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"Charlie Reade parece un chico normal de secundaria, excelente en béisbol y fútbol americano, un estudiante decente. Pero lleva una carga pesada. Su madre murió en un accidente de atropello y fuga cuando él tenía siete años, y el dolor llevó a su padre. a beber. Charlie aprendió a cuidar de sí mismo y de su padre. Cuando Charlie tiene diecisiete años, conoce a una perra llamada Radar y a su anciano amo, Howard Bowditch, un recluso...
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"Presidents of War is a narrative of how a procession of Chief Executives took the nation into major conflicts, mobilized Americans for victory, and seized greater power for themselves. Michael Beschloss's findings in original letters, diaries, and declassified documents, and his interviews with surviving participants in the drama, allow him to bring us into the room and into the minds of these men as they make the most difficult decisions that face...
505) Lucky for good
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The residents of Hard Pan, California, come together to help Brigitte and Lucky when the County Health Department threatens to close down the café, and meantime Miles's life is complicated by his mother's return.
506) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history but never learned
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Using wit, humor and candor the author takes listeners on a rollicking ride through 600 years of American history.
507) Outcast
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In the first book of the Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series, listeners experience the Galactic Alliance in crisis after a violent civil war and the fall of Darth Caedus. As prominent leaders gather for a crucial summit at Coruscant, the future of the Jedi remains uncertain. When Chief of State Natasi Daala and the media stir up mass anti-Jedi sentiments, Luke and his son Ben go rogue and investigate Jacen Solo's corruption and downfall, uncovering...
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From the former Secretary of Defense and author of the best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and fiscal...
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"Nadie nos enseña a amar y es por ello que, a menudo, por eso a menudo nos vemos inmersos en relaciones amorosas cuyos únicos modelos son las películas románticas y la cultura pop. Jay Shetty se aleja de este concepto de amor etéreo, una mera colección de clichés, y establece los pasos específicos para desarrollar las habilidades que nos ayudaran a vivir y cuidar nuestro amor de la mejor forma posible. Inspirándose en la antigua...
512) Clash of the gnomes!
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"THE TERRIBLES HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED to a game of CREEPOBALL, a sport that is played by all monsters on Creep's Cove Island (just don't ask them how to play it--nobody knows ALL the rules!). Their rivals? A horde of relentless, fierce, low-down GNOMES. Can THE TERRIBLES defeat these Gnomes without anyone DISAPPEARING into an ALTERNATE DIMENSION? Why are you asking me? JUST READ THE BOOK, HUMAN!"--
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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.
517) Heroes unite!
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"Edgin and Holga gather their friends to win back their treasure!"--
519) La sed
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"En el nuevo mundo por enésima vez recién descubierto de las mujeres, "La sed" se interna para poner una distancia: de menor a mayor, especie contra género en la taxonomía de los reinos. Una vampira llega a las costas de la Buenos Aires decimonónica para ver por segunda vez en su vida cómo las aldeas se vuelven una ciudad cosmopolita. Es el ocaso de las bacanales de sangre, de la Europa en que se puede matar y comer a destajo. Hay que...
520) El cuco de cristal
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"Nueva York, 2017. Cora Merlo, médico residente de primer año, sufre un infarto fulminante que la obliga a un trasplante de corazón. Aún convaleciente la joven recibe la visita de una extraña mujer con una enigmática oferta: pasar unos días en Steelville, un pequeño pueblo de interior, para conocer la vida de su hijo Charles, el donante de su corazón. Cora se adentra así en un hogar lleno de secretos, en un misterio que se extiende...