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1. Babel: or, the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Author:

Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)

Average Rating:

4.2 stars

Formats:

Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
0 of 1	Duraleigh Road - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 1	East Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 3	Eva H. Perry Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 1	Morrisville Community - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 3	North Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 1	Northeast Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 4	Oberlin Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG
0 of 2	WCPL - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	KUANG

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

[2022]

First edition

Harper Voyager

xii, 544 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Cary Regional - Large Print has 2

LP KUANG

North Regional - Large Print

LP KUANG

Wake Forest Community - Large Print

LP KUANG

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
2 of 5	Cary Regional - Large Print	LP KUANG
0 of 1	Eva H. Perry Regional - Large Print	LP KUANG
0 of 1	Morrisville Community - Large Print	LP KUANG
1 of 2	North Regional - Large Print	LP KUANG
0 of 3	Oberlin Regional - Large Print	LP KUANG
1 of 1	Wake Forest Community - Large Print	LP KUANG
0 of 1	Wendell Community - Large Print	LP KUANG

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

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2022

Large print edition

Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company

953 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Cary Regional - Large Print has 2

LP KUANG

North Regional - Large Print

LP KUANG

Wake Forest Community - Large Print

LP KUANG

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12 copies, 52 people are on the wait list.

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
0 of 1	Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date

Source

Publisher

Availability

2022

OverDrive

HarperCollins

12 copies, 52 people are on the wait list.

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72 copies, 29 people are on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 72

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
72 of 1	Online OverDrive Collection

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Publisher

Availability

2022

OverDrive

HarperCollins

72 copies, 29 people are on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection has 72

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Description:

"From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious...

2. Pride and prejudice and Pittsburgh

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Author:

Lippincott, Rachael

Cary Regional - Young Adult

YA LIPPINCO

Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult

YA LIPPINCO

Leesville Community - Young Adult

YA LIPPINCO

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
1 of 1	Cary Regional - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Leesville Community - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Middlecreek Community - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Morrisville Community - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Northeast Regional - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Oberlin Regional - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO
1 of 1	Southgate Community - Young Adult	YA LIPPINCO

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

[2023]

First edition

Simon & Schuster BFYR

336 pages ; 22 cm

Cary Regional - Young Adult

YA LIPPINCO

Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult

YA LIPPINCO

Leesville Community - Young Adult

YA LIPPINCO

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Description:

When disheartened Pittsburgh teen Audrey transports back to 1812 England, she expects to find love as a Regency romance heroine, but surprisingly, sparks fly when she meets Lucy Sinclair.