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IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Squid knows all about being president. It means living in a big house, being famous, doing all the talking -- oh, and having a tie is crucial. He's all set! In the next election, make a more informed choice. Vote for President Squid!
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"Fuck Them Kids, Get a Cat" is an uproarious and provocative guide for those who seek a path less trodden by society. Offering a humorous take on prioritizing feline companionship over traditional parenthood, this book dives headfirst into the untold joys and the purr-fect hilarity of cat parenting. Expect engaging stories, satirical advice, and a glorious affirmation that, in the grand game of life, it's okay to say, "Fuck Them Kids, Get a Cat!"...
3) Animal Envy
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Ralph Nader's newest work of the imagination, Animal Envy, is a fable about the kinds of intelligences that are all around us in other animals. What would animals tell us-about themselves, about us-if there were a common language among all animal species? A bracingly simple idea, one that has been used before in books like George Orwell's Animal Farm and E. B. White's Charlotte's Web among others, but never like this. In Animal Envy, Ralph Nader proposes,...
4) Code Billy
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A boy, a small-time YouTube preacher, and a squirrel walk into the SuperMart...
All Billy wanted was to run away, to get out from under the iron fist of his mother's tyranny. Now the store is in lockdown and everyone is after him. He never gets any respect!
Sandy has been waiting her entire career for the chance to preach to a captive audience. And yes, it's horrible that some poor child has been kidnapped, but also fortuitous: this is her chance...
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Cry Wolf is a perceptive allegory of the political challenges we face in post-9/11 America. The farm animals' struggle to maintain their way of life against an influx of change is a powerful commentary on the importance of balancing freedom with justice, and on how easily even the best of intentions can destroy a community too caught up with what is "fair" to do what is right.
Paul Lake's novel raises questions in the heart of every devoted citizen:...
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Terrence the Terrier never dreamed of becoming a politician. Heavens no, he was perfectly happy living with his owner, The Duke of Hampstead, and other rescue dogs in a castle on Hampstead Heath. Life was good, walks were plentiful, as were the pies, but when his beloved owner dies, so too does the lovely, comfortable life he had known.
The Duke's evil niece, Grizelda, forges her uncle's will, and kicks his dog out into the snow, where they are left...
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Terrrence Grrr, the terrier, reluctantly becomes a Member of Parliament, but it's soon clear that he's in the wrong party. He switches sides, but his public and private lives crash, and the press are on to him, drunk under the statue of Sir Winston Churchill. He loses his health, his rat advisor, and his dog friends, and considers ending it all. A stay on the sunny beaches of France with a crocodile helps, but can he ever really turn his fortunes...
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In this third book in the series, Terrrence's political career is going from strength to strength; no dog has ever done so much for canine-kind. As Minister for Dogs, he has improved the lives of dogs all over the nation, bringing happiness, careers, playfights and travel passes to all. His groundbreaking move to allow dogs to be, treated in NHS hospitals really got tails wagging. It seemed there was, nothing that this, dog could not do.
But, Terrrence...
10) Talking animals
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"Talking Animals is a Kafkaesque tale about the radical awakening of an alpaca and a llama who live within a crumbling city. Together with their friends and comrades, these animals search for a form of resistance that fits with their time"--
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As he did in the award-winning One Part Woman, Perumal Murugan explores a side of India that is rarely considered in the West: the rural lives of the country's farming community. He paints a bucolic yet sometimes menacing portrait, showing movingly how danger and deception can threaten the lives of the weakest through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands.
As the novel opens, a mysterious stranger offers a...
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