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A CALL FOR OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE MANY WHO CAN ACHIEVE SUCCESS, LEARNING BY LIVING
FOR THE NON-ACADEMIC AND FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
AN ALTERNATIVE CURRICULUM
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND APTITUDES
ALL LIFE'S NEEDS IN A MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY
"EXCITE YOUNG MINDS AND ENABLE THE YOUNG TO "BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE"
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"Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly....
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"An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon-the rising number of unclaimed dead in America today-and what it says about the state of our society. For centuries, people who died destitute or alone were buried in potters' fields-a Dickensian end that even the most hard-pressed families tried to avoid. Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to...
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Penniless and stranded in France after a bid to escape her cruel uncle goes awry, Cornelia Shaw is far from the Parisian life of leisure she imagined. Desperate and lacking options, she allows herself to be recruited to Napoleon's Grande Armée. As a naturalist, her near-magical ability to heal any wound with herbal mixtures invites awe amongst the soldiers...and suspicion. For behind Cornelia's vast knowledge of the natural world is a secret she...
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Apocalypse Cult series volume 4
Amy Larson and Hunter Forrest FBI volume 4
The Amy Larson and Hunter Forrest FBI volume Book 4
Amy Larson and Hunter Forrest FBI volume 4
The Amy Larson and Hunter Forrest FBI volume Book 4
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"Deep in the Florida Everglades, the body of a woman is discovered in pieces, presumably ravaged by an alligator. Upon closer inspection, it's determined no animal could make such perfectly precise cuts. Only a blade could do that. Wielded by a human. Soon, dozens of oil drums emerge amid the river of grass. Each one packed to the brim with body parts. FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, share a bad feeling...
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Weighed down by sadness and grief at her grandfather's death, Enid packs a bag with all the objects connected to her grandfather, but as she shares both the objects and her emotions with other people, Enid finds her heavy burden lifted and what remains are simply lovely memories of time well spent in her grandfather's company.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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2024.
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"A young girl pays tribute to the memory of her grandfather during a West African masquerade festival in this moving, lushly illustrated picture book. "DUM! DUM! DUM! DUM! / The talking drums thump a sweet beat ... / The masquerade has begun." As villagers gather to hear masked musicians beating drums, savor fried plantains, and watch the joyful dancers, a young girl joins the celebration with her family. But this year, everything feels different;...
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Forefront Books
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[2024]
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By the Time You Read This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide. Her mother, April, wraps up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter's life.
"The text read, "By the time you get this . . ." This is the story of Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA, in her own words. When the world awoke on the morning of January 30, 2022, many were shocked to learn of the...
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Seven Stories Press
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[2024]
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English
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"Simpatía is set in the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro amid a mass exodus of the intellectual class who have been leaving their pets behind. Ulises Kan, the protagonist and a movie buff, receives a text message from his wife, Paulina, saying she is leaving the country (and him). Ulises is not heartbroken but liberated by Paulina's departure. Two other events end up disrupting his life even further: the return of Nadine, an unrequited love from the past,...
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Ooligan Press, Portland State University
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[2024]
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English
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"This unique collection of newly translated short stories offers a taste of classic and contemporary French science fiction to English-language readers. These stories cover a range of fascinating topics including simulated reality, speciesism, ecology, and transhumanism-all while exploring universal themes of belonging, death, and identity. Some of the authors featured in this anthology, like Julia Verlanger, Sylvie Denis, or Jean-Claude Dunyach,...
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Inner Traditions
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[2023]
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English
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"Compelling evidence for afterlife messages backed by scientific research. Presents detailed accounts of experiments conducted to obtain evidence for the survival of consciousness after death, including the author's own test involving a secret message left behind by his late sister. Shares interviews with mediums to understand how they receive information from the spirit world and explains how to recognize fraudulent mediums. Explores the healing...
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Beck & Branch Publishers
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2023.
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English
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"Taking a fresh look at animal behavior research, at the reproductive talents of insects, birds, microorganisms, and mammals, and at Charles Darwin's own marriage, Beyond Primates reveals how Darwin's theories have fared over the years and throughout the plant and animal kingdoms." -- Back cover.
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Brilliance Audio
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[2024]
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English
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It's 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer's possessions. Until then, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan, especially in war. A member of the Resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer's home. In return, she'll get...
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Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"Through cutting-edge accounts and interdisciplinary critiques of shame, this collection responds to the epidemic of gendered violence that the world witnesses daily. Contributors expose and challenge how oppression and violence connect to regimes of injustice that have dominated modern times"--
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Princeton University Press
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[2024]
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English
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"The French folklorist and Breton-language poet François-Marie Luzel (1826-1895) published several volumes of Breton tales that he collected in Brittany and translated into French. Unlike many nineteenth-century folklorists, including the Brothers Grimm, who relied on correspondents to conduct much of their scholarly research, Luzel and his sister Perrine transcribed nearly all of the tales they collected by spending many winter nights at Breton...
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Éditions du Seuil
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[2023]
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Français
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"Isabel Rawsthorne est la créatrice d'une œuvre picturale secrète et méconnue. On a surtout retenu d'elle et de sa vie aventureuse qu'elle fut l'amante solaire et le modèle d'Alberto Giacometti. Francis Bacon confia qu'Isabel fut son unique amante. Elle fut encore son amie, son modèle, sa complice jusqu'à la fin. Elle posa d'abord pour le sculpteur Epstein, pour Balthus, Derain. Picasso fit plusieurs portraits d'elle sans qu'elle cède à ses...
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City Lights Books
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[2024]
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English
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"Short stories from 25 emerging and established writers of Middle Eastern and North African origins, a unique collection of voices and viewpoints that illuminate life in the global Arab/Muslim world. Stories from the Center of the World gathers new writing from the Greater Middle East, a vast region that stretches from Southwest Asia, through the Middle East and Turkey, and across Northern Africa. The 25 authors included here are either native to...
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