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Pride Month
- Catalogue Item2025After making the buzzer-beating shot at the Georgia basketball state championships, Derrick Chan becomes the star of Bayard Middle School, and Derrick's single dad could not be prouder. But there are…Catalogue Item2025Follow Brian, his friends and their families as they celebrate love and learn about the meaning and significance of Pride in this inclusive, joyful and informative picture book. Discover the joy and…Catalogue Item2025"For as long as they can remember, Mac, Lina, Milo and Avery have celebrated Family Week together in "the smallest, gayest town in the world"--Provincetown, Massachusetts. But this summer, their big…Catalogue Item2025"Edwin loves his sister Patsy's closet. He adores dresses and earrings and boots with high heels. And when he's finished getting dressed, Edwin is transformed...into the fabulous Edweena! Today is a…
Slipping Through Time
- Catalogue ItemA Novel2025"Lena Westbrook, a perfectionist and workaholic, has carefully planned and orchestrated every detail of her life. So when her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her on the night she expects him to…Catalogue ItemA Novel2023"Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet…Catalogue ItemA Novel2023"In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm--and the mysterious curse that has…Catalogue ItemA Novel2024Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers--a lonely yet…
Grow your own food
- Catalogue ItemUltimate Guide to Vertical, Container, and Hydroponic Gardening2022"A complete guide filled with a host of valuable information and DIY projects, Ultimate Guide to Indoor Gardening details how to grow food in your home. From growing vegetables, microgreens, and…Catalogue ItemSmall-space Gardens for Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers, Raised Beds, and More2014Here's a new way to grow edibles in "anywhere" gardens - small spaces, raised beds, and containers - that eliminates the challenges you often face in traditional beds and rows. You'll transform drab…Catalogue ItemAn Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Container Gardening2021"Did you know you could grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in containers? Well, now you can take your houseplants to the next level by growing home-grown produce and seasoning that will taste…Catalogue ItemGrow your Own Citrus, Coffee, Vanilla, and 43 Other Tasty Tropical Plants2023"Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants - in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide…
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