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1) The antidote
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"A gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraska town."-- Provided by publisher.
2) Swamplandia!
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Fantasy for Those Who Don't Like Fantasy (SCPL)
FPPL Roadtrip Through Books: South
Southern Gothic
Where the Crawdads Sing Readalikes
FPPL Roadtrip Through Books: South
Southern Gothic
Where the Crawdads Sing Readalikes
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Twelve year old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the smamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wresting. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
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Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagull's nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood.
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"From the Pulitzer finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell's extraordinary gifts of language and imagination"-- Provided by publisher.
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In 1933, John W. Hill opened the New York office of what would become the most important public relations agency in history: Hill & Knowlton, Inc. By 1959, the firm had a payroll of 250 employees around the world and was ranked as the best in its business by journalists and other public relations practitioners. The Voice of Business, the first full-length study of a single public relations firm, chronicles the influence exerted by Hill & Knowlton...
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"For the first time in paperback, a haunting novella from the uncannily imaginative author of the national bestsellers Swamplandia! and Orange World: the story of a deadly insomnia epidemic and the lengths one woman will go to to fight it. Trish Edgewater is the Slumber Corps' top recruiter. On the phone, at a specially organized Sleep Drive, even in a supermarket parking lot: Trish can get even the most reluctant healthy dreamer to donate sleep to...
8) Vice Academy
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Two female cops go undercover to bust a porno ring.. Starring iconic scream queen Linnea Quigley and erotic film legend Ginger Lynn Allen, the VICE ACADEMY series was a staple of late-night TV throughout the early to mid 90s.
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Presents a collection of short stories originally commissioned by "The New York Times Magazine" as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, from twenty-nine authors including Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, and more, in a project inspired by Boccaccio's "The Decameron."