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¿Has vivido la magia de sentarte junto a tu abuela y escuchar sus historias llenas de sabiduría, de amor, de picardía, que dejan tu corazón vibrando y con deseos siempre de escuchar más y más? William Pasnak, con su pluma, le da vida a estas historias, viejos cuentos contados por la abuela Mariam a su nieto Yamín, acerca de un rey -quien fácilmente podría ser tú- que encuentra en su camino diferentes personajes de corazones sencillos y lo...
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When Cassidy found out that she was going to die, she wasexcited! Thats right, excited. I know, I knowit is not what I would have expected either, but Cassidy was an extraordinary, courageous little princess. And thus begins the unforgettable journey of Cassidy, the Valiant. Join her on this adventure as she reunites with her mommy, discovers the magic of heaven, and beholds the great and mighty King. Children and parents alike may be greatly moved...
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The book, An Insight into the Horrors of Partition, Colonialism and Women's Issues, aims to explore, highlight and condemn various forms of oppression like the oppression of the downtrodden women in the patriarchal society, colonialism and mass trauma and exodus during the Partition of India. For the convenience of the readers, the book has been, organized in three Chapters. Chapter I, "The Problem That Has No Name", attempts to explore the issue...
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La milenaria tradición oral que da vida y continuidad a la cultura maya es rescatada en estas fábulas. Con las recreaciones literarias presentadas en este libro, Víctor Montejo ofrece un testimonio de los valores de respeto, unidad y entendimiento que el pueblo jakalteco del occidente de Guatemala propone para lograr una coexistencia armónica entre los seres humanos y su ambiente natural y sobrenatural.
El pájaro que limpia el mundo y otras fábulas...
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Ever been to the river near your house? Did you see all the native critters? Well, did you get to talk to them? Want to? Join TyLu and his river critter friends as they go on their adventure through Critter River. Join the journey as TyLu learns to walk on eggs, cross the river, climb trees, meet the community of river critter animals, and learn to help our Critter River friends.
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he's "a biographer's dream." Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life?
This book will dive between the lines of the Harry Potter books to create a portrait of the controversial...
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Hairy Krishne tells the story of how Jennifer, an only child, got her very own dog. If your house is PET FRIENDLY, getting a pooch isn't a problem; however, if pets are on the NOT WANTED list it can be a BONE OF CONTENTION! As a NO PETS parent you'll need some very good reasons why having a pet is NOT such a wonderful idea. What do you say when your child asks for a pet and you don't want one? If these words, When you get your own house, you can have...
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Bannack is a story of adventure and self-discovery set in the time of the Civil War and vigilante violence. Sixteen-year-old Billy Mayfair, kicked out of his home in Illinois by his father, sets out to find a fortune in gold in a remote mining camp in what would become the Montana Territory. While in St. Louis, he loses his money and virginity, gets in a fight and lands in jail. But, he manages to save enough working in a Union hospital caring for...
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"Style is not just the clothes on our backs--it is self-expression, representation, and transformation. As a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he looked to for inspiration. Now the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue, he is working to change that--because clothes are never just clothes. Men's heels are a statement of pride in the face of LGTBQ+ discrimination, while ribbon...
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After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in phase two of WICKED's experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.
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A first book by the education activist behind the Sex Plus YouTube series shares nonjudgmental advice for teens with questions about sex and sexuality, covering topics ranging from sexual empowerment and consent to LGBT challenges and STI and pregnancy prevention. --wordery.com.
Green shares nonjudgmental advice for teens about sex and sexuality. She covers topics ranging from sexual empowerment and content, to LGBT challenges and pregnancy prevention....
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Emily Bronte was an English novelist & poet, who is best known for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights: She has written poems also such as - 'Poems by Currer,
Ellis and Action Bell', 'A Death Scene', 'To a Wreath of Snow, and lots Many.
'Wuthering Heights' is a highly imaginative work of passion and hate. Author was interested in mysticism and used to enjoy her solitude outdoors. This novel
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Help Your Teen Catch the Lifelong Reading Bug.Honey for a Teen's Heart spells out how good books can help you and your teenager communicate heart-to-heart about ideas, values, and the various issues of a Christian worldview. Sharing the adventure of a book lets both of you know the same people, see the same sights, face the same choices, and feel the same emotions. Life spills out of books -- giving you plenty to talk about! But Honey for a Teen's...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of charming and witty children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of entertaining children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it wasn't an easy road to success. Aly faced obstacle after obstacle, including naysayers who claimed that she didn't have the talent to compete at an elite level and classmates who shamed Aly for her athletic body. Through...
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"When these 15 women coders and engineers face impossible problems, they don't quit--they find solutions. They are all doing amazing work in technical fields while overcoming unique challenges not equally faced by male colleagues. Engineering and coding have typically been considered men's fields of study, but these innovative women are showing that problem solving with science and math is everyone's field, and it's time for the world to see powerful...
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A collection of essays by a career C . S . Lewis scholar on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis's death.C. S. Lewis scholar Don W. King has kept a critical eye on the work by and about Lewis for four decades. Now, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis's death, King has put together a collection of his essays and critical reviews organized around four areas.
The first deals mainly with what will perhaps be Lewis's longest...
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Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard.
Two frowning boys sat in their tennis flannels beneath the glare of lamp and gas. Their leather belts were, loosened, their soft pink shirts unbuttoned at the collar. They were listening with gloomy voracity to the instruction of a third. They sat at a table bared of its customary sporting ornaments, and from time to time, they questioned, sucked their...
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Este libro explora las relaciones entre ética y estética en la ficción para niñxs haciendo foco en temas considerados como "difíciles" o "controversiales" según las consideraciones actuales sobre lo que sería apropiado para ellxs. Macarena García González examina críticamente la premisa de que la literatura infantil sirve para aprender de emociones cuestionando las epistemologías adultistas y las aprehensiones conservadoras que subyacen...
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