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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835—1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). First published in 1897, Twain's travel book "Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World" chronicles his 1895 tour of the British Empire when he was 60 years old. Fundamentally...
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"From hero to potato...to hero again! Super Max has it all. He's a superhero with a flashy uniform and a great head of hair. Sure, sometimes the evil Dr. Malevolent pops up to cause trouble. But Super Max has defeated the villain over and over again. This time is different. This time, Dr. Malevolent's plan works...and he turns the handsome hero into a tiny tuber! But there's one thing the doctor didn't count on. The potato still has powers, and justice...
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"Hosted by some of America's favorite stars, the America s Wildlife Survivors collection brings incredibly moving stories of survival to life. Join Daryl Hanna, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kenny Loggins, James Avery, Sophie B. Hawkins, Bridget Fonda, Pam Houston, and Alicia Silverstone as they venture into the wilderness and meet some of the world s most exotic and endangered animals. Among the amazing creatures profiled are coyotes, dolphins, bald eagles, and...
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"Two best friends, 500 miles, one wheelchair, and the challenge of a lifetime. Friendship takes on new meaning in this true story of Justin and Patrick, born less than two days apart in the same hospital. Best friends their whole lives, they grew up together, went to school together, and were best man in each other's weddings. When Justin was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease that robbed him of the use of his arms and legs, Patrick was there,...
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"Stop Being Mean to Yourself takes us to Northern Africa on a modern-day odyssey: one as full of suspense and excitement as it is of hope and encouragement. In each place, and in each chapter, Beattie is our compassionare guide, discovering and sharing the universal lessons that the people and places revealed to her. In teeming Casablanca, in war-torn Algeria, in the deep caverns of Egypt's great pyramids, Beattie uncovers simple yet vital lessons...
17) Bee & Bird
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A wordless story in which a bumblebee and a bird embark on a travel adventure.
18) The Reckoning
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The Reckoning is a rollicking time travel adventure that plummets the reader into a world of treachery, adventure, and romance. Trust me. You won't want to miss this one! Michelle Griep, author. When Morgan Shaw crept into the hold of an old pirate ship replica at San Diego's Annual Tall Ship Festival, her only intention was to avoid the guy who had just dumped her and who was now boarding the ship with two women on his arm. What she didn't expect...
19) Summer's portal
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"Summer's Portal is the first of a five-part time-travel adventure beginning in the Paris of 1920. In our present, Chloe Alexandra Steffington's enviable existence comes to an end with the disappearance of her archeologist parents. Increasingly suspicious that all is not as it seems, she discovers an old document leading her to reluctantly believe her parents are time-travelers. The sudden appearance of Dr. David Stewart leads to a grand adventure...
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Josh may be the only one who can save them, but he's trapped in the future. The third book in the original Infinity Engines series, Eschaton continues this action-packed, dystopian time travel adventure. The Oblivion Order is falling apart, and the timeline is beginning to unravel. Dalton's obsession with the Djinn threatens to bring down the continuum, and the only way to stop him is to resolve the riddles of the Eschaton Cascade and find Josh's...