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Infinity ring volume 5
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English
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Dak, Sera, and Riq must act fast to save the world's greatest library from destruction.
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Magic tree house volume 34
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Español
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Con sólo un libro para investigar y otro de rimas mágicas, Annie y Jack viajan 1,200 años atrás, a la era dorada de Bagdad. La travesía comienza en el desierto, en la estación de las tormentas de arena. Al principio, la misión es un misterio, hasta que un grupo de bandidos ataca a una caravana de camellos y Annie y Jack tienen que proteger una extraña caja. ¿Qué habrá adentro? ¿Cómo le servirá su contenido al gobernante de Bagdad para...
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This is Iraq in the turbulent 1920s-a cauldron of intrigue, violence and death in a new country created from disparate parts of the old Ottoman Empire after WWI. The British are attempting to establish a puppet monarchy and protect the vital flow of oil using obsolete bombers. Lawless, rebellious Arab tribes roam the vast deserts, preying on anything that moves on the ground or in the air.
Allan Chadwick is a slightly gauche, newly qualified RAF pilot...
6) Lost boys
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2017.
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English
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In 1982 Iran, twelve-year-old Reza is more interested in music than war, but enlists in obedience to his devout mother and soon finds himself in a prison camp in Iraq.
7) Great King Hammurabi and His Code of Law: Ancient History Illustrated | Children's Ancient History
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It was a time of great societal unrest that the Great King Hammurabi decided to step forward and craft is Code of Law. His Laws included hundreds of laws with punishments, and these are considered too advanced thinking for his time. This book will introduce the Code of Law to young readers. Do you find some laws familiar? Do you think these laws link ancient history to modern times?
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Now a major movie starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne, directed by Richard Linklater!
Darryl Ponicsan's debut novel The Last Detail was named one of the best of the year and widely acclaimed, catapulting him to fame when it was first published. The story of two career sailors assigned to escort a young seaman from Norfolk to the naval prison in Portsmouth, New Hampshire-and of the mayhem that ensues-was made into an award-winning...
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Baghdad Central is a noir debut novel set in Baghdad in September 2003. The US occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales of hubris and reality-denial abound, culminating in Washington hailing the mess a glorious "mission accomplished." Inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji is a mid-level Iraqi cop who deserted...
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2018.
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English
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"Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk--the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral confusion mixed with technical precision ... [He] accompanied...
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