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1994. In the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Closely monitored by an all-seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous...
2) Noisy Nora
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English
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Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.
4) Rotten Ralph
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
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Ralph, a very, very, nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways--or does he?
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Tacky the penguin books volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1988.
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English
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Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.
8) Singing Sam
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
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Tired of caring for his new dog, a spoiled boy gives him to a young girl who discovers that the dog can sing.
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Song Lee books volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Song Lee is upset when she receives hateful notes in class, but she finds an appropriate and positive way to deal with them.
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Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"In an era of "hot takes" and easy generalizations, this collection reclaims the absurdities and paradoxes of life as it is actually lived from the American fantasy of "niceness". In Macy's world, human desires and fatal blind spots slam headlong into convenient, social-media-driven narratives that would sort us into neat boxes of insider or outsider; good or bad; with us or against us. Time and again, whether at home or in the age-old role of Americans...
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PolisBook
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"A collection of extraordinary riveting and thought provoking stories from Edgar and Anthony award nominee Patricia Abbott that explore the dark side of human behavior. A daughter finds a way to save a mother who no longer knows her name. A father eases his grief through an act of kindness that few will judge kindly. A savvy realtor closes her deal in an unexpected way. A society of women fares little better than their forebearers. An uxorious husband...
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451 Editores
Pub. Date
2009.
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Español
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Get ready to take a tour to the depths of the human relations, to get a first hand look at everything that we hide from ourselves. From a jazz club, a humid cellar, we can experience the simple enchantment of these places: we are going see fear, desire, ambition, doubts, enthusiasm and jealousy -- a selection of panoramic views of the successes and failures of a selected group of personages, each with his own great truth: a man whose bravest gesture...
15) Partes de guerra
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Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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"Lucía pertenece a un equipo de investigación, interdisciplinario, enfocado en estudiar el comportamiento humano, las motivaciones del mismo y sus consecuencias. Gabriel, el director del equipo, los ha convencido de ir a la frontera sur para estudiar el caso de una chica de 12 años asesinada, apuñalada, por su prima de la misma edad y el amigo/novio de ambas, y en presencia de dos pequeños testigos de 8 y 10 años. El caso les genera fascinación...
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Little Wolf Adventures volume 1
Publisher
Carlrhoda Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
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Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously, so his parents send him to his uncle's Big Bad Wolf school to learn to be a proper wolf.
17) The doll
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Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2011], ́2011.
Language
English
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A collection of 13 stories written by Dame Daphne du Maurier before she was 23 years old. Each story in the collection highlights du Maurier's deep understanding of human nature.
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