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As one can guess from the title, the following book is an anthology of the stories published in 1920, considered to be the best by the editor of the book, Edward J. O'Brien. Featured titles include the following: 'The Other Woman (Sherwood Anderson)', 'Gargoyle (Edwina Stanton Babock)', and 'Ghitza (Konrad Bercovici)'.
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Do your young readers love choose-your-own-adventure books but get confused with all of the page turns? Does your reluctant reader give up when faced with too many storyline options? The Up2U Adventures chapter books have the multiple-storyline feel but aren't as confusing for reluctant readers! Readers follow an engaging, character-driven storyline and then make the last major decision for the character from three options. The ending is Up2U.
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Peppa loves doctors and nurses! In this adorable audiobook, she learns just what these heroes do. Based on the hit TV show, as seen on Nick Jr!
Doctor Brown Bear and Nurse Fox visit Peppa's playgroup. They show the children how to be healthy, eat well, and wash their hands! LAUREN HOLOWATY has worked in the children's publishing industry for fifteen years. She has been a freelance author for four years and has written more than one hundred books...
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The power of the pedal and the page shine through in these ten joyfully feminist science fiction and fantasy stories. Two strangers and their bike fall through a plot hole and into a fantasy novel, an author attempts to chronicle the solar cycling trend, a sixth grader's beloved novel is stolen by a horde of bicycling fae, an interstellar book preservationist takes a bike to fit in and gets a wilder ride than she bargained for, and more adventures...
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The following book is a playing guide to an interactive game using poems. Called 'The Oracle of the Poets', the game starts with the person who holds the book asking a question, for instance, "What is your character?" Then, the individual questioned selects a random number between 1 to 60 under that chapter, such as, for example, No. 3, and the questioner would later read aloud the answer No. 3, which will be the Oracle for this person.
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Primes to One Trillion by Don Kostuch is an essay on prime numbers and programming commands. Kostuch carefully explains the prime numbers in a variety of zip files and goes on to discuss the characteristics of C++ programs. Excerpt: "became interested in prime numbers after hearing about Goldbach's Conjecture, "Every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes". Verifying this requires a source of primes. Shortlists (or programs...
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The following is a poem anthology centering on nonsense verses-which are works employing strong prosodic elements like rhythm and rhyme. It is often whimsical and humorous in tone and employs some of the techniques of nonsense literature. Featured works include 'Jabberwocky' (Lewis Carroll), 'Vers Nonsensiques' (George du Maurier), and 'Emily, John, James and I' (W.S. Gilbert).
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The Juvenile Scrapbook for 1849 by Grandfather Merriman is the brief yet lighthearted tale of Rosamond and her mother Miss Blisset, and their scrapbooking endeavors around the time of Christmas. Excerpt: "... ANTICIPATIONS AND REALITIES. "A Party of pleasure! Oh, mamma, let us go," said Rosamond. "We shall be so happy, I am sure." "What! because it is a party of pleasure, my dear," said her mother, smiling. "Do you know," continued Rosamond, without...
10) Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative From Virginia)
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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee is a collection of memorials reflecting the Virginia Representative. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, known as Rooney Lee (often spelled "Roony" among friends and family) or W. H. F. Lee, was the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a Democratic Congressman from Virginia.
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The Talking Beasts: A Book of Fable Wisdom is a collection of fables from all over the world, showcasing the beliefs of cultures such as Greece, India, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, China, France, Spain, and England. Contents: "I. Fables of Aesop. (Greek), II. Fables of Bidpai. (Indian), III. Fables from the Hitopadesa. (Sanskrit), IV. Fables from P. V. Ramaswami Raju. (Indian), V. Malayan Fables, VI. Moorish Fables, VII. African Fables, VIII....
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Spalding's Official Baseball Guide will inspire shock and awe on the matter of American baseball in the early 1900s. Contents: "EDITORIAL COMMENT, NEW FACES IN THE OLD LEAGUE, THE UMPIRES, BASEBALL WRITERS OF THE SOUTH, BASEBALL WORTHWHILE? THE SPALDING BASE BALL HALL OF FAME, JOHN TOMLINSON BRUSH, THE WORLD'S SERIES OF 1912, NATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON OF 1912, AMERICAN LEAGUE SEASON OF 1912."
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The Geneva Convention – Protocol I' is the 1977 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of international conflicts, where "armed conflicts in which peoples are fighting against colonial domination, alien occupation or racist regimes" are to be considered international conflicts. It reaffirmed the international laws of the original Geneva Conventions of 1949, but adds clarifications and new provisions to...
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These are the stories that haunt us
A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be...
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