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Handpicked by Andrea December 2017
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At RFPL I work as an Adult & Teen Services Librarian. I also focus on promoting our digital services such as hoopla and Media on Demand. I enjoy reading graphic novels, various nonfiction topics, and anything I can get access to on hoopla. Thanks for browsing!
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Hoopla & Overdrive Recommendations
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Music album available on HooplaThe follow-up to last years Jazz Loves Disney, volume two features a collection of jazz and world artists taking on classic Disney songs. Produced by Jay Newland, arranged and directed by Rob Mousey, Jazz loves Disney 2 A Kind of Magic features jazz icons George Benson, Madeleine Peyroux, Laura Mvula, Jamie Cullum and more, performing songs like Be Our Guest, Under The Sea, Beauty & The Beast, and other Disney greats.
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Secretly harboring feelings of love for his best friend, Roxy, for years on end, Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic series is making a rare appearance at New York Comic Con and thinks of a perfect plan to score tickets while declaring his feelings, a goal that is complicated by the wacky costumed activities of their fan world. Simultaneous eBook.
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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline Audiobook available on Media On Demand
Immersed in a mid-21st-century virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins a violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir, in a book that is the basis for the forthcoming film.
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When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects," but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting an arranged marriage with him
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The Big Awesome Book of Hand & Chalk Lettering
by Dina Rodriguez
Uses step-by-step instructions and photographs to teach beginners how the master the art of hand lettering, how to compose phrases on the page, and how to make letters look dimensional
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Grand Canyon
by Jason Chin
A sumptuously illustrated exploration of the Grand Canyon past and present describes how it formed and how it is home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved there for millennia.
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The Photo Ark : one man's quest to document the world's animals
by Joel Sartore
Representing National Geographic’s Photo Ark—a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by a veteran photographer to make portraits of the world’s animals, especially those that are endangered—this showcase of 600 photos presents a thought-provoking argument for saving all the species of our planet.
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The Polygamist's Daughter
by Anna LeBaron
The author relates the story of her childhood as the daughter of polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron, describing the violence, betrayal, and chaos that characterized her family life and how facing the trauma of her past helped her to overcome her fearsand insecurities
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Great Graphic Novels for Adults
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Henchgirl
by Kristen Gudsnuk
"Mary Posa hates her job. She works long hours for little pay, no insurance, and worst of all, no respect. Her co-workers are jerks and her boss doesn't appreciate her. He's also a supervillain. Cursed with a conscience, Mary would give anything to be something other than a Henchgirl."
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Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us : a Johnny Wander collection
by Ananth Hirsh
In 2008, Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota launched the auto-bio webcomic Johnny Wander. Eight years, four cats, and three moves are chronicled in this gorgeous hardcover omnibus, which includes a foreword by Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Ghosts). Hirsh and Ota's charming reverie about new adulthood will appeal to fans of Kate Beaton, Bryan Lee O'Malley, and Jeffrey Brown along with anyone who's just winging it.
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Orange : the complete collection book 1
by Ichigo Takano
When Naho receives a letter from her future self warning of a tragic event to befall transfer student Kakeru, she and her friends make it their mission to save him from his destiny
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Shadoweyes. Volume one
by Sophie Campbell
After getting knocked unconscious on her first mission, aspiring vigilante Scout Montana discovers that she's able to transform into a blue superhuman creature, and with this new body she becomes the superhero Shadoweyes
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Superman : red son
by Mark Millar
"The critically acclaimed Superman: Red Son now collected in a brand new edition! In this vivid tale of Cold War paranoia, the ship carrying the infant who would grow up to become Superman lands in the midst of the 1950s Soviet Union, where he is raisedon a collective. As he becomes a symbol to the Soviet people, the world changes drastically from what we know -- bringing Superman into conflict with Batman, Lex Luthor and others. This volume collect Superman: Red Son #1-3"
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