Paul Howard
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English
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For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself-setting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the pros-riding a small mountain-bike race should hold no fear. Still, this isn't just any mountain-bike race. This is the Tour Divide. Running from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border, the Tour Divide is more than 2,700 miles-500 miles longer than the Tour de France. Its route along the Continental Divide...
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English
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New medicines in the pipeline can extend lives, save money, and even help prevent disease before symptoms appear --if we don't discourage their innovators and investors by trying to lower drug prices artificially. Unlocking Precision Medicine explores the environment necessary for creation of these health care game-changers, and explains how the marketplace can effectively make them more affordable to all without killing the golden goose.
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds.
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English
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A humorous short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written by an internationally bestselling author Abigail Crumb works every day after school at the local vet's while she saves up for a present for her pet elephant. So when she loses – and then finds again – one of the puppies in her care, she knows she can't tell anyone without putting her job on the line. But how will she keep her secret? After several chance encounters with Henry...
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English
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The second story about Widget and her little brother Tim who moved from the city to the idyllic countryside of Devon, based on Gene Kemp's own life. When Widget sees an ancient tower on the old map, she is determined to find it. Together with the dogs, Hanna and Frizzy, she tracks it down, through the brambles and woods. Once she finds the Wishing Tower, it becomes her secret place, a place where she knows that all wishes will be granted - trouble...