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Welcome to Poplar Knot, North Carolina, cast resort of spell raisers and deep bark secrets. Looking for a potion? Autumn Trelayne and her trusty familiar Gravy can whip up the best in town. Until someone dies after drinking one of those concoctions. Now Autumn is in a whole cauldron of trouble, while the real killer is out there brewing up their next murder. As if that weren't noxious enough, the Inquisitors throw themselves into the mix, including...
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A young man, Justinian, is setting out to join the Roman army during a period of bitter tensions during the last years of the Roman republic. His enlistment gets off to a bad start when he loses contact with his fellow soldiers while on a march. A chance meeting with a young woman sets off a series of events which lead to criminal charges of desertion and malicious killing.
Set during the turbulent times of the Marian and Sulla civil war, A Senseless...
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An AI tutor faces deactivation if she cannot prove her worth by saving a teenage pupil with an "unsolvable" problem - she's a budding serial killer.
After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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The latest title in this well-known series, 101 Multi Skill Sports Games is packed with tried and tested drills to teach, test and improve sports skills for children and young adults aged 5–16.
Fun, educational and challenging, each session contains information on equipment needed, space required and how to organise the players.
Ideal for teachers or coaches who are looking for a fully planned session, this contains everything...
Fun, educational and challenging, each session contains information on equipment needed, space required and how to organise the players.
Ideal for teachers or coaches who are looking for a fully planned session, this contains everything...
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In a world where a country of dragon-riders is at war with their fascist neighbors, Sely and their red dragon Llyr are one of only two rider and dragon pairs who have the ability to control the element of water.The other rider with a water dragon, Andreas, is the most magnetic, irritating, unpredictable person that Sely has ever known. Xe's infuriatingly beautiful, too. And the two of them have nothing in common... except how they walk back to the...
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Bandits came looking for the legendary emeralds belonging to Maggie's family, killing her older brother and scarring her face. She can't change the past, but finding the jewels will help her injured sister recover. In need of reliable muscle, she goes to an old friend of her brother's: tough-as-nails nonbinary bounty hunter California Talbot.
While Maggie expected hard roads and violence, given the tragedy that provoked the journey, she wasn't expecting...
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Two high fantasy short stories about lesbians, set in the same world. In "Firebird's Child" a flame-haired warrior who dreams of meeting cute girls outside her reclusive clan pulls a mysterious amnesiac noblewoman from the river. Where did she come from, and who wanted her dead?
In "My Story Is Not Done" a woman held prisoner in her own castle has almost given up hope... until the knight to whom she was once betrothed rides home to rescue her. If...
10) Courier's Run
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In a far-future Scotland where alchemy has turned most people into hungry ghosts and given the survivors amnesia, Courier is the oldest of seven clones. Living in a secluded laboratory, she faithfully carries out the orders of her creator, the Professor. Then she's sent out into the world to gather intelligence on a settlement- with her sisters' lives depending on her obedience.
It should be a simple mission. Then she meets Sear.
Sear is a messenger,...
11) NASCAR Racing
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This exciting book provides an overview of NASCAR racing, from the sport's beginnings to the equipment racers use. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text are paired with plenty of colorful photos to make reading engaging and accessible. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and a list of resources for further reading. Apex books have low reading levels (grades 2-3) but are designed...
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Crick's day began with a beautiful morning. Birds twittered in happiness. Bunnies wiggled their tails. But then the day took a bad turn, and he was on the run, blamed for murder! A brain-shaped rock, buttermilk, a raygun, and robots, too. This book contains all these, and more!
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Crick and Prof. Stone (who is trapped inside a rock) go for an outing with the Warthogs, drifting down the Babbling Brook.The ride is very relaxing- until their raft takes them over the waterfall and they plunge into Bubble Lake! Crick and Prof. Stone/the rock plunge to the bottom of the lake! The group discover a mysterious tunnel!
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Neely has always been able to see things-the details others miss, flashes of color that tell her how people feel, and more. She's been called everything from witch to psychic to freak. But a lifetime of seeing what the rest of the world misses still didn't prepare her for being taken hostage mid-escape by a man with tentacles.And it definitely didn't prepare her for the intriguing woman who comes to her rescue.Forester travels the world with her family...
15) Judo
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This book gives a quick overview of judo, from its historic origins to the ways people train and compete today. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text and plenty of colorful photos make reading easy and exciting. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and a list of resources for further reading. Apex books have low reading levels (grades 2-3) but are designed for older students,...
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Clara feels stifled by the life that's been planned out for her, and clings to her only hope that something more might be possible: a mysterious book given to her by her Uncle Drosselmeyer, that recounts the tales of the magnificent warrior woman known as the Red Prince.Decades ago, Drosselmeyer trapped the Red Prince in the form of a doll to save her from the Rats. When the magic of Clara's selfless admiration restores her to human form, she and...
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The New Press
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2017.
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English
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"Public schools are among America's greatest achievements in modern history, yet from the earliest days of tax-supported education -- today a sector with an estimated budget of over half a billion dollars -- there have been intractable tensions tied to race and poverty. Now, in an era characterized by levels of school segregation the country has not seen since the mid-twentieth century, cultural critic and American studies professor Noliwe Rooks provides...
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Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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The most feared ship in Britain's West Africa Squadron, His Majesty's brig Black Joke was one of a handful of ships tasked with patrolling the western coast of Africa in an effort to end hundreds of years of global slave trading. Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon in France, yet before the rise of Queen Victoria's England, Black Joke was first a slaving vessel itself, and one with a lightning-fast reputation; only a lucky capture in 1827...