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Julia has many friends in the forest by her house. She climbs trees with Scotty the squirrel, plays hide-and-seek with Abigail the groundhog, and has farting contests with Frieda the skunk. Julia dreams of meeting a bear, a bear she could play with and hug. But no bear has ever s...
"The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was qu...
Epicenter: While transporting a computer hacker, an FBI agent gets caught in the middle of a devastating earthquake. / The chain reaction: A dangerous leak in a nuclear waste storage facility threatens to contaminate a community's water source as an engineer races to warn them. /...
When 6 men crash-land on an island, they find a tribe of women prepared to defend their home to the death.
The story of Robert Jordan (Cooper), an American demolition expert who lends his abilities to the anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spainches Assisting him is a band of warriors that includes the strong-willed Pilar (Katina Paxinou), the dangerously undependable Pablo (Akim Tamiro...
"The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was qu...
Dudley the Dragon is getting ready for a tea party. First, he takes a nice long bath - with lots of water. But when it comes time to make the tea, there's no water left! Will Dudley be able to have his party?
Sail to the library under the stars in this twinkling sequel to How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read. One gentle summer evening, Julia is camping out in the forest with her animal friends. Everyone gathers for the night's most eagerly awaited event: story time by the campfire. B...
Dale Carnegie was raised on a poverty-stricken farm in back woods Missouri, twelve miles from the nearest railroad. Yet this farm boy became one of the best-known men of our time -- a success in business, teacher of millions, famous author. How did he do it? Though beset by feeli...
Julia vit à l'orée des bois, où elle retrouve quotidiennement ses amis Léon l'écureuil, Charlotte la marmotte et Georgette la moufette. Elle aimerait par contre y rencontrer un ours pour lui donner un énorme câlin et pour ce faire, elle s'inspire d'un livre mettant en scè...
Presents ten short stories about contemporary Native American teens by members of tribes of the United States and Canada, including Louise Erdrich and Joseph Bruchac.
Dedicated to all of us who have ever been on one of those dates, the dating guy follows four friends, mark woody, sam and vj on a journey into the minefield of the twenty something dating scene. That time in your life when school is over, work is whatever, and plying to the Phili...
"Joseph Barboza is the most dangerous individual known."--FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, 1965 Joe Barboza knew that there were two requirements for getting inducted into the Mafia. You had to be Sicilian. And you had to commit a contract killing. The New Bedford-born mobster was a...
In the concluding novel of his epic Civil War tetralogy, Jeff Shaara tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives: the commanders in their tents making plans for total victory, as well as the ordinary foot soldiers and cavalrymen who car...
Dudley the Dragon just woke up from a long nap. Now he can't find his home. He knows it's near the dragonberry bush. But where is the dragonberry bush? Will Dudley ever find his way home?
"November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant’s successes by bringing the general east, promoting Grant to command the entire Union war effort, while...