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In "I love you, Stinky Face", A mother and child discuss how the mother's love would remain constant even if her child were a stinky skunk, scary ape, or bug-eating green alien.
In "The rain came down", An unexpected rain shower causes quarreling among the members of a small community.
In "Dear Bunny, a bunny love story", a family of matchmaking mice help two love-struck bunnies overcome their shyness and realize their true feelings for each other.
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"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...
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A collection of 101 true stories from real people about realizing the blessings in their lives after they have lived through adversity, whether financial, job-related, health-related, natural disasters, or the death of loved ones. The stories are about their fortitude, their gratitude for the lives they still have, and the silver linings they have found amidst their troubles and challenges.
6144) World of Curiosities, A
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. Its spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman...
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This landmark production, one of the most successful in radio history, is an enhanced, expanded version of the legendary film, Star Wars. Set in a universe of pure sound, it's thirteen episodes of a Star Wars that is familiar yet completely new, and a fable for the mind's eye.
6146) Power, Inc: the epic rivalry between big business and government-- and the reckoning that lies ahead
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Provides a fresh, timely look at how we have reached a point where thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. It follows the rise and fall of kings and empires, the making of great fortunes, and the chaos of bloody revolutions -- right up to today's financial crises, growing inequality, broken international system, and battles over the proper role of government and markets. The author argues that these developments,...
6148) Don Quijote de la Mancha
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Special dramatized version of Cervantes classic, retells the story of the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.
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"NPR lets the dogs out with this delightful pack of canine tales, stories of the sometimes imperfect, always endearing creatures with which we share our lives. These tales of noble animals and their devoted human friends are comical, touching and ultimately unforgettable."--Container.
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Learn words that will make you sound smart, eloquent, and persuasive. But knowing which words to use is only half the battle: Once you've found the perfect words, you need to know how to put them together. This all-in-one Word Smart & Grammar Smart program was created to help you cover all the bases. Learn to speak and write with clarity and confidence -- without being bored to tears.
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"Tacky and friends are ready to explore the world! These fun stories come to life in engaging and interactive digital book apps that will excite young readers, teach literacy fundamentals and boost reading confidence. Encourage literacy skills with highlighted narration; Follow along with three fun ways to read; Learn new vocabulary with tappable text; Tap objects to hear their name read aloud."--
6154) Into the wild!
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"Children will learn how to be little scientists as they discover the environment, animals from all over the world, prehistoric life, and more! Dig for different kinds of pre-historic life ; Discover animals from Africa to North America ; Learn about cleaning up the environment ; Develop fine motor and problem-solving skills"--
6155) The baby
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When Olivia opens the bathroom door, the last thing she expects to see is her best friend, Nicola, giving birth on the oor. And to say that Nicola is shocked is an understatement. She's not ready to be a mother, and she needs Olivia's help. But Olivia has her own problems--specically her bullying boyfriend, Jonty, and having to keep an eye on her younger sister, Alice. And then there's their friend Ben, who's struggling with secrets of his own.
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Time called her "the Mata Hari of Minnesota"; OSS chief general "Wild Bill" Donovan called her "the greatest unsung heroine of the war." But for decades, the extent of Betty Pack's achievements as an agent during World War II, first for Britain's MI6 and then for America's OSS, remained classified. Now, in The Last Goodnight, the truth about this femme fatale-- her dangerous liaisons and death-defying missions, the heartaches that haunted her life,...
6158) Armstrong and Charlie
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During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, two sixth grade boys, one black, one white, become best friends as they learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s.
6159) Armageddon
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One of the Air Force's top guns, Captain Breanna Stockard is training Brunei pilots to fly the EB-52 Megafortress. But when a violent attempted kidnapping threatens a major arms deal about to take place, Breanna and her husband, Major Jeff 'Zen' Stockard, must uncover a plot that, in this volatile region of the world, could mean Armageddon.
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Follow the tale of Aliyah and Osman, twin treasure hunters pressed into a life of crime. For them, every day is another desperate death-defying adventure until they stumble upon the key that may lead to the greatest treasure ever. But to take home this magical orb, they must first battle their way out of the Tomb of Shadows.