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| These twenty-eight short pieces by Twain comment on the human condition. The best to be hoped for, apparently, is that humans can be persuaded to rise above their selfish nature and work for the... |
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| Nigel is very happy until baby Eric comes along and takes everyone's attention. As Eric grows things get better - people take notice of both of them and the two boys actually start to like each... |
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| How many fingers do you have? How many toes?
A charming, fully illustrated picture book for preschoolers. Read along with your child as he/she learns one of the fundamental educational building... |
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A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father's campaign for Parliament--and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all. |
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| A rollicking adventure that is also exuberant fun, Dodie Smith's 101Dalmatians has become a modern classic for children and families.The alarming premise is that Dalmatian puppies have begun to... |
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| "1601" was written by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) originally published privately for a small group of friends. This book is a humorous satire of Elizabethan England, probably scandalous at the time of... |
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| The Easter Rising of 1916 was a major turning point in Irish history. Peopled by patriots and poets, fueled by a desperate desire for freedom, and played out in the historic streets of Dublin against... |
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Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this dramatically popular book. George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the... |
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| Perhaps no other novel in this century has had a greater impact upon the way we think and talk about our world than George Orwell's classic, 1984. "Big Brother," "doublespeak," and "the thought... |
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Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain. Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff's THE 19TH WIFE combines epic historical fiction... |
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