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Confessions, by St. Augustine, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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x, 253 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina, Publishers Weekly, Latino Book Review, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and...
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Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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87 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art, poetry, and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice and comfort to young activists.
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Mayhem, mishap, and misadventure combined!
Have you ever wondered why a rock thrown flat never flies straight? Have you ever survived a night in a den of forty snorers? Did you ever blow up cuisine in the microwave and then try and hide it from your clairvoyant mother?
If so, then these stories are right up your alley!
Follow the author and his family and friends in their rollicking adventures as they sled down the dreaded Sleddin' Road, ride in...
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This is a relentless, spellbinding tale of the capture and escape of two Yankee prisoners at the turning point of the Civil War. The Seventh Connecticut Cavalry was sent to South Carolina to occupy the islands along the coast. In a bloody battle with the Rebels, Lieutenants Peter Bradford and Red Kelly are captured and sent by box car to a prison in Columbia. Their daily attempt to stay alive amid the squalor of prison is sparked by a dream nurtured...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 33
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Dive into the dark and pulsating streets of Victorian England with Charles Dickens' timeless masterpiece, "Oliver Twist." Follow the captivating destiny of Oliver Twist, a brave young orphan, as he confronts the injustice, poverty, and cruelty of the world around him.
Oliver, mistreated in an orphanage, escapes to London where he becomes entangled with a gang of thieves led by the infamous Fagin. But Oliver is different. His innocence and purity...
7) The Science of Harry Potter: The Spellbinding Science Behind the Magic, Gadgets, Potions, and More!
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How does magic in J. K. Rowling's universe work? Finally, the scientific secrets are revealed!
The story of the boy who lived has brought the idea of magic and sorcery into mainstream fruition more than any other book series in history. Modern muggle scientists have uncovered explanations to the seemingly impossible, including answers to such questions as:Will we ever see an invisibility cloak? How hazardous is a flying ...
The story of the boy who lived has brought the idea of magic and sorcery into mainstream fruition more than any other book series in history. Modern muggle scientists have uncovered explanations to the seemingly impossible, including answers to such questions as:
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Découvrez "Poil de Carotte" de Jules Renard, un roman touchant et percutant qui dépeint avec humour et sensibilité la vie d'un jeune garçon maltraité. Suivez les aventures de Ferdinand, surnommé Poil de Carotte, dans son quotidien difficile en tant qu'enfant incompris et négligé. À travers les yeux de Poil de Carotte, Jules Renard explore les thèmes de l'enfance malheureuse, de la cruauté et de l'isolement. Le récit offre un regard lucide...
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"It is in and through Symbols that man, consciously or unconsciously, lives, works, and has his being: those ages, moreover, are accounted the noblest which can the best recognise symbolical worth, and prize it highest."
Carlyle
Without symbolism there can be no literature; indeed, not even language. What are words themselves but symbols, almost as arbitrary as the letters which compose them, mere sounds of the voice to which we have agreed...
10) The Prophet
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"A spiritual masterpiece set in prose poetry, The Prophet follows the advice of the prophet Al Mustafa as he gives his insight on the intricacies of life and the human condition. His thoughts comprise those on love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil,...
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Español
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A lo largo de este libro se muestran y desarrollan diferentes proyectos de intervención social desde diferentes ámbitos: trabajo social comunitario, tercera edad, juventud, menores, desahucios, prisión, donde a modo de ejemplo se mostrará un análisis sobre las fortalezas y debilidades de una Asociación, con el objetivo de servir de guía u orientación a estudiantes, profesionales o personas interesadas en el mundo social, que deseen o necesiten...
12) Leviathan
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English
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Written by one of the founders of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, during the English civil war, Leviathan is an influential work of nonfiction. Regarded as one of the earliest examples of the social contract theory, Leviathan has both historical and philosophical importance. Social contract theory prioritizes the state over the individual, claiming that individuals have consented to the surrender of some of their freedoms by participating...
13) L'Île au trésor
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Préparez-vous pour une aventure captivante et pleine de mystères avec "L'Île au trésor" de Robert Louis Stevenson. Ce classique intemporel vous transporte dans un monde de pirates, de trésors cachés et de complots dangereux. Suivez les pas de Jim Hawkins, un jeune garçon intrépide, alors qu'il embarque pour une quête périlleuse à la recherche du légendaire trésor du Capitaine Flint. À bord du navire Hispaniola, Jim rencontre des personnages...
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Préparez-vous à découvrir un classique intemporel de la littérature jeunesse : "Les Malheurs de Sophie" de Sophie de Ségur. Plongez dans l'univers charmant et turbulent de la jeune Sophie, une fillette espiègle et pleine de vie. Suivez les aventures et les mésaventures de Sophie dans sa vie quotidienne, entourée de sa famille, de ses amis et de ses domestiques. De bêtises en punitions, de caprices en leçons de morale, Sophie apprend les...
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For fans of Japanese manga and anime, a trip to Tokyo is an absolute must!
In this captivating Tokyo travel guide, manga artist and author Evangeline Neo travels to the Japanese capital with her mascots Kopi the dog and Matcha the cat in tow, bringing you to all the otaku sights this city has to offer. She shows you where to shop for manga memorabilia in Akihabara and Nakano, takes you on a tour of famous anime and manga museums like Studio Ghibli...
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