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1) The women
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"'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
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"Weird But True! Know-It-All titles take the same classic branding of Weird But True and dive deeper to provide kids with a comprehensive overview of everything they need to know about a single subject, while packing in all the wacky, weird tidbits! This edition explores a complicated and timely subject: the government of the United States!"--
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"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...
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"This CDL Study Guide combines theory and practice questions so that students are fully prepared before writing the exam. There are 39 full-length tests included so that test-takers will have enough practice before attempting the real exam. Newstone Test Prep provides students with up-to-date test questions so that they are well prepared before taking the exam. We take pride in our guides because they combine both theory and test questions. At Newstone...
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A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the power of redemption in this poetic letter to her long-gone parents. As a frequent guest columnist for the New York Times, Patti Davis has distinguished herself as one of our wisest contemporary storytellers. Far from being the enfant terrible she was once portrayed to be, Davis here turns an honest yet empathetic eye toward her parents, Ronald and Nancy...
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"Living on the Colorado Plateau and in the Great American Southwest makes it easy to feel like it is another planet.
Every year hordes of folks from Europe, Asia and other far off lands here on Planet Earth make the pilgrimage. They soon discover the intriguing and eye popping fact that they are indeed in another world. A world filled with canyons, mesas, sky obscuring slot canyons, stunning panoramas and rivers both dry and wet.
The forty-five images...
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"This uplifting read-aloud is a heartfelt wish for all children and a timeless introduction to the Grammy Award-winning and multi platinum singer and songwriter. You Are Fearless presents Taylor Swift's inspirational journey, encouraging children to be fearless, defy limits, and follow their hearts. Perfect for Swifties of all ages!"--
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"Do you struggle with classroom order because of disruptive students? Do you need help getting your students to pay attention or listen to you? Have you exhausted all your means to reach every student, employing all the pedagogical methods you know, and yet there remain a few who have yet to respond? You're not alone. Teachers have always encountered unruly, rebellious teens in class, interrupting lessons' flow and making their job much more challenging....
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"You should read this book if you are:
-A new teacher who is frustrated by your ever-chaotic classroom and desperately needs things to change
-An experienced teacher who is tired of the status quo and wants his/her classroom to follow a structure that works
-A teacher who’s fed up with being interrupted by behavioral issues in the classroom, and genuinely wants to understand how best to handle such diversions, to make for a better learning experience
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11) Argylle
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"A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungles of the Golden Triangle. A Nazi hoard entombed in the remote mountains of South-West Poland. A missing treasure, the eighth wonder of the world, lost for seven decades. One Russian magnate's dream of restoring a nation to greatness has set in motion a chain of events which will take the world to the brink of chaos. Only Frances Coffey, the CIA's most...
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Kaplan's ACT Prep Plus 2024 has the detailed subject review, practice tests, and expert strategies you need to be prepared for test day. This ACT prep book includes hundreds of practice questions, online practice tests, and video lessons from our experts to help you face test day with confidence.
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"Are you a new teacher? If so, you’ll love this detailed step-by-step guide to help you through your first couple of years as a brand new educator. Best-selling author, Kathleen Jasper, has helped over 80,000 teachers pass their teacher certification exams through her range of study guides, online courses and video series. In her latest book, Teach, she sets out to support new teachers during the start of their careers.
If you’re a new teacher...
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"No real account of black women physicians in the US exists, and what little mention is made of these women in existing histories is often insubstantial or altogether incorrect. In this work of extensive research, Jasmine Brown offers a rich new perspective, penning the long-erased stories of nine pioneering black women physicians beginning in 1860, when a black woman first entered medical school. Brown tells the stories of these doctors from the...
16) The Truman Show
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All eyes are on Truman Burbank. Truman is about to discover how abnormal his seemingly 'normal' life really is. Truman is an insurance salesman who begins to doubt reality. What he doesn't realize is that his whole life is a reality TV show, televised and broadcast for the world to see.
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"A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times-bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the...
18) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...
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In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted... and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help -- as a witch. It will take the encouragement of a new friend, the non-magical and non-conforming...
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