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200 women
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Blackwell, Geoff - Hobday, Ruth

200 women : who will change the way you see the world / Geoff Blackwell & Ruth Hobday ; photographs by Kieran E. Scott

San Francisco : Chronicle, 2019

Abstract: This book contains 200 interviews with women from around the world, from actresses, to social activists, politicians, artists, and more, accompanied by beautiful photographic portraits specially commissioned for this book

Nordic tales
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Nordic tales : folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark / [illustrations Ulla Thynell]

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2019

Am I overthinking this?
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Rial, Michelle

Am I overthinking this? : over-answering life's questions in 101 charts / by Michelle Rial

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2019]

Abstract: The "how do I become an adult?" is your not-too-serious answers to all the questions you are probably overthinking.

Moroni
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Moroni : the riches of Renaissance portraiture / Aimee Ng, Simone Facchinetti, Arturo Galansino

New York : The Frick Collection : in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc, 2019

The dark side
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Steel, Danielle

The dark side / Danielle Steel

London : Pan Books, 2019

Abstract: Zoe Morgan was just ten years old when her life changed forever. Her sister, Rose, died of a rare illness, her parents turned into people she didn’t know, and Zoe’s lonely childhood drove her to excel in her studies. As a graduate of Yale, Zoe takes a leave of absence from medical school to work in a shelter for abused children in New York, where she meets well-known child advocacy attorney, Austin Roberts. Austin is bowled over by her beauty, brains and talent. He is her first love and the man she marries. Austin and Zoe have a perfect life and, after the birth of their longed-for daughter Jaime, Zoe knows that the aching void she had lived through for twenty-four years is finally complete. But it is only then that the true impact of Rose’s death all those years ago affects their lives in a way that nobody could ever have imagined.

The testaments
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Atwood, Margaret

The testaments / Margaret Atwood

New York : Nan A. Talese ; Doubleday, 2019

Abstract: In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her--freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story more than fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead

It
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King, Stephen

It : a novel / Stephen King

New York : Scribner, 2019

Abstract: To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine, was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered, a good place to live. It was the children who saw-- and felt-- what made Derry so horribly different. In the stormdrains, in the sewers, It lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each person's deepest dread. Sometimes It reached up, seizing, tearing killing ... The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of It was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until the grown-up children were called back, once more to confront It as It stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.

Netnography
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Kozinets, Robert

Netnography : the essential guide to qualitative social media research / Robert Kozinets

3rd ed.

Los Angeles : SAGE, 2020

Daily bread
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Segal, Gregg

Daily bread : What kids eat around the world / Gregg Segal ; foreword by Bee Wilson

New York : PowerHouse books, 2019

Abstract: As globalization alters our relationship to food, photographer Gregg Segal has embarked on a global project asking kids from around the world to take his “Daily Bread” challenge. Each child keeps a detailed journal of everything they eat in a week, and then Segal stages an elaborate portrait of them surrounded by the foods they consumed. The colorful and hyper-detailed results tell a unique story of multiculturalism and how we nourish ourselves at the dawn of the 21st century.

Change by design
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Brown, Tim

Change by design : how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation / Tim Brown ; with Barry Katz

Revised and updated

[New York] : Harper business, 2019

Unsolved!
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Bauer, Craig P.

Unsolved! : the history and mystery of the world's greatest ciphers from ancient Egypt to online secret societies / Craig P. Bauer

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Abstract: In 1953, a man was found dead from cyanide poisoning near the Philadelphia airport with a picture of a Nazi aircraft in his wallet. Taped to his abdomen was an enciphered message. In 1912, a book dealer named Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of an illuminated cipher manuscript once belonging to Emperor Rudolf II, who was obsessed with alchemy and the occult. Wartime codebreakers tried--and failed--to unlock the book's secrets, and it remains an enigma to this day. In this lively and entertaining book, Craig Bauer examines these and other vexing ciphers yet to be cracked. Some may reveal the identity of a spy or serial killer, provide the location of buried treasure, or expose a secret society--while others may be elaborate hoaxes. Unsolved! begins by explaining the basics of cryptology, and then explores the history behind an array of unsolved ciphers. It looks at ancient ciphers, ciphers created by artists and composers, ciphers left by killers and victims, Cold War ciphers, and many others. Some are infamous, like the ciphers in the Zodiac letters, while others were created purely as intellectual challenges by figures such as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman. Bauer lays out the evidence surrounding each cipher, describes the efforts of geniuses and eccentrics--in some cases both--to decipher it, and invites readers to try their hand at puzzles that have stymied so many others. Unsolved! takes readers from the ancient world to the digital age, providing an amazing tour of many of history's greatest unsolved ciphers"

Sleigh bells
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Patek, Jan

Sleigh bells : stitch a folk-art quilt full of winter fun / Jan Patek

[Bothell] : Lightning Source Inc. : That Patchwork Place, 2018

Don't let go
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Bussi, Michel

Don't let go / Michel Bussi ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor

Roma : Europa, 2018

Abstract: Un omicidio non è un omicidio se non c'è un cadavere, e il cadavere di Liane Bellion non si trova. Eppure ci sono schizzi di sangue nella sua camera d'albergo. Ed è sparito un coltello. E qualcuno giura di aver visto il marito, Martial, spingere un carrello fino al parcheggio con fare sospetto: il cadavere della moglie? È la settimana di Pasqua e l'isola della Réunion, paradiso tropicale francese in mezzo all'oceano Indiano, pullula di turisti, il che non impedisce alla giovane e ambiziosa comandante della brigata di gendarmeria, Aja Purvi, di affrontare il caso senza riguardi per nessuno. Nelle indagini è coadiuvata dal fido sottotenente Christos Konstantinov, uno strampalato cinquantenne che sull'isola è soprannominato il "profeta", gran bevitore e fumatore di marijuana nonché fine investigatore. È caccia all'uomo sull'isola intensa, come i francesi chiamano La Réunion: un vulcano di più di duemila metri circondato da deserti di cenere, foreste tropicali e barriere coralline; uno scoglio nell'oceano popolato da un variopinto miscuglio di razze unico nel suo genere. La rocambolesca fuga del protagonista ha dell'incredibile: come fa un uomo solo, con una bambina di sei anni al seguito, a sgusciare continuamente tra le maglie dello spiegamento di forze più imponente che sia mai stato messo in atto sull'isola? Ma forse c'è lo zampino di una misteriosa dama azzurra con l'ombrello...

Unbroken
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Hillenbrand, Laura

Unbroken : an extraordinary true story of courage and survival / Laura Hillenbrand

New York : Ballantine, 2018

Abstract: In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louis Zamperini had already transformed himself from child delinquent to prodigious athlete, running in the Berlin Olympics. Now he must embark on one of the Second World War’s most extraordinary odysseys. Zamperini faces thousands of miles of open ocean on a failing raft. Beyond lie only greater trials, in Japan’s prisoner-of-war camps.Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini’s destiny, whether triumph or tragedy, depends on the strength of his will ...

Sing, unburiued, sing
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Ward, Jesmyn

Sing, unburiued, sing : a novel / Jesmyn Ward

New York [et al.] : Scribner, 2018

Abstract: Jojo ha tredici anni, e cerca di capire cosa vuol dire diventare un uomo. Vive con la madre Leonie, la sorellina Kayla e il nonno Pop, che si prende cura di loro e della nonna Mam, in fin di vita. Leonie è una presenza incostante nella vita della sua famiglia. È una donna in perenne conflitto con gli altri e con se stessa, vorrebbe essere una madre migliore ma non riesce a mettere i figli al di sopra dei suoi bisogni. Quando Michael, il padre di Jojo e Kayla, esce di prigione, Leonie parte con i figli per andarlo a prendere. E così Jojo deve staccarsi dai nonni, dalla loro presenza sicura e dai loro racconti, che parlano di una natura animata di spiriti e di un passato di sangue. E mentre Mam si spegne, gli spiriti attendono, aggrappati alla promessa di una pace che solo la famiglia riunita può dare. Dopo "Salvare le ossa", Jesmyn Ward torna nel suo Mississippi, una terra in cui il legame con le origini, i vincoli di sangue e la natura sono fatti di amore e violenza, colpa e speranza, umanità e riscatto.

The hunger games. [Vol. 1]
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Collins, Suzanne

The hunger games. [Vol. 1] / Suzanne Collins

Special edition

New York : Scholastic, 2018

Abstract: In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before -- and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love

Duma Key
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King, Stephen

Duma Key : a novel / Stephen King

New York : Gallery Books, 2018

Abstract: A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. And Kamen suggests something else. "Edgar, does anything make you happy?" "I used to sketch." "Take it up again. You need hedges ... hedges against the night." Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico and the tidal rattling of shells on the beach call out to him, and Edgar draws. A visit from Ilse, the daughter he dotes on, starts his movement out of solitude. He meets a kindred spirit in Wireman, a man reluctant to reveal his own wounds, and then Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman whose roots are tangled deep in Duma Key. Now Edgar paints, sometimes feverishly, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. Many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural.

Polidoro da Caravaggio
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Franklin, David

Polidoro da Caravaggio / David Franklin

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2018

Abstract: Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1500-1543), one of Raphael's most influential and distinctive followers, has not been well treated by time. His significant early frescoes, which graced exterior palace facades in Rome, have perished almost without exception. A rare few are preserved but most are known only in copies. Consequently, the originality of Polidoro's public work has been little explored, despite his once famous reputation and the association of his name with Raphael and Michelangelo. His move to Sicily later in life, a region with few surviving primary sources, further complicates the study of his work. Extant pieces by the artist from this period are unusually severe in content and technique, and their attribution has often been controversial. In this first account in English, Polidoro's radical Sicilian paintings are considered through the lens of the religious life of the era and in relation to his early secular work. This much-needed investigation establishes Polidoro's proper place in the canon of art history.

Wild things
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Handy, Bruce

Wild things : the joy of reading children's literature as an adult / Bruce Handy

New York [etc.] : Simon & Schuster, 2018

Abstract: An irresistible, nostalgic, and insightful--and totally original--ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy. In 1690, the dour New England Primer, thought to be the first American children's book, was published in Boston. Offering children gems of advice such as "Strive to learn" and "Be not a dunce," it was no fun at all. So how did we get from there to "Let the wild rumpus start"? And now that we're living in a golden age of children's literature, what can adults get out of reading Where the Wild Things Are and Goodnight Moon, or Charlotte's Web and Little House on the Prairie? In Wild Things, Vanity Fair contributing editor Bruce Handy revisits the classics of every American childhood, from fairy tales to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and explores the back stories of their creators, using context and biography to understand how some of the most insightful, creative, and witty authors and illustrators of their times created their often deeply personal masterpieces. Along the way, Handy learns what The Cat in the Hat says about anarchy and absentee parenting, which themes are shared by The Runaway Bunny and Portnoy's Complaint, and why Ramona Quimby is as true an American icon as Tom Sawyer or Jay Gatsby. It's a profound, eye-opening experience to reencounter books that you once treasured after decades apart. A clear-eyed love letter to the greatest children's books and authors from Louisa May Alcott and L. Frank Baum to Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Mildred D. Taylor, and E.B. White, Wild Things will bring back fond memories for readers of all ages, along with a few surprises"-- Provided by publisher.

Forever Young
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Young, John

Forever Young : a life of adventure in air and space / John W. Young ; with James R. Hansen ; foreword by Michael Collins

Gainesville [etc.] : University press of Florida, 2018

Abstract: He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs--more than any other human. He served with NASA for more than four decades. His peers called him the ""astronaut's astronaut."" Enthusiasts of space exploration have long waited for John Young to tell the story of his two Gemini flights, his two Apollo missions, the first-ever Space Shuttle flight, and the first Spacelab mission. Forever Young delivers all that and more: Young's personal journey from engineering graduate to fighter pilot, to test pilot, to astronaut, to high NASA official, to clear-headed predictor of the fate of Planet Earth. Young, with the assistance of internationally distinguished aerospace historian James Hansen, recounts the great episodes of his amazing flying career in fascinating detail and with wry humor. He portrays astronauts as ordinary human beings and NASA as an institution with the same ups and downs as other major bureaucracies. He frankly discusses the risks of space travel, including what went wrong with the Challenger and Columbia shuttles. Forever Young is one of the last memoirs produced by an early American astronaut. It is the first memoir written by a chief of the NASA astronaut corps. Young's experiences and candor make this book indispensable to everyone interested in the U.S. space program.