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The presidential election of 1920 was one of the most dramatic ever. For the only time in the nation's history, six once-and-future presidents hoped to end up in the White House: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Theodore Roosevelt. It was an election that saw unprecedented levels of publicity, the Republicans outspent the Democrats by 4 to 1, and it was the first to garner extensive...
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The early 1980s: A fiery preacher has outgrown his mentors and is raising an army of radicalized young men across Punjab. In Moranwale village, young Fareed is emerging from adolescence, uncertain about his future in an increasingly divided and violent society, where neither love nor hope can survive. In Delhi, Sikand, a journalist approaching middle age, struggles to keep a grip on his life even as news from the land of his childhood becomes alarming.
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Steven Price's second collection is part of a long-lived struggle to address the mysteries that both surround and inhabit us. The book draws together moments both contemporary and historical, ranging from Herodotus to Augustine of Hippo, from a North American childhood to Greek mythology; indeed, the collection is threaded with interjections from a Greek-style chorus of clever-minded, mischievous beings-half-ghost, half-muse-whose commentaries tormentingly...
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The year is 1936, and the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is establishing himself in Portugal, edging his country toward civil war. At the same time, Dr. Ricardo Reis has returned home to Lisbon after a long sojourn in Brazil. What's brought him back is word that the great poet, Fernando Pessoa, has died. With no intention of resuming his practice, Reis now dabbles in his own poetry, wastes his days strolling the boulevards and back streets,...
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The greedy and power-hungry king Abrahah intends to divert the world's pilgrims from the Ka'ba, the House of Allah in Makkah, to the cathedral his slaves have built for him. But when the cathedral's spires finally slice through the brilliant Yemeni skies and its magnificent doors are opened, the throngs Abrahah has been boasting about do not arrive. In a rage, he vows to destroy the Ka'ba, but Allah, the Causer of all causes, has other plans. True...
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In 1888 Jack the Ripper made the headlines with a series of horrific murders that remain unsolved to this day. But most killers are not shadowy figures stalking the streets with a lust for blood. Many are ordinary citizens driven to the ultimate crime by circumstance, a fit of anger or a desire for revenge. Their crimes, overshadowed by the few, sensational cases, are ignored, forgotten or written off. This book examines all the known murders in London...
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 1
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A puppy learns his true nature to the delight of his parents and friends.
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 8
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2013 is the Year of the Snake! Suzie is a young snake who wants to explore the colorful world. But others have the wrong impression about serpents! However, Suzie befriends the girl Lily. Together they discover how valuable a snake's qualities can be. Suzie proves to be a big help around the house of Lily's grandparents. But when a tiger enters the town, trouble is not far behind! How can Suzie prevent everything from going up in smoke? The eighth...
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How to navigate challenging environments during and post-pandemic? What to do when everything appears to be falling apart?
Marjorie Serrano answers these questions and more on a personal journey to restore a sense of normalcy. In this inspiring compilation of poems, she found valuable answers worth sharing. The Year of the Hurricane: Poems to Heal your Soul was inspired by two challenging years. Life throws us curveballs, and sometimes we can feel...
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 6
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2011 is the Year of the Rabbit! A girl Bugs Bunny meets the Chinese New Year.
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 11
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2016 is the Year of the Monkey, the eleventh adventure in the popular annual series Tales from the Chinese Zodiac. Max is the son of the legendary Monkey King. Succeeding at school is not easy, but luckily playing in the gym is! Can Max forge his own claim to fame? Empowering themes of self-discovery and cultural exchange, plus charismatic characters, have proven appeal with children, parents, and elementary educators.
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Leah, a little girl adopted from China, dreams of adopting a puppy of her very own. Ginger, a shelter dog living in the heart of Chinatown, dreams of having a forever family of her very own. Anticipating the Chinese New Year parade and celebrations for the Year of the Dog, both Leah and Ginger hope that their wishes become reality. Meeting by chance at the festivities, they discover the true meaning of what it means to be a forever family, and that...
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 2
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2019 is the Year of the Pig! Patty is a peppy piglet whose journey celebrates the new year. This revised edition features a bilingual Chinese translation.
Process, as Patty gets advice from her uncles, aunts, and cousins. But being a sensible pig takes practice, as Patty realizes when Farmer Wu loses his jade ring! Can Patty demonstrate her best qualities when others think they aren't?
Befriending people and the other zodiac animals, can Patty show...
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 9
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2014 is The Year of the Horse! Hannah is a foal who befriends the boy Tom. Together can they bring his art teacher's important painting to the capital faraway? Ninth in the popular annual series, this tale features the Chinese lunar calendar's twelve animals and shows how an unbridled spirit can blaze its own trail.
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Humankind is in danger. The Year of the Fruitcake tells of the Earth-based life of a mostly-mind wiped alien anthropologist inhabiting a human perimenopausal body instead of her own more rational body with its capacity to change gender. This alien has definitely shaken a great intergalactic empire by sitting in cafés with her new best friends. Chocolate may or may not have played a part. Will humanity survive? Polack describes her novel as Bleak....
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