Tag Archives: Social Sciences

The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the Final Harry Potter Adventure

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: John Granger
Publisher: Zossima Press

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The fastest-selling book in publication history, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS was a critical success and is loved by fans around the world. In THE DEATHLY HALLOWS LECTURES, John Granger reveals the Potter finale’s brilliant details, themes and meanings. Even the most ardent [...]

What the World Eats

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Peter Menzel, Faith D’Aluisio
Publisher: Tricycle Press

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Every day, millions of families around the world gather–at the table or on the floor, in a house or outdoors–to eat together. Ever wondered what a typical meal is like on the other side of the world? Or next door? Cultural [...]

Irresistible Attraction: Secrets of Personal Magnetism

Rating: (54 reviews)
Author: Kevin Hogan, Mary Lee Labay
Publisher: Network 3000

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People form their first impression of you in three to four seconds! This book reveals to you the hidden secrets of attraction and charisma. You will learn to maximize your hidden and natural attributes to create an instant [...]

Teeth Are Not for Biting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)

Rating: (28 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Book Description
TEETH ARE NOT FOR BITING Board Book by Elizabeth Verdick, illustrated by Marieka Heinlen. “Crunch crunch crunch. Teeth are strong and sharp. Crunch crunch crunch. Teeth can help you chew. But teeth are not for biting. Ouch! Biting hurts.” Sooner or later, almost [...]

Motherbridge of Love

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Xinran
Publisher: Barefoot Books

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This beautiful poem celebrates the bond between parent and child in a special way. Through the exchanges between a little Chinese girl and her mother, Motherbridge of Love offers a poignant and inspiring message to parents and children all over the world.

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? (Words Are Categorical)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Publisher: First Avenue Editions

Book Description
This accessible, lighthearted look at language introduces homonyms and homophones. Playful rhymes and comical cartoons make both concepts memorable. Each corresponding pair of homonyms and homophones is printed in color for easy identification. At the end, readers are challenged to apply what [...]

Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Voyager Books

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A little boy must come to terms with being teased and ostracized because he’d rather read books, paint pictures, and tap-dance than participate in sports. “There is a good balance between the simple text . . . and the expressive pictures . . . [...]

Expresate: Level 1

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Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston

A Lion to Guard Us

Rating: (19 reviews)
Author: Clyde Robert Bulla
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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`A favorite author uses an actual incident from 1609 to base a story of three impoverished children left alone in London who make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. . . . Fine engrossing historical fiction.’ —TE. [...]

Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to askfor help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team quickly head [...]

Expresate: Level 2 - Cuaderno de vocabulario y gramatica

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Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston

Birchbark House, The

Rating: (51 reviews)
Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

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Nineteenth-century American pioneer life was introduced to thousands of young readers by Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House books. With The Birchbark House, award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s first novel for young readers, this same slice of history is seen through the eyes of the [...]

The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)

Rating: (234 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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Characters based on James Patterson’s international bestsellers When the Wind Blows and The Lake House are re-invented in Maximum Ride and are launched on the ultimate action-packed adventure full of humor and suspense. Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what [...]

My Mouth Is a Volcano (Children’s/Life Skills)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Julia Cook
Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues

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All of LouisÂ’ thoughts are very important to him. In fact, his thoughts are so important to him that when he has something to say, his words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, then his tongue pushes [...]

Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

Rating: (83 reviews)
Author: Danica McKellar
Publisher: Plume

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The runaway national bestseller, now in paperback

Modern Biology

Author: Postlethwait and Hopson
Publisher: Holt Rinehart and Winston

Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword Premiere HC (Hedge Knight II)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: George R. R. Martin, Ben Avery, Mike S. Miller
Publisher: Marvel Comics

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Adapting New York Times best-selling author George R. R. Martin’s The Sworn Sword The long-awaited sequel to The Hedge Knight tells the story of the adventures of Ser Duncan and his squire one year after their initial [...]

Masquerade (A Blue Bloods Novel) (Blue Blood Novels)

Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

Book Description
Schuyler Van Alen wants an explanation for the mysterious deaths of young vampires. With her best friend, Oliver, Schuyler travels to Italy in the hope of finding the one man who can help–her grandfather. Meanwhile, back in New York, preparations [...]