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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days. On board pages.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
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Language
English
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A revised edition of the best-selling guide to interpersonal relationships provides suggestions for successfully dealing with people both in social and business situations. You can go after the job you want and get it! You can take the job you have and improve it! You can take any situation you're in and make it work for you! For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder...
7) Sweet water
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Language
English
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Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, and the critically acclaimed author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be, comes a novel about buried secrets and the redemptive power of forgiveness-includes a special PS section featuring insights, interviews, and more.
Cassie Simon is a struggling artist living in New York City. When she receives a call from a magistrate in Sweetwater, TN, telling her she has inherited sixty acres...
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Series
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
(January 22, 2018)
Language
English
Description
Wallace D. Wattles wrote "The Science of Getting Rich" in the early 1900's, almost one century plus two decades has passed since then and the book has found its resurgence into our present time as people rediscovers his teachings. Wallace had made swift declarations in his book that this is the ONLY book one needs to get rich. He even goes into saying that one should not read other books but simply focus their energy on the 'energy work' that this...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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'Miss Dashwood had a delicate complexion, regular features, and a remarkably pretty figure. Marianne was still handsomer. Her form, though not so correct as her sister's ... was more striking' As the title of Jane Austen's first published novel suggests, the difference between two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, lies not only in their appearance but also in their temperament. Yet Sense and Sensibility not only contrasts Elinor's good sense,...
Author
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Unfortunately, the world is full of screwed-up people. But the good news, says Elizabeth Brown, is that your world no longer has to revolve around them. With brilliant insights and a keen sense of humor, this trusted author and sought-after speaker shows readers how to: • stop the power of whatever is eating them alive • productively respond when confronted • remain poised and in control when everyone around them loses it • win fairly in unfair...
12) Two By Two
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
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Description
"At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home in Raleigh. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear...and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds every aspect of the life he took for granted...
13) Louis Pasteur
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book traces the life of Louis Pasteur, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and the challenges he faced, his early successes, and the work on pasteurization and vaccination for which he is best known.
14) Jo's boys
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, Jo's boys--including wanderer Dan, sailor Emil and musician Nat--are grown up and discovering more about the world. But life after childhood can be confusing and frightening, and it is Jo and the warm-hearted March family who can comfort and guide the boys when they need it most."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, An Imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ernie Coleman survived the worst open-sea defeat in US Navy history. But he paid a price and buried the horrific memories for decades. Like Mitch Albom's successful Tuesdays with Morrie, 22 Minutes is a searing account of a survivor coming to terms with an incident he had suppressed for sixty years."--Provided by publisher.
16) The final victim
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
After inheriting her grandfather's estate, a woman is hunted by a killer who knows her family's deepest secrets.
Author
Series
Sean Dillon thrillers volume 22
Language
English
Description
"The new Sean Dillon novel, a knife-edge story of terrorism and revenge, by "the dean of intrigue novelists" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). "The bell tolls at midnight as death requires it." In Washington, D.C., on a night full of rain, a woman is struck down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. But she is not just any woman--she is the assistant to the head of the secret White House department known only as the Basement. And she had secrets of her...
18) Ruby
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Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Well-mannered, courageous Ruby leaves the Brandon mansion, where she serves as a governess, to take her sister Opal to their father's deathbed. When their father, Per, passes on, he leaves Ruby an unexpected inheritance. Per had owned the Dove House, a hotel where women "entertained" men, and liquor flowed freely. Wanting nothing to do with a house of ill repute, Ruby decides to make some changes. But not everyone is happy with her choices. She must...
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Language
English
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A thirty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic self-help guide, offering ten rules for developing and retaining confidence, five techniques for achieving material and emotional success, three methods for sustaining a maximum energy level, and a ten-point program for eliminating worry.
Author
Publisher
Entrepreneur Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Business, like any adventure, begins with a leap into the unknown Brian Tracy's first dream was of a journey. Not a leisurely drive to the beach or a weekend campout-a wide open adventure that would take him 17,000 miles from his home on Canada's Pacific Coast all the way to South Africa. His journey- a harrowing series of false starts, long days, and narrow escapes- taught him about "becoming unstoppable," not only in pursuing adventure but in daily...