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  Jimmy Sniffles vs the Mummy

  Scott Nickel

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  Jimmy Sniffles and his class take a field trip to the museum. Some believe the newest exhibit, the Mummy of Amun-Set, is cursed. At first, Jimmy doesn’t believe the frightful legend, but then some of the museum’s artifacts go missing. Can the kid who knows noses track down the truth? Or will this mummy mystery finally stump his super schnozz?

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  The Scarlet Letter

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.    The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in the United States. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work of American literature. The novel has inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. Critics have described The Scarlet Letter as a masterwork, and novelist D. H. Lawrence called it a "perfect work of the American imagination.

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  Introducing Philosophy - A...

  Dave Robinson, Judy Groves

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  Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as:
  
  What is the nature of reality?
  
  What are human beings really like?
  
  What is special about the human mind and consciousness?
  
  Are we free to choose who we are and what we do?
  
  Can we prove that God exists?
  
  Can we be certain about anything at all?
  
  What is truth?
  
  Does language provide us with a true picture of the world?
  
  How should we behave towards each other?
  
  Do computers think?
  Introducing Philosophy is a comprehensive graphic guide to the thinking of all the significant philosophers of the Western world from Heraclitus to Derrida. It examines and explains their key arguments and ideas without being obscure or solemn. Lively and accessible, it is the perfect introduction to philosophers and philosophical ideas for anyone coming to the subject for the first time.

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  The Wizard of Oz

  L. Baum

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  On a bright, summer day, a cyclone suddenly sweeps across the Kansas sky. A young girl named Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are carried up into the terrible storm. Far, far away, they crash down in a strange land called Oz. To return home, Dorothy must travel to the Emerald City and meet the all-powerful Wizard of Oz. But the journey won't be easy, and she'll need the help of a few good friends.

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  Red Rascal's War

  Garry Trudeau

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  Readers and critics were wowed by G. B. Trudeau's epic masterpiece 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, and they'll rejoice when they see this beautiful follow-up volume. Featuring an innovative format and an all-new collection of strips, Red Rascal's War is the first all-color Doonesbury book ever. Both Trudeau and his fans have followed Doonesbury's ever-expanding cast through four decades of cultural turbulence and change. With its arresting cover and rich interior, Red Rascal's War showcases the most recent additions to a body of work the New York Times admiringly refers to as "a sprawling masterwork.""[Trudeau is] Dickensian in his range of characters," writes Garry Wills in The New York Review of Books. "Trudeau has just kept improving, year after year, in part because he stays so close to changing events. . . . He has never been better than in the last six years."From the exploits of Afghan legend-in-chief Sorkh Razil to the pipe dreams of Malibu's top nanny Zonker Harris, and from the "no more chill pills" intervention by Obama's aides to the way-cool love of a headbanging war vet and his MIT-grad gal, Doonesbury marches wildly on."What else is guaranteed to make you think, feel nostalgic, and laugh out loud at least once a page?" --Karen Holt, O Magazine

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  The Adventures of Sappy Sardine

  Laurence McElrea

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  The Adventures of Sappy Sardine is about a young sardine named Sappy. Sappy is with his friends in a school when they are viciously attacked by Barry Barracuda and his friends. After the attack subsides, Sappy finds himself separated from his friends, but rather than look for them Sappy decides to go explore the deep blue sea. Thus begins Sappy's great adventure, where he learns that life in the ocean is a lot more dagerious than it use to be in years past.

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