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3) Don Quixote
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The adventures of Don Quixote, a common man from La Mancha, who has convinced himself that he is a knight. With his portly peasant squire, Sancho Panza, who recognizes his master's madness but is nonetheless captivated by promises of kingdoms and riches, Don Quixote mistakes windmills for giants and flocks of sheep for armies.
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To all the boys I've loved before volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
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"Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?"--
6) Knight Life
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Modern Arthur trilogy volume 1
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More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mists of Avalon, King Arthur has returned. This time, he's prepared to rule the Camelot of a new millennium: New York City. Handsome, charismatic Arthur Penn is running for mayor on a platform of common sense, humor, and knightly virtues. His advisors include a gifted ten-year-old named Merlin; Percival, an immortal accountant; and Gwen, a lovely young woman with no end of problems. Their grassroots...
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How was the Internet born in Brazil? Who were its pioneers? How did they interact with the Internets fathers in the United States and Europe? What strategies guided the development of Brazils Internet? How has it developed in terms of coverage, usage, speed, pricing, and quality of service? What needs to be done to better realize its potential for accelerating economic, social and political development? What is the Brazilian model of Internet governance...
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This book reconstructs important milestones in the lives of 2,808 white, native-born men who resided in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1860 or 1870. Selected systematically from the census for those two years, these men represent two cross-sections of those viewed by contemporaries as "typical" Bostonians.Using a broad array of sources--manuscript census returns; tax assessments; city directories; birth, marriage, and death records for more than twenty...
12) Little Dorrit
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The novel "Little Dorrit", published originally between 1855 and 1857, is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtor's prisons-in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they have repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the author's own father had been imprisoned. Most of Dickens'...
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From Hollywood blockbusters to art films, distributors play an important role in getting films in front of audiences and thus in shaping the nature of film culture. Of central concern to Reaching Audiences are the distribution practices developed to counter Hollywood's dominance of the marketplace, designed to ensure audiences have access to a more diverse moving image culture. Through a series of case studies, the book tracks the inventive distribution...
14) Girls' hockey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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On the court, on the field, on the course, or in the gym, female athletes are getting it done. This title highlights the stars who rule girls' hockey today and the skills they've mastered on the way. You will find informative chapters that help readers better understand the skills of each sport, tips for improving those skills, a sport-specific diagram, a glossary, additional resources, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...
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Batman and Robin volume 17
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The Dark Knight and the Boy Wonder face multiple threats and villains new and old, including the mysterious White Knight, the villain Absence and the renegade Robin of the past, Jason Todd-in stories written by creators Paul Cornell (ACTION COMICS,'Doctor Who'), Pete Tomasi (GREEN LANTERN CORPS, NIGHTWING) and Judd Winick (BRIGHTEST DAY: GENERATION LOST, BATMAN).
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Durango, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico square off against each other in a fight to control the general area in this tale, based upon actual facts. Each side is busy rustling cows and horses from each others herds and blaming the other. But, Ike and Port Stockton of the Colorado faction are a little more liberal and sometimes grab available Colorado ranchers stock for the butcher shop. Ike is a good PR man and influences several Colorado newspapers...
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One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D.VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front.
Black Fokker Leader, filled with new information and original photos, is based on the author's research of significant German archival material and documentation, as well as British, French, and Belgian...
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Batman Arkham Knight - Genesis volume 1
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Blasting out of the smash-hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT comes an action-packed look at the game's mysterious antihero, the Arkham Knight! He is Gotham City's newest vigilante, and his deadly tactics put him in direct opposition to Batman. But the Knight's connections to the Caped Crusader run deep-and he has much more planned than just cleaning up Gotham's crime. The Arkham Knight is here to make Batman-and every one of his allies-pay for what...
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In this epic tale written by Peter Milligan (RED LANTERNS, JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, SKREEMER), Batman is led through a labyrinthine urban maze by his old nemesis the Riddler, who seems to have changed into an abominable monster with one purpose: to drive Batman insane. In his quest, the Riddler is working with an occultist who has summoned a demon to stop Batman-but in the process, the Riddler himself is slowly changing into a nightmarish beast! Collects...
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Batman Arkham Knight volume 5
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The prequel to the best-selling video game continues! The Venom-fueled super-villain Bane has broken out of Gotham Stone Ridge Penitentiary, and this time he's amassed an army of followers ready to overrun the city and install him as ruler of Gotham. To defeat him, Batman will need an army of his own, and he'll stand shoulder to shoulder with allies and enemies alike to fight for their city. But Bane isn't the only threat facing the Dark Knight. While...