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A fascinating, hard-hitting, and revealing look at cyber crime, cyber warfare, and cyber industrial espionage.
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Carnival
A memorable novel about the beautiful, twisted existence of life in the modern city, told from the perspective of a taxi driver.
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The Book of Birds
From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words: a dazzling celebration of birdlife, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers
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Malaika’s Costume
Malaika’s mother can’t buy her a carnival costume — will she still be able to dance in the parade?
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The Lost Sounds
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The Body Riddle
The body riddle—What if the body you fought for no longer fits the life you built before it?
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The Two Roberts
An intoxicating, brave, and compassionate novel reimagining one of the most passionate love stories of modern British art.
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Boozhoo! / Hello!
This cheerful board book introduces the youngest of readers to woodland and water animals in English and Anishinaabemowin.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Go
From Deborah Ellis, the bestselling author of Sit and Step, comes a new short story collection about realizing when it’s time to pick up … and Go.
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ages 3
to 6
/ grades P
to 1
Me enoja
The Spanish-language edition of bestselling Angry Me, in which a child tells us what makes her angry and how she tries to let the anger come and go.
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Stella and Sam ABC
Join Stella and Sam in this new board book as they journey through the alphabet and into the hearts of a new generation.
