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Dork diaries volume 2
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English
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Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.
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Clone chronicles volume 1
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English
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Twelve-year-old Fisher Bas, a science-loving bully magnet, clones himself, only to discover that his double is infinitely cooler than himself.
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First published in 1895, "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" is a pivotal work in the field of group psychology written by French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon. Le Bon theorizes that there are several characteristics of crowds as distinguishable from individual behavior. As it states in the preface: "The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows...
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Optics can make or break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics, he learned from his father, the Congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son. Mark has promised to keep his past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is. But when he sees a manipulatively charming candidate for student body president inflame dangerous rhetoric, Mark risks his low profile to become a political challenger. The problem? No...
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2021
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Red, White, & Royal Blue meets The West Wing in Jasper Sanchez’s electric and insightful #ownvoices YA debut, chronicling a transmasculine student’s foray into a no-holds-barred student body president election against the wishes of his politician father.
Optics can make or break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics, he learned from his father, the Congressman who still pretends he
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Was defeating the monsters under the seas of Europe the end of Zaena's worries?
Well, no. She knows the worst battle will come at the Night Elves' abandoned enclave.
Is it possible the demise of the Night Elves was exaggerated?
Something is bringing back creatures that hadn't threatened humanity since elves walked among them. Zaena and Team Princess confront threats all over the country, but how can a warrior be prepared if she doesn't know what...
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2014
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English
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New York Times Bestseller
A breakout teen author explores the true meaning of popularity and how to survive middle school in this hysterically funny, touchingly honest contemporary memoir.
“I was inspired by [Maya's] journey and made a point of saving a copy of ‘Popular’ for my sister, who starts middle school this fall. Maybe if I had read it when I was her age, it could have saved me from a world...
A breakout teen author explores the true meaning of popularity and how to survive middle school in this hysterically funny, touchingly honest contemporary memoir.
“I was inspired by [Maya's] journey and made a point of saving a copy of ‘Popular’ for my sister, who starts middle school this fall. Maybe if I had read it when I was her age, it could have saved me from a world...
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Every day adolescent girls face a complex and challenging social world influenced by popularity. As parents, we benefit from having the resources to help our daughters navigate times of difficulty and vulnerability, because with the right support, these experiences can also deliver girls with their greatest learnings.
In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist Dr Mary Kaspar, deconstructs popularity and its links to our girls' wellbeing....
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Archaeologist Mertz casts light on a remarkable civilization that, even after thousands of years, still stirs the human imagination and inspires awe with its marvelous mysteries and amazing accomplishments. This chronicle brings ancient Egypt to life as never before, from the first Stone Age settlements through the reign of Cleopatra and the Roman invasions. Illustrated with pictures, maps, photographs, and charts, it offers glimpses into Egyptian...
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A Christian's Guide to the World's Most Prominent Religions
Meeting people from other religions is an incredible blessing and a unique challenge. As Christians, what do we need to know about their beliefs to effectively interact with them? And, how can we share about Jesus with sensitivity for someone's relationship to their current faith?
A compilation from some of today's top religion scholars, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is a...
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Understanding the New Testament is a daunting but exciting task. Our world is so different from that of the first century. Yet it is important to understand the context and content of the New Testament if we are to be faithful followers. Now in paper, this survey addresses the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions that readers of the Bible may have, such as: How can we tell if what is written in the New Testament is true history or just mythology?...
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Mother Goose's melodies belong to the children, and no addition or change should be made except by those who are in such close sympathy with the child-heart that they may act with the child's authority. This present edition of "Mother Goose" preserves the best of the verses which became so popular in England and America as to first demand their publication. It is the only truly classic edition that has been published in modern times. Not all the favorites...
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Maddie tries to be nice to everyone. Even weird, chicken-obsessed Tahlia.
But she'd way prefer to hang out with the cool K-girls at school. The only problem is that they don't seem interested in her anymore. And at Year 6 camp, Maddie has a decision to make: How far will she go to be popular?
Will she be able to live with the guilt when she finally has everything she's been hoping for?
Follow Maddie's hilarious antics with chickens, secrets, and...
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New York Times bestselling author Dr. Darrell Bock teams up with Dr. Daniel Wallace to help you separate fact from fiction among constant attacks on Christianity from popular culture and bogus scholars.
There is a quest going on to reduce Jesus to a mythic legend or to nothing more than a mere man. Scholars such as Elaine Pagels and James Tabor are using recent discoveries like the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Thomas to argue that the Christ...
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"Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment,...
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El 25 de mayo de 2003 Néstor Kirchner asumía como presidente de la Nación Argentina. Desde el primer momento encaró con decisión la compleja situación del país e impuso un ritmo vertiginoso a las medidas que fueron cambiando el rumbo de la Argentina: la revisión de las políticas económicas neoliberales, los derechos sociales, el fortalecimiento del rol del Estado, la derogación de las leyes de Obediencia de Vida y Punto Final y el enfoque...
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El 25 de mayo de 2003 Néstor Kirchner asumía como presidente de la Nación Argentina. Desde el primer momento encaró con decisión la compleja situación del país e impuso un ritmo vertiginoso a las medidas que fueron cambiando el rumbo de la Argentina: la revisión de las políticas económicas neoliberales, los derechos sociales, el fortalecimiento del rol del Estado, la derogación de las leyes de Obediencia de Vida y Punto Final y el enfoque...
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