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1. The world is not a rectangle: a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid

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Author:
Winter, Jeanette
Publisher:
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date:
[2017]
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760L
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English
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A biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad and went on to design buildings all over the world.

2. Woman's World

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Woman's World
Publisher:
A360 Media, LLC
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English
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A great week made easy! Woman's World is written for the traditional, family-oriented working woman. Each issue delivers a feel-good mix of heart-warming human interest stories, practical everyday solutions for work and home, and mouth-watering recipes.

3. Part of your world

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Author:
Jimenez, Abby
Series:
Part of Your World
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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"After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who's ten years younger than her and as casual as they come -- the complete opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable. While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis...

4. The war of the worlds

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Author:
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
Series:
Dover thrift editions
Oxford world's classics
Smart Pop
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Lexile measure:
1170L
Language:
English
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On a summer night, at the end of the nineteenth century, a "meteor" lands on Horsell Common in London. An artificial cyliner is found the next day and upon approaching it, the unsuspecting humans are instantly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying Martians emerge and blaze a path of fiery destruction across Victorian England. Amid the boundless destruction that is caused, it looks as if the end of the world has come ... The War of the...

5. Guinness world records

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Publisher:
Guinness World Records, Ltd
Pub. Date:
[2000-]
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IG: Illustrated Guide 1300L
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English
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East Hampton Juvenile Nonfiction
J 032 GUI 2022
East Hampton New Adult Nonfiction
032 GUI 2024

6. Brave new world

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Author:
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
Series:
Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics
Harper Perennial modern classics
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
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5 stars
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Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.

7. News of the world: a novel

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Author:
Jiles, Paulette, 1943-
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English
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...

8. A world of curiosities

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Author:
Penny, Louise
Series:
Three Pines mystery volume 18
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache volume 18
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English
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"Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and...

9. Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

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Author:
Hillenbrand, Laura
Lexile measure:
1010L
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English
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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.

10. The World book encyclopedia

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Publisher:
Field Enterprises Educational Corp
Pub. Date:
[1917]-
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English
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A 22- volume, highly illustrated, A-Z general encyclopedia for all ages, featuring sections on how to use World Book, other research aids, pronunciation key, a student guide to better writing, speaking, and research skills, and comprehensive index -- Provided by publisher.

11. Winter of the world

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Author:
Follett, Ken
Series:
Thorndike Press large print basic
Century trilogy volume 2
Language:
English
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This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life...

12. Around the world in eighty days

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Author:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Series:
Whole story
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Lexile measure:
1070L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

13. Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

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Author:
Cain, Susan
Lexile measure:
1170L
Language:
English
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"At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts - Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak-- that we owe many of the great contributions to society. In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so....

14. Around the world in 80 days

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Author:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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Timeless Classics
Classic Starts®
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English
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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

15. Ramona's world

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Author:
Cleary, Beverly
Series:
Ramona Quimby volume 8
Ramona collection
Lexile measure:
750L
Language:
English
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Summary: Follow the adventures of in-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.

16. The eye of the world

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Author:
Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007
Series:
Wheel of time volume 1
Tor fantasy
Language:
English
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"...The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade...

17. A piece of the world: a novel

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Author:
Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-
Language:
English
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"To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family's remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best-known paintings of the twentieth century"--Back cover.

18. BBC Gardeners' World

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BBC Gardeners' World
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Immediate Media Company London Limited
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Gardeners' World Magazine is the authoritative voice in gardening, the clear market-leader since it launched in 1991. The award-winning editorial includes topical, practical advice in the readers' favourite 'what to do now' section, and regular contributions and features from the top names in BBC gardening. Packed with fresh ideas and clear advice - the innovative approach offers creative, practical and problem-solving solutions

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19. Between the world and me

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Author:
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Pub. Date:
2015
Lexile measure:
1090L
Language:
English
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"In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation,...

20. World without end

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Author:
Follett, Ken
Series:
Kingsbridge volume 2
Language:
English
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Two centuries after the building of the elaborate Gothic cathedral in Kingsbridge, its prior finds himself at the center of a web of ambition and revenge that places the city at a crossroad of commerce, medicine, and architecture.
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