martín, Irene,1967-; Carretero, Mónica.;
A mother uses a war with many battles to explain her fight with breast cancer to her two sons and how their lives will change over the coming months.LSC
Subjects: Breast; Courage; Values; Mother and child;
© c2012., Cuento de Luz,
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Malenʹkiĭ ryt͡sarʹ, kotoryĭ borolsi͡a s nepogodoĭ / by Tibo, Gilles.; Després, Geneviève.; 880-05Trostnikova, Tatʹi͡ana.;
A little knight must overcome his fear of the rain to save his village when a huge storm descends, leaving the villagers stranded."Dli͡a deteĭ do 3-kh let"--Colophon.
Subjects: Picture books.; Fear; Courage; Cake; Rescues; Villages; Knights and knighthood;
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Je suis courageux : un livre sur la résilience / by Verde, Susan.; Reynolds, Peter H.(Peter Hamilton),1961-; Fortin, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Courage; Résilience (Trait de personnalité); Persévérance (Morale); Courage; Resilience (Personality trait); Perseverance (Ethics);
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Les merveilles de la nuit / by Voigt, Marie.; Montagnier, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Peur de l'obscurité; Ours; Courage; Nuit; Fear of the dark; Bears; Courage; Night;
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Ninon tient bon / by Hartt-Sussman, Heather.; Côté, Geneviève,1964-; Montagnier, Isabelle.;
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Subjects: Ninon (Personnage fictif de Hartt-Sussman); Noni (Fictitious character from Hartt-Sussman); Intimidation; Courage; Amitié; Bullying; Courage; Friendship;
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Myrian est presque certaine d'avoir un bon plan ! / by Ouellette, Emilie.; Amé(Illustratrice);
Subjects: Écoles; Schools; Devoirs à la maison; Homework; Vacances; Vacations; Chalets; Vacation homes; Détermination (Trait de personnalité); Determination (Personality trait); Courage; Courage; Parents et enfants; Parent and child; French language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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