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SEPTEMBER 24 IS WORLD DAY OF THE DEAF; RECOMMENDED DUE TO TEACHES SIGN LANGUAGE
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SEPTEMBER 5 IS NATIONAL CELLULITE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO BODY POSITIVITY NONFICTION
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"Learn to love yourself and body with this interactive guide from the body acceptance advocate, influencer, and founder of Megababe beauty. Can you imagine how much free time you'd have if you didn't spend so much of it body shaming yourself? Katie Sturino knows all too well what it's like to shit talk yourself. She spent thirty years of her life feeling ashamed of her body and its self-determined wrongness. Now she doesn't care what anyone thinks...
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SEPTEMBER 15 IS INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO DEMOCRACY NONFICTION
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"From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom. From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown...
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SEPTEMBER 7 IS SUPERHUMAN DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
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A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." • Edited by MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow Alice Wong
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SEPTEMBER 30 IS RUMI DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO WRITTEN BY RUMI
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A collection of poetry by the thirteenth-century Sufi saint covers topics ranging from emptiness and silence to elegance and majesty.
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SEPTEMBER 22 IS HOBBIT DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO HOBBIT-RELATED FICTION
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Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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SEPTEMBER 21 IS STEPHEN KING'S BIRTHDAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO WRITTEN BY STEPHEN KING
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"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents--telekinesis and telepathy--who got to this place the same...
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SEPTEMBER 26 IS NATIONAL DUMPLING DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO: DUMPLING-RELATED NONFICTION
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"Includes dumpling history and lore, this comic book cookbook invites readers to explore the big little world of Asian dumplings and proves that intricate folding styles and flavorful fillings are achievable in the home kitchen."--Provided by publisher.
9. Matilda
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SEPTEMBER 13 IS ROALD DAHL DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO AUTHORED BY ROALD DAHL
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Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
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SEPTEMBER 11 IS PATRIOT DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO 9/11 HISTORY NONFICTION
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"This is history at its most immediate and moving...A marvelous and memorable book." —Jon Meacham
"Remarkable...A priceless civic gift...On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." —The Wall Street Journal
"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been...
"This is history at its most immediate and moving...A marvelous and memorable book." —Jon Meacham
"Remarkable...A priceless civic gift...On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." —The Wall Street Journal
"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been...
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SEPTEMBER 19 IS TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO PIRATE-RELATED NONFICTION
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"'Pirate Hunters' is a gripping account of two courageous divers' quest to uncover the shipwrecked vessel of Joseph Bannister, one of history's most infamous pirates"--
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SEPTEMBER 9 IS INTERNATIONAL SUDOKU DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO PUZZLE-RELATED NONFICTION
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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world"--
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO VOTING NONFICTION
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SEPTEMBER 13 IS POSITIVE THINKING DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO POSITIVE THINKING NONFICTION
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SEPTEMBER 25 IS NATIONAL COMIC BOOK DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO GRAPHIC NOVEL
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George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's—and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps,
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SEPTEMBER 12 IS NATIONAL VIDEO GAMES DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO VIDEO-GAME-RELATED FICTION
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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
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SEPTEMBER 4 IS NATIONAL WILDLIFE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO WILDLIFE NONFICTION
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"In Wildlife Anatomy, the latest entry in Julia Rothman's series of Anatomy books, Rothman captures the excitement and distinctive attributes of wild animals around the world. The book is packed with hundreds of her charming, original illustrations, detailing the unique features of animals of the rainforest, desert, grasslands, oceans, and much more. From lions, bears, and zebras to monkeys, mongoose, bats, elephants, giraffes, hippos, and much more,...