Jonathan Todd Ross
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English
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"A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--Provided by publisher.
The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced -- in one notable case, only in private....
3) Framed
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Swindle mysteries volume 3
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English
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Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.
4) Showoff
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Swindle mysteries volume 4
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English
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Luthor goes crazy at the dog show and ruins the career of Griffin.
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Mission Multiverse volume 1
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English
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Back to the Future meets Stranger Things in this middle-grade multiverse odyssey!
With Earth's destruction a mere 30 days away, the fate of humankind rests in the hands of a group of trumpet-wielding band geeks
During a school field trip to NASA headquarters, five middle school band geeks-Dev, Austin, Tessa, Isaiah, and Meryl-are accidently sent to an alternate universe when a project-in-progress goes haywire. The five Space Cadets find themselves...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Ric Edelman, an award-winning advisor with more than two decades of experience, reveals the one investment goal you should have, the two obstacles you face, and why you've been failing with your investment strategies. Above all, he shares the secret to successful investing, and even includes a special section for those who are already retired.
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Masters at Work is an inspiring and informational series dedicated to explaining various careers to those wanting an honest, in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at what it's really like, written by an acclaimed journalist. These guides offer fascinating stories and anecdotes from real practitioners in the field, imparting practical knowledge about how to pursue a career in a chosen field and the risks and rewards of the jobs listeners long to have. Becoming...
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Publisher
Brilliance Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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The eight-step process consists of making the decision to buy, how to hire a great real estate agent, determining what is affordable to buy, securing the best financing, recognizing the right home, crafting a winning offer and negotiating with sellers, spotting serious issues at inspection, closing on the new home and how to maintain it for years to come. Also learn about successful creative financing strategies and ways to overcome less-than-perfect...
9) Whatshisface
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English
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Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
10) War stories
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English
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Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is going to learn an important lesson: real war is not a video...
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English
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"San Francisco was once widely viewed as the prettiest city in America. Today it is best known as the epicenter of the homeless zombie apocalypse. What went wrong? Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 30 years, during which time he advocated for the decriminalization of drugs, and for alternatives to jail and prison. But as massive open-air drug markets spread across the state, Shellenberger decided to take a deep dive...
14) Unleashed
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Series
Swindle mysteries volume 7
Language
English
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Luthor, a former attack dog is supposed to be in his best behavior but every time a certain truck passes by Savannah's house, Luthor goes into attack mode and chaos follows.
15) Jackpot
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Series
Swindle mysteries volume 6
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English
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Griffin Bing and his friends are trying to locate Mr. Fielder's missing thirty million dollar lottery ticket, and thwart the local bully, Darren Vader, who wants to find it for himself--and Mr. Bing's latest invention may help.
16) Changeling
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Oddmire volume 1
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English
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Twelve-year-olds Tinn and Cole, raised as human twins in sleepy Endsborough, risk their lives in the Wild Wood, Oddmire Swamp, and the Deep Dark to learn which is a goblin changeling with an important mission.
17) Jingle
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Series
Swindle mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Description
Santa's Workshop Holiday Spectacular at the Colchester mansion is a long standing tradition in Cedarville, however Griffin, Ben, and Antonia are not happy to find that they have been volunteered as elves by their friend Logan and can not get out of it--but this year the pageant seem plagued by frequent electrical outages, and during one of them the valuable antique known as the Star of Prague disappears from the giant Christmas tree, and as they are...
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English
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Newbery Honor recipient Margi Preus tells the incredible true story of a group of French teenagers who helped save refugees in WWII Based on the true story of the French villagers in WWII who saved thousands of Jews, this novel tells how a group of young teenagers stood up for what is right. Among them is a young Jewish boy who learns to forge documents to save his mother and later goes on to save hundreds of lives with his forgery skills. There is...
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Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, discover inventor Hank Witherspoon is missing, they travel deep into the Amazon jungle, overcoming strange creatures, a raging river, and some very clever foes to find their friend and protect his big idea.
Author
Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jack, his genius siblings, and inventor Hank Witherspoon go to Hawaii and help technology billionaire Ashley Hawking find out who is sabotaging her revolutionary electric plant that harvests energy from the deep ocean. Includes facts about the deep ocean, the scientific process, and green power, as well as instructions for an experiment.