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  Normal Is Just a Setting on the...

  Adair Lara

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  When the self-help books just aren’t helping, it’s time to call in the experts: real people . . .  
   
  San Francisco Chronicle columnist Adair Lara polled her readers for life lessons learned through experience, receiving thousands of heartfelt and irreverent responses. The best are compiled here in more than two hundred bits of priceless counsel, accompanied by witty, whimsical illustrations by award-winning artist Roxanna Bikadoroff.  
   
  This handy little volume is filled with humor, unconventional insights, and the kind of common wisdom that will always bear repeating.

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  Sounds of the River - A Young...

  Da Chen

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  "A story about suppression, humiliation, vindication, and, ultimately, triumph." —New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Colors of the Mountain—an engrossing, gloriously written coming-of-age saga that picks up where that book left off—in Beijing during China’s Cultural RevolutionIn this "equally beguiling sequel to his acclaimed memoir" (Kirkus Reviews), teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles, and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and "all things Western," he competes to win a chance to study in America—a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of the almighty professors.Poetic, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Sounds of the River is a gloriously written coming-of-age saga that chronicles a remarkable journey—a travelogue of the heart.

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  Son of Mountains - MY LIFE AS A...

  Yassin Aref

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  Now available as an audiobook, listen to the story of a UN refugee who sought peace and freedom for himself and his family in America––and found just the opposite. It is the story of a Muslim Imam and an Iraqi Kurd - a son of mountains - who has struggled all his life just to survive.

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  The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  Joe Dunn

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  Hawaii, 1941. The United States was abruptly pushed into World War II on the sunny morning of December 7.  The Japanese were angry at the American interference in the Pacific.  So, they attempted to knock out the American fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor.  Fly along in the surprise attack that changed the course of World War II in this dazzling graphic novel. Maps, timelines, glossaries, and indexes make these titles an exciting addition to classroom discussion.

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  Vampire Hunter D: Volume 2 -...

  Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano

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  "The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue!Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12,090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world.But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!Performed by Scott McCormick, David Cui Cui, Taylor Coan, Steve Wannall, John Kielty, Terence Aselford, Michael John Casey, Rayner Gabriel, Niusha Nawab, Karen Novack, Alex Hill-Knight, Bradley Foster Smith,, Christopher Walker, Mark Harrietha, Yasmin Tuazon, Chris Stinson, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Matthew Schleigh, Colleen Delany, Triya Leong, Kelly Baskin and Shanta Parasuraman."

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  Laziness - The Adventures of Fenek

  Dominika Galka

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  Fenek does not feel like doing anything. To make matters worse, everyone wants something from him, and they don’t seem to understand his emotions at all. How can you cope with being lazy, and has Fenek deserved a reward? Check it out yourselves! Thanks to this book, your child will:understand the meaning of laziness; realise that being lazy can be a real burden for others;learn that each type of behaviour brings about certain consequences.The Adventures of Fenek - Books for younger children 
  Thematic series that respond to the needs of pre-school and kindergarten teachers, parents, and psychologists. 20-page brochures are published in series of four books each, and they are all thematically related.

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