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Ṭhakkara, Sādhana
"Will you tell me a story?" Children around the world utter these words as bedtime approaches. It doesn't matter which country they live in, or whether the stories they know and usually listen to are full of fairies and goblins or zebras and giraffes. That's because a child's ima...
Perodia is threatened by Thorn, a powerful vulture, who is using magic to spread a terrible darkness--but when a young owl named Tag, and his best friend, the squirrel Skyla, rescue a golden egg from Thorn's Tiger bats they may have found the key to Perodia's salvation: the last ...
Weevil's evil goons have captured Tiger Moth! The fate of this fourth-grade ninja rests in the hands of Kung Pow and his kid sister, Amber. Have Tiger's lessons prepared his young apprentice for this life or death bug battle? Or will Kung Pow fail the ultimate ninja test?
Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him, a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai...
When the carnival comes to town, Tiger Moth and his sidekick, Kung Pow, let their ninja guard down. But not for long! This funfest is an evil trick by Weevil, the world's evilest insect. Now, the fourth-grade ninja duo must stop the show before the main attraction-- the deadly Wi...
"A nonfiction book about snow leopards and other wild cats"-- Provided by publisher.
In the kingdom of Kamala, Princess Amina is excited her fellow Rescue Princesses are visiting for her cousin's wedding. When a wounded tiger is discovered, she knows the cubs can't survive without their mother. The Rescue Princesses must find them, royal wedding or no royal weddi...
Isolated at her family's wildlife refuge in northern Georgia, 18-year-old Raven longs to escape. Instead, she spends her days shoveling manure for bears, wolves, and a tiger. Until her father contracts the Hydra virus, a terrorist-engineered pandemic devastating the country. When...
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, natural habitat, relationship to humans, and future of the tiger, one of the largest meat-eating animals in the world.
""Tiger clips along at a lightning pace!"--Eoin Colfer Twelve-year-old Fu and his temple brothers Malao, Seh, Hok, and Long don't know who their parents were. Raised from infancy by their grandmaster, they think of their temple as their home and their fellow warrior monks as thei...
"It's the annual cavemouse sports competition! This year, Tiger Khan and his saber-toothed henchmen want to enter the games. They call a truce with the cavemice during the tournament ... but when their flag goes missing, Tiger Khan is furious. Can Geronimo Stiltonoot track it dow...
"When Mike and Kate visit Detroit, someone is blackmailing the Tigers' famous slugger, Tony Maloney"-- Provided by publisher.
"Spring is here, with a drizzle, everything in the mountains is recovering. In a corner of the mountain, under the cold and dark earth, a small bamboo shoot is quietly growing. There are only mud and rocks around, and the lonely small bamboo shoot is bored. One day, an earthworm ...
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
The Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art - who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and why they matter. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key works - from the realist painting of Courbet to a contemporary i...