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Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition) A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION By LAURA HILLENBRAND.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

 In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended onthe fraying wire of his will. Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author—Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by author Laura Hillenbrand.

Paperback | Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks Jul 29, 2014 | 528 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4

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The House on Mango Street By SANDRA CISNEROS

The bestselling coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world from the winner of the 2018 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.

The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros’ masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

Paperback | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8

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Corduroy 40th Anniversary Edition By DON FREEMAN

A picture book classic!

One of School Library Journal’s “Top 100 Picture Books” of all time (2012) One of the National Education Association’s ”Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children.

” Don Freeman’s classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when he first came on the scene in 1968. This story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child’s friendship has appealed to young readers generation after generation.

Paperback |  Published by Puffin Books  | 32 Pages | 8-7/8 x 7-1/8 | 2-5 years

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The Travels By MARCO POLO

Introduction by Ronald Latham

Translated by Ronald Latham

Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered: their religions, customs, ceremonies and way of life; on the spices and silks of the East; on precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts. He tells the story of the holy shoemaker, the wicked caliph and the three kings, among a great many others, evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy

Paperback | Published by Penguin Classics | 384 Pages

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The Divine Comedy VOLUME 3: PARADISE By DANTE ALIGHIERI

Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds

Translated by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds

The third volume of Dante’s Divine Comedy

To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his Comedy in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. Taking two threads of a story that everybody knew and loved – the story of a vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, and the story of the lover who has to brave the Underworld to find his lost lady – he combined them into a great allegory of the soul’s search for God. He made it swift, exciting and topical, lavishing upon it all his learning and wit, all his tenderness, humour and enthusiasm, and all his poetry. In Paradise, Dante journeys through the encircling spheres of heaven towards God.

Paperback |Published by Penguin Classics Jul 30, 1962 | 400 Pages

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Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I

Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime!

Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery.

Also included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling “ The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of “The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted “The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

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ABOUT DAVID COPPERFIELD

Of all Dickens’s novels, David Copperfield most fervently embraces the comic delights, the tender warmth, the tragic horrors of childhood. It is our classic tale of growing up, an enchanting story of a gently orphan discovering life and love in an indifferent adult world. Persecuted by his wrathful stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; deceived by his boyhood idol, the callous, charming Steerforth; driven into mortal combat with the sniveling clerk Uriah Heep; and hurled, pell-mell, into a blizzard of infatuation with the adorably dim-witted Dora, he survives the worst—and the best—with inimitable style, his bafflement tuming to self-awareness and his unbridles young heart growing ever more disciplined and true.

Of this richly autobiographical novel Dickens himself wrote, "like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favorite child. And his name is David Copperfield."

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ABOUT THE STORY OF FERDINAND

Ferdinand is the world’s most peaceful–and–beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree.

Leaf’s simple storytelling paired with Lawson’s pen-and-ink drawings make The Story of Ferdinand a true classic.

Commemorate the 75th anniversary of the book’s original publication with this beautiful and affordable 8×8 paperback edition.

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Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay’s perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whipping winds, and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt.Learn More

Beginning with Thomas Edison’s childhood, when he set up his first laboratory in his basement as a 10-year-old, and following through his many jobs before he was able to support himself as an inventor, this is the true story of the man who brought the world the phonograph, motion pictures, and even the electric light bulb—revolutionary inventions that forever changed the way people live.

“One of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling children’s book series ever published.”—The New York Times

Margaret Cousins is also the author of the Landmark Book Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia.

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The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks and in the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense. That’s what you call a Mad Lib, the world’s greatest word game. Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for over 35 years!

Here’s where the fun begins. Check out The Original Mad Libs. Once you hear the laughs this one inspires, you’ll probably want to play the rest.

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The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks and in the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense. That’s what you call a Mad Libs, the world’s greatest word game. Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for over 35 years!

Now that you know what Mad Libs are, you’re ready to play Off-The-Wall Mad Libs. From “Paul Revere” and “Albert Einstein” to “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs” this zany group of Mad Libs  will make you the hit of the party.

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ABOUT GOOFY MAD LIBS

Be your own comedy writer! From the creators of the Original Mad Libs®, Goofy Mad Libs® will help keep you in touch with the funny side of life. The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks and in the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense.

That’s what you call a Mad Lib®, the world’s greatest word game. Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for over 35 years!

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The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks. In the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense, but it all makes you laugh. That’s what you call a Mad Lib , the world’s greatest word game. Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for 35 years!

This batch is from the sporting world; where baseball, bowling, and hockeyoeven surfing and scuba divingobecome game for hilarity. From the creators of the original Mad Libs , Slam Dunk Mad Libs will score big on the bench, in the bleachers, at a tailgate partyoanywhere good sports can be found.

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ABOUT UPSIDE DOWN MAD LIBS The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks. In the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense, but it all makes you laugh. That’s what you call a Mad Lib &#174, the world’s greatest word game.

Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for 35 years! Unmatched in topsy-turvy hilarity, Upside Down Mad Libs&#174 includes, “Video Madness,” “Words to Swear By,” “Flashes on Faxes,” and for computer whiz kids, “Good to the Last Byte.” Upside Down Mad Libs&#174 carries on the side-splitting tradition while taking the laughs to new, dizzying heights.

Middle Grades 

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The Sassafras Twins’ adventure blows forward in this next leg of their journey.

So far, Blaine and Tracey have learned about animals, the human body, and plants while traveling around the globe on Uncle Cecil’s and President Lincoln’s invisible zip lines.

The fourth leg of their summer-long, science-learning journey is all about earth science!

On this leg the twins visit the plains of Oklahoma, the mountains of Patagonia, the open ocean, and more!

Join them as they learn about weather, rivers, oceans, and other geological features found around the world! Don’t miss a moment of their incredible, science-filled journey of a lifetime!

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Blaine and Tracey had thought they were in for the worst summer of their lives when they arrived at Uncle Cecil’s house.

They soon discovered that their eccentric uncle and his inventor assistant had other plans in store.

The unconventional duo had created invisible zip lines for the twins to use as they traveled around the globe to learn all about science.

In the first leg of their journey, The Sassafras Science Adventures Volume 1: Zoology, they discovered the amazing world of animals.

In this volume, the twins (and you) will learn all about the different systems of the human body as they zip to an ancient tomb in Ethiopia, a garbage landfill in Texas and more.

Don’t miss a minute of their summer-long, science-filled zip line journey!

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The summer-long, science-filled, adventure-packed journey begins with a look at animals!

In The Sassafras Science Adventures Volume One: Zoology the zip-lining science adventure of Blaine and Tracey Sassafras begins - and we want you to join the journey!

Join the Sassafras Twins as they travel to exotic locales to learn about animals. Together, you will learn all about the amazing animals that can be found around the globe.

• In the book, Blaine and Tracey Sassafras visit locations like:
• The African Grasslands to discover more about the lion and cheetah;
• The Amazon Rainforest to learn about the sloth and poison dart frog;
• And the Alaskan Arctic to study the musk ox and snow goose.

The twins will meet a variety of local experts who help them to learn about the animals in the region. Along the way, they will all discover a budding interest in science. We want you to enjoy learning about zoology, too! 

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Joel Goss knows that Little Bub is a special colt, even though he's a runt. And when schoolteacher Justin Morgan asks Joel to break the colt in, Joel is thrilled! Soon word about Little Bub has spread throughout the entire Northeast -- this spirited colt can pull heavier loads than a pair of oxen. And run faster than thoroughbreds! 176 Pages Ages 8-12 Learn More

In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows. Their journey is terrifying—and remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival that highlights the plight of individual people in wartime. In the midst of suffering, acts of kindness, as exemplified by a family of Koreans who risk their own lives to help Yoko's brother, are inspiring reminders of the strength and resilience of the human spirit. 192 pages. Ages 8-12 Learn More

When Columbus landed on the islands in the Caribbean Sea, he thought he was off the coast of China.

A few years later, Amerigo Vespucci sailed west, hoping to find a new route to the East.

Instead, he discovered new lands that nobody at home knew about.

What did he see? Who did he tell? And why is America named after him?

Outstanding illustrations from Jed Mickle complement the fabulous story, giving second-grade readers insight into the life of this discoverer.

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These stories include the great myths –

of Amen-Ra, who created all the creatures in the world;

of Isis, seaching the waters for her dead husband Osiris;

of the Bennu Bird and the Book of Thoth.

But there are also tales told for pleasure about magic, treasure and adventure – even the first ever Cinderella story.

| Middle Grade (10 and up)

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From teenage girls waiting to dance at their very first ball, to mothers hunting for rich husbands for their daughters, Jane Austen's love stories are famous throughout the world.

This collection of adaptations of all six novels — and one shorter tale — with beautiful illustrations and summaries of the characters, is the perfect introduction to Jane Austen.

Novels included are: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Lady Susan.

Age 9 years +

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Welcome to the wonderful world of fairy tales, full of wicked wolves, clever princesses and magic beanstalks that touch the sky.

Would you like to be whisked away to a royal ball? Or find out who lives in a castle in the clouds? Then let’s begin.

Once upon a time... Includes: Cinderella, Goldilocks, Jack & the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, The Princess and the Pea.

Series: Read-Aloud Story Books

These delightful books make great stories and gifts for young and old readers alike!

Age 3 years and up

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