When You Look Like Us

When You Look Like Us
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780062945914
ISBN-13 : 0062945912
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis When You Look Like Us by : Pamela N. Harris

“A high-speed story that will draw teens in and keep them turning pages until they reach the unpredictable and thrilling ending. A must for YA collections.” (School Library Journal) A 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work nominee and a 2022 Edgar Award nominee, this timely, gripping teen novel is about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where Black girls’ disappearances are too often overlooked, from debut author Pamela Harris. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Tiffany D. Jackson. When you look like us—brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades—everyone else thinks you’re trouble. No one even blinks twice over a missing Black girl from public housing because she must’ve brought whatever happened to her upon herself. I, Jay Murphy, can admit that, for a minute, I thought my sister Nicole just got caught up with her boyfriend—a drug dealer—and his friends. But she’s been gone too long. Nic, where are you? If I hadn’t hung up on her that night, she would be at our house, spending time with Grandma. If I was a better brother, she’d be finishing senior year instead of being another name on a missing persons list. It’s time to step up, to do what the Newport News police department won’t. Bring her home. Also a 2022 ALA Notable Book for a Global Society Award winner!

Kids Like Us

Kids Like Us
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374306281
ISBN-13 : 0374306281
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Kids Like Us by : Hilary Reyl

A tender, smart, and romantic YA novel about a teenage boy on the autism spectrum who learns he is capable of love.

People Like Us

People Like Us
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9781524741761
ISBN-13 : 1524741760
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis People Like Us by : Dana Mele

"Mean Girls meets Donna Tartt's The Secret History with a little bit of Riverdale mixed in. So yeah, it's epic."--HelloGiggles "In People Like Us, Dana Mele delivers the Gossip Girl meets Pretty Little Liars young adult novel you've been waiting for."--Bustle Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she's reinvented herself entirely. Now she's a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl's body is found in the lake, Kay's carefully constructed life begins to topple. The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay's finally backed into a corner, she'll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make...not something that happened. Debut author Dana Mele has written a taut, sophisticated suspense novel that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home

When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 292
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780061099816
ISBN-13 : 0061099813
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home by : Erma Bombeck

"The author tells of her travel experiences around the world, addressing the questions of travelers everywhere." --

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
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Publisher : Voracious
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780316525237
ISBN-13 : 0316525235
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by : Janelle Shane

As heard on NPR's "Science Friday," discover the book recommended by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant: an "accessible, informative, and hilarious" introduction to the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (Ryan North). "You look like a thing and I love you" is one of the best pickup lines ever . . . according to an artificial intelligence trained by scientist Janelle Shane, creator of the popular blog AI Weirdness. She creates silly AIs that learn how to name paint colors, create the best recipes, and even flirt (badly) with humans—all to understand the technology that governs so much of our daily lives. We rely on AI every day for recommendations, for translations, and to put cat ears on our selfie videos. We also trust AI with matters of life and death, on the road and in our hospitals. But how smart is AI really... and how does it solve problems, understand humans, and even drive self-driving cars? Shane delivers the answers to every AI question you've ever asked, and some you definitely haven't. Like, how can a computer design the perfect sandwich? What does robot-generated Harry Potter fan-fiction look like? And is the world's best Halloween costume really "Vampire Hog Bride"? In this smart, often hilarious introduction to the most interesting science of our time, Shane shows how these programs learn, fail, and adapt—and how they reflect the best and worst of humanity. You Look Like a Thing and I Love You is the perfect book for anyone curious about what the robots in our lives are thinking. "I can't think of a better way to learn about artificial intelligence, and I've never had so much fun along the way." —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals

Weird Like Us

Weird Like Us
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 296
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780684838083
ISBN-13 : 0684838087
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Weird Like Us by : Ann Powers

Describes the various subcultures trying to reshape America today, and includes interviews with modern bohemians, who share their views on life.

Do You Look Like Your Dog? the Book

Do You Look Like Your Dog? the Book
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Publisher : Laurence King
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1786277042
ISBN-13 : 9781786277046
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Do You Look Like Your Dog? the Book by : Gerrard Gethings

Why DO people look like their dogs? Is it shared personality traits, an expression of self-love, or do they grow together over time like old married couples? This book explores the intense bonds we develop with our dogs, which are far from only skin, or even fur, deep. 50 photos by renowned animal photographer Gerrard Gethings present insightful and fun depictions of dogs and their humans, and humorous texts are included in the booklet to provide clues about these 25 people and their furry best friends. The book also includes behind the scenes photos and an interview with the photographer.

Sisters Like Us

Sisters Like Us
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Publisher : MIRA
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9781488023682
ISBN-13 : 1488023689
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Sisters Like Us by : Susan Mallery

The grass is always greener on your sister’s side of the fence… Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother’s ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper's fresh-baked cookies. Spending half her life in school hasn't prepared Dr. Stacey Bloom for her most daunting challenge—motherhood. She didn't inherit the nurturing gene like Harper and is in deep denial that a baby is coming. Worse, her mother will be horrified to learn that Stacey's husband plans to be a stay-at-home dad…assuming Stacey can first find the courage to tell Mom she's already six months pregnant. Separately they may be a mess, but together Harper and Stacey can survive anything—their indomitable mother, overwhelming maternity stores and ex’s weddings. Sisters Like Us is a delightful look at sisters, mothers and daughters in today’s fast-paced world, told with Susan Mallery’s trademark warmth and humor.

Girls Like Us

Girls Like Us
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780593331491
ISBN-13 : 0593331494
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Girls Like Us by : Cristina Alger

The instant New York Times bestseller, for the first time in mass market: Worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island and faces the impossible question: What happens when the primary suspect is your father? FBI agent Nell Flynn hasn't been home in ten years. Nell and her father, Homicide Detective Martin Flynn, have never had much of a relationship. And Suffolk County will always be awash in memories of her mother, Marisol, who was murdered when Nell was just seven. When Martin dies in a motorcycle accident, Nell returns to the house where she grew up so that she can spread her father's ashes and close his estate. At the behest of her father's partner, Detective Lee Davis, Nell becomes involved in an investigation into the murders of two young women in Suffolk County. The further Nell digs, the more likely it seems to her that her father should be the primse suspect--and that his friends on the police force are covering his tracks. Plagued by doubts about her mother's murder, and her own role in exonerating her father in that case, Nell can't help but ask questions about who killed the two women and why. But she may not like the answers she finds--not just about those she loves, but about herself.

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 129
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781596917149
ISBN-13 : 1596917148
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by : Pierre Bayard

In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.