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181) Sir Philip's Folly
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The poor relation volume 4
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Just when everything at the Poor Relation Hotel seems to be running smoothly, Sir Philip brings in another poor relation, Mrs. Budge. When Sir Philip presents his paramour, Lady Fortescue swears great oaths and says the woman is probably related to half the costermongers in London and certainly does not possess one rich relative. Mrs. Budge does nothing but eat all day and refuses to do any work around the hotel. Worst of all, Miss Tonks seems to...
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"Since childhood, [Eva Holland] has been gripped by two debilitating phobias: fear of losing her mother, and fear of heights. The worst has already happened: Eva's mother died suddently and unexpectedly in 2014. But now -- after an arduous, embarrassing, and tearful finale to her ice-climbing expedtion -- Eva decides, enough. Fear may define her past, but she won't let it dictate her future. Thus begins Holland's quest to renegotiate her inhibiting...
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How do you acknowledge something that you don't give a face to? You can't recognize it if you're, constantly acting as if, whatever hurt you've been, subjected to doesn't exist. Generational curses are being, passed down because people are, taught not to speak on the "uncomfortable hurt." Many people come from families/communities that sweep, everything under the rug, like the issue never happened. How do you move on with life if your mind is in bondage...
184) Swamp Rats
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My name is Princess, and I live on the river. In the swamps. When I was nine, Mama left. She hated that Papa traveled on the river all the time to make money. She was lonely. After she left, I was alone.
Cree lived two doors down from me. He had three baby brothers, and he was strong. I watched him from my windows sometimes because Mama didn't let me play with him. She was born in the city, so she thought all the people out here were river rats....
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In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William "Wild Bill" Donovan, now known historically as the "Father of Central Intelligence," with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS Detachment 101, the first clandestine special force formed...
186) Magic Awakens
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In nineteenth century Norland, magic is forbidden, punishable by death. But it's coming for Clara… Clara was born to the nobility at a time when rank and power are often more valuable than the bonds of family. Her parents have plans for her, none that she wants, all involving her arranged marriage to a suitor selected for her, without her input. From her birth, her entire life has been planned out for her, from lessons with her governess in academics-only...
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Excerpt: "The Bornean jungles are full of life, and of the sounds of life, which are more marked in the early mornings and in the evenings. Birds are plentiful (there are some 800 species), some of beautiful plumage, but few are songsters. Insect life is very largely, represented, and includes many varieties of the curious stick and leaf insects, hardly to be distinguished from the twigs and leaves they mimic. Also the noisy and never tiring cicadas,...
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Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages celebrates the many types of mystics, visionaries, wisdom keepers, and non-dualists whose spiritual insight and perceptive teachings have illuminated the Christian tradition for the past two thousand years. Looking at 108 mystics from Biblical times to the present day, this user-friendly guide shows how the spiritual masters of the western tradition provide a variety of paths into the transforming heart...
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In March 1944, some 2,200 battle trained men of 111 Brigade flew from India into northern Burma to land on improvised airstrips cleared from the jungle, They were part of General Orde Wingates Chindit force sent to fight the Japanese deep behind their lines. Five months later, 111 Brigade was down to 118 fit men eight British officers, a score of British soldiers and 90 Gurkhas. One of those eight officers was Frank Baines, and in Chindit Affair he...
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In January 2008, Graham Naismith, 37 year old IT consultant and former police detective, and his wife Eirene, aged 38 and a former teacher, spontaneously and with no prior experience whatsoever, decided to embark on a 30,000-mile drive to Australia with their three daughters, aged 1, 4 and 6. Having previously sold their house in anticipation of a drop in the housing market and with Graham's job at the infamous ID Cards Scheme looking precarious,...
192) Winning II
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George Moffat's involvement with soaring extends from the late 1950's to the present, most of that time deeply involved in competition. Looking back, I can see that it was a time of amazing development in ships, instrumentation and flying techniques. In the early years, the so-called Golden Age of the Sixties, the big breakthrough's were in design. In order to stay competitive I owned or flew eight different sailplanes between 1961 and 1970. The first...
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"It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders-- the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India....
194) Aurora Rising
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Being a Dallas debutante wasn't everything it was cut out to be. Yes, Aurora Gladstone was beautiful. Yes, she had a trust fund the size of Texas. Yes, she ran a hip art gallery that made her eclectically cool. Yes she had a fabulous southern family albeit with five overprotective brothers and one intimating father that she was always disappointing. Yet despite all Aurora had going for her, she was very unlucky in love. Turns out her trust fund attracted...
195) Full Circle
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Full Circle is based on actual events as I remember them while serving side-by-side with the 26th Marine Regiment as a Navy Corpsman (Medic). These events are forever etched in my memory. I wrote Full Circle for my parents and family members who asked me what I did in the Navy, during the Vietnam Conflict. At that time, I avoided answering them. Rarely, would I say anything to anyone about what I had done or seen. I tried to put memories of Vietnam...
196) Crime and punishment
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 40
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Raskolnikov commits murder. He then must deal both with the police, and his own guilty conscience. Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammeled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled...
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"Finalist for the 2014 Award for Excellence in Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of Religion" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014" Peter van der Veer is director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany, and a Distinguished Professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His books include Imperial Encounters: Religion and Modernity in India and...
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EarthAware Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Take a hike through the world's rainforests and spot more than 200 wild, colorful, peculiar, and marvelous jungle animals-without ever leaving your own bedroom! Grab your binoculars, put on your leech-proof boots, and get ready for some animal spotting! Get up close to jaguars and sloths, swim with manatees and piranhas, and watch a bird of paradise show. The imaginative narrative will make you feel like you are actually there. The stunning artwork...
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Gale
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[2012]
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English
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A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
200) Hoodwinked
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Weinstein Company
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[2006]
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English
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Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Woodsman all face Detective Flippers as he attempts to determine the real events of the Little Red Riding Hood story.
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