Athena Karkanis
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Joanne Kilbourn mysteries volume 19
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English
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On a Saturday bright with harbingers of spring, Joanne Kilbourn-Shreve, her husband, Zack, and their family prepare to celebrate the season. Joanne's life is full, and at 60, she has been given the chance to understand a part of her history that for years was shrouded in secrecy.
Living Skies is producing Sisters and Strangers, a six-part TV series about the tangled relationships between the families of Douglas Ellard, the father who raised Joanne,...
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[2018]
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English
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The Wild Kratts team learns all about the relationships between predators and prey, the differences between carnivores and herbivores, and how animals adapt to their environments in two exciting Adventures on the African Savannah! After getting caught in between a grumpy rhino and an outraged elephant, Martin and Chris have a contest to determine which is stronger, elephant or rhino powers!
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[2023]
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English
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Nighttime adventures are exciting when your favorite PBS KIDS friends go camping! When the Fuentes family goes camping but forget their tools, Rosie learns to use tools from nature. Can Molly and her dad help the Kratt brothers track a mysteriously missing wolf pack? When Katerina and her mom go to the "Dad and Me" Camp-out joined by Daniel Tiger and his dad, Henrietta assures Katerina that all families are different, and that's okay. Alma and her...
4) Suture
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To make her films, Eva must take out her eyes and use them as batteries. To make her art, Finn must cut open her chest and remove her lungs and heart. To write her novels, Grace must use her blood to power the word processor.
Suture shares three interweaving stories of artists tearing themselves open to make art. Each artist baffles their family, or harms their loved ones, with their necessary sacrifices. Eva's wife worries about her mental health,...
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Book 17 of the nationally bestselling Joanne Kilbourn series is classic Gail Bowen: masterfully compelling storytelling that combines a modern, urban family with a gripping, satisfying mystery.
As Joanne Kilbourn-Shreve, her husband, Zack, and their soon-to-be seventeen-year-old daughter, Taylor, rush through the rain from their cottage to their car, the Thanksgiving weekend they just spent at the lake with Zack's law partners is already slipping...
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English
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Stranded by volcanic ash in Addis Ababa and grieving her mother's recent death, Canadian-Ethiopian flight attendant Dessie heads to see her grandfather. But Dessie's conflicted past stands in her way and her mother's death causes seismic disruptions in the fine balance of self-deceptions and false histories that uphold her family.
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These twelve short stories dive deep into imaginary worlds where everyday life is marked and marred by war. They speak of wounded love, captured women, confinement, talismans, borders, wolves. They give expression to the voices of Afghan women who would like to change the fate of people like Nâzboo, Khorshid, Hamid and so many others.
Originally published by Éditions Le Soupirail in 2019, this collection was the first volume of short stories by...
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English
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In this sweeping, allusive novel, the celebrated poet, dervish, and oral storyteller Tawhida Tanya Evanson comes to terms with what it means to stand on one's own two feet in an uncertain world. The acclaimed Antiguan-Canadian artist traces a global journey from Vancouver to the United States, Caribbean, Paris, and Morocco as a relationship with her lover and travel partner disintegrates and she finds herself on a path toward personal discovery and...
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Wild Kratts volume 3
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English
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When a young aardvark accidentally becomes a stowaway in Chris's backpack, the Wild Kratts team sets off on a "door to door" search to return him to his home burrow.
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Wild Kratts volume 1
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English
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Chris and Martin are determined to prove to Aviva that there's more to crocodiles than their reputation as scary brutes.
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Wild Kratts volume 6
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English
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While kayaking in Australia, Martin and Chris encounter one of the world's most unusual creatures, a platypus mother with her eggs.
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Wild Kratts volume 5
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English
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Aviva miniaturizes Chris and Martin for an underground mission with earthworms, in search of the answer to the mystery "Why do worms come above ground when it rains?"
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Wild Kratts volume 2
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English
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Chris and Martin are taking Aviva's sub prototype out for a test drive when it gets sucked into a battle between a Sperm whale and Giant squid, spiraling down into the depths.
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Wild Kratts volume 4
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English
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While on a mission to discover the secret of the Draco lizard's gliding abilities, Martin and Chris uncover an evil plot by fashion designer, Donita Donata.
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Wild Kratts volume 8
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English
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The Wild Kratts team must lend a hand to help a beaver rebuild its damaged lodge and restore the ecosystem for all the creatures who live there.
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Wild Kratts volume 7
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English
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While in the Arctic, Martin and Chris are on a mission to discover how animals move around in different environments. Their new knowledge comes in handy when they discover that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a Walrus calf and a Polar bear cub. The Wild Kratts team must do what it takes to return the baby animals to their mothers.
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Wild Kratts volume 1
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English
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The Wild Kratts are coloring eggs for Easter when the brothers want to find the real Easter bunny! Chris thinks it's a snowshoe hare, while Martin thinks it's a jackrabbit. What happens when they split up to find the Easter bunny?
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Wild Kratts volume 5
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English
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While hiking in the Sonoran Desert, Martin comes across a "wolf hawk." He rushes back to the Tortuga to tell everybody the news, only to have Chris say there is no such thing!
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Wild Kratts volume 4
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English
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The Wild Kratts team searches for a fawn –Buckaroo –that they helped a few years ago to find out how he's doing now. In the process, they learn about deer society and the vital purpose of antlers.
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Wild Kratts volume 3
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English
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Chris is in the middle of organizing his creature power discs, when they get a call from Wild Kratts kid Manuel who lives in the Sonoran Desert. He says he has spotted an ocelot in his backyard. An ocelot in the desert? That's so rare!