Class act

Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn’t afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his goo…

Deception point

When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arcti…

Sweet bean paste

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste.

Insomnia

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780008289164

Collation

342 p. ; 19 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 PIN i

And so I roar

Plucky fourteen-year-old Adunni is in Lagos, excited to finally enroll in school. But it's not so simple to run away from your past. On the night before she is due to join her new classmates, a terrible knocking at the front gate summons Adunni back to her home village, Ikati, where here dramatic story of resilience first began. There, Adunni must try to not only save herself but also tra…

Digital fortress

When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer; Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, unconventional mathematician.

My friends: a novel

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781982112820

Collation

436 p. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 BAC m

Olivetti

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks.

Before we forget kindness

The only period you can go back to the past is from the moment the cup is filled with coffee until it gets completely cold. Is that clear?

Satantango

In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collective farm. But when the charismatic Irimias - long-thought dead - returns, the villagers fall under his spell. Irimias sets about swindling the villagers out of a fortune that might al…