York Whitaker
1) Honey girl
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English
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With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls' trip to Vegas to celebrate. She's a straight-A, work-through-the-summer, certified high achiever. she is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn't know ... until she does exactly that. This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father's plans for her life has Grace wondering...
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2021.
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English
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"Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how--and why--we eat the way we do"--
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"What would a plant do? It is an unusual question. But, as Beronda L. Montgomery shows, humans can learn a great deal from these organisms. Lessons from Plants unpacks the "senses" and skills of highly adaptive organisms that overcome immense challenges en route to flourishing"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2020
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English
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Evoking Beyoncé's Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler's heirs have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that puts Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals at its center. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of...
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English
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Evoking Beyoncé's Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler's heirs have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that puts Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals at its center. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of...
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English
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Learn all the ins and outs of buying a home and give yourself an advantage in the real estate game with this essential house-buying guidebook.
Buying a first home can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Will you qualify for a mortgage? Is your dream home achievable? How do you make sure your offer will beat others? Don't worry-now you can arm yourself with the information you need to know before you begin the hunt!
In Home Buying 101, you will...
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AD 650L
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English
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A truly Christmassy story, which has an important message about how although something may seem small to you, it might mean everything to someone else. A magical story, written in rhyme by prolific author, Lou Treleaven and illustrated by award-winning illustrator, Alex Willmore. A family of giants are enjoying a Christmas feast with an enormous Christmas Yule Log as the centerpiece! However, when the princess drops a crumb, she worries about wasting...
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A family of giants drops a crumb of chocolate yule log―but one crumb doesn't matter, does it?
Join Pip and his mother, the mice, and the ants as everyone benefits from the giant Christmas bonanza.
The audience will learn along with each of the characters that what might be a small thing for you can turn out to be a very big thing for someone else.
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English
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A family of giants drops a crumb of chocolate yule log―but one crumb doesn't matter, does it?
Join Pip and his mother, the mice, and the ants as everyone benefits from the giant Christmas bonanza.
The audience will learn along with each of the characters that what might be a small thing for you can turn out to be a very big thing for someone else.