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"Can you guess the animal by looking at its bones? Each vibrant spread of this book features the skeleton of a different animal. Use the colors and visual clues to determine whose bones are portrayed throughout in this engaging introduction to vertebrate animals." --
2) Taken
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Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...
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In 1969, Elliot Tiber, an interior designer living in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. Upon hearing that a planned music and arts festival has lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Elliot calls producer Michael Lang at Woodstock Ventures to offer his family's motel to the promoters and generate business. Three weeks later half a million...
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Yuki's childhood was a long period of solitary darkness. Years later, he met Tohru, but what does he want from her? Yuki reveals to Kakeru what he can tell no one else. Meanwhile, Tohru's class is going to put on a play for the school festival, but miscasting makes it rough going for rehearsal. Will there be chaos on stage when the curtain finally rises?!
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"Tohru should be having the time of her life at the Sohmas' vacation home, but ever since Akito arrived, everyone keeps ditching her for him! Yuki had wanted to tell her something important, but now they might not have the time ... Meanwhile, Tohru finally meets the Horse of the zodiac--leaving only the Rooster! Later the fall term begins, and the new student council assembles at last. Tohru goes on her own secret mission to visit Kazuma, desperate...
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"As the clock winds down, it's time to dive deep into the twisted relationship between Akito and Kureno, the most elusive member of the Sohma zodiac. Tohru is trying her hardest to ensure a happy ending for everyone, but some problems are too difficult to handle alone. Good thing she has faithful friends who'll stay by her side through thick and thin! But Kureno's not the only one keeping secrets-- Shigure also knows far more than he's been letting...
10) Wyrwa
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"Kiedy Maciej dowiaduje się, że jego żona Janina zginęła w wypadku samochodowym, myśli, że wali mu się cały świat. Jak powiedzieć dwóm córeczkom, że właśnie straciły matkę? Co powiedzieć teściom? Nie ma jednak pojęcia, dlaczego do wypadku doszło pod Mrągowem, skoro Janina powiedziała mu, że jedzie na delegację pod Kraków... A gdy na pogrzebie pojawia się tajemniczy mężczyzna, Maciej zaczyna rozumieć, że Janina miała...
11) Du iz tak?
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Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?
12) Something wild
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Criterion collection volume 563
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A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvous, just the beginning of a capricious interstate road trip that brings the two face-to-face with their hidden selves.
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Lady joker volume 1
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"This tour-de-force is widely regarded as the quintessential post-WWII Japanese novel. A plan to kidnap a major corporation's CEO becomes an allegory for the alienation of the individual self, a mirror to modern-day Japanese identity. In 1995 in Tokyo, five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on the horses. They have little in common except a disaffection with their lives. One is a poorly socialized but genius factory welder. One is a demoted...
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"Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop, Kyung is upset--she...
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"V detstve on daril mne konfety, risunki i ulybki. On obozhal svoi͡u malen'kui͡u podruzhku i nikomu ne pozvoli͡al obizhat' meni͡a. A potom i͡a sovershila odin neprostitel'nyĭ postupok. Teper' togo milogo i dobrogo mal'chika, s kotorym my byli tak blizki v detstve, bol'she net. Na ego meste -- zlobnoe chudovishche, ne znai͡ushchee ni li͡ubvi, ni zhalosti. I on ne uspokoitsi͡a, poka ne otomstit i ne unichtozhit meni͡a. Ėto roman o trogatel'noĭ...
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The fast and the furious: On the turbocharged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With nitro-boosted fury, Dominic Toretto rules the road, turning all his challengers into dust. He and his rival, Johnny Tran, are the best. But now there's a new rage on the road. They know he's tough, but what they don't know is that he's a speed demon detective with enough drive and determination to come out the winner.
Rush: Set against the...
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Buck Howard is a mentalist extraordinaire who used to spend his days in the limelight. But nowadays, it's become clear to everyone but Buck that his act has long ago lost its luster. Yet, Buck is convinced his comeback is imminent. With the help of his new personal assisstant, recent law school drop-out and would-be writer Troy, not to mention his fiery publicist, Buck surprisingly lands back in the American consciousness, taking Troy along for the...
19) Taka
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"Join Taka, the Notorious Delinquent, as she struggles to right her wrongs after unwittingly releasing a horde of evil robots. It's tough to be a hero. A new YA graphic novel for fans of the Kamen Rider series. Taka is no hero. The Notorious Delinquent has a bit of a reputation in her city, but after she accidentally unleashes a horde of evil robots, she begrudgingly takes up the mantle of MECH FIGHTER! Armed with special abilities, Taka sets out...
20) Taking Chance
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The remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. As Strobl crosses America's heartland, he will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional journey...
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