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  Be Quiet Marina! (Unabridged)

  Kirsten DeBear

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  Marina and Moira like playing together, but Marina is noisy and Moira like quiet. How two preschoolers, one with Cerebral Palsy and one with Down syndrome, become best friends is beautifully told.

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  Later Than You Think - The...

  Fritz Leiber

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  Later Than You Think by Fritz Leiber - It's much later. The question is ... how late? 
  Obviously the Archeologist's study belonged to an era vastly distant from today. Familiar similarities here and there only sharpened the feeling of alienage. The sunlight that filtered through the windows in the ceiling had a wan and greenish cast and was augmented by radiation from some luminous material impregnating the walls and floor. Even the wide desk and the commodious hassocks glowed with a restful light. Across the former were scattered metal-backed wax tablets, styluses, and a pair of large and oddly formed spectacles. The crammed bookcases were not particularly unusual, but the books were bound in metal and the script on their spines would have been utterly unfamiliar to the most erudite of modern linguists. One of the books, lying open on a hassock, showed leaves of a thin, flexible, rustless metal covered with luminous characters. Between the bookcases were phosphorescent oil paintings, mainly of sea bottoms, in somber greens and browns. Their style, neither wholly realistic nor abstract, would have baffled the historian of art. 
  A blackboard with large colored crayons hinted equally at the schoolroom and the studio. 
  In the center of the room, midway to the ceiling, hung a fish with irridescent scales of breathtaking beauty. So invisible was its means of support that—also taking into account the strange paintings and the greenish light—one would have sworn that the object was to create an underwater scene. 
  The Explorer made his entrance in a theatrical swirl of movement. He embraced the Archeologist with a warmth calculated to startle that crusty old fellow. Then he settled himself on a hassock, looked up and asked a question in a speech and idiom so different from any we know that it must be called another means of communication rather than another language. The import was, "Well, what about it?"

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  The Ghostly Tales of the...

  Karen Miller

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  Ghost stories from the Adirondacks have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!The haunted history of The Mountains comes to life--even when the main players are dead. Visit the Sagamore Resort to catch a glimpse of the spirits who checked in but never checked out. Or look for ghosts amongst the stacks at the Woodgate Free Library. Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.

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  Sleepy Stories - 10 Calming...

  Jacqui Brown, Andrew David Moore...

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  Create a calming environment for your little one to fall asleep to, with this collection of calming stories. 
   
  So grab your teddy and settle down, as we wind down for the day and get ready for a perfect nights sleep.

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  Constellations for Kids - The...

  Aniela Publications

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  Are you ready to impress your friends & family with amazing knowledge and exciting tales of the constellations? 
  Have you ever looked up at the night sky and imagined what might be out there? You’re not alone! People have been wondering that for thousands of years. 
  Technology like telescopes and space shuttles are quite new, so before we could really investigate space, people would make up stories about what they thought was up there. 
  Some people saw heroes and monsters made out of stars, and would tell stories about them. 
  This book is going to tell you all about the wonderful things floating around above your head and teach you how to find some of the planets and special stars from your bedroom window. 
  Did you know:There are some stars you can see from Canada that will never be seen from Australia?Jupiter, the largest planet, has 80 moons?One day on Venus lasts 6,000 hours? (That means one day of school would last over eight months!) 
  You’ll discover:Why the ancient Romans are responsible for our galaxy being named after a chocolate bar!Why your parents might be receiving messages from space when traveling!Why sticking a pencil through an orange can help you visualize how the earth spins.How to become a solar system expertThe planet that’s not home to aliens—but robots!Why the moon’s gravity could be a surfer’s best friend!The best time to see incredible events in the sky!How to see a meteor shower every minute. 
  And much more! 
  You will discover all the tips and tricks to finding the constellations, as well as some amazing facts that will make you sound like a professional astronomer.

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  The Praise of Folly

  Desiderius Erasmus

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  In Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly, is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511. Inspired by previous works of the Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions, other traditions of European society and on the Western Church.Erasmus revised and extended his work, which was originally written in the space of a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at More's house in Bucklersbury in the City of London. The title Moriae Encomium had a punning second meaning as In Praise of More. In Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.

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