- : The call of The Wild (No:6654)
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- : The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck.
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- : Johnny Deadline, Reporter: The Best Of Bob Greene (No:6653)
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- : Bob Greene, and Richard Nixon, a crippled black teenager, Pancho Gonzales, Joe DiMaggio today, Alice Cooper, Billy Graham, the Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, a dishwasher on New Year's Eve and the other people, places, moments, and emotions that the best newspaper columnist working today has brought to life in columns that come out every morning and have the power to move and enlighten us, make us see and make us feel, again and again and again, each time we read and reread them.
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- : Deep Black (No:6652)
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- : A spy plane gathering data on a new Russian weapon is blown out of the sky by a mysterious MiG. Is it an accident or the start of the next world war? One U.S. agency has what it takes to find out-the National Security Agency and its covert operations team: DEEP BLACK.
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- : Eragon (No:6651)
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- : Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer, Christopher Paolini. Paolini, born in 1983, wrote the novel while still in his teens. After writing the first draft for a year, Paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters.
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- : Nickel mountain (No:6650)
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- : Love is found in the most surprising places. The recklessness of young love and the enduring fire of mature love seen in the unlikely triangle of Callie and Willard and Henry
- : 18+ Yrs
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- : Identity & Violence (No:6649)
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- : The World May Be More Riven By Murderous Violence Than Ever Before, Yet Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen Argues In This Sweeping Philosophical Work That Its Brutalities Are Driven As Much By Confusion As By Inescapable Hatred
- : 17 -17+ Yrs
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- : Sophie's World (No:6648)
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- : One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning�but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
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- : Wings to Fly (No:6639)
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- : Little Malathi wants to run after hens and chicks, and catch the ripe yellow mangoes as they fall -- but how can she, on a wheelchair? She grows up to show that she can do much, much more! Moments and experiences from the remarkable life of disabled athlete Malathi Holla, told simply and sensitively, bring out her determination and untiring spirit. The energetic illustrations are full of warmth and cheer.
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- : Little Bear (No:6647)
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- : From the illustrator of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Little Bear loves to go on adventures and Mother Bear is always there when he needs her. In this book he goes to the moon, plays in the snow and there's even a surprise birthday party. Just what will he get up to next? Full of warm and lovingly playful stories that are perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences on their own.
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- : Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid (No:6645)
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- : In Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, Rowley writes about his experiences and agrees to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way. (After all, one day Greg will be rich and famous, and everyone will want to know his life's story.) But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his 'biography' of Greg is a hilarious mess. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal offers listeners a new way to look at the Wimpy world - one fans won't want to miss!
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