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John Wagner was a misfit, a bully, a man without a future until he discovered he wasn't a man at all. He was genetically a Lycan, part werewolf, part human. Taken in and tutored by an organization that protected others like him, they now faced a real threat from a group of demon-hunting killer monks who had sworn to rid the world of his kind.
2) Scapa
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Scapa Flow, one of the greatest naval bases in history, resonates through the annals of the Royal Navy during the two great wars of the twentieth century. It was from there that the Grand Fleet sailed to Jutland in 1916; from there that Russian convoys set off; and it was in that beautiful, bleak anchorage that the German High Seas fleet committed the greatest act of suicide ever seen at sea-'The Grand Scuttle'-before being raised and scrapped in...
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School fund-raisers-something students usually look forward to doing, but some hesitate with the person-to-person contact. Throw in a Mom who requires the best in manners. This includes people who will not order anything from her student. What a "thank you" for buying nothing? This is the situation Doodleflopper finds himself in with one of his neighbors. How many "thank yous" will it take to make his mom happy?
4) Story Land
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When sedans and station wagons replaced trains for vacationers heading to New Hampshire's rugged and picturesque White Mountains, new motels and attractions catering to middle-class families sprang up amidst the established grand hotels and diversions for socialites, artists, skiers, and hikers. In 1954, a tiny children's park inspired by a collection of storybook dolls opened in the quiet village of Glen. Through a unique combination of independent...
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This book is that inspirational, one-hour meeting that starts on time and ends with you feeling supercharged and ready to act-now in an expanded 2nd edition.
Accountant and personal finance expert Jim Miller has been helping popular companies and people like you for over 20 years. Now he's updated and expanded his original work with fresh sections and a new chapter devoted entirely to people that lost their job and have nothing.
Budgeting Doesn't...
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A chance encounter with a faded "Wanted!" poster in a San Diego library sends journalist Jack Wilson on a wild adventure through southern California's radical past. As Jack searches for the truth about I. W. W. outlaw Bobby Flash, he uncovers a hidden history of real-life revolutionaries . . . and learns a powerful lesson about the importance of family in the process. Jim Miller is a labor educator and activist in San Diego, California.
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President Eisenhower warned Americans about the domino effect that might cause all of Asia to fall to communists, just as China and Eastern Europe had. Kennedy listened and sent a small band of advisors to Vietnam and Laos. Johnson may have thought he was fulfilling Kennedy's legacy of supporting free, independent, and democratic countries when he expanded the scale of the intervention, and then Nixon upped the scale of bombing geometrically.
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In the 30 years between the end of World War II and 1975, the construction schemes of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board changed the face of the Highlands and brought electricity to almost the whole of the country north of the Highland Line. Nothing on such a scale had been attempted before, and the "schemes", as they were called, symbolized far more than huge devices for the generation of electricity. Fired by the idealism of Tom Johnston,...
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The silver-and-black-clad Oakland Raiders fans are the most notorious in American professional sports, with a mythic reputation for cursing, drinking, brawling, and generally wreaking mayhem. The devotion of the team's multiracial, largely blue-collar supporters runs deep, creating a profound sense of community. As Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew reveal in this hair-raising and entertaining new book, the self-described Raider Nation, smitten with its...
10) Men in black
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New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer. The mission is to locate and exterminate the bug before it destroys the planet.
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Laugh, cry, or smile while you listen to this collection of nostalgic stories of life in general – and perhaps recall your own cherished memories. Appearing in magazines and newspapers, the stories and poems written by James A. Nelson are reminiscent of his many life experiences and relationships he established through the years. His essays are windows to his soul, opinions forged by strong family values and mores.
16) Serving Sara
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Joe is a process server. After several failed attempts to serve papers to various clients, Joe is able to persuade his boss to give him another chance with a high-profile client, a wealthy Texas cattle baron who has decided to divorce his wife and business partner, Sara. When Joe presents the divorce papers, she is shocked by the news, which would cost her her half of the fortune. Sara strikes a deal with Joe - if he's willing to take back the papers,...
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"Today, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In [this book], James Miller, author of the classic history of 1960s protest "Democracy Is in the Streets", offers a lively, surprising, and urgent history of the democratic idea from its first stirrings to the present."--Dust jacket.
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Grace, growth, freedom, and faith are the themes of these 12 dynamic lessons based on the letters from Paul to the Christians in Galatia and Philippi. As the next volume in the popular Creative Bible Lessons series, Creative Bible Lessons in Galatians & Philippians comes power-packed with the teachings of Paul. Six lessons from each book will guide you and your students through many of the Gospel's central truths, including:
• Liberation from the...
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Four normal modern day teenagers are plunged into a world they thought only existed in novels and film. They are whisked away to a magical land where dragons roam the skies, orcs and hobgoblins terrorize weary travelers, dark magic consumes kingdoms, and where unicorns prance through the forest. It is a world where man is just one race, joining other races such as elves, trolls, dwarves, changelings, and the dreaded creatures who steal the night....