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Pride, prejudice, and other flavors : a novel

Song for the unraveling of the world : stories

Be transported to scenes of trees and flowers

Death and daisies : a Magic Garden mystery

The collected stories of Machado de Assis

All the days and nights : the collected stories of William Maxwell.

The white garden : a novel of Virginia Woolf

The Darling Dahlias and the unlucky clover

In the garden of Iden : a novel of the Company

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Wonder Woman : Warbringer : the graphic novel

Star Wars : the legends of Luke Skywalker : the manga

Five nights at Freddy's : the graphic novel

Wonder Woman and the Justice League Dark : the witching hour

Scullion : a dishwasher's guide to mistaken identity

X-Men milestones. Operation zero tolerance

Award-winning nonfiction, 2018-2020

Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

Notes from a young Black chef : a memoir

The quiet Americans : four CIA spies at the dawn of the Cold War--a tragedy in three acts

Here we are : American dreams, American nightmares

The trial of Lizzie Borden : a true story

Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster

The man who ran Washington : the life and times of James A. Baker III

Sweet taste of liberty : a true story of slavery and restitution in America

Furious hours : murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee

Go ahead in the rain : notes to A Tribe Called Quest

Syria's secret library : reading and redemption in a town under siege

Burning down the house : Newt Gingrich, the fall of a speaker, and the rise of the new Republican Party

A good provider is one who leaves : one family and migration in the 21st century

The contender : the story of Marlon Brando

The end of everything : (astrophysically speaking)

Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music

Margaret Thatcher : the authorized biography

The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X

Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves

Grace will lead us home : the Charleston Church Massacre and the hard, inspiring journey to forgiveness

Haben : the Deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law

The ice at the end of the world : an epic journey into Greenland's buried past and our perilous future

The ship of dreams : the sinking of the Titanic and the end of the Edwardian era

You don't have to wait until Earth Day to learn about ways to protect our planet. To follow the City of Iowa City's happenings, visit www.icgov.org/sustainability.

Saving Tarboo Creek : one family's quest to heal the land

Renewable energy : power for a sustainable future

Climate changed : a personal journey through the science

Forecast : the consequences of climate change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley

Emerald cities : urban sustainability and economic development

The boiling river : adventure and discovery in the Amazon

The end of doom : environmental renewal in the twenty-first century

Carbon Dharma : the occupation of butterflies

The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change

The great derangement : climate change and the unthinkable

Inconvenient facts : the science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know

The weather of the future : heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from a climate-changed planet

New eco homes : new ideas for sustainable living

Coming alive : action & civil disobedience

Prefabulous world : energy-efficient and sustainable homes around the globe

Oil and honey : the education of an unlikely activist

Skinny bitch : ultimate everyday cookbook

Frank Lloyd Wright natural design : organic architecture --lessons for building green from an American orginal

Better : the everyday art of sustainable living

Restore. Recycle. Repurpose. {create a beautiful home}

Building a sustainable home : practical green design choices for your health, wealth, and soul

Bringing it to the table : on farming and food

The unwanted sound of everything we want : a book about noise

Dreaming green : eco-fabulous homes designed to inspire

Looking to hole up with some DVDs? These movies have award-winning chuckles that will warm your soul.

Birdman : or, (The unexpected virtue of ignorance)

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ECO Book Discussion: World of Wonders - In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

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Intro to Kanopy

ICPL Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

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