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Dan "Chip" Kerr has just returned to his hometown only to find that his old, haunting fear has followed him. Dan's brother, Pfc Dennis Kerr, has been MIA in Vietnam since 1973. The Kerr family has been living in their own private worlds of fearful bewilderment at their son's/brother's fate. One sibling has become an anxiety-ridden chain smoker, and another a relentless overachiever and heavy drinker. The fabric of the once close family has begun to...
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Have you ever wondered what a writer's early years were like and how it affected their future writing and the stories they would tell later in their lives? Have you ever wondered what their childhood Christmases, their early holiday memories, were like? Well, wonder no longer. This biographical memoir is about one of my most cherished childhood Christmases... in 1959 when I was nine years old. After my beloved musician/singer/songwriter brother Jim...
83) The Last Man
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The author is trying to answer many questions that arise every day in the ordinary life of a human being. The main theme is world pandemics, which was a pretext for the depopulation of the planet. But the real story is far beyond that. The creation of the world we know and its inevitable end, which was sped up with the eternal temptation of the human, Being God (borrowed from Salvador Dali's opera Être Dieu). Those who could not resist the temptation...
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Digging for treasure in their yard, Kyle and his pesky sister, Lizzy, find a robot head. Kyle adds pieces of scrap metal for a body, plugs the whole thing in, and Rusteye the Robot comes alive! Unfortunately, everything Rusteye touches- including Kyle's parents- turn to metal. Kyle can't stop his rampaging robot. Lizzy things she knows how- but will Kyle listen? A hilariously funny science fiction story for robot fanatics- and big brothers- everywhere!...
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Acclaimed creator Laura Dockrill sews together family, imagination and heart in this lyrical and completely unique Barrington Stoke debut. Sequin's mum is a talented seamstress and their little flat is overflowing with beautiful silks, fabrics, buttons and beads. It's a sparkling sanctuary, like a princess's wardrobe. While Mum works at her sewing machine late into the night, Sequin takes care of her baby brother, Stitch, and dreams of a place in...
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Tate is different, and not just because he came from a pumpkin patch. He loves numbers, especially the number eleven, and he can count lots of things just by looking at them! But, all this counting makes most people think Tate talks nonsense. Tate never seems to mind, but his brother does. No one seems to understand the way his mind works-until his older brother makes a connection and helps the whole family see things from Tate's perspective.
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English Romanian bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Romanian as their second language. Jimmy and his bunny brothers love to play, and today is Jimmy's birthday, so he has lots of toys. However, he doesn't always want to share, and because of that, he may miss out on having fun. Let's find out what it means to share, and why it makes us feel better! This story may be ideal for reading to your kids at bedtime and enjoyable...
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I Love to Help - Spanish Edition
Jimmy el conejito va a la playa con su familia. Ahí aprende sobre la importancia de ayudar a los demás. Cuando el castillo de arena de Jimmy es destruido por una ola, trabajan juntos para construir uno más grande y mejor. Todo funciona mejor cuando nos ayudamos los unos a los otros.
Jimmy the little bunny goes to the beach with his family. There he learns about the importance of helping others. When Jimmy's sandcastle...
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Annie Mae spent all of her life in Mississippi in Brookhaven, Yazoo City and Eden until she finally found her way to the Mississippi Delta where she raised three of her children, having allowed the oldest son to live with her mother in Eden.
Upon reaching adulthood, he finally joined the rest of the family in Leland, Mississippi.
Annie Mae only achieved an eighth grade education, but she became convinced early on that the only way to have a decent...
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Can she stop living for tomorrow?She can't wait to finally start living, but first she must lose the weight and stop pulling out her eyebrows then everything will be perfect.Weighting to Live follows one woman's struggle to stop living for tomorrow in the midst of the illness of her beloved grandmother, a miserable boss, a crazy family, inner demons, and a lack of self-belief.And just wait until you meet Nigel …A cosy, heart-warming story that will...
92) I Am a Star
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This book motivates kids that they are a star in their world. They are loved, accepted, and admired by their family, friends, and neighbors. Whether it's read to them, or they read it themselves, it will make them feel loved and special.
93) Brothers
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Text and photographs present brothers and how they interact with their families.
94) He's All I Got
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My name is Aniyah Young; I want to tell you a story about a young girl and her two children who struggled through the ups and downs of the drug world. The two children were born into poverty; their lives were like a rollercoaster. Full of highs and lows, seeing nothing but drug addicts, drug use, and all the chaos that came with it. People were sitting and sleeping in empty houses, wherever possible, and so did they. Never knowing where they would...
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Everyone knows the first time you meet that special someone: Your eyes connect from across the room, and you smile and work up the courage to say hello. It's a simple feat for most people, but not for Trevor Friessen, who struggles to fit into this world and thinks he always will-that is, until he meets a girl who is as different from him as she is the same.
"Our families and everyone around us, what they don't understand is that we too feel love."...
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Inhalt:
Das kleine Dummerle
Hoch droben
Im Thüringer Wald
Der Akazienbaum
Wie Johannes Ruhn Kaufmann wurde
Ein geplagter Mann
Helf, wer helfen kann
Ein Wunderkind
Mutter und Tochter
Die Feuerschau
In der Adlerapotheke
Bei der Patin
Regine Lenz
Die Familie Pfäffling
Werden und Wachsen
Frau Pauline Brater
Kriegsbüchlein für unsere Kinder
Ohne den Vater: Erzählung aus dem Kriege
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Saturdays are usually the best day of the week for Makenzie and her adopted little sister, Maggie, but this Saturday was nothing they could imagine.
Dramatic Makenzie tells her tale of how she tried to escape Maggie because she had germs growing on everything. Until finally, she decided to do something about it.
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Ainhoa se cae todo el tiempo. Cuando corre se cae, cuando baila se cae, si coge algo, a menudo, se le cae. Todos piensan que es un poco torpe, ¡incluso ella piensa que es patosa! Cuando la doctora le dice que tiene los músculos débiles, Ainhoa siente un gran alivio: ¡no es torpe! Lo que le pasa es que necesita una silla de ruedas.
Sin embargo, la actitud de sus padres cambia desde que lo saben y nunca la regañan como a sus dos hermanos, da igual...
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Bobbie and her younger sister, Emma, were left alone for the first time while their father and mother planted the spring crops in the field nearby their house. Feeling so grown-up to be on their own, the sisters had a fun-filled day playing. Fun-filled, that is, until they made a discovery that taught them a very valuable lesson.
The Red Pepper Necklace is a true entertaining story that leads into "A Teachable Moment" section at the end of...
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