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61) The Sporting Dog
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This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on English country sports in the nineteenth century, being at once a defence, justification, exposition of ignorance, and condemnation of opponents. Informative and thought-provoking, this volume offers an insight into historical hunting in England, and will appeal to modern readers with an interest in rural sports. Contents include: "Fox-Hunting", "Salmon-Fishing", "Deer-Stalking", "Bryce's Bill", "The...
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From a fifth-grader who brought a pickled octopus in a jar for show-and-tell, to a high-school dropout who joined the military tactical fighter squadron, to a deep-water diver, international entrepreneur, and adventurer, to a hippie and Australian bushman, author Jim Broman has seen it all, done it all, and lived it all. Throughout his storied life, Broman made the most of the wisdom gained through diving and living. Moon Pool tells how he discovered...
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La vida no es sobrevivir a la tormenta, sino aprender a bailar bajo la lluvia
Colton Donavan, el irreverente piloto, acaba de sufrir un terrible accidente en una carrera.
Tras pasar varias semanas en el hospital, no solo tiene por delante la recuperación física.
Colton deberá dejar atrás su pasado para poder construir un futuro junto a Rylee y hacerse con el mayor de los trofeos: el amor.
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Wellingtons Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide.Over 1800 b/w photographs of memorials are included in a CD Rom inserted in each
65) I Can Try
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Becoming self-sufficient with certain tasks is a part of growing up. Learning to dress oneself, to keep clean, and to be polite, for some examples, are key elements of early elementary education. This bright and colorful volume gives beginning readers the vocabulary that accompanies these responsibilities to add to their growing list of sight words. They'll find decoding these new words achievable with the supporting illustrations. They'll love to...
66) Tipo que... nada
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Tipo que... nada es un libro de puro humor gráfico. Una recopilación de todos los chistes que fueron estampados en las remeras de Leo Bromberg en los últimos diez años.
Velocidad, síntesis y un estilo muy publicitario para hacer reír: Imagen + titular = jajaja. Leo toma frases típicas del inconsciente colectivo para crear situaciones desopilantes: todos los planetas del sistema solar cayendo al piso y un titular que dice: "Se cayó el sistema".
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67) I Can Feel
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Beginning to recognize emotions in ourselves and others-developing emotional intelligence-is a part of growing up. Being able to name those emotions is essential for young people's well-being. This sweet book, full of colorful animal characters, aids young readers in acquiring reading fluency with rhythmic sentences and at-level vocabulary. They'll identify with familiar situations in the illustrations and use them to decode positive emotional vocabulary,...
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Have you ever wondered if you were meant to complete something that generations, before you weren't able to complete? As if your grandparents set out to do something, you were meant to finish?
Marvin's grandmother fled her home when they attacked. My paternal grandparents eloped when they were told that they couldn't be together. My maternal grandparents migrated to the city to seek more opportunities for their growing family. Two generations later,...
69) Not Your Penance
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One quiet October morning, in a suburban neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, after awakening from a recurring nightmare, 41-year-old stay-at-home mom and social media aficionado Enid Kimble receives two messages-one a disquieting phone call about her mother, and the other a newspaper clipping in a plain envelope in her mailbox-that start to unravel her carefully woven-together world. These two startling messages force Enid to grapple with her past and...
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Vicky the Velociraptor is very fast. While she loves to race through life, her speed often gets her into trouble, as readers will find out. They'll also discover that sometimes it's better to slow down and take your time while trying to accomplish a special goal. Engaging text and eye-catching illustrations will attract readers of all levels to this amusing tale.
71) The New Robots
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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. After escaping out of the house and having survived what seemed to be the worst perils the town had to offer, one of his best friends is suddenly turned into a human puppet controlled by Wayne. A new kind of robot has risen. Seems like...
72) Looking for Ashley: Re-reading What the Smith Case Reveals about the Governance of Girls, Mother
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The 2007 death by self-induced strangulation in prison of nineteen year old inmate Ashley Smith drew a great deal of public attention. The case gave rise to a shocking verdict of homicide in the 2013 inquest into the cause of her death. In this book, I inquire into questions about of what social problem or phenomenon Ashley Smith is a "case," and what governmental work is done by prevalent constructions of her as an exemplar. This book performs a...
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Half a Head is about finding the courage to live the life you know you deserve; it is about empowering everyone to challenge the views of disability in today's society; it is about looking beyond external identity and reaching within to find true beauty and contentment.
At the age of seventeen, Gemma Bromley was involved in a car accident which left her with Traumatic Brain Injury, and half of her skull removed. Brain injury is a type of 'invisible...
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"Shortlisted for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, Pen American Center" "One of The Times Higher Education Supplement's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Jane Shaw" David Bromwich is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. His many books include A Choice of Inheritance, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and Skeptical Music, winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award...
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We All Have Our Challenges is a collection of short bits of wisdom shared by an amazing young lady, Liliya Bromberg. Although Liliya has been confined to a wheelchair due to Cerebral Palsy and has been battling a unique form of cancer, her outlook at only twenty-two years of age is a gift to us all. Open your heart and open your mind as Liliya's bits of wisdom will fill your soul with love, courage and faith that transcends all boundaries. Special...
76) Pigs, Missiles and the CIA, Volume 2: Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro and the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
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In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War the Western Allies – led by the US – soon found themselves at odds with the Communist Bloc dominated by the Soviet Union. In the well-known phrase coined by Winston Churchill, an 'Iron Curtain' had descended across Europe. In the shadow of this Iron Curtain a conflict of ideologies erupted, known as the Cold War.
Halfway across the globe, in the Caribbean, the island of Cuba had become a playground...
77) Sweet Mistletoe
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A single matchmaker. A local teacher. And one Christmas mix-up. Paisley Barrett runs Mistletoe, a concierge matchmaking service. During the holidays, business should be booming, but her investors think she's the reason it's not. A thirty-something single matchmaker doesn't inspire confidence in clients. So, they hand her an ultimatum-find a boyfriend by the new year or she's out of a job. Knox Calhoun puts his teaching career first, much to the dismay...
78) I Can Move
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Physical activity is essential for the health and well-being of, well, everyone! Young people especially need to make exercise a permanent part of their everyday life. This entertaining book mirrors the different fun ways that readers can move-with the actions of cute and colorful animal characters. Readers are reminded they can hop and skip like frogs and kangaroos, climb and balance like monkeys, and more! The achievable rhythmic text and cheerful...
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This handbook demonstrates how to apply massage techniques to enhance your horse's performance, health and well-being. It discusses the circulatory and lymphatic systems, different techniques, such as effleurage and petrissage, massages for different activities, and hand-strengthening exercises.
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Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide.