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[2003]
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English
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Barney encourages his friends to express and understand their emotions in a healthy way. From creating masks to decorating a tree with hearts, Barney uses fun songs and games to get his friends in touch with their feelings. He reminds them that manners, sharing and taking turns are great ways to show you care.
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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When a surprise package arrives from Miss Vera Goode containing her new book on manners. Barney's friends question why minding their manners is so important. Barney helps his pals brush up on the rules of etiquette by bring Mother Goose rhymes to life.
25) Remember me
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English
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"Can Lady Philippa Ware forgive the man who once shattered all her youthful dreams? Discover the passionate and heartwarming new novel on the redemptive power of love from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. Philippa, elder daughter of the Earl of Stratton, grew up eagerly anticipating a glittering debut and a brilliant marriage. Then her brother caught their father out in a clandestine affair and denounced him publicly. The whole family...
26) The long valley
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Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
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First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbecks characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers...
27) To be a kid
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Text and photographs from countries around the world illustrate some of the activities children everywhere have in common.
28) Naming ceremony
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Language
English
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It is time for her baby sister's naming ceremony, and Amira has a name picked out, but as friends and family pronounce the names they have brought, Amira starts to wonder if her chosen name is really the blessing she thought it was. Includes a note about West African tradition of the naming ceremony.
34) Mi jefe es Chino
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Pub. Date
©2006
Language
Español
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Quizá mañana cuando llegue a su oficina todo sea diferente. Alguien ha movido su mesa para orientarla en una mejor armonía con el resto del mobiliario y el café ha desaparecido de la máquina y ha sido sustituido por diversas variedades de té. Mientras, su jefe hace yoga a la espera de una videoconferencia con la central desde... Shanghái. Puede que le parezca un escenario demasiado futurista, pero ya está ocurriendo, mientras lee estas...
35) Selected stories
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Series
Everyman's library volume 400
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"A hardcover edition of a selection of short stories by French writer Guy de Maupassant, translated by Marjorie Laurie and originally published in Everyman's Library in 1934. This edition contains a new introduction by Catriona Seth, a bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times"--
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English
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"The days are getting shorter as summer's end approaches, which means it's time for the Harvest Festival, the last big event of the season, held by Mamie Fish, wife of millionaire railroad tycoon Stuyvesant Fish, at their grand "cottage," Crossways. The neocolonial mansion is decked out in artificial autumn splendor, and an extravagant scavenger hunt will be held. But the crowning jewel of the evening will be the guest of honor, Prince Otto of Austria....
37) Ready or not
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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A young bride joins her new husband's rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn't changed in a thousand years. For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds are lifting. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets...
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2022.
Language
English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of To Sir, With Love and the Central Park Pact series comes a reverse My Fair Lady tale about a pampered Manhattan socialite who must teach an unpolished drifter from the Louisiana Bayou how to fit in with New York City's upper crust. Somewhere between antagonistic dinner parties and tortured tux fittings, this pair of polar opposites slowly find a begrudging respect for one another--and perhaps even something...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"What accounts for Masterpiece's longevity and influence? This book offers two reasons: the power of its drama and its aspirational appeal. Masterpiece delivers great stories, stories that transport, enthrall, enrich, and comfort us. But it also speaks to a uniquely American belief in the possibility of self-improvement, even self-transformation, through the acquisition of "culture""--
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