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Duke Classics
Language
English
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Charles Dickens's great satire on poverty, riches, and imprisonment, Little Dorrit is the story of Arthur Clennam, a man whose kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, assures him nothing but trouble. Her father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, has long been imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea.
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Teach kids the joy of adventure and exploration. Any conversation about adventure inevitably means having a conversation about the difference between healthy concern and overblown worry. What is adventure? What causes fear? That's what this book explores--how living a life of adventure means living a life facing your fears.
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
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Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English writer of nonsense, the most famous piece of which is The Owl and the Pussycat. He is also credited with popularizing the limerick, though there was some speculation as to whether his patron, the Earl of Derby, simply used Lear as a pseudonym for his own writings. Lear was also a successful illustrator and even spent some time tutoring Queen Victoria in drawing before his improper behaviour had him
...4) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"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 [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need...
6) Raising a kid who can: simple strategies to build a lifetime of adaptability and emotional strength
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Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to help parents focus only what's truly essential and build their child's neurobiological capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad. The content centers around 10 "essentials": 1 Rest, recreation, and routine 2 Attention skills and self-control 3 Tolerance for difficult...
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Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team--even Brian, who usually keeps to...
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
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Brace yourself for nearly unbearable suspense in this classic horror tale from British author W.W. Jacobs. Virtually everyone has fantasized about what it would be like to be granted three wishes by a magical being. But what if the cost of having your dreams come true was a horrible toll you never expected? This iconic short story is a must-read for fans of the horror genre.
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Power of Us: A young athlete whose running days might be behind her, a compulsive liar, a shy researcher, a bitter old woman, and a little girl with a big secret the only thing they have in common is the annual Wind Festival in Fula City. The festival celebrates the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, who brings the wind that powers this seaside city. When a series of threats endangers not just the festival, but all the people and Pokémon of Fula City, it'll...
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexander Dumas, 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...
12) Yes & no
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"Join a cat and puppy pair through their day--the ups of being fed and romping through grass, and the downs of days that are too short and things that don't go as planned--as they realize that sometimes the very best thing that can happen is just being together."--
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Parents describe the breadth of their love for their children, including in soft sunlight and rain-drizzled night, by stars and firelight, and fall's red trees and winter's frost-etched breath.
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Publisher
New York, NY
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"A scarf, cowl, or neck warmer is one of the simplest and quickest things that you can knit. Whatever your skill level and however little spare time you have, Fiona Goble has a project for you. She has designed 35 scarves, cowls, and neck warmers with something for everyone, from a snake scarf to a sparkly evening capelet and an extra-long "preppie" scarf to a cowboy-style bandana for kids. Every project has full instructions for knitting and making...
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Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"It's been two months since private investigator Cal Weaver's teenage son Scott died in a tragic accident. Ever since, he and his wife have drifted apart, fracturing a once-normal life. Cal is mired in grief, a grief he can't move past. And maybe his grief has clouded his judgment. Because driving home one night, he makes his first big mistake. A girl drenched in rain taps on his car window and asks for a ride as he sits at a stoplight. Even though...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Jake Green is dead. Or he might as well be when he mistakenly accepts a package from the Embassy of the Dead in this hilarious adventure of the afterlife, the first in a series.
When Jake Green opens a mysterious box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper intent on dragging him to the Eternal Void (yes, it's as fatal as it sounds). Now Jake is running for his life. Luckily, he has a knack for talking to ghosts,
18) My favorite scar
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Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old ©mbar has never known any parent other than her father, V©Ưctor Mondrag©đn, nor any life other than his - the life of a criminal. On any given Friday night, ©mbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she's more likely to be patching up V©Ưctor's latest bullet hole in a dingy motel or creating a new set of fake identities for the both of them. Although she has come to terms with the realities of her life and enjoys...
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Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) is a novel by Gene Stratton-Porter. An immediate bestseller, A Girl of the Limberlost-her fourth novel-established Stratton-Porter's reputation as a leading naturalist and writer of the American Midwest. Written for children and adults alike, A Girl of the Limberlost is a classic tale of struggle and survival set in one of Indiana's iconic wilderness regions. Elnora Comstock has always felt different. Raised on the...
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" is the follow-up story to his classic children's tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and it is no exaggeration to say that, over the years, it has become just as popular and beloved as his first book. When the original story became a publishing sensation in 1865, renowned for its imaginative characters, creative and incisive use of language and keen wit, Carroll set to work on the sequel and the result...