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Robert Lawson
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Peter Pepperell abruptly stopped growing at the age of 7, after which he started getting smaller. But while his body became tinier, his mind got bigger and so did his sense of adventure. When he learns of an overseas madman who's threatening the world with a compact but powerfully destructive weapon, the 4-inch-high boy climbs on the back of a friendly seagull and heads for Europe to disarm the evil scientist - and to do a little sightseeing along...
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Magic and miracles! After a slow start in living life, I began to experience more than twenty different kinds of delightful happenings that Id like to share with you. Ive been dissatisfied with what Ive encountered in Christian churches of various denominations. After reading The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age, by Levi Downing, as well as Conversations with God, by Neale Donald Walsch, I did gain some clarity that I hope to...
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The master illustrator of Mr. Popper's Penguins and The Story of Ferdinand brings new life to a bevy of traditional tales. More than 40 of the artist's enchanting pen-and-ink drawings grace 13 fairy tales and poems of wizards, dragons, and princes in disguise by Padraic Colum, Beatrice Curtis Brown, Eunice Tietjens, and other distinguished authors.
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President Lincoln's final resting place is more than just a cemetery. Oak Ridge is the second most visited cemetery in the United States, only Arlington has more visitors each year. It is a place of histories and stories. It is the final resting place of politicians, generals, and heroes. Even some of the private citizens have some interesting stories.
This work will take you from the Black Hawk War to the corruption of some early governors. In addition,...
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The bastard step-child of Milton Friedman and Anthony Bourdain, Socialism Sucks is a bar-crawl through former, current, and wannabe socialist countries around the world. Free market economists Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell travel to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and Sweden to investigate the dangers and idiocies of socialism-while drinking a lot of beer.
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"VEGAS HOCKEY, VEGAS STRONG"
This complete narrative of "VEGAS HOCKEY, VEGAS STRONG" is informative and emotive with stories never told, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the history of hockey in Las Vegas. The evolution of hockey led to the NHL granting Las Vegas its first Big Four sports franchise. The sport grew from a few avid players forming a team in the mob-built International Ice Palace, to the first time pro players suited...
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A young boy in Southern California meets life head-on during the fifties and sixties. Robert Lawson was the second child out of six siblings. A beautiful mother and inventive dad lead their children on a wild journey. You'll meet animals, contraptions, wild imaginations and more until life comes to a standstill, and all hope seems to vanish.
A wonderful tale of hopes crashed, and plans destroyed. Somewhat like sticking six children in the middle...
8) Rabbit hill
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The Viking press
Pub. Date
1944, c1972
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English
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New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.
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The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.
11) Adam of the road
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Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1987
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English
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The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.
15) Ferdinand
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure.
18) The great wheel
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Viking
Pub. Date
1957
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.