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"Kathy Brown suddenly wakes up. Was that a noise in the house, or part of her dream? In her dream, Kathy was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend. Her husband, Jack, lies beside her, snoring. Michael is exciting, Jack is boring. When Kathy hears the noise again, she gets up. Then she hears whispers. Then she feels a gun at her head. Two men are in the house. Kathy and her husband face a living nightmare. Kathy must also face her real feelings...
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"Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still hard at work, recording and playing live to massive crowds of adoring fans. Who Are the Rolling Stones? captures the excitement of the Stones on their journey to become the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world."--Amazon.com.
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"Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Since being elected pope he has shown a humbler, less formal approach to his office than his predecessors: a warm style that has been referred to as "no frills." His common touch and accessibility, as well as his insistence that the church be more open and welcoming, has quickly endeared him not...
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Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared.
10) Abraham Lincoln
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A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
12) Charles Darwin
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Describes the life and scientific career of Charles Darwin, especially his theory of evolution which was published in his famous book in 1859: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
13) Ronald Reagan
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Examines the life and career of Ronald Reagan, including his time as an actor, his terms as governor of California, and president of the United States.
16) John Muir
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Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.
17) Clara Barton
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An introduction to the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
18) Robinson's hood
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Robin Paige is pushed to the brink when the community center where he spends his free time is in danger of closing, his grandmother is shaken down by thugs, and he is forced into doing a bully's homework.
20) Amelia Earhart
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Provides an easy-to-read introduction to the life of Amelia Earhart.
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