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The Library of Lost and Found

A Novel

By: Phaedra Patrick

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From the author of Rise and Shine Benedict Stone, now an original movie on Hallmark. “Sweet and resonant.” —People, “Best New Books” Pick A librarian’s discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime. Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people—though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she’s invisible. All of that changes when a book of fairy tales arrives on her doorstep. Inside, Martha finds a dedication written to her by her best friend—her grandmother Zelda—who died under mysterious circumstances years earlier. When Martha discovers a clue within the book that her grandmother may still be alive, she becomes determined to discover the truth. As she delves deeper into Zelda’s past, she unwittingly reveals a family secret that will change her life forever. Filled with Phaedra Patrick’s signature charm and vivid characters, The Library of Lost and Found is a heartwarming and poignant tale of how one woman must take control of her destiny to write her own happy ending. Don’t miss Phaedra Patrick’s uplifting new novel, The Little Italian Hotel! Check out these other heartwarming stories from Phaedra Patrick: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone The Secrets of Love Story Bridge The Messy Lives of Book People

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340

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Harlequin

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1488095434

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9781488095436

Spectre

By: Phaedra Weldon

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Spectre

By: Phaedra Weldon

Next in the series that's 'art paranormal whodunit, part urban fantasy' (Publishers Weekly) by the author of Wraith. Zoë Martinique has the extraordinary ability to travel outside her body at will. When she is drawn into an investigation of a series of bizarre murders, in which the victims are missing body parts, Zoë hopes to help her boyfriend, Atlanta homicide detective Daniel Frasier, stop the killer-one she's sure is from the darkest levels of the astral plane-without letting him find out about her special abilities. Then danger strikes close to home when Zoë's mother disappears, and Zoë must use all the powers at her command to save her-even though Zoë knows that, in doing so, she may make herself into something no longer entirely human.

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372

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Penguin

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044101593X

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9780441015931

Beyond Straw Men

Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care

By: Phaedra C. Pezzullo

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Beyond Straw Men

Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care

By: Phaedra C. Pezzullo

Addressing plastics can feel overwhelming. Guilt, shame, anger, hurt, fear, dismissiveness, and despair abound. Beyond Strawmen moves beyond "hot take" or strawman fallacies by illustrating how affective counterpublics mobilized around plastics reveal broader stories about environmental justice and social change. Inspired by on- and offline organizing, Pezzullo engages public controversies, policies, and headline-making advocates in Bangladesh, Kenya, the US, and Vietnam through hashtag activism, campaign materials, and her podcast, Communicating Care. She argues that plastics have become an entry point into contested environmental politics, including carbon-heavy masculinity, carceral policies, planetary fatalism, eco-ableism, greenwashing, marine life endangerment, pollution colonialism, and waste imperialism. Attuned to plastic attachments, Beyond Strawmen shares how unsustainable patterns of the plastics-industrial complex are resisted through imperfect but impactful networked cultures of care"--

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283

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Univ of California Press

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0520393635

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9780520393639

Phantasm

By: Phaedra Weldon

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Phantasm

By: Phaedra Weldon

Read Phaedra Weldon's posts on the Penguin Blog. After losing her powers, Zoe Martinique learns that only a traumatic experience can bring the Wraith back. And now, to get out-of-body, Zoe will have to look for big, dangerous trouble--and fast.

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369

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Penguin

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1101057416

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9781101057414

Secrets of the Southern Belle

How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment

By: Phaedra Parks

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Secrets of the Southern Belle

How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment

By: Phaedra Parks

Who is always perfectly put together and never at a loss for words? Who is professional, courteous, and harder working than anyone else? Whose Christmas cards arrive the day after Thanksgiving, year after year? Y'all know she's got to be a Southern Belle. A Southern Belle takes care of herself and makes sure people treat her right. She always gets her way, even if her man thinks it was his idea. (That's a win for you both.) But you don't have to be raised in the South to be the same fun-loving package of looks, charm, and determination that makes a Belle a Belle. That's what this little book is for! Take it from Phaedra Parks, the smart, confident, and always poised star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Life as a Belle is simply better--for you and for the people around you.--From publisher description.

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272

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Simon and Schuster

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1476715467

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9781476715469

Aesthetics, Gender, and Disability in Interactive Digital Art and Performance Art

By: Phaedra Shanbaum

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Aesthetics, Gender, and Disability in Interactive Digital Art and Performance Art

By: Phaedra Shanbaum

This book explores the tensions between aesthetics, gender, and disability in contemporary digital media installations and performance art. Notions of agency and subjectivity are connected to four contemporary political issues (artificial intelligence, migration and political violence, contemporary medical technologies and practices, and the Anthropocene) and analyzed against a Western legacy of utopian and dystopian ideas and desires that have shaped, and continue to shape, what it means to be human. The book’s main argument is that agency and subjectivity are not universal attributes; rather they are socio-material entanglements and contextually bound enactments that are strategically negotiated by the subject. Thus, they involve conflict, struggle, and other forms of resistance. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, media and cultural studies, disability studies, and gender studies.

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206

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Taylor & Francis

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1040254381

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9781040254387

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

By: Phaedra C. Pezzullo,Robert Cox

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Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

By: Phaedra C. Pezzullo,Robert Cox

The Fifth Edition of the award-winning Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere is the first comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. It also examines how we define what constitutes an environmental problem and how we decide what actions to take concerning the natural world. The updated and revised Fifth Edition includes recent developments, such as water protectors and the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Flint Water Crisis, and the March for Science, along with the latest research and developments in environmental communication.

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554

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SAGE Publications

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1506363571

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9781506363578

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

By: Robert Cox,Phaedra C. Pezzullo

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Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

By: Robert Cox,Phaedra C. Pezzullo

The Fourth Edition of Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere remains the only comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication, ranging from an historical overview of key terms to important legal and technological developments. This innovative book focuses on how human communication influences the way we perceive and act in the environment. It also examines how we interpret environmental “problems” and decide what actions to take with regard to the natural world. Three-time president of the Sierra Club, the largest environmental group in the United States, lead author Robert Cox leverages his vast experience to offer insights into the news media, Congress, environmental conflict, advocacy campaigns, and other real-world applications of environmental communication. New coauthor Phaedra Pezzullo brings two decades of applied experience working with grassroots environmental justice and health organizations, citizen advisory boards, and student-led campaigns, as well as her internationally recognized research on toxic pollution, social injustices, public advocacy, and more. The authors introduce the reader to the major areas, terms, and debates of this evolving field. The Fourth Edition incorporates major revisions that include four new chapters on visual and popular culture, digital media and activism, the sustainability of college and corporation campuses, and the legal “standing” of citizens and nature. Updates throughout the text draw on timely topics including visual communication used in climate science campaigns, fracking and challenges to the right to know, plastic bag bans, consumer apps, digital activism for environmental justice, green marketing, and arguments on giving legal rights to nonhuman entities from dolphins to rivers.

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541

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SAGE Publications

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1483379299

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9781483379296

Book Club Favorites

An Anthology

By: Mary Alice Monroe,Pam Jenoff,Karma Brown,Phaedra Patrick

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Book Club Favorites

An Anthology

By: Mary Alice Monroe,Pam Jenoff,Karma Brown,Phaedra Patrick

Four exceptional novels together in one box set! The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe For five women, their monthly meeting is a place of sanctuary and community. These women from different walks of life are each embracing the challenge of change in their own circumstances. And as they share their hopes and fears and triumphs, they will hold fast to the true magic of the book club—friendship. The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff In Poland at the outbreak of the Second World War, Emma Bau takes on a new identity and a job as assistant to a high-ranking Nazi official. Urged by the resistance to use her position to access details of the occupation, Emma must compromise her safety—and her marriage vows—in order to help the cause. As the atrocities of war intensify, Emma must make choices that will risk not only her double life, but also the lives of those she loves. Come Away with Me by Karma Brown Tegan Lawson is consumed by grief and anger after a devastating accident that changes her life in ways she could never have imagined. But then her adoring husband, Gabe, reminds her of their Jar of Spontaneity, a collection of their dream destinations and experiences, and so begins an adventure of a lifetime. Together they explore the world and search for forgiveness, possibly to find hope. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple, orderly life. But on the one-year anniversary of his wife’s death, he discovers in her possessions a gold charm bracelet that he’d never seen before. Arthur embarks on a life-changing adventure to find the truth about his wife’s life before they met, a journey that leads him to find hope, healing and self-discovery in the most unexpected places.

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1508

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MIRA

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1488036403

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9781488036408

A Hudson View Poetry Digest

Spring 2008

By: Victoria Valentine,Phaedra Valentine

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A Hudson View Poetry Digest

Spring 2008

By: Victoria Valentine,Phaedra Valentine

Elegant Spring issue: Elite collection of International poetry and prose composed by renowned and promising novice poets. Readers are consumed by reflections of eloquent verse, created by twenty-three skillful & passionate writers including the works of Dr. Amitabh Mitra, B.Z. Niditch, Carolyn L. Srygley-Moore, Razi Rumi, Freddy Frankel and more. Included are 2 book reviews. Ideal gift or for plane, boat, train and car rides, or for professional waiting rooms while readers pass the time as they journey through hours of exceptional entertainment. A marvelous book packaged inside elegant, colorful covers. Interior art included. An exquisite taste of "Pure Poetry.

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Water Forest Press

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0981584632

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9780981584638

Book's by Phaedra Valentine

The Library of Lost and Found

The Library of Lost and Found

Spectre

Spectre

Beyond Straw Men

Beyond Straw Men

Phantasm

Phantasm

Secrets of the Southern Belle

Secrets of the Southern Belle

Aesthetics, Gender, and Disability in Interactive Digital Art and Performance Art

Aesthetics, Gender, and Disability in Interactive Digital Art and Performance Art

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

Book Club Favorites

Book Club Favorites

A Hudson View Poetry Digest

A Hudson View Poetry Digest

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