One day, everyone will have always been against this

On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million times. As an immigrant who came to the West, El A…

Speaking of Siva

Four medieval Hindu saint and death through riddle and enigma in this mystical, devotional poetry

Anthem for doomed youth

The great Firs World War poet portrays first-hand the horror, devastation and futility of the trenches.

A hippo banquet

The fearless, pioneering Victorian female explorer describes dodging elephants and fighting off a leopard with a stool in Africa.

The wife of bath

One of the most famous Canterbury Tales casts a satirical eye over and marriage in the Medieval Age.

The doorman

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781250437921

Collation

388 p. ; 22 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 PAV t

The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful …

Days of love and rage

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781668062173

Collation

582 p. ; 24 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

959 GOP d

Exile

Sophie befriends the mythical Alicorn and puts her mysterious powers to the test in this enchanting second book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Sophie is settling in nicely to her new home and her new life in the world of the lost cities. And it helps that living at Havenfield means getting to spend time with rare, precious species—including the first female Alicorn, who shows herse…

Keeper of the lost cities

Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie’s a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret—at least, that’s what she thinks…