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SFPL_CDO2's Completed Shelf
Added Nov 09, 2022
Added Nov 09, 2022
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"Sexton (The Revisioners) broadly reimagines The Fiddler on the Roof in an affecting family story set in a rapidly changing historically Black San Francisco neighborhood." - Publishers Weekly
Added Nov 09, 2022
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"The only son a Taiwanese family with seven daughters had longed for, Chen Tien-Hong flees to Berlin in search of acceptance as a gay man but returns 10 years later after his release from prison for killing his boyfriend." - Library Journal
Added Nov 09, 2022
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"Former beauty queen Xuan Trung, a refugee from Vietnam living in New Orleans, seeks to shape her daughters' lives via Vietnamese zodiac signs. But these young women have ideas of their own." - Library Journal
Added Nov 09, 2022
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"Morris offers a tale of two Black sisters fleeing 1964 Mississippi in different directions, Violet after she kills a white man who attacks her and Marigold because she is unmarried and pregnant." - Library Journal
Added Nov 02, 2022
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"The genuine displays of emotion and sharp narrative will keep readers turning the pages." - Publishers Weekly
Added Nov 02, 2022
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"An engrossing modern horror story that blends the power of Indigenous spiritualism with earthly terrors." - Kirkus
Africa RisenAfrica Risen, BookA New Era of Speculative Fiction
Book, 2022Book, 2022
Added Nov 02, 2022
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"Locus and World Fantasy finalist Thomas, Nommo Award—winning speculative author Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight, a USA Today best-selling author and British Fantasy Award—winning editor, join forces to present 32 original stories highlighting the power of fantasy and SF from Africa and the African diaspora." - Library Journal"Locus and World Fantasy finalist Thomas, Nommo Award—winning speculative author Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight, a USA Today best-selling author and British Fantasy Award—winning editor, join forces to present 32 original stories…
The Book of EelsThe Book of Eels, eBookOur Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
by Svensson, PatrikeBook, 2020eBook, 2020
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Added Jul 15, 2020
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Everything you ever wanted to know about eels - or rather as much as science has found out about these elusive creatures. Despite decades of research, nobody has ever found mating eels or even eels in their mating grounds in the Saragasso Sea. Still, even with these questions remaining, there are plenty of fascinating facts in this book as well as meditative chapters about the author's own connection to eels which he shared with his father.Everything you ever wanted to know about eels - or rather as much as science has found out about these elusive creatures. Despite decades of research, nobody has ever found mating eels or even eels in their mating grounds in the Saragasso Sea.…
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