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Good Night Cape Cod includes lighthouses, cranberry bogs, whale watches, lobsters, scenic landmarks, and ocean wildlife such as the Cape Cod Canal and bridges, herring runs, fishermen, ferryboats, beaches, Barnstable County Fair, Cape Cod clam bakes, seals, kettle ponds, peeper frogs, and more. This...

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This book takes a simple look at totem poles, examining what they are, their meaning and their on-going significance to different aboriginal peoples in Canada....

Sonia’s entire village believes she has a gift, but it’s only in leaving home that she finds out who she truly is. A compelling tale from a rich new voice in young adult fiction.Sixteen-year-old Sonia Ocampo was born on the night of the worst storm Tres Montes had ever seen. And when the winds merci...

A beautiful girl is found dead with her face slashed and an old man suffers a similar fate. These similar crimes bring together Roger West, Scotland Yard’s finest detective, and Lieutenant Goodison of New York's Homicide Branch, in a race to find the killer and deal with the twists and turns along t...

Video Stories provide a research-validated, dynamic teaching tool in which actual video clips of the students performing a skill are combined with all the essential information needed to understand that skill. Once the students see themselves as successful "movie stars," they often begin to initiate...

"There had been times when a GDP growth of 3.5 or 4% per annum in India was thought to be remarkable. Nowadays, people feel miffed if the growth rate registers 7.5% rather than 8%. There had been times when inflation had been over 25% in a year (and the people have had to live with it). Presently, e...

In this book, readers gain access to real scientific data pertaining to the science of sound production, promoting graph-reading, comparison, contrast, and calculation skills. Graphs show data from the following scientific instruments: Sound Level Meter and Tuner. The musical instruments in this boo...

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1873 edition by Otto Janke, Berlin....

In this concluding volume of Gilbert's renowned series, readers see Churchill at the pinnacle of wartime power as Britain's victorious leader in 1945. The many-sided nature of Churchill's abilities and his achievements fill this work with a multicolored tapestry of people and events. Two 8-page phot...

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Television crime reporter Grace Gleason doesn't go looking for trouble, but in the news-gathering trade, pursuing the truth can be risky. An Atlanta station hires her to star in its news segment, ''Crime and Corruption.'' Reporting on Metro Atlanta's underbelly thrusts Grace into the murky world of ...

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Excerpt from Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Education: Together With the Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board; January, 1873It appears that Of the persons employed as teachers one-eighth were males and seven-eighths females, the decrease of males for the year being 25...

Do you have an energetic little boy in your life that seems to need constant reminders about good manners? Do you sometimes feel like you are always nagging him? Kings Dont Spit is a fun, lighthearted way address sometimes challenging behavior....

Excerpt from The Rock Tombs of El Amarna, Vol. 4: Tombs of Penthu, Mahu, and Others The hand is at its true level in the Plate, but it should be some distance further to the left, as if it were helping itself from the same table.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...

Are you at home in the company of Jesus?Through over 100 meditational passages, respected theologian, R.C. Sproul helps us walk with Jesus as our mentor and friend. Learning to live with Jesus at the centre of our world is the secret to a meaningful life. Jesus is the pre-eminent character of histor...

"A tiny sound--perhaps the scrape of a boot on a ladder. Travis edged back into a compartment. A flash of light momentarily lighted the corridor; the approaching figure was using an electric torch. Travis drew his knife with one hand, reversed it so he could use the heavy hilt as a silencer. The oth...

Have you ever thought about trying meditation, but didn’t know how to get started? With Meditation for Beginners, trusted teacher Jack Kornfield shows you how simple it is to start—and stick with—a daily meditation practice.“Insight” or vipassana meditation is the time-honored skill of calming the ...

Julia Maxton can’t imagine anything worse than losing one of her three daughters—until the day seventeen-year-old Haley runs a stop sign, killing her younger sister Caitlin. Six weeks after the crash, the family is falling apart. Julia struggles not to show hostility toward Haley, but her deep-roote...

A Gift They'll Love Cool Notebook with Many Uses If you're looking for a cute gift or searching for a great notebook for yourself, you'll love the Monogram Notebook . Because this classic lined notebook has a cute empowering quote on the cover, you'll be inspired and reminded to focus on the positi...

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Excerpt from Mémoires de J. Casanova de Seingalt, Écrits par Lui-Même, Vol. 8: Suivis de Fragments des Mémoires du Prince de LigneSon frère me dit que son mari, qui raisonnait à l'in stant de sa mort comme tous les poitrinaires, lui avait dit qu'il ne pouvait pas espérer de la revoir dans l'autre mo...

Published in Association with Selby Botanical Gardens Press"The hundreds of orchid genera and thousands of species can seem unbelievably complex, but they are beautiful, mysterious, and alluring. Therefore we want reliable ways in which to refer to them―ways that will be understood by those who hear...