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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race. Even as it shines light on the beauty and toxicity of Black masculinity from a transgender perspective-the tropes, the presumptions-Pretty is as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change. "I should be able to define myself, but I am not. Not by any governmental or cultural body," Brookins...
Author
Series
Farian war volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Gunrunner empress Hail Bristol must navigate alien politics and deadly plots to prevent an interspecies war, in this second novel in the Farian War space opera trilogy. In a surprise attack that killed many of her dearest subjects, Hail Bristol, empress of Indrana, has been captured by the Shen -- the most ruthless and fearsome aliens humanity has ever encountered. As she plots her escape, the centuries-long war between her captors and the Farians,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
NeoG—the Near-Earth Orbital Guard, a diverse military force that patrols and protects the solar system, inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard—and the crew of Zuma’s Ghost are under attack, and shocking truths are about to be exposed. What the black takes should stay in the black. Ensign Nell “Sapphi” Zika has been working hard to get past her trauma, but the unnerving pleas for help she’s hearing in the Verge and the song...
Author
Series
Indranan war volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The adrenaline-fueled, Star Wars-style sequel to Behind the Throne, a new space adventure series from author K.B. Wagers. Former gunrunner-turned-Empress Hail Bristol was dragged back to her home planet to fill her rightful position in the palace. With her sisters and parents murdered, the Indranan empire is on the brink of war. Hail must quickly make alliances with nearby worlds if she has any hope of surviving her rule. When peace talks turn violent...
Author
Series
Indranan war volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A conclusion to the series that includes Behind the Throne and After the Crown finds gunrunner-turned-Empress Hail preparing to fight a full-scale war to defend her people while confronting the powerful enemies who killed her family.
Author
Series
Neog volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted Interceptor Team: Zumas Ghost. With this years competition looming, theyre looking forward to some paybackuntil an unexpected personnel change leaves them reeling. Their best swordsman has been transferred, and a new lieutenant has been assigned in his place. Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her ownaway from the pressure and influence of her powerful...
Author
Series
Farian war volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The propulsive start of a dynamic space opera trilogy featuring a gunrunning empress who must navigate alien politics and deadly plots to prevent an interspecies war. Hail Bristol: former runaway princess, interplanetary gunrunner, Empress of Indrana. When the Empire's closest ally asks her to intervene in a galactic military crisis, she embarks on the highest stakes diplomatic mission Indrana has ever faced. Caught between two powerful alien...
Author
Series
Neog volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Zuma's Ghost has won the Boarding Games for the second straight year. The crew...all come together to form an unstoppable team. Until it all comes apart. After a plea deal transforms a twenty-year ore-mining sentence into NeoG service, Spacer Chae Ho-ki earns a spot on the team. But there's more to Chae that the crew doesn't know, and they must hide a secret that could endanger everyone they love"--
Author
Series
Farian war volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Hail confronts the Farian gods, the last thing she expected was to discover that they were part of a race of aliens who'd attacked the galaxy long before humanity's ancestors had crawled out of the sludge of Earth's oceans. The discovery carries with it dire news: The Hiervet, who'd once subjugated the mighty Svatir, are coming - a consequence of Hail's decision not to kill the Farian gods. Now the fate of the galaxy is on the line and Hail...
Author
Publisher
David & Charles
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Create bold, modern and fun tapestry crochet designs with this unique crochet stitch dictionary! One of the most important tools in any crocheter's toolbox is a stitch dictionary - an essential reference packed with possibilities. The Hooktionary is the first and only crochet stitch dictionary to feature tapestry crochet motifs. And it has personality to boot! From unicorns and bumblebees to bold, graphic designs, the 150 motifs this book includes...
Author
Series
First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 1
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Language
English
Description
Este libro ilustrado para niños presenta el alfabeto usando esculturas de animales talladas de madera y pintadas por la familia Jiménez, descendientes de Manuel Jiménez de Oaxaca, un fundador de ese tipo de arte folklórico.
This illustrated book for children introduces the alphabet, using painted wooden sculptures of animals made by the Jiménez family, descendents of Manuel Jiménez from Oaxaca, one of the founders of this type of folk art.
Author
Publisher
Interweave
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
18 projects to crochet happily ever after. From the whimsical mind of Beastly Crochet author Brenda K. B. Anderson comes a funtastic collection of 18 fairy-tale inspired crochet projects. Shows and movies based on fairy tales are incredibly popular, and crafty crocheters now have a book of fabulous projects that pay homage to their favorite stories. Little Red's hood with integrated infinity scarf will stay put when she's being chased by the Big Bad...