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The poems in Michael Dickman's energized debut document the bright desires and all-too-common sufferings of modern times: the churn of domestic violence, spiritual longing, drug abuse, and the impossible expectations fathers have for their sons. In a poem that references heroin and "scary parents," Dickman reminds us that "Still there is a lot to pray to on earth." Dickman is a poet to watch.
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Tagore's supressed book now available in an English-Bengali edition. For the first time in English, here is the sequence of poems Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (18611941) worked on his entire life--the erotic and emotionally powerful dialogue about Lord Krishna and his young lover Radha. These "song offerings" are the first poems Tagore ever published, though he passed them off as those of an unknown Bengali religious poet. As the first and last...
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To date, there has been a paucity of books on this remarkable aircraft. Among its claims to fame are the following: the only RAF bomber to serve in its original role from the first day of the war to last, and in every theater; the first type to bomb Germany; the first type to bomb Berlin; the first type to drop the 4,000lb 'Cookie' bomb; and so on.
His coverage of operations will include, inter alia, the early bombing campaigns, the switch to main...
4) The heir
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Selection novel volume 4
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story ... but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.
5) The crown
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Selection novel volume 5
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Princess Eadlyn prepares to select one man from thirty-five potential suitors as her Selection nears its end.
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Atlantic Books
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[2022]
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English
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"A sweeping tale of freedom and betrayal, love and death, set in revolutionary France.Paris, 1789. As the shadow of the guillotine falls over a nation at war with itself, three very different women find themselves caught up in the storm of revolution... In France under the last Bourbon king, the extravagance grows more outrageous and the unrest of the poor more dangerous. Into this ferment are swept the innocent English Sophie Luttrell, visiting France...
7) The Favorite
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HarperCollins
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2024
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Revisit the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series in this digital original novella. While America Singer's heart was torn between Aspen and Prince Maxon, her friend Marlee knew exactly what she wanted'and paid the price.Told from Marlee's point of view, this all-new 64-page story returns to the fateful Halloween when Marlee and Carter were discovered and reveals how that night'and Prince Maxon'changed...
8) The Queen
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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Don't miss this digital original novella set in the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series.Before America Singer's story began, another girl came to the palace to compete for the hand of a different prince'.This prequel story takes place before the events of The Selection and is told from the point of view of Prince Maxon's mother, Amberly. Discover a whole new Selection with this inside look at how Maxon's...
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Fox Chapel Publishing
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[2011]
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English
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"Roll up your sleeves and get ready to learn the best methods to construct and attach common sleeve designs, so they're balanced, straight, and attractive. Thinking about making a new dress or restyling an old coat to give it a contemporary look, but don't know which style of sleeve to use? The choices are seemingly endless and every good seamstress knows the design is in the details. Select-n-Stitch Fashion Elements: Sleeves will help you decide....
10) Select
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Julia Jaynes has the perfect life. The perfect family. The perfect destiny. The daughter of a billionaire investor in Austin, Texas, it looks like Julia has it all. But there's something rotten beneath the surface‒dangerous secrets her father is keeping; abilities she was never meant to have; and an elite society of highly evolved people who care nothing for the rest of humanity. So when Julia accidentally jeopardizes the delicate anonymity of her...
11) The Prince
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Don't miss this captivating novella set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series!
Go behind the scenes of the competition with this story from the point of view of Prince Maxon.
Before America Singer was chosen to compete in the Selection, there was another girl in Prince Maxon's life . . . . In The Prince, follow Prince Maxon through the week leading up to the beginning of the Selection-and the day he first meets America....
12) The Guard
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Don't miss this captivating novella from the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series! Set just after the Selection is narrowed down to the Elite, this story gives readers a glimpse into the heart and mind of America's first love.
Before America Singer met Prince Maxon, she was in love with a boy named Aspen Leger-who never imagined that he would follow America to the palace as a member of the royal guard . . .The Guard also...
13) Select Few
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After rejecting the cult-like influence of her father's family, Julia moves into a fancy hotel in downtown Austin. But she finds herself alone except for her boyfriend, John--and her fears. Once again she's suppressing her abilities, afraid her family will come for John when they find out he's been developing abilities of his own in her presence. The FBI is also keeping a close eye on Julia hoping she can lead them to her father, Novak, as he's wanted...
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In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of classics such as Kidnapped and Treasure Island, embarked on a walking tour of the Cévennes, a mountainous region in south-central France. His travelling companion was Modestine, a diminutive donkey with a mind of her own who, over the course of the journey, bore some of his provisions and much of his rancour. Modestine and Stevenson tramped without plan or purpose through scenic villages and fearsome forests-reportedly...
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A madman recalls his first erotic encounter, a priest loses sleep over a heretic, a scholar searches for the anomaly that inspired the Hindu divinities, a spinster hallucinates her own seductions, a pope suckles a wet nurse. Erotic and fiercely funny, these stories range across many centuries and cultures, from Algeria to Egypt to Italy to France, and all demonstrate time and again why Rikki Ducornet has been called "one of the most interesting American...
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**First in a brand new cozy series!** Fern Rivers works two part-time jobs and lives upstairs in a cramped storefront apartment with her nerdy ex-boyfriend…who also happens to be her boss. But she is on the verge of realizing her career as a full-time naturalist and will soon be able to prove to her nagging mother that she is a capable woman after all. That is until one of her co-workers at the park unexpectedly ends up dead. Darren may have been...
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Does a bear shift in the woods? Well, partially. That was what got grizzly shifter Ted Farnsworth into trouble. He wasn't trying to break the Secrecy Pact. He just wants people to see the real him. So he signs up with the mate-matching service Supernatural Selection-which guarantees marriage to a perfect partner. Not only will Ted never be lonely again, but once his new beaver shifter husband arrives, they'll build Ted's dream wilderness retreat together....
20) Giovanni Sartori
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We have summarized the essentials of the following texts: PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS, Chapter 1, ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL THEORY, Chapter 2, HOMO VIDENS, COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING, Part 2, Chapters 5 to 7 and POLITICS. LOGIC AND METHOD IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, chapter 8.
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