York Whitaker
1) Honey girl
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"With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, 28-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls' trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn't know, until she does exactly that. This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father's plans for her life has Grace wondering why she doesn't feel more fulfilled from completing her degree. Staggering under...
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Learn all the ins and outs of buying a home and give yourself an advantage in the real estate game with this essential house-buying guidebook.
Buying a first home can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Will you qualify for a mortgage? Is your dream home achievable? How do you make sure your offer will beat others? Don't worry-now you can arm yourself with the information you need to know before you begin the hunt!
In Home Buying 101, you will...
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Evoking Beyoncé's Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler's heirs have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that puts Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals at its center. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of...
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We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don't just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms often treated as static and predictable. In fact,...
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Shanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But she has a hard time ignoring the signs when she finds herself newly single and out of a job on the same seemingly cursed day. Then, while cleaning out her grandmother's house, Shanice comes across a painting she hasn't seen in years. Drawn to the haunting portrait in a way she can't explain, Shanice accepts her grandmother's offer to keep the family heirloom. She soon uncovers the story of the...
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A family of giants drop a crumb of chocolate yule log, but one crumb doesn't matter, does it?
Join Pip and his mother, the mice, and the ants as everyone benefits from this giant Christmas bonanza. The cast of characters and readers together will learn that what might be, just a small thing for you can turn out to be a very big thing for someone else.
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Eve is the rock in her family of seven, the one they always depend on. But when her dad is diagnosed with cancer, she wants nothing more than to trade her worries for some red lipstick and a carefree night.
Faith is the dancer all the boys want, but she only has eyes for the one she can't have. The only thing is, all the flirting in the world can't distract her from her broken home life...or the secrets that she hides.
KeeKee is a poet who won't...
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A family of giants drops a crumb of chocolate yule log―but one crumb doesn't matter, does it?
Join Pip and his mother, the mice, and the ants as everyone benefits from the giant Christmas bonanza.
The audience will learn along with each of the characters that what might be a small thing for you can turn out to be a very big thing for someone else.
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A family of giants drops a crumb of chocolate yule log―but one crumb doesn't matter, does it?
Join Pip and his mother, the mice, and the ants as everyone benefits from the giant Christmas bonanza.
The audience will learn along with each of the characters that what might be a small thing for you can turn out to be a very big thing for someone else.