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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An examination of how individuals strive for social status and how this creates our culture as a whole Contrary to belief, status signaling isn't just the province of the immature or insecure but a fundamental human need to secure social standing. It drives our behavior, forms our tastes, determines what we buy, and ultimately shapes who we are. It's what's behind "cool" and what drives fashion, music, food, sports, slang, travel, hairstyles, and...
Author
Language
English
Description
On a rise overlooking the Wiltshire countryside stands the village of Ivy Hill. Its coaching inn, The Bell, is its lifeblood -- along with the coach lines that stop there daily, bringing news, mail, travelers, and much-needed trade. Jane Bell lives on the edge of the inn property. She had been a genteel lady until she married the charming innkeeper who promised she would never have to work in his family's inn. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There's no shortage of books about public speaking or language or song. But until now, there has been no book about the miracle that underlies them all--the human voice itself. And there are few writers who could take on this surprisingly vast topic with more artistry and expertise than John Colapinto. Beginning with the novel--and compelling--argument that our ability to speak is what made us the planet's dominant species, he guides us from the...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs. Jha's lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corners, gossipy neighbors, and the small dramas of stolen yoga pants and stale marriages. They thought they'd settled comfortably into their golden years, pleased with their son's acceptance into an American business school. But then Mr. Jha comes into an enormous and unexpected sum of money, and moves his wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In 1962, coed Heddy Winsome leaves her hardscrabble Irish Brooklyn neighborhood behind and ferries to glamorous Martha's Vineyard to nanny for one of the wealthiest families on the island. But as she grows enamored with the alluring and seemingly perfect young couple and chases after their two mischievous children, Heddy discovers that her academic scholarship at Wellesley has been revoked, putting her entire future at risk. Determined to find her...
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
In the world of Alcia, everyone is marked with a count. High counts mean elevated status, but those with a count of zero suffer a fate worse than death. As Hina journeys to uncover the mystery behind the rule of numbers, she meets Licht Bach, a foolish philanderer with a count of -999.
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Everyone has a 'count,' and a count that drops to zero spells disaster. While on her quest for truth, Hina finds more questions when sent 300 years back in time. The only way to save the future is hidden in the surprisingly different world of the past.
8) Nerdy Birdy
Author
Series
Nerdy Birdy volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about a nerdy birdy who just wants to hang out with the cool birds"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us, an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England family in the 1960s and '70s that suddenly loses its fortune--and its bearings. Labor Day, 1976, Martha's Vineyard. Summering at the family beach house along this moneyed coast of New England, Fern and Edgar--married with three children--are happily preparing for a family birthday celebration when they learn that the unimaginable has...
10) Brad's status
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 334 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful and crucial exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our times: how viruses expose the fault lines of society. Having spent a ground-breaking career studying the racialization, policing, and criminalization of HIV, Dr. Thrasher has come to understand a deeper truth at the heart of our society: that there are vast inequalities in who is able to...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
578 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, during World War I, Simon Tolkien delivers a...novel rife with class tension, period detail, and stirring action, ranging from the sharply divided society of northern England to the trenches of the Somme."--
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man who sees her seems to want her; every woman just wants to be her. But this is a highly ordered world of garden clubs and débutante balls. The money may flow as freely as the oil, but the freedom and power all belong to the men. What happens when a woman of indecorous...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Truth: Sherri Griffin and her daughter, Katie, have recently moved to the idyllic beach town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Rebecca Coleman, widely acknowledged former leader of the Newburyport Mom Squad (having taken a step back since her husband's shocking and tragic death eighteen months ago), has made a surprising effort to include these newcomers in typically closed-group activities. Rebecca's teenage daughter Alexa has even been spotted babysitting...
16) Omar rising
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school"--
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