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Reader Alert: This book could be offensive to some select readership. It also contains something for most everyone. It references many Christian Biblical scriptures and Godly language. It contains both fiction and nonfiction interesting family oriented short stories. Many of these are heart felt, some with humorous exchanges, others that tell directions to find an individual's faith and hope. It also contains some poems, some One Liners and much more....
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This is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are six stories by Robert F. Young: "Jupiter Found", "The Blonde From Barsoom, "Boy Meets Dyevitza", "Boarding Party", "The Deep Space Rolls", and "Redemption".
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This is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are five stories by Walter J. Sheldon: "This Is Klon Calling", "Two Plus Two Makes Crazy", "Houlihan's Equation", "Jimsy And The Monsters, and "Brink Of Madness".
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They're back!
Naan and Pa Bailey are exactly where we left them – at the end of Leymor Road in the house with a purple door and a huge fig tree in the front garden.
They are still trying to cope with looking after their cat MimiCleo and her best friends: three toys who have come to life – Pedro the parrot, Purple Ted, and Fraser Bear.
At three and a half, the little tortoiseshell cat thinks she is an independent adult. The teddy bears are both...
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New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stero-typically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menacing. Yet, true maledictions (the opposite of benedictions) have frequently been spoken on New England soil, curses intended to invoke evil, injury, or total destruction against other people.
Stories about preternatural revenge are numerous in Yankee lore, with each New England state providing its favorites....
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Several years ago, a New York high school teacher began using the Internet to post strange-but-true history and science factoids for his students to read. What began as an interesting Web site for students at Chatham High School soon became an internationally recognized page that garnered numerous awards, including Yahoo's Site of the Week. In 2001, some of the stories were assembled into Einstein's Refrigerator, which has been translated into Korean...
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The year is 1999 and the world is on edge as it waits to find out if a simple computer programming oversite could cause the collapse of modern civilization.
But first: it's the mid-90s and Gordon Hamilton is a college freshman with big dreams, eager to soar well beyond the confines of life in Lincoln, Nebraska. A pivotal conversation with his new college friends around the bonfire one night sparks a new venture: Sagan Software, with Gordon as...
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What if bedtime didn't have to be a nightmare? 9 relaxing bedtime tales to help you drift off into a deep, relaxing, natural sleep. A selection of soothing words which act as a drug-free sleep aid. For ultimate relaxation and peaceful vibes.
Use the stories as part of a breathing exercise, as nighttime meditation or just to help you unwind at the end of a long day. More interesting than white noise. More engaging than nature sounds. A perfect de-stressor....
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A compendium containing the origins and history of some of the most common words and phrases in the English language.
Once upon a time...
Tying the knot actually involved tying a knot-not saying vows. Meanwhile, a thinking cap wasn't just a cute idea for schoolchildren, but an actual hat worn by scholars in the Middle Ages. Oh, and when you make no bones about something, you should consider yourself lucky you aren't choking on a chicken foot.
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National Science Teachers Association 2017 Top Science Trade Books for K-12 Students Nerdy Book Club Nerdies 2016 Longform Nonfiction Nonfiction Detectives: Best of 2016 Northland College Young Adult Notable Book Green Earth Book Award – YA Nonfiction 2017 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Notable book * "A terrific, engrossing resource." -Booklist, STARRED review "This eye-opening book on the science and politics of agriculture...
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