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Soon after the American Civil War, Confederate soldier John Carter joins the gold rush in Arizona. After striking a vein of gold, Carter runs into trouble with the natives of the area. In attempts to evade their pursuit, Carter hides in a cave, unaware of its magical properties. Mysteriously, Carter is transported to Mars, which the planet inhabitants call "Barsoom". When Carter discovers that the gravity difference between Mars and Earth has granted...
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"The Greedy Python" is quick to gobble up every creature he meets--including to his own great misfortune, himself, when he mistakes the tip of his tail for a lunchtime treat. With drawings by one of the country's most popular illustrators, this story of a python who is quick to eat everything in sight, including the end of his tail on one sad day, is sure to delight and amuse young readers. Full-color illustrations.
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One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the...
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Medical researcher and sometime spy, Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith--aided by CIA agent Randi Russell, British operative Peter Howell and ultra-secret spymaster Nathaniel Klein--faces a plot to unleash a deadly disease on an unsuspecting populace. Retired from the Army Medical Research Unit for Infectious Diseases, Smith heads to Venice to meet with a Russian scientist. Unfortunately, the scientist is killed by Sicilian mercenaries before he can warn Smith...
12) The Paris Option
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Covert-One novels volume 3
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A fiery explosion in the dark of night shatters one of the laboratory buildings in Paris's esteemed Pasteur Institute. Among the dead is Emile Chambord, one of the leaders in the global race to create a molecular -- or DNA -- computer. Unfortunately, Professor Chambord kept the details of his work secret, and his notes were apparently destroyed in either the bomb blast or the raging fire that followed.....
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Princes and princesses go together like sea and sand. But what if you're the world's clumsiest prince? Or the smelliest? Or you're a princess who doesn't want to get married? Then things get a little tricky. Usborne Young Reading books combine good stories with easy reading text. Series One is for readers who have just started reading alone.
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Covert-One novels volume 5
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For the past three decades Robert Ludlum's bestselling novels have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of readers worldwide and have set the standard against which all other thrillers are measured. His Covert-One series has been among his most beloved creations and now comes the latest thrilling novel in the series. The Lazarus Movement, the dominant force in the eco-conscious, "anti-technology" protest movement, has sent rumblings down the halls...
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Covert-One novels volume 7
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Lt. Col. Jon Smith and the daring operatives of Covert-One, a top-secret team of political, military, and technical experts, risk everything to stop a high-level conspiracy.
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The Pain and the Great One volume 1
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Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One).
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The Pain and the Great One volume 2
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More adventures at school and at home with Jake, a first-grader, and his older sister Abigail, known to each other as the Pain and the Great One.
