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  Gustav Klimt: A short biography...

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  Gustav Klimt, painting genius of art déco: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  Treasure Island: CEFR level A2...

  Karen Kovacs

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  Improve your English in a fun way, without any extra studying, with books by Read Stories - Learn English. This book is adapted for learners at CEFR level A2 (pre-intermediate). 
  The men were quiet for a minute, then Squire Trelawney smiled and said, “We’re going to Bristol tomorrow!” 
  “Why?” I asked. 
  “I’m going to buy a ship there,” he explained, “then we’ll sail it to the island and find the treasure!" 
  Join Jim Hawkins on his exciting journey to Treasure Island. With scary pirates, dangerous battles and hidden gold, it's an adventure you won't forget!

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  Richard Wagner: A short...

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  Richard Wagner, German composer and founder of the Bayreuth myth: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  Underground Railroad to Mexico...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Underground Railroad is one of the most taught topics to young schoolchildren, and every American is familiar with the idea of fugitive slaves escaping to Canada and the North with the help of determined abolitionists and even former escaped slaves like Harriet Tubman. The secrecy involved in the Underground Railroad made it one of the most mysterious aspects of the mid-19th century in America, to the extent that claims spread that 100,000 slaves had escaped via the Underground Railroad. Of course, from a practical standpoint, the Underground Railroad had to remain covert not only for the sake of thousands of slaves, but for a small army of men and women of every race, religion and economic class who put themselves in peril on an ongoing basis throughout the first half of the 19th century, and in the years leading up to the war.  
  	Over 150 years later, that same secrecy has helped the Underground Railroad become so romanticized and mythologized that people often visualize it in ways that were far different from reality. Before the American Civil War eliminated slavery, it was a fixture in North America for over 200 years, and by 1850 a trained slave was worth approximately $2,500, around 10 times the sum of a typical annual salary in that day. As a result, the economic dependence on slavery in the South was an extreme one, and in the wake of the Fugitive Slave Act, black people in the North were under constant pressure to defend their “credentials” to bounty hunters and owners. Between the value of slaves in America, rising abolitionist sentiment at home and overseas, and political debates promoting or hindering the movement toward equality, the era in which the Underground Railroad operated cannot be easily fit into a concise body of principles, actions or geography. 

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  Cinderella La Cenicienta

  Naomi McMillan

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  Step into a world where dreams come true, and magic is just a wish away! Follow Cinderella, a kind and gentle girl as she faces adversity from her mean stepmother and jealous stepsisters. Find out what happens when her Fairy Godmother appears, and with a flash of her magic wand turns a pumpkin into an elegant coach. Will Cinderella meet the handsome prince at the ball? What will happen when the clock strikes midnight? Presented in both English and Spanish, this dual language story will sweep you off your feet into a realm of love, kindness,  and a happily ever after ending!

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  Enlightenment is an Accident -...

  Tim Burkett

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  A warm-hearted guide to Buddhist practice for those ready to contend with the reality that enlightenment—the realization of non-self—can't be achieved by the self. 
   
   
   
  A well-known spiritual saying goes, "Enlightenment is an accident. But we can make ourselves more accident-prone." As an authentic American Zen takes shape, enlightenment continues to be misunderstood as a project to be completed, a goal to be achieved, or a prize to be awarded. Tim Burkett's new book unhooks enlightenment from the hot air balloon of ego and brings it back down to earth. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on stories of his first teacher, the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki (author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind), and Burkett's decades of practice and teaching, he reveals how to live in the world with a deep joy that comes from embracing the work and play of this very moment. With the wisdom and humor of a seasoned practitioner familiar with all manner of eccentric fixations and silly dead-ends, he offers views and practices we can use to support the paradoxical process of letting enlightenment happen on its own.

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