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Arabel's Raven מאת Joan Aiken Young Arabel's life is changed forever when her father, a taxi driver, brings home an injured bird he finds in the street. This wacky raven eats everything in sight, answers the telephone by squawking 'Nevermore!' and causes chaos wherever he goes--but Arabel loves her new feathered friend, whom she...

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Stuck: Why We Can't (Or Won't) Move on מאת Anneli Rufus A brilliantly written tour through many lives— and a nation— stranded at the crossroads. In Stuck the author of the highly praised Party of One: The LonersÂ’ Manifesto identifies a rather striking social trend: many people are stuck. Be it in the wrong relationship, the wrong career, the ...

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I Can Read You Like a Book מאת Gregory Hartley Are you in business, journalism, law enforcement, or medicine? Do you face students in a classroom or criminals in a courtroom? Are you in a relationship or looking for one? Do you have children? Then you need the skills to read them like a book! I Can Read You Like a Book features a system for...

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Under The Jolly Roger (Bloody Jack Adventures) מאת L.A. Meyer A Pirate at heart, unlikely heroine Jacky Faber returns to sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humor, wit, and courage. After Leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston--under dire circumstances, of course--Jacky boards a whaling ship bound for London, where she ho...

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Slummy Mummy מאת Fiona Neill A smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mom, a book for anyone who took Bridget Jones to heart a decade ago-and now has kids. Lucy Sweeney has three sons, a husband on a short fuse, and a tendency toward domestic disaster. It has been years since the dir...

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Treasure Of Green Knowe [UNABRIDGED] (The Green Knowe Chronicles) מאת L. M. Boston L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. In this second book, Tolly returns for easter vacation to find that the portrait of Toby, Alexander and Linnet is ...

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Curse of the Blue Tattoo (Bloody Jack Adventures) מאת L.A. Meyer Bloody Jack is back and this time, she's facing a situation far worse than a ship full of murderous pirates. Curse of the Blue Tattoo, L.A. Meyer's sequel to the enormously popular Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship s Boy is just as bawdy and entertai...

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Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street מאת Michael Davis In advance of the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, comes Street Gang, Michael Davis's compelling--and often comical--story of the creation and history of the media masterpiece and pop culture landmark, told with the cooperation of one of the show's co-founders, Joan Ganz Cooney. Sesame Street was ...

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Mississippi Jack (Bloody Jack Adventures) מאת L A. Meyer The intrepid Jacky Faber, having once again eluded British authorities, heads west, hoping that no one will recognize her in the wilds of America. There she tricks the tall-tale hero Mike Fink out of his flatboat, equips it as a floating casino-showboat, and heads south to New Orleans, battling murd...

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Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack Adventures) מאת L.A. Meyer Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. There...