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Sleepy princess in the Demon Castle

2021
"When things seem too peaceful in the Demon Castle, the demons investigate and find the princess in a literal bind. Having stolen a gizmo to create alternate dimensions, Princess Syalis uses it to do good in the world. Just kidding! Of course she uses it for her own (and the Teddy Demons') selfish gain. Then, a lightning storm reveals one demon is (predictably) even more frightened of thunder than the princess. Quilladillo goes home for vacation only to discover he has a stowaway in his trunk, but it's not the princess. Just kidding! Of course it is. And then a relative of the princess appears at the castle! What are the demon hostage takers to do...?!"--Back cover.

Sleepy princess in the Demon Castle

2020
"Kidnapped by the Demon King and imprisoned in his castle,Princess Syalis is--bored. Celebrate New Year's, Valentine's Day and a very special pajama party at the Demon Castle with the princess and her demon friends--er, captors! Then the Five-ring-pics athletic tournament captures the imagination of demons and human alike. But when one of the athletes turns the demons' human friend--er, hostage--into a besotted fangirl, the castle staff doesn't take it well. Also, Syalis imbibes a potion that induces her greatest fear, Demon King Twilight desperately tries to change his image and the hero Dawner adds a certain someone to his unwelcome rescue party"--Back cover.

That time I got reincarnated as a slime

As Rimuru continues to care for Shizu's students, he works to find a way to harness their unstable magical energy. He enlists the help of powerful elemental spirits, however their fairy queen could be a problem.

From a whisper to a rallying cry

the killing of Vincent Chin and the trial that galvanized the Asian American movement
2021
"A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin--a Chinese American man--beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years' probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage in the Asian American community. This outrage galvanized the Asian American movement and paved the way for a new federal civil rights trial of the case. Extensively researched from court transcripts and interviews with key case witnesses--many speaking for the first time--Yoo has crafted a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism"--Provided by the publisher.

The future of another timeline

2019
"1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too. 2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn't as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost. Tess and Beth's lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person's actions to echo throughout the timeline?"--Publisher description.
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Death and the maiden

2020
"England. 1191. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie. Learning the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers, Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. Her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband. When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie's path crosses with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer. Allie learns a village girl has disappeared--and over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished. A monstrous predator is on the loose--will Allie's stubborn pursuit of the truth help her find the killer... or make her the next victim?"--Provided by publisher.

When you see me

a novel
2020
"FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems to be deeply wrong. What at first looks like a Gothic eeriness soon hardens into something much more sinister--and they discover that for all the evil Jacob committed while alive, his worst secret is still to be revealed. Quincy and D.D. must summon their considerable skills and experience to crack the most disturbing case of their careers--and Flora must face her own past directly in the hope of saving others"--Provided by publisher.

A beautiful child

a true story of hope, horror, and an enduring human spirit
2004
Tells the story of a young woman known as Sharon and as Tonya, her real identity unknown, who was abducted as a young child by paroled convict Franklin Floyd and endured years of molestation first as his "daughter" and then as his "wife" before he killed her, and whose son suffered at his hands as well.

Assassin

a novel
2004
Intelligence operative Lord Alexander Hawke matches wits with a brilliant but deadly psychopath in a desperate race to prevent an American Armageddon.

We are the ashes, we are the fire

When Em Morales's older sister was raped, her world was turned upside down. Her family thought her sister was going to get real justice when the jury found the rapist guilty, but the judges sentences the rapist to no prison time, shattering any sense of hope. Em is sick with rage and guilt, but she finds a way to heal through writing poems about a fifteenth-century French noblewoman, Marguerite de Bressieux, who was legendary as an avenging knight for rape victims.

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