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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, re ... View Details » |
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Night A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate ded ... View Details » |
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Wonder The extraordinary #1 "New York Times" bestseller that has captivated over 1 million readers now also includes the bestselling short story "The Julian Chapter." "I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. " August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid--but his new classmates can ... View Details » |
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Behold a Pale Horse Cooper, a former U.S. Naval intelligence briefing team member, offers this lucid, rational work that reveals secrets kept guarded by the American government since the 1940s, including the presence of UFOs, the facts behind the J.F.K. assassination, and more. EAN:9780929385228ISBN:0929385225Binding:PaperbackPages:500Author:Cooper, Milt ... View Details » |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People You can go after the job you want...and get it You can take the job you have...and improve it You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you Since its release in 1936, "How to Win Friends and Influence People "has sold more than 15 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. As relevant as ever before, ... View Details » |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in "your" life? "The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book--and right into your child's heart..." --Mother's Manual "Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative..." --The New York Times Book Review EAN:97803992269 ... View Details » |
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The Elements of Style "You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.This book's unique tone, wit and charm have conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use the fourth edition of "the little book" to make a big impact with writing. " ... View Details » |
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The Wrinkle in Time Quintet The Time Quintet consists of "A Wrinkle in Time," "A Wind in the Door," "A Swiftly Tilting Planet," "Many Waters," and "An Acceptable Time." The digest box set features the art of Taeeun Yoo."A Wrinkle in Time" is one of the most significant novels of our time. This fabulous, ground-breaking science-fiction and fantasy story is the first of five in the Time Quintet series about the Murry family."A Wind in the Door"--When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg, Calvin, and their teacher, Mr. Je ... View Details » |
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The Giving Tree Alice Taylor returns to the world of To School Through the Fields in this story of oldstyle country Christmas. She attempts to convey the magic that lies in every detail of the festive season for a young child. EAN:9780060256654ISBN:0060256656Binding:HardcoverPages:64Author:Silverstein, ShelAudience Age:4 - ... View Details » |
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story The" New York Times "bestseller" A Long Walk to Water" begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every ... View Details » |
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus Expansive synonym lists integrated with alphabetical dictionary entries, based on 'Merrian Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'. EAN:9780877798637ISBN:087779863XEdition:Revised, UpdateBinding:Mass Market PaperboundPages:1259Author:Merriam-Webster ... View Details » |
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The Pearl "There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon." Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story ... View Details » |
