The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
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The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really...
Material Imagination in Architecture
David Dernie and Jacopo Gaspari
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Material Imagination in Architecture draws on history and the visual arts, and contemporary...
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys
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Praise for the previous edition: "[A] fascinating book." John Thackara, Doors of Perception...
Woodworking for Young Makers: Fun and Easy Do-it-Yourself Projects
Loyd Blankenship and Lane Boyd
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Learning to be a maker has never been more fun. Full-color cartoons and drawings lead you through...
Ali A (78 KP) rated Firekeeper's Daughter in Books
Mar 23, 2021
As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for her fragile mother.
The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, certain details don’t add up and she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into the heart of a criminal investigation.
Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, but secretly pursues her own investigation, tracking down the criminals with her knowledge of chemistry and traditional medicine. But the deceptions—and deaths—keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home.
Now, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she’s ever known.
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
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Maggie Crozat has the Halloween heebie-jeebies in USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning...
Firekeeper's Daughter
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Debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root...
Witches Gone Wicked
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Kyera (8 KP) rated A Hot Glue Gun Mess: Funny Stories, Pretty DIY Projects in Books
Jan 31, 2018
There are 50 different stories and accompanying projects. While the DIY's are meant to relate to the story that Mr. Kate just finished telling, they're generally pretty nebulous and only remotely related. I personally found around 10 to be interesting, but that will vary from person to person. They're not just crafty projects, but beauty tips and fashion.
The stories themselves are also very varied, from cute tales about meeting her (now) husband to crude ones that won't appeal to everyone. She also is from a very well off family, so readers may be put off by her constant name-dropping or rich-kid woes. I wasn't completely turned off by it, but I also was 99% there for the crafts and didn't really borrow the book so that I could be engrossed by the stories.
Overall it was a cute book, but probably not one that I would go out and buy. I'll just borrow it from the library if I ever decide I want to do one of the projects.
Dorset, New Forest & Isle of Wight Footprint with Kids
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Take off and discover England's southern coast with Footprint's brand new full-colour guide,...