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61) The runaway jury
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In Biloxi, Mississippi, a woman sues a tobacco company for the death of her husband from lung cancer. The protagonists are a jury fixer, that is a lawyer whose role is to assure a jury favorable to the company, and a rogue juror whom the fixer cannot eliminate or control. This is a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake which begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at...
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Title on accompanying disc: The people could fly : an American-African folktale.Narrated by James Earl Jones and Virginia Hamilton. Pea-pod man: Raven the creator -- Finding night: Quat the creator -- Endless sea of mud: Death the creator -- Bursting from the hen's egg: Phan Ku the creator -- Traveling to form the world: Old Man the creator -- First man becomes the devil: Ulgen the creator -- Turtle dives to the bottom of the sea: Earth Starter the...
63) Animal farm
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Book Chat: March 1, 2023: Pig & Horse Welfare Day
Book Chat March 11: Drive
Book Chat: March 1, 2023: Pig & Horse Welfare Day
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Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
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"Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees"--Provided by publisher....
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"Lisa Pearl is an American teaching English in Japan and the situation there--thanks mostly to her spontaneous, hard-partying ways--has become problematic. Now she's in Seoul, South Korea, with her childhood best-friend Mindy. The young women share a special bond: they are both Korean-born adoptees into white American families. Mindy is in Seoul to track down her birth mom, and wants Lisa to do the same. Trouble is, Lisa isn't convinced she needs...
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Originally published in 1960.;Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee exploreswith rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.--Provided by publisher....
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Publisher Annotation: Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons takes the reader on a journey light-years away.
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By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr. Banks.
Who can slide up banisters, banish naughtiness with a swift "Spit-spot," and turn a make-believe sidewalk drawing into a lovely day in the park? Mary Poppins, of course! This omnibus edition combines the two Mary Poppins classics, Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back, that inspired both the 1964 movie and the Broadway musical.
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70) Go figure!
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Presents a collection of math activities that include brainteasers, magic tricks, and mind-reading games.
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One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in literature have beenable to do -- a complete feeling of dread and uncertainty.
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The definitive guide to more than 275 heroes, villains, aliens, and droids of the Star Wars galaxy The latest edition of this beloved title has been comprehensively updated to include new characters from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and both seasons of Star Wars: The Mandalorian. Want to learn more about the Knights of Ren? Where is Padme Amidala from? How tall is Grogu? To learn the answers to these questions and more, look no further than Star...
73) Universe
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Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Universe explores the incredible celestial bodies in our Solar System. Become an eyewitness to outer space and beyond, in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of the Universe. Children will be mesmerized by how past, present, and future space exploration has helped our understanding of the Sun, our Solar System, rocky planets, gas giants, and explosive stars. This beautifully...
74) Bird box
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Bird Box novels volume 1
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In Bird Box, brilliantly imaginative debut author Josh Malerman captures an apocalyptic near-future world, where a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them -- but is it man, animal, or monster? Within these tracks, Malerman, a professional musician, discusses his love of horror and invokes an ethereal and atmospheric experience in an homage...
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Dr. Peter Brown, an intern at a Manhattan hospital, finds his past catching up with him when a patient realizes Peter is actually Pietro "Bearclaw" Brnwa, a hit man for the mob and has been in the Witness Protection Program for years, leaving Peter scrambling to find a way to protect his patients and himself from the bloodbath that will ensue if Peter's patient reveals his true identity.
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From the author of McTeague: The classic novel of corporate corruption and violent rebellion in the railroad industry. On May 11, 1880, at a San Joaquin Valley ranch, a shootout between tenant farmers and a sheriff's posse left seven dead. The dispute was over land rights. The law was acting in the service of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This tragedy marked the beginning of the end for the American frontier, and it became the inspiration for Frank...
78) Swimmy
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A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.
79) Fish
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A concise study of the various species of fish that inhabit the oceans and waterways of the world which discusses how they swim and breath, the functions of fins and scales, feeding habits, how they protect themselves against predators, and more.
80) Now we are six
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A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
Nonsense verses about people, animals, and situations. There is a beetle who is mistaken for a match, and a knight whose armour doesn't squeak.
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