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Immerse yourself in fascinating facts about water! This comprehensive yet accessible exploration of water will help young readers understand many aspects of one of our planet's most precious resources – and how they can protect it. A friendly water droplet character guides children through topics ranging from melting and freezing to the ways in which water literally shapes the Earth. Tales by storytellers from around the world are sprinkled through...
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Jet the cat likes to swim. When the other animals tell her that cats actually hate water, she goes in search of her true identity. After failing to fit the description of a variety of animals, Jet finally learns to embrace her unique brand of catness. A timely tale that humorously challenges labels and celebrates defining one's own unique identity.
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Barefoot Books
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2021.
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"Immerse yourself in fascinating facts about water! This comprehensive yet accessible exploration of water will help young readers understand many aspects of one of our planet's most precious resources - and how they can protect it. A friendly water droplet character guides children through topics ranging from melting and freezing to the ways in which water literally shapes the Earth. Tales by storytellers from around the world are sprinkled through...
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Jet the cat likes to swim. When the other animals tell her that cats actually hate water, she goes in search of her true identity. After failing to fit the description of a variety of animals, Jet finally learns to embrace her unique brand of catness. A timely tale that humorously challenges labels and celebrates defining one's own unique identity.
"¡Jet es una GATA como cualquier otra GATA! Le encanta saltar, estirarse y nadar. Un momento ... ¿le...
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A cookbook that captures the laid-back, but elegant lifestyle of Nantucket and the wonderful dishes of its locals' and tourists' favorite CRU Oyster Bar.
CRU Oyster Bar's casually stylish cuisine is an ode to the ocean, local farms, and the seasons, served in a beautiful setting on Nantucket Harbor.
Zircher takes her inspiration from her classical French training, her love of Mediterranean flavors, and family recipes in these 75 never-before-published...
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"Before Tartine and Mission Chinese, before Bi-Rite and flour+ water, Foreign Cinema opened their doors in the Mission District of San Francisco, reinventing the neighborhood and transforming the area into a culinary destination. The Foreign Cinema Cookbook shares the chefs' California-Mediterranean cuisine with North African inflection, abundant with color and flavor yet made with ingredients easily sourced locally, or for a few exotic items, ordered...
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From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and Nobel Prize winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon. Alter paints an intimate and surprising portrait of the only president since Thomas Jefferson who can fairly be called a...
12) A good trade
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Pajama Press
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2013
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Early morning in Uganda see a small boy struggle with jerry cans filled with the day's supply of water. At the villiage square he spies an aid truck fill with something amazing, what can a such a small barefoot boy to earn the treasure inside that truck?
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Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
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2021.
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"Returning to his village invigorated by success in the army, Gao Aijun sees the beautiful Xia Hongmei walking barefoot alongside the railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They wait to consummate their relationship until Aijun has managed to dig a literal tunnel of love between their...
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From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years.
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Harmony Books
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[2015]
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English
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Do you have to tell your leg how to heal itself? No. Your body does this automatically, effortlessly. So why can't it "heal" excess fat? Mercola reveals the nine simple secrets to a healthier, thinner you. The results are amazing and the steps can be easy to implement.
Outlines nine keys to maximizing health, preventing disease, and protecting the body from the consequences of modern lifestyles.
17) Honeycomb
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"The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size; and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris's first collection of fairy tales"--
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Barefoot Books
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2021.
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"Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet's natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like "turbine," while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy."--
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Barefoot Gen volume 4
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Last Gasp of San Francisco
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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This volume resumes 9 days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, water, and shelter amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.
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