Natalia's Favorite Color


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When her art teacher asks all the students to choose a favorite color, Natalia cannot decide until her grandmother sends her a reassuring note.




A Twist of Hate


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They love to hate each other... Natalia is content with hating her co-worker, Adrian. The two can hardly stand being in the same room, despite having worked together for several months. When Natalia agrees to a trip out of town with a friend, little does she know that Adrian will be there, too. This is the time to crank up the hate, right? The trip is not what Natalia thought it would be. Forced to spend time with her enemy, she finds there is more to Adrian than meets the eye. Will Natalia push aside her hatred and see the true Adrian? Dealing with her own life chaos, Natalia must figure out how Adrian fits into the ever-complicating puzzle. Can she actually have a happy ending amid all the chaos? With a twist of hate, just maybe...




A Hairdresser's Revenge


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This novel, set in 1963, recounts the story of Blair Fusco, an aspiring eighteen-year-old who wishes to become a successful hairstylist, and prove wrong those who regard him as queer, particularly his father. Perceived to be homosexual, and ridiculed for his effeminate characteristics, Blair struggles to find his personal and professional identity. A first foiled romance with a lesbian and several equivocal relationships with mature women, together with his initiation into a group of local mobsters, transform Fusco into a shrewd operator. After many adventures and vicissitudes, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his client/partner Robin Maxwell and her maid, Anne. Since Blair is the only suspect, and the police are unable to find the culprit, he is compelled to fight for his innocence. The young hairdresser pins his hopes on a few strands of hair found in one of the corpse's hands, which he believes came from a wig, and should hold a clue as to who murdered Robin. If Blair Fusco wants to exonerate himself and resolve the murders, he must find the culprit himself, unless he's willing to spend the rest of his days cutting hair in a penitentiary.




Children Just Like Me


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A favorite in classrooms, libraries, and homes, Children Just Like Me is a comprehensive view of international cultures, exploring diverse backgrounds from Argentina to New Zealand to China to Israel. Children will learn about their peers around the world through engaging photographs and understandable text laid out in DK's distinctive style. Highlighting over 30 countries, Children Just Like Me profiles over 40 children and their daily lives. From rural farms to busy cities to riverboats, this celebration of children around the world shows the many ways children are different and the many ways they are the same, no matter where they live. Meet Bolat, an eight-year-old from Kazakhstan who likes to cycle, play with his pet dogs, and play the dromba; Joaquin from New Jersey who enjoys reading and spending time with his family, and whose favorite food is bacon; or Yaroslav from Moscow who likes to make robots. Daily routines, stories of friends and family, and dreams for the future are spoken directly from the children themselves, making the content appropriate and interesting to draw in young readers. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of this special project, all-new photography, maps, and facts give unique insight to children's lives in our world today showing their homes, food, outfits, schools, families, and hobbies. A passport to a celebratory journey around the world, Children Just Like Me is perfect for children who are curious about the children of the world and their stories.




Natalia Jean: Enim Elect


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NATALIA was not prepared for the unexpected turn her life took. She moved from waiting tables and studying for finals, to shifting metals and manipulating stubborn elevators. It all started when she met Mark, a handsome bachelor, who’d requested that she take his order at Wine Dine, the restaurant she worked at. Mark’s generous tip that evening was questionable, and so was the phone number he left on his receipt. When she ran into him a week later, her best friend saw it as fate, and reluctantly, Natalia agreed to a date. A date, that unbeknownst to her, will bring unexpected joy, heartache, and a shocking discovery. Kidnapped . . . recruited, she’s now living in a world she never dreamed existed and enrolled at an academy, surrounded by others like her—who soon become friends—doing things with their bodies one could only dream about. From fire breathing to sound manipulation, O.E Academy has it all—and it all appears to be utterly wonderful. But she lost control of her life, and the perfect plan she once had was no longer within her reach. She belonged to someone else. To something else. Optimum Enim. Her life was no longer hers to do as she pleased—neither were her new powers—but to an organization, nonexistent to the world. Will she succumb and accept what fate has presented to her? Or will she stand her ground to uncover the hidden secrets within and find a way back to her mourning family? She has yet to find out just who she is and what she has always been. A bewildering discovery, a thread of unanswered questions, but it’s only the beginning. TERM ONE. Join Natalia in her New Beginnings journey!




POND


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Two women. Two planets. Two mysteries. Only one solution. Follow a girl with no memories as she maneuvers her way through a world of desolation, encountering monsters and mysteries, while searching for a past to explain her present. Delve into her desert-filled dreams, which become disturbingly closer to reality than her waking hours.




The Snitch


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When a police raid goes wrong, the fallout is deadly Nick Manaris is a promising detective, but he’s lost his love for the job. After years wading through the worst the city has to offer, life as a cop has begun to feel like torture. Assigned to work with slick detective Sonny McCabe and his gang of cowboys, Nick knows he’s gotten in over his head. Sonny believes a gang of Cubans has come to an agreement with the Mafia, trading guns for drugs, and he wants to nip their alliance in the bud. He convinces Nick to get them a warrant for a raid, and the result is tragic. The information given by Sonny’s snitch is wrong, and the raid turns into a bloody mess. With two cops and a host of suspects dead, Nick and his fellow officers are marked for revenge—and their lives are about to get a whole lot worse.




Three Dark Crowns


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New York Times Bestseller * New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Kirkus Best Book of the Year Fans of acclaimed author Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood will devour Three Dark Crowns, the first book in a dark and inventive fantasy series about three sisters who must fight to the death to become queen. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it’s not just a game of win or lose…it’s life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing gets the crown. Don't miss Five Dark Fates, the thrilling conclusion to the series!




Our Steppes


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The Warrior Queen


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Gianna Romano is known as the African Italian American high fashion icon. She is famous for her outrageous behaviour and colourful life choices. In reality, she is a woman with no racial identity, a dysfunctional family, and the victim of a horrific rape.