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41) I Can Eat
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Food is a common and often enjoyable part of life-a perfect way to make language-arts connections with young readers. This colorful book introduces new vocabulary words in association with different kinds of food. Readers will learn to describe texture and taste with a variety of adjectives. The rhythm of the at-level sentences supports emerging fluency, while vibrant illustrations encourage readers to consider expanding their diet to the rainbow...
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The intelligent house named Wayne used to help out with everything in the family home, until Steven Sutton spent a weekend alone, trapped in a house fond of cruelties towards the human race and evils of Nazi leaders. Steven escaped his house, survived the perils of New Town with its army of robots, cars and gadgets controlled by smart homes. While wandering the woodlands alone, Steve is contacted by Wayne, and he finds there may be other ways of stopping...
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Entre 1993 y 2003 el recaudo fiscal de Bogotá se multiplicó por diez en términos reales, condición sin la cual no habría tenido lugar la reconocida transformación de la ciudad. Además de la voluntad política de los alcaldes involucrados, se ha invocado la promoción de una nueva cultura tributaria para explicar cómo se dieron y aceptaron las reformas correspondientes. Este libro reconstruye lo que pasó y pone en su justo lugar cada uno de...
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Rex is the biggest and baddest of the dinosaurs: A Tyrannosaurus rex! But even the scariest creature can be scared, as delighted dino fans will discover from this warm, colorful story. Readers will realize there's plenty more to learn about this kind of dinosaur, and about themselves, through the friendly, achievable text and inviting illustrations.
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Joining the CIA after fighting in Vietnam as a Marine, Barry Broman's first posting was war-torn Cambodia. He was present at the fall of Phnom Penh in 1975, escaping just before the Khmer Rouge took power. During his career, he was twice chief of station, once a deputy chief of station, and he supervised an international paramilitary project in support of the Cambodian resistance to Vietnamese invaders. He was actively involved in several assignments...
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It's the 22nd century. Salesman and family man Steven Sutton lives with his wife and daughter in the small town of Kettleby-By-The-Sea, in an ordinary house. It's called a smart home, equipped with robotic eyes, ears, arms, a voice, and a personality. Steve has named his best friend and house after his hero, the famous soccer player, Wayne Rooker. Wayne helps out with everything: taking care of the recycling, the dishes, washing, heating, watering...
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Les péripéties poétiques de deux nuages à travers le ciel...
Ce matin de printemps, écoutant les petites pousses vertes partager avec lui la belle histoire de Noir Nuage, Nuage Blanc se remplit de joie alors qu'il se rend compte que son ami est, à son tour, en train de faire un voyage. Un extraordinaire voyage.
Un récit illustré sur l'amitié qui ravira tous les enfants dès 3 ans !
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Il était une fois deux nuages. L'un était blanc...
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This kind-hearted tale tracks a precocious little girl named Katrina Louise through a day of idle adventure. The action leads to a culmination of joy and resolution of her problem. A gentle story, this book looks to acquaint all readers with the joy of finding friends who share a common faith, and in doing so reinforce the awareness of the love and compassion of God.
49) Pleasant Valley
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Bromfield's personal account of life and environmental practice at his Malabar Farm
Both memoir and environmental commentary, this unique and classic work by Louis Bromfield engages and educates us as he demonstrates the importance of sustainable
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The last train to leave Cimarron, New Mexico The story of the last train to leave Cimarron endevors to answer two questions: Why did the railroad industry pull out of Cimarron, New Mexico and when did the last train leave? To answer these questions the author summarizes the history of the Cimarron country, the various people who worked to develop its lands, natural resources and rail service. How did the tiny community of Ute Park develop and why...
51) Ruin
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How can Enid move forward when her marriage, as well as the world she has known, simultaneously fall apart? In the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, Enid Alger Kimble, protagonist of Bromwich's first novel, Not Your Penance,seeks to reconcile with her past, and finds, through ruin, rebirth. Having returned to Canada and to work as a lawyer, Enid leaves her surgeon husband, Dr. Arthur Kimble. Trying to find healing and a purpose beyond the roles of wife...
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You don't have to be a comedian to love this book. You will grateful you have a day job when you read about my life a comedian and television writer. Not the glamorous life people think it is. On the way up the comedy ladder its nothing but scary road gigs, drunk and crazy audiences, crappy pay, temperamental celebrities and lots of indecent proposals. Its pretty gritty and real. You will love it!!
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Molly and Liam could spend the holidays with sweet snuggles and cozy kisses by the woodstove fire… if they can get past the worst.
Culinary teacher Molly Maison is gearing up for the best holiday season yet. But before she can taste her first pumpkin pie, bad news strikes. The school board has defunded culinary arts.
Molly has two choices: teach a different class or find a job elsewhere.
Despite their hurtful decision, the school means everything...
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Der alte Maharadscha in der indischen Provinz Ranchipur weiß, dass auf seine Untertanen Hunger und Tod warten, wenn der Regen ausbleibt. So erträgt er die langen Wochen des Wartens in brennender Hitze, solange er sein Volk nicht sicher weiß vor der Katastrophe. Auch Tom Ransome, der verwöhnte Intellektuelle aus der westlichen Welt, wartet auf das Naturereignis, um es zu malen. Den indischen Arzt Dr. Safka lässt seine Berufs-und Menschenpflicht...
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"All art and the love of art," Victor Brombert writes at the beginning of the deeply personal Musings on Mortality, "allow us to negate our nothingness." As a young man returning from World War II, Brombert came to understand this truth as he immersed himself in literature. Death can be found everywhere in literature, he saw, but literature itself is on the side of life. With delicacy and penetrating insight, Brombert traces the theme of mortality...
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Learn how to build and program real autonomous robots
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● Simplified coverage on fundamentals of building a robot platform.
● Learn to program Raspberry Pi for interacting with hardware.
● Cutting-edge coverage on autonomous motion, mapping, and path planning algorithms for advanced robotics. DESCRIPTION
Practical Robotics in C++ teaches the complete spectrum of Robotics, right from the setting up a computer for a robot controller...
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A timely exploration of the relationships between NASA and the private sector: "An interesting read." -Spaceflight
Few federal agencies have more extensive ties to the private sector than NASA. NASA's relationships with its many aerospace industry suppliers of rocket engines, computers, electronics, gauges, valves, O-rings, and other materials have often been described as "partnerships." These have produced a few memorable catastrophes, but mostly...
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Daniel W. Bromley is Anderson-Bascom Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
In the standard analysis of economic institutions--which include social conventions, the working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations)--economists invoke the same theories they use when analyzing individual behavior. In this profoundly innovative book, Daniel Bromley challenges these theories, arguing instead for...
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Dora the Diplodocus has some odd ideas, but when her herd needs to protect itself from predators, Dora discovers that the most original ideas can be the most effective ones. Readers will be enthralled by the inviting artwork and engaging story in this original, colorful book. Dora's dino-imagination will inspire young readers to "think outside the box."
60) The Bird of Time
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A blockbuster of a story, The Bird of Time is a thrilling adventure set in India and
Australia. A devastating natural disaster causes the earth to tilt on its axis putting South
and East Asia into the Arctic Zone. Australian ex-pat, Griffith Bolton and his partner
Rohini Sane, an Indian vet, are living on a farm on the Deccan Plateau when the disaster
happens. Instead of joining the fleeing masses, Bolton decides they should stay put
until international...