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Holiday hijinks abound in this very merry Christmas story about three siblings who can't resist sneaking a peek under the tree before it's time, for fans of How to Catch Santa and 5 More Sleeps.
Everyone knows there's no peeking at presents before Christmas morning. But what if there's a very, very good reason to take a look? It's Christmas Eve and the three kids in this story are trying their best to go to sleep, but something keeps waking them...
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Release the power of dual-language learning with 1000 Motivational Statements: Learn Spanish While Transforming Your Life.
This unique book offers an innovative approach to mastering Spanish while simultaneously fueling your journey toward self-improvement.
Inside, youll find 1000 carefully curated motivational statements, each presented in Spanish, then in English, followed by its Spanish translation. By reading and repeating these statements,...
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Unlock Portuguese fluency with 1000 Common Verbs: Learn Portuguese Through Simple Sentences. Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners, this guide introduces you to the 1000 most common Portuguese verbs through clear, easy-to-understand sentences, each thoughtfully translated into English. Ideal for self-study or classroom use, it helps you master essential verbs and understand their context in daily dialogue, enhancing your comprehension and...
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1000 Common Adjectives: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences
Unlock the door to Spanish fluency with 1000 Common Adjectives: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences. This practical guide is designed for beginners and intermediate learners, introducing you to the 1000 most common adjectives in Spanish through straightforward and easy-to-understand sentences.
By mastering these essential adjectives and understanding their context in daily...
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Unlock French fluency with 1000 Common Phrases: Learn French Through Simple Sentences. Designed for beginners and intermediate learners, this guide introduces you to the 1000 most common French phrases through straightforward, easy-to-understand sentences. By mastering these essential phrases and understanding their context in daily dialogue, you'll significantly improve your comprehension and communication skills. Each sentence is translated into...
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Fifteen vivid stories set in Europe and Mansfield's native New Zealand populate this selection of tales inspired by the complex nature of the human condition. The author delivers an insightful look at modern behavior post-World War I.
The Garden Party and Other Stories features multiple tales highlighting the highs and lows of contemporary life. The title story, "The Garden Party," centers on a wealthy young woman struggling with the concept of...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.
8) Uncle Vanya
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Uncle Vanya (1898) is a four-act play by Russian short story writer and playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1899, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Astrov. Reviews were lukewarm at first, but as the play continued to run, Uncle Vanya gained both popularity and critical prowess, and has since become one of the most influential dramas ever produced.
When retired...
9) The Birds
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The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia where it won second place. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized fantasy remarkable for its mimicry of birds and for the gaiety of its songs. Unlike the author's other early plays, it includes no direct mention of the Peloponnesian War and there are few references to Athenian politics, and yet it was staged...
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First published in English by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859 from its original Farsi, "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is a collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, a Persian astronomer and mathematician born in the later part of the 11th century. Omar Khayyam's poetry, which received very little international notoriety in its own day, achieved classic status when it was discovered and rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald over seven...
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Unlock Portuguese fluency with 1000 Common Nouns: Learn Portuguese Through Simple Sentences. Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners, this guide introduces the 1000 most common Portuguese nouns through clear, easy sentences. Each sentence is translated into English, making it ideal for self-study or classroom use.
By mastering these nouns and their context, you will significantly improve your comprehension and communication skills in...
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1000 Common Future Tense Verbs: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences
Unlock the door to Spanish fluency with 1000 Common Future Tense Verbs: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences. This practical guide is designed for intermediate learners, introducing you to the 1000 most common verbs in Spanish in their future tense form, through straightforward and easy-to-understand sentences.
By mastering these essential verbs and understanding their...
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THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS! ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION!
Have you always wanted to learn how to speak the Yemeni Arabic dialect but simply didn't have the time?
Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. In creating this time-saving program, master...
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"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise" – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground
The darkly fascinating novella Notes From The Underground was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1864, shortly before he penned his lengthier later novels, including The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment.
Considered by many to be one of the first existentialist novels it follows the complicated mind of a bitter, retired civil servant...
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A writer travels to a fishing village to complete her book and becomes close friends with many residents including her popular housemate, Mrs. Almira Todd. Throughout her stay, the writer is, inundated with personal stories from her colorful neighbors. In The Country of the Pointed Firs, a Boston native travels to a small Maine town called Dunnet Landing. She finds room and board with an older woman named Almira Todd, a widow and local herbalist....
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1000 Common Conjugations: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences
Unlock the door to Spanish fluency with 1000 Common Conjugations: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences. This practical guide is designed for intermediate learners, introducing you to the most common verb conjugations in Spanish, through straightforward and easy-to-understand sentences.
By mastering these essential conjugations and understanding their context in daily dialogue, you...
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1000 Common Words: Learn LANGUAGE Through Simple Sentences
Unlock LANGUAGE fluency with 1000 Common Words: Learn LANGUAGE Through Simple Sentences. Tailored for beginners and intermediate learners, this practical guide introduces you to the 1000 most common LANGUAGE words through clear and easy-to-understand sentences.
Research indicates that these crucial words constitute about 80-85% of everyday conversations. By mastering them, you'll...
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1000 Common Past Tense Verbs: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences
Unlock the door to Spanish fluency with 1000 Common Past Tense Verbs: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences. This practical guide is designed for intermediate learners, introducing you to the 1000 most common verbs in Spanish in their past tense form, through straightforward and easy-to-understand sentences.
By mastering these essential verbs and understanding their context in...
19) Gorgias
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One of the middle or transitional dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, "Gorgias" depicts a dinner gathering attended by Socrates and a group of sophists. Gorgias, a foreigner, has been drawn to Athens by its cultural and intellectual sophistication. In this dialogue Plato contrasts Gorgias, the rhetorician, with Socrates, the philosopher, whose differing specialties are persuasion and refutation, respectively. As Plato delves into arguments...
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Serbian English bilingual children's book (Cyrillic alphabet). Perfect for kids studying English or Serbian as their second language. In this touching bedtime story, a little girl describes why her Mom is awesome. We see her going through her day, carrying the warmest feeling about her mother. Mom always knows how she feels and can help with any problem. Mom can make the most complicated braid and explain fractions; Mom can help to wake her up in...
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