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  The Agent - The Talent Scout...

  Stephen Marlowe

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  Out-of-work singer Mike Hennesy knows what desperation feels like: empty pockets, an empty stomach, and the terrible suspicion that the stage has moved on without him. Then Vera, an aging actress who still dreams of leading roles, tells him about a mysterious new agent who can place anyone. Singers, actors, ventriloquists, animal acts, forgotten comics, and every other theatrical leftover crowd into Quontas Quoron’s strange office, each hoping for one more chance. 
  The offer sounds too good to question. No audition. No rejection. Good food, good quarters, and guaranteed work. But Quoron’s office is not what it appears to be, and his clients are not sending performers to any theater Mike has ever known. Soon a room full of hungry has-beens discovers that a signed contract can travel farther than anyone expected. Funny, fast, and full of show-business bite, The Agent turns unemployment, ego, and theatrical ambition into a wonderfully strange trip where even a washed-up crooner may become a sensation. 
  Stephen Marlowe was born Milton Lesser in Brooklyn in 1928 and published widely under several names, including Milton Lesser, C. H. Thames, Adam Chase, and Stephen Marlowe. His early science fiction appeared in venues such as Amazing Stories and the Ziff-Davis magazines, while his later career became strongly associated with crime fiction and the Chester Drum detective novels beginning with The Second Longest Night in 1955. The Agent, first published in 1953 in Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, shows Marlowe’s gift for comic timing, sharp first-person narration, and a premise that lands its punch before the narrator fully understands the joke.

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  Remember Dippy

  Shirley Reva Vernick

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  Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award Winner, Brigham Young University • Charlotte Awards Nominee, New York State Reading Association 
    
  Between helpings of mouthwatering shortcake, mysterious ferret disappearances, and a romance that misfires, thirteen-year-old Johnny and his fifteen-year-old cousin Remember forge a lifelong friendship in a summer they will never forget. 
    
  Thirteen-year-old Johnny’s summer plans fly out the window when he finds out his mother is leaving town for an important job in upstate New York. His aunt Collette tells his mother that he can stay with her as long as he “helps out” with his autistic older cousin, Remember. Johnny thinks it will be the most boring summer ever, since he and his cousin have nothing in common. For Johnny, Remember is just a gawky, awkward kid with strange habits like spending hours glued to the Weather Channel and repeating what people say. Boy, is Johnny wrong! As the weeks unfold, the cousins master video games, salvage the pizza guy’s romance, and even save a bully from drowning. It just may turn out to be the best summer of their lives. 
    
  "Vernick populates Johnny and Remember's town with quirky versions of classic characters, from bullies to curmudgeons with hearts of gold. … Captures an important part of growing up—that time when young people first start to see beyond their own perspectives and really understand the people around them."—School Library Journal

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  Who in the World Was The Unready...

  Connie Clark

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  Discover the intriguing story of Ethelred the Unready in this unabridged junior-level audio CD of Connie Clark's Who in the World was The Unready King?, read by Jim Weiss.  Ethelred's mother stood behind him. The archbishop smeared holy oil on Ethelred's shoulders and hands. He gave Ethelred a heavy sword and placed a gold crown on his head. The crown was too big—it fell over his eyes, and Ethelred almost dropped the sword on the archbishop's foot. How did Ethelred become king when he was only ten years old? Territory W This unabridged reading by Jim Weiss of the book is 38 minutes on one audio CD, giving second-grade readers insight into the life of this explorer. About the series: The classical curriculum introduces even the youngest student to the pleasures of true learning. Elementary students learn history not through predigested textbooks with multiple-choice answers, but through reading the stories of history. Unfortunately, biographies of great men and women of the past are almost all written for older students, limiting the ability of young students to explore history through reading. Libraries are crammed with biographies written for high school students and adults—while beginning readers are provided with a shelf full of junior-level books about football players, NASCAR drivers, and movie stars. Now, Peace Hill Press puts real history back into the grasp of the youngest historians with the Who in the World Biography Series. The entries in the series provide young readers and their parents and teachers with biographies of great men and women of the Middle Ages. Designed to be used as part of The Story of the World curriculum, these biographies give beginning historians in grades 2–4 a chance to explore beyond the textbook. The accompanying book is also available separately.

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  Lancelot - Tales of King Arthur...

  Hudson Talbott

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  Nothing, it seems, can harm the valiant Lancelot. The most brilliant warrior to join the Knights of the Round Table, he vanquishes beasts and villains at every turn. But Lancelot's own pride and conflicts of loyalty threaten to destroy the hero, whose passion and instincts are the source of his greatest strength and gravest danger.

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  Sharp Women - Embrace Your...

  Kelly Sayre

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  For years, women’s self-defense courses have focused on handling physical altercations, while domestic violence advocacy has circled around helping women who are already in abusive relationships. Meanwhile, the statistics on violence committed against women have remained stagnant for decades. 
  It’s time to make a change. 
  As a woman, you have unbelievable intuition skills. You notice when a loved one is "off." You feel the vibe or energy of a place. Your amazing instincts help you take care of others. What if you could use these natural abilities to build your situational awareness and avoid a physical fight? What if you could learn to recognize the red-flag behaviors and get safe before the violence starts? 
  Now, you can! In Sharp Women, Kelly Sayre breaks down ways for women to deal with everyday situations using their best self-defense weapon—their intuition. In this book, you’ll discover how to sharpen your natural skills, build a solid plan to protect yourself, and move forward through your life with confidence. 
  As founder and president of the Diamond Arrow Group, Kelly Sayre empowers women to live life on their own terms using non-physical, proactive situational awareness tactics that expose and avoid threatening situations before they happen.

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  I Told You So - A Redemption Tale

  Marty Machowski

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  A mountain of fire. A storm of thunder. A moment that will change history.High on the blazing peak of Mount Sinai, two goats stand in awe as lightning cracks, smoke billows, and the voice of God shakes the earth! The Ten Commandments are about to be given—but for Malik the mountain goat, all he can think about is escaping before the whole mountain explodes!But Memphis the farm goat? He charges straight into the storm. He has to find his lost shepherd—Moses. A mysterious dove has given him hope, but Malik isn’t convinced. "Moses is long gone," he insists. "Even if it’s the same Moses from the burning bush, he’ll never remember you!"Is Memphis chasing a dream? Or is his shepherd really up there, waiting? Listen in and witness the moment when heaven meets earth—and two goats find themselves in the middle of it all.

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