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WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE ‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read’ SALLY ROONEY
Goodbye, Miss February is the humorous coming-of-age story of 60-year-old Jane Emerling. Jane seems content to lead a sheltered life but deep down wants to be the strong one, the person others go to for help. Her life changes when her sister Andy becomes ill and asks Jane for help. Jane flies to little Cherry Glen, Iowa, in the winter. There she makes friends and assists in solving community problems. Although she acts ditzy when stressed, she finds strength no one, including Jane herself, knew she had.
Israels victory in the 1967 war brings acclaim and respect the world overexcept from its Arab enemies. Israel is later forced to defend itself against a surprise attack from Egypt in 1973, and the Israeli defense minister, Moshe Dayan, decides the country needs a more secure southern border. Meanwhile, in the United States, twenty-four-year-old Danielle Katz has survived the unimaginable. As she boards a plane to begin a new life in Israel, Danielle is haunted by horrific memories of her brutal rape. Now as she arrives in a strange country, knowing no one but her self-absorbed sister, Danielle knows it is up to her to turn her life around. Through her belief in the Almighty and her courage to face challenges, she manages to do someeting her future husband, Marvin Steinberg, in the process. After she and Marvin partner with a group of Americans to build a dream city on the shore of the Mediterranean, they head for Yamit, where they unwittingly become a part of Israels history. In this saga, a modern Jewish heroine embarks on a courageous journey of self-discovery as she helps settle a barren land and risks everything to protect an exquisite desert Eden from demise.
The second thrilling book in Sally Green's Half Bad trilogy, the inspiration for the Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself "An enthralling fantasy in the Harry Potter tradition."—Time magazine on Half Bad Kept in a cage for two years by the Council of Fairborn Witches, Nathan was trained to kill his father, the most violent and feared of the Blood Witches. Now Nathan has escaped, and he dreams of a quiet life of freedom with Annalise, the girl he loves—but Annalise is a prisoner, wasting away in a deathlike sleep. Nathan’s friend, Gabriel, is missing, likely dead, and although Nathan has found his unique magical Gift, he can’t control it. The Council's Hunters are on his...
A killer for hire Sonny OBrien takes a contract from the New England crime organization. OBrien is the only contractor that can get to the target their Mafia killers were unable to succeed. The hit takes place in Boston in the nineteen fiftys. Sonny needs help because of a young D.A is determined to bring his state witness to court alive and has the target heavily guarded in one of Boston sleaziest hotels. Sonny calls an old friend Jimmy (The Book) for some information, knowing the feds would have Salvatore (Two Finger) Maglini phones tapped. Jimmy gives Sonny the information he needs and invites OBrien to a restaurant. He hears what Jimmys has been planning for months to have all the Irish gangs into one strong effective one. So the Irish could compete with the Italian mob in the North End. Jimmy tells Sonny it would be a favor to him if attend the meeting at Callahans garage. Sonny finds Mookie Noonan and representatives of the independent gangs are in agreement to be under one umbrella. Sonny joins the gang as their contractor. It was after that is when the bodies started to pile up in Boston.
Sally J. Freedman was ten when she made herself a movie star. She would have been happy to reach stardom in New Jersey, but in 1947 her older brother Douglas became ill, so the Freedman family traveled south to spend eight months in the sunshine of Florida. That’s where Sally met her friends Andrea, Barbara, Shelby, Peter, and Georgia Blue Eyes—and her unsuspecting enemy, Adolf Hitler. Dear Chief of Police: You don’t know me but I am a detective from New Jersey. I have uncovered a very interesting case down here. I have discovered that Adolf Hitler is alive and has come to Miami Beach to retire. He is pretending to be an old Jewish man... While she watches and waits, and keeps a growing file of letters under her bed, Sally’s Hitler will play an important—though not quite starring—role in one of her grandest movie spectaculars.
A wild fantasy involving an evil machine built in the dark ages and designed to control and train people to do its bidding. Grades 5-6.
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Medical clinic CEO Edmund Summerfield was once held in high regard throughout his wealthy community. Unfortunately, his ranking has recently fallen due to the difference in political views between Edmund and the group of ultra-conservative group of men who belong to the same country club. Despite the seemingly insurmountable challenges that loom in the near future, the Summerfield family is not about to give up their dedication to maintaining freedom and democracy in the face of the increasingly alarming positions of the far right. But little do they know just how difficult their fight will be. Concerned about the undeniable signs of authoritarianism and the ongoing assault upon democratic p...