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02/09/2023 - 3:57pm

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Eduardo Halfon Canción Fic Halfon
Lydia Millet Dinosaurs Fic Millet
Rubén Degollado The family Izquierdo Fic Degollado
Claire Keegan Foster Fic Keegan
Antoine Wilson...

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02/09/2023 - 3:51pm
02/09/2023 - 3:30pm

Showcasing a guilty pleasure from the turn of the century. Show creator Joss Whedon wondered why horror movies always had to make teenage girls into victims. He created a new mythology for the vampire genre involving a supernaturally strong and capable teenager who, with training and support from her “watcher,” can do battle with vampires and other demons. Buffy the Vampir...

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01/27/2023 - 11:09am

On January 20th Lynda Monk and Eric Maisel discussed how journaling can positively affect your writing practice. We have their book The G...

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01/23/2023 - 1:23pm

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Arts, Architecture & Crafts
Joan Brown 759.13 B878
Jorge S. Arango Soul : the interiors by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy 747.092 D543
R. Howard Bloch Paris and her cathedrals 726.6 B65

Biography & Genea...

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01/20/2023 - 4:54pm

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Percival Everett Dr. No
Tess Gunty The rabbit hutch
Alejandro Varela The town of Babylon
Gayl Jones The birdcatcher
John Elizabeth Stintzi...

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01/20/2023 - 4:01pm

Jimmy Adams, Editor. Gyula Breyer : the Chess Revolutionary 794.1092 B848a

About a lesser known pioneer of the hypermodern school of chess. Brings translations of Hungarian archival material into English translation for the first time. Includes 242 games annotated by Breyer and others.

Luc Henris...

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