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I’m Glad My Mom Died

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I’m Glad My Mom Died / Jennette McCurdy

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life….

 
"Food Stories: Celebrating Cooking and Culture." Image of a spiral notebook with a wooden spoon and an assortment of cooking spices.

Food Stories

Dig into this culinary collection of nonfiction titles featuring themes of cooking and culture.

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Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef / Gabrielle Hamilton

Chef Hamilton presents an unflinching account of her search for meaning and purpose in the food-central rural New Jersey home of her youth,…

 
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Diverse Romances

The following is a list of Diverse Romances available on HOOPLA and Libby. These stories will make you swoon!

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Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail / Ashley Herring Blake
For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she’s been focused on her career – her friends might say she’s obsessed,…

 
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Dark Academia

Looking for books that capture the mysterious, compelling essence of dark academia? Try one of these titles.

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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators Revolution / R. F. Kuang
A Chinese boy orphaned by cholera and raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation,…

 
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Books For the Modern Philosopher

Exercise your mind with these fresh takes on classic intellectual inquires.

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How To Live A Good Life: Choosing the Right Philosophy of Life For You / Massimo Pigliucci, Skye C. Cleary, Daniel A. Kaufman

This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life….