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Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction
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I'm a Librarian
by Brian Biggs
The librarian of Tinyville Town helps a little boy search for a favorite book, interacting with many other new and familiar characters along the way.
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Pets at the Vet
by Elaine McKinnon
Introduces veterinarians and what they do through the story of a boy who takes his dog for a checkup.
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Little Helpers : Animals on the Job!
by Michéle Brummer Everett
In this book of little helpers, join service animals as they go about their important work. From snakes who give a squeeze when it's time to take medication to Seeing Eye dogs who help their owners cross the street, from llamas who visit children's hospitals to pigs who provide comfort for the elderly, this gentle introduction celebrates special connections between people and animals. A portion of the proceeds includes a donation to charity.
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Polar bear postman
by Seigo Kijima
When a red crane couple loses their chick, Milk the polar bear postal worker is asked to help out and he makes his way around the neighborhood asking if anyone has seen the baby.
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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism can Help You Make a Difference
by William MacAskill
Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts. As a result, even our best intentions often lead to ineffective—and sometimes downright harmful—outcomes. How can we do better? Suggests that most altruism can actually be harmful due to lack of information, bad data, and prejudice, and instead argues for focusing on evidence and reasoning when considering altruisic actions.
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Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism
by Betsy Greer
Craftivism is a worldwide movement that operates at the intersection where craft and activism meet; Craftivism the book is full of inspiration for crafters who want to create works that add to the greater good. With interviews and profiles of craftivists who are changing the world with their art, and through examples that range from community embroidery projects, stitching in prisons, revolutionary ceramics, AIDS activism, yarn bombing, and crafts that facilitate personal growth, Craftivism provides imaginative examples of how crafters can be creative and altruistic at the same time.
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To Die But Once
by Jacqueline Winspear
Investigating the disappearance of an apprentice craftsman who had been working on a secret government contract, Maisie Dobbs discovers suspicious links to the London underworld and another boy close to her heart. By the best-selling author of In This Grave Hour. 100,000 first printing.
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel by Sue HalpernA head librarian who would leave behind the painful realities of her suburbia past unexpectedly bonds with a teenager performing community service, a disgruntled former Wall Street high flyer and other offbeat regulars who encourage her out of her self-imposed isolation. By the author of A Dog Walked Into a Nursing Home. 20,000 first printing.
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The Secret Service: Kingsman by Mark MillarSeeing potential in his nephew Eggsy, spy Jack London gives him a chance to avoid his life of poverty by enrolling him in spy school.
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In Secret Service
by Mitch Silver
Inheriting Ian Fleming's long-lost account of his spy activities during World War II, young American academic Amy Greenberg finds herself targeted by unknown assailants and must race to finish the manuscript in order to save her life and reveal the actions of a traitor. A first novel. 150,000 first printing.
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Cold Service
by Robert B. Parker
When his friend, Hawk, is brutally injured after helping protect another man, Boston private detective Spenser throws himself into Hawk's rehabilitation and investigates the Ukrainian mob he believes is responsible for the attack. Reprint.
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On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys BowenAgreeing to help her cousin the queen thwart an elopement between the Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson, royal sleuth Georgie Rannoch offers assistance to her pregnant friend while clashing with an old rival from finishing school. By the best-selling author of Crowned and Dangerous.
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The Service of the Dead: A Kate Clifford Mystery
by Candace M Robb
An enterprising resident of medieval York, Kate Clifford, converts one of her properties into a guesthouse where wealthy merchants can spend discrete evenings with their mistresses until a brutal murder threatens everything she's built.
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