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Mormon elders in the town of Cottonwoods pressure the widow Jane Withersteen to remarry so that her lands and herds will remain in their control. Gradually they frighten away most of her cowboys, and rustlers steal away her cattle, but the gunfighter Lassiter stands by her as the inevitable confrontation draws near.
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Rediscover the classic fantasy and Newbery Honor winner My Father’s Dragon in this 75th-anniversary edition that includes the original illustrations–now in full-color! A perfect family read-aloud that has delighted parents and children for generations!
When Elmer Elevator hears about a baby dragon being held captive on Wild Island, he knows just what to do. First he packs his knapsack with important supplies like chewing gum, lollipops, and lots...
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Do birds of a feather plot murder together?The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who's got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita's beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband's designs, Prescott...
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[2017]
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"A talented but overprotective young man has his hands full as trustee of the inheritance of a beautiful blonde but very naive young woman. But his love and her money don't mix. Why would he embezzle a quarter of a million dollars from his client "for her own good?" Perry Mason may be able to prove, in fact, that his client is no embezzler -- but what happens when murder rears its head?" -- from container.
7) Middlemarch
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Dorothea Brooke is a young woman of fervent ideals who yearns to effect social change yet faces reisistance from the society she inhabits.
8) Led astray
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After his brother Hal dies, Cage Hendren, trying to overcome his reputation as a womanizer, pursues the only woman he has ever loved, Hal's quiet and serious fiancée, and shows her how to explore the wildness in herself.
12) Dot the Fire Dog
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Dot the fire dog accompanies the firefighters from the fire station as they respond to a call.
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By April of 1915, as chaplain Joseph Reavley tends to the soldiers in his care, the nightmare of trench warfare is impartially cutting down Englands youth. On one of his rescue forays into no-mans-land, Joseph finds the body of an arrogant war correspondent, Eldon Prentice. Prentice was despised for his prying attempts to elicit facts that would turn public opinion against the war. Prentice was killed not by German fire but, apparently, by one of...
14) The chosen one
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In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.
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p2010
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The field trip to the planetarium is foiled when the museum turns out to be closed, but Ms. Frizzle saves the day. The Magic School Bus turns into a spaceship and takes the class on a trip zooming through the atmosphere, to the Moon, and beyond! With up-to-date facts about the solar system, revised for this edition.
17) Dinosaurs
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Introduces dinosaurs, including how scientists know they existed, what they ate, how they cared for their young, and what the descendants of dinosaurs may look like today.
18) Trains
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Discover a whole new way of looking at trains, from the old steam engines found in amusement parks and zoos to super-speeders in Japan that travel at 361 miles per hour. Also see the world's longest freight train, stretching on for a whopping 4.6 miles and futuristic railways in the sky.
19) Inside the Earth
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[2021]
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On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle's class learn at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth.
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[2014]
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HORROR & GHOST STORIES. Still wildly popular today, this collection of ghost stories was first published in 1919. Arthur B. Reeves, an American writer who also wrote screenplays, compiled this anthology. His introduction to this anthology is considered by many to be the definitive explanation as to the popularity and diversity of the horror genre. Turn off the lights and prepare to be thrilled and chilled by this unique assemblage of spooky tales!...