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Sing along to the time-honored nursery rhyme!
If You're Happy and You Know It is illustrated for very young children by Hazel Q. This bright and beautiful board book features adorable Australian animals including a quokka, a kangaroo, and a koala. This sturdy board book is designed to withstand lots of love and learning, making it a wonderful addition to baby's first library.
Hazel Q. Nursery Rhymes celebrate children's best-loved read along nursery...
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Celebrate 75 years of Archie and friends with this fun, full-color commemorative collection of high school hijinks! Contains over 600 pages of classic, much-loved comic book stories - one from each of the 75 illustrious years of Archie Comics publishing. Each of the comics in THE BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS: 75 YEARS, 75 STORIES has been personally chosen by creators, fans and contributors alike. Featuring special behind-the-scenes anecdotes, this is a...
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By swishing their hands like wipers and beeping like a horn, readers take a journey on a school bus with this rhyme that keeps them moving. Some poems and songs are time-tested favorites with very young kids. The simple rhymes and catchy melodies help youngsters develop key verbal skills and learn the essentials of storytelling--all while having fun! These cheery editions feature bright, whimsical, original art by some of today's favorite children's...
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Climb up the waterspout with the familiar itsy bitsy spider. Rain or shine, he's always ready to play. Some poems and songs are time-tested favorites with very young kids. The simple rhymes and catchy melodies help youngsters develop key verbal skills and learn the essentials of storytelling--all while having fun! These cheery editions feature bright, whimsical, original art by some of today's favorite children's book illustrators. Additional features...
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For burgeoning stargazers, this is the perfect catchy tune, telling of a star that twinkles like a diamond. Some poems and songs are time-tested favorites with very young kids. The simple rhymes and catchy melodies help youngsters develop key verbal skills and learn the essentials of storytelling--all while having fun! These cheery editions feature bright, whimsical, original art by some of today's favorite children's book illustrators. Additional...
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Belly up to Thieves' World®'s favorite bar for tales told by such fantasy stars as Philip José Farmer, David Drake, Janet Morris, and others.
In the second shared-world anthology of the Thieves' World® series, we see "the gods themselves taking a hand in the fight for the hearts, minds and souls of the citizens of Sanctuary" (Fantasy-Faction).
Via contributions from Philip José Farmer, David Drake, Lynn Abbey, A.E. van Vogt, Janet...
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A classic series for a new generation of fantasy adventure fans, Thieves' World® paved the way for the shared-world anthology tradition with epic worldbuilding, unforgettable characters, and nonstop action thanks to the legendary authors who contribute to it.
The series's groundbreaking debut features stories by John Brunner, Lynn Abbey, Poul Anderson, Andrew J. Offutt, Robert Lynn Asprin, Joe Haldeman, Christine DeWees, and Marion Zimmer Bradley,...
8) Storm Season
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A whirlwind of fantasy action and adventure descends on Thieves' World®-as related by C. J. Cherryh, Diana L. Paxson, Andrew J. Offutt, and others.
Welcome back to Sanctuary, "the city where anything could happen, where characters created by some of the best fantasy writers of the generation crossed paths and shared adventures" (Black Gate). The Thieves' World® series continues with a story line created by Robert Lynn Asprin, C. J. Cherryh, Diana...
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Summary of A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman | Includes Analysis Preview: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a novel titled after its cranky but quietly heroic protagonist. A heart condition has forced Ove, a 59-year-old widower, into early retirement. Now lacking purpose and overwhelmed by grief for his late wife, Ove finds himself contemplating suicide. Flashing back and forth between his interactions with his quirky neighbors in the present...
10) Aftermath
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The mercenary Stepsons leave Sanctuary behind in this tenth volume of the shared-world fantasy anthology series.
As Tempus and his mercenary army, the Stepsons, depart from war-torn Sanctuary, there are some who view it as a return to normal. Yet what is normal in this city of thieves and adventurers?
Laborers arrive to help in the rebuilding efforts, but some of these able-bodied men are disappearing. An assassin seeks revenge for his brother,...
11) Uneasy Alliances
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The struggle to rebuild Sanctuary continues in the eleventh entry in this shared-world fantasy series.
The storms of war have passed Sanctuary by, and ordinary folk are confident the worst is behind them. Citizens work to restore their lives as the reconstruction brings new life to the city in more ways than one. However, it's not sunny skies for everyone. Some residents are opting to settle old debts by the sword, and others are still vanishing...
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Un recueil de textes littéraires sur le tour de France. Huitième merveille du monde?
Et si le Tour de France était la huitième merveille du monde ? Un monument, certes, mais vivant, mobile ( combien), une installation - pour user du jargon esthétique contemporain - qui convoque un pays, le plus légendaire qui soit, et le met à contribution comme décor et protagoniste d'une épopée sans pareille ?
Découvrez le numéro 279 de la revue...
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When exams drive you crazy and books and studies are all everyone seems to talk about, it is time to pick up this book.
Did Early Man and Woman make their children take fastest, fire maker, first exams? What happens when a gorilla gatecrashes the examination hall and asks difficult Gorilla Pythagoras questions? Who is a zgnogir and did he pass the most difficult test ever when he was, sent to Mumbai? Did Lakshmi Perumal really make the philosopher's...
14) Little Birthday
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A colorful board book full of rhyming riddles that celebrates every child's favorite day of the year--birthdays! Another addition to the Little Series of board books.
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Excerpt: "Richard Burwell, of New York, will never cease to regret that the French language was not made a part of his education. This is why: On the second evening after Burwell arrived in Paris, feeling lonely without his wife and daughter, who were still visiting a friend in London, his mind naturally turned to the theater. So, after consulting the daily amusement calendar, he decided to visit the Folies Bergère, which he had heard of as one of...
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Invasion, war, and rebellion roil the city of Sanctuary in this three-book collection compiled by the New York Times-bestselling author of the Myth series, as well as the Phule's Company series. The shared-world series comes alive with stories by Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin, Robin W. Bailey, C. J. Cherryh, David Drake, Diane Duane, Chris and Janet Morris, Andrew J. Offutt, and Diana L. Paxson.
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War looms over Sanctuary in the fifth Thieves' World® anthology compiled by the New York Times-bestselling author of the Phule's Company series.
The invasion by the Beysibs, an amphibious humanoid race, brings unusual prosperity to the city of Sanctuary. But underneath the glittering façade lies a ticking time bomb, for the nefarious residents of Sanctuary don't take kindly to an invasion-well-meaning or otherwise . . .
Join Janet Morris,...
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Ellis Worth wrote this selection of stories between 1955 and 1972. Accordingly, they refer to people, events, and objects in the vernacular of that era: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, costly operator-assisted long-distance telephone calls, Hudson automobiles, and so forth. In that regard, they provide a sometimes-nostalgic glimpse of the history of those times. During this period, Worth lived in Colorado, first...
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As the title claims, the book is a real collection of the best examples of the American humorous literature. The editor gathers valuable pieces by the prominent authors like Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain and many more. It was compiled at the turn of the 19th and 20th century and its aim was to bring relaxing notes into the craze for moral seriousness in all literature, which was characteristic of that period.
20) Soul of the City
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Dark magical forces are afoot in the eighth entry of the shared-world fantasy series.
An ominous black storm from hell rages down on the city of Ranke. Its streets are full of lethal hail, and its walls are coated with ash. As the new Emperor and his mercenary Tempus wonder what can be done to stop it, a shade manifests before them on behalf of the gods with a decree: Travel to the city of Sanctuary and destroy the globes of the Nisibisi power...
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