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Get your daily dose of girl power with this inspiring treasury bursting with ten stories about ten amazing girls that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat!
In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of 24 holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances. Johnson shares her experience as an educator of at-risk college students...
Upon returning from their honeymoon in Tanzania, Eve Masters and her new husband David are quickly embroiled in chaos. When a hit-and-run accident almost kills them both, David develops amnesia and has no recollection of who Eve is. And then she pays a visit to his first wife - t...
Meet the Boxtrolls, who live under the town of Cheesebridge.
"This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into English from a different language: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Ladino, Polish, P...
When the Boxtrolls are targeted by Archibald Snatcher, who is bent on eradicating them, the kindhearted band of trolls must turn to their adopted charge Eggs and rich girl Winnie to bridge two worlds.
"Based on the true story of General Patton's clandestine unauthorized raid on a World War II POW camp. March, 1945. Allied forces are battle-worn but wearily optimistic. Russia's Red Army is advancing hard on Germany from the east, bolstering Allied troops moving in from the west...
"Shipman dazzles in this historical tour-de-force based on the real-life story of WWII Polish resistance fighter Irena Sendler . . . spellbinding." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Based on the gripping true story of an unlikely Polish resistance fighter who helped save...
Coraline: An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home but it has sinister secrets. ParaNorman: The magically thrilling story of Norman, a boy who must use his ability and speak with the dead to save his town from a centuri...
"This is a must-have resource for anyone seeking to learn [about] and improve their health and well-being through food and lifestyle. [It is] full of practical, well-researched hows and whys, scrumptious recipes, and an easy-to-follow reset program." --Irena Macri, blogger and au...
"If you get a new babysitter, and it's almost Halloween, be wary ... for she might just be a bruja!"-- Provided by publisher.
Close to bankruptcy, Irena, the owner of a struggling pig farm in a tiny post Communist town finds a surprising benefactor in a handsome American man who appears to be the answer to all her prayers.
The Book of Dirt is a love story, a riveting survivors' tale, and a grandson's quest to learn about his grandparents' extraordinary lives. The author's family built myths around them - Jakub was a teacher in the camps, keeping the children busy until it was their turn to be kille...
One night in Chobe National Park, Ole Anderson, an expert on hyena behavior who's leading a group of trustees from the foundation that funds his research, spots a human skull after witnessing a group of hyenas chasing off a lone lion. Ole brings the grim discovery to park ranger ...