Andrew Smith
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
"Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." —Rolling Stone
“Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” —New York Times Book Review
In the small town of Ealing,...
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
"Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." —Rolling Stone
“Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” —New York Times Book Review
In the small town of Ealing,...
Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
“The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods” in this story of a 1990s web titan who made a fortune and lost it all—and what happened afterward (The Independent).
One day in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called “The Warhol of the Web” was reduced to a helpless spectator as his...
One day in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called “The Warhol of the Web” was reduced to a helpless spectator as his...
Author
Publisher
Crimson Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Love wine, but only know so much? Looking for some guidance on the perfect red? Want to break away from choosing the same old favourites? Are you keen to learn about wine varieties and which will suit the right cuisine? The Wine Pocket Bible is filed with answers to everything that matters in the world of wine, including: • Which wines are best for meat and fish dishes? • How do I interpret labels when buying wine? • Which is
...Author
Publisher
Gordon Aziz
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Español
Description
¿Quiere aprender a operar con divisas y criptomonedas con las mismas habilidades y estrategias que el dinero inteligente? ¿Quiere comprender el concepto de dinero inteligente y cómo puede brindarle una ventaja en el mercado? ¿Quiere descubrir los secretos del comercio rentable de divisas y criptomonedas que la mayoría de los operadores no conocen?
Si respondió afirmativamente a alguna de estas preguntas,
...6) Winger
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English
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Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.
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Language
English
Description
"The story of Ariel, a Middle Eastern refugee who lives with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber, the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century, and a depressed, bionic reincarnated crow." --
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A historian's new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy
In April 1861, Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports used by the Confederacy for cotton and tobacco exporting as well as for the importation of food. The Army of the Confederacy grew thin while Union dinner tables groaned and Northern canning operations kept Grant's army strong. In Starving the South, Andrew Smith takes a gastronomical look at the...
Author
Publisher
Watkins
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Secret History of the Gnostics offers long-awaited illumination on the mystical movement that teaches 'gnosis' - knowledge of God as opposed to unquestioning faith. Acclaimed author Andrew Phillip Smith delves into the myths and practices of this ancient movement, exploring its popularity during 2nd century AD, its subsequent decline under the weight of orthodoxy in the Church, and its present-day resurgence. Gnosticism has travelled a fascinating...
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Publisher
Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The Apollo Moon landings have been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys, and all were indelibly marked by it. Journalist Smith reveals the stories of the nine still living men caught between the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Earth's collective dreaming: we relive the flashbulbs, the first shocking glimpse of Earth from space, the sense of euphoria and awe. This was the...
12) Passenger
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Series
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Conner are drawn back to Marbury to rescue other friends and attempt to destroy the lens that transports them to the alternate world.
13) Stick
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Stark "Stick" McClellan's brother has always defended him against those who tease him for his thinness and facial deformity, so when Bosten, having admitted he is gay, must leave home and their abusive parents, Stick sets out to find him.
14) Stand off
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Now a senior at Pine Mountain Academy, fifteen-year-old Ryan Dean West becomes captain of the rugby team, shares his dormitory room with a twelve-year-old prodigy, Sam Abernathy, and through the course of the year learns to appreciate things he has tried to resist, including change." --
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Series
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong"--
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off." --
17) Rabbit & Robot
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Stranded aboard the lunar cruise ship Tennessee, Cager Messer and his best friend, Billy, both sixteen, are surrounded by insane robots while watching thirty simultaneous wars turn Earth into a toxic wasteland." --
18) The Marbury lens
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped and barely escaping, sixteen-year-old Jack goes to London with his best friend Connor, where someone gives him a pair of glasses that send him to an alternate universe where war is raging, he is responsible for the survival of two younger boys, and Connor is trying to kill them all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's been sixteen years since an army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises forced Arek's family underground and into the hole where he was born. It is the only home he's ever known. But now, post-end-of-the-world, the army of praying mantises might finally be dying out. And Arek is ready to leave the hole for good. He has letters from Breakfast, a naked, wild boy traveling the countryside with his silent companion, Olive. Together, Arek...
