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New York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla. It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa, a young maid at the hotel determined to befriend him, wins his attention through a shared love of pigeons; with her we hear his tragic and tremendous life story unfold. Meanwhile, Louisa discovers...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas and their loves in loathing-with a special bonus chapter! Under One Roof: An environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell-a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone. Stuck with You: A civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry-and...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 21
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest," which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
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English
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When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
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Beascoa
Pub. Date
2019.
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Primera edici©đn.
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Español
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Rosa Pionera so©łaba con ser una gran ingeniera... Sola en el desv©Łn, bajo la luz de la luna, montaba chismes y artefactos como ninguna. Por timidez no se atrev©Ưa a decir nada, rebuscaba en la basura y recog©Ưa cachivaches que atesoraba. Con ellos constru©Ưa sus inventos, pero nadie pod©Ưa ver sus descubrimientos. Todo sigui©đ igual hasta que el oto©ło lleg©đ y su pariente m©Łs antiguo se present©đ. ℗ŁSu t©Ưa abuela Rosie!...
9) Extinctions
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Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
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English
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"Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, has quarantined himself in a place he hates: a retirement village. His headstrong wife Martha, adored by all, is dead. His adopted daughter Caroline has cut ties, and his son Callum is lost to him in his own way. And though Frederick knows, logically, that a structural engineer can devise a bridge for any situation, somehow his own troubled family-fractured by years of secrets and lies-is always just...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Ava Simon designs storage boxes for STÄDA, a slick Brooklyn-based furniture company. She's hard-working, obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. It's been years since she's let anyone in. But when Ava's new boss-the young and magnetic Mat Putnam-offers Ava a ride home one afternoon, an unlikely relationship blossoms. Ava remembers how rewarding it can be to open up-and, despite her instincts, she...
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Alfred A. Knopf
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2020.
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English
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A World War II German rocket engineer under orders to launch V2 rockets at London from Occupied Holland and an actress-turned-English intelligence officer with a mission to neutralize the bombings land on opposite sides in a desperate hunt for a saboteur.
13) Elétrico 28
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Flamboyant
Pub. Date
2018.
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Primera edición.
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Español
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Lisbon trolley driver Amadeo enjoys using his car to encourage passengers who are in love with each other but too shy to speak to get together, and on his last day there is one particular couple he wants to help.
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2020.
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Strong-willed and proudly single, an engineer walks out when her parents set her up with a lawyer - but when work brings them together again, she just might give love a second chance. Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Imagine her surprise when the...
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"The new novel--a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan--from the internationally acclaimed author, his first since IQ84"--
Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship,...
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B
Pub. Date
[Febrero de 2023]
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Primera edición.
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Español
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Turín, siglo XVI. Esta es una historia sobre hombres corruptos que persiguen un fin noble, y hombres nobles que cometen atrocidades. También es un relato de locura y superstición; de un inquisidor implacable y de una joven ingeniera adelantada a su tiempo; de un padre y un hijo que se odian y se necesitan; de un buscavidas sin escrúpulos que descubrirá que vale más de lo que él mismo cree; de una adolescente que huye de sí misma hasta encontrarse...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel It's 1875, and Alva Webster has perfected her stiff upper lip after three years of being pilloried in the presses of two continents over fleeing her abusive husband. Now his sudden death allows her to return to New York to make a fresh start, restoring Liefdehuis,...
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"My Best Friend's Wedding meets Never Have I Ever in this utterly charming, heart-stealing debut romance about two completely different people who get engaged under false pretenses. "I couldn't put down this page-turner . . . A warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut." -Colleen Hoover When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined...
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Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
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First edition.
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English
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"Just a date . . . or a twist of fate? When it comes to love and art, Rooney Gao believes in signs. Most of all, she believes in the Chinese legend that everyone is tied to their one true love by the red string of fate. And that belief has inspired her career as an artist, as well as the large art installations she makes with (obviously) red string. That is until artist's block strikes and Rooney begins to question everything. But then fate leads...
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