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Skinner
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What must it be like to be tricked into spying for a foreign country and then tricked again to become a double agent?
Henry Salter had a bad start in life in London, England. Orphaned at an early age, he had to leave school at fourteen despite having a photographic memory and being considered a genius by his teachers. Later, the love of his life, Rachel, is estranged due to her wealthy father's dark secret.
He was trained in sabotage and deadly...
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The Story of Ain't by David Skinner is the captivating true chronicle of the creation of Merriam Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961, the most controversial dictionary ever published. Skinner's surprising and engaging, erudite and witty account will enthrall fans of Winchester's The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything, and The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs, as it explores a culture in transition and the brilliant,...
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Meghan Collins is a young reporter covering a story about a female stabbing victim. The vistims bears a striking resemblance to Meghan. What's really strange is that it seems this killing might be connected to an explosion in which Meghan's father died four months earlier. The investigation of these deaths takes Meghan down a treacherous path.
6) Game slaves
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"A highly intelligent group of video game enemy non-player characters (NPC) begins to doubt they are merely codes in a machine. Their search for answers leads them to a gruesome discovery"--
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Hackett Publishing
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2005, c1976
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English
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This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct. It is now widely recognized that great changes must be made in the American way of life. Not only can we not face the rest of the world while consuming and polluting as we do, we cannot for long face ourselves while...
12) Storm
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The sinister eeriness of Doll Bones meets the dark humor of Lemony Snicket in this smart middle grade ghost story.
Frances—you can call her Frankie—was not a happy baby. She was born amidst chaos, to two loving but unprepared parents. On a beach. In a storm. No wonder she’s always had a temper.
And you know what did nothing to quell her anger? Dying dramatically in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town.
As a ghost, it’s...
13) Broken
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English
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Dale has it all by today's standards. Good job, good-looking, and recently single. He's a hot-shot art director in the hottest ad agency in Cleveland. A big change from his roots in small town West Virginia. Yet, Dale is miserable and has no idea why, what, or who is influencing his happiness and ultimately, his destiny. There is war going on. The battlefield is Dale's mind. The prize is his soul.
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Tour This Dream Road on Bicycle, Between North Carolina and Virginia.
Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway are arguably the most quintessential scenic roads east of the Mississippi. Bicycling the Blue Ridge is the definitive guide to this ribbon of highway. It's just what you need to plan the perfect trip, whether you are out for the day, a weekend, or a month. You'll find detailed, mile-by-mile descriptions that provide information on lodging,...
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Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs explores the way the famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match served to bring men and women together to advocate for equal rights across genders. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index. Most of the time sports...
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Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. 2001 New York Yankees explores the way the team brought New Yorkers--and Americans--together after the September 11 disaster and showed the world how resilient our country is. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index.
20) Muhammad Ali
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Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. Muhammad Ali explores the way the G.O.A.T. boxer served to bring Americans together. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index. Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times...