Jamie Lincoln Smith
2) Island Man
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Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A grieving Hector Peterson and his estranged father Winston Telemacque arrive on the lush island of Dominica in 2017 to spread his mother's ashes when Hurricane Maria strikes. Amid the devastation, the fragile peace between father and son is tested as long-buried family secrets at the heart of Hector's identity are unearthed. Hector faces down his failed marriage, shipwrecked career, and his own failures as a father, while Winston, after three
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Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"After accidentally going viral on social media, a cupcake-baking football player gets assistance from a social media maven-and his best friend's little sister-to help promote his new bakery. August Hodges was supposed to be the silent partner in Sugar Blitz Cupcakes. Emphasis on silent. That is until his impromptu feminist rant about how women bakers are the backbone of the industry and baking cupcakes isn't a threat to masculinity goes viral, making...
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Series
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"A biography in verse about the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life, including his biracial heritage, Rastafarian beliefs, and love of music. End notes on poems provide further biographical information"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In this must-have follow-up to the bestselling “The Baseball 100,” the sports media powerhouse The Athletic now turns to the definitive ranking of the greatest football players of all time.
It is a question that has bedeviled football fans for generations: Who's the best? Of the more than 25,000 men who have suited up during the NFL's century of existence, which ones stood head and shoulders above all others?
At The Athletic, this question would...
6) The Burning
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Series
Brightest Stars volume 2
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Twenty-year-old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. Benning, Georgia. A dutiful officer's daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own, and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things―whether it's the house she's just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact.Like anyone...
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Publication Date
2026
Language
English
Description
Funny, thought-provoking, and bursting with curiosity, Wise Up! Wise Down! is a lively conversation between two internationally known poets, illustrated by acclaimed artist Satoshi Kitamura.
How can laughter be more powerful than a sword? Why do days have names but not weeks? And do pigeons ever get a craving for cake?
Two friends, esteemed poets John Agard and JonArno Lawson, take us on an inspiring, hilarious, and wondrous journey through poetry,...
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Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.
A group of cabinet ministers queries a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendant of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother's ability to change her appearance—and...
A group of cabinet ministers queries a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendant of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother's ability to change her appearance—and...