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3) Seduced
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Hannah Smith novels volume 4
Language
English
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"A fishing guide and part-time investigator, Hannah Smith is a tall, strong Florida woman descended from many generations of the same. But the problem before her now is much older even than that. Five hundred years ago, Spanish conquistadors planted the first orange seeds in Florida, but now the whole industry is in trouble. The trees are dying at the root, weakened by infestation and genetic manipulation, and the only solution might be somehow, somewhere,...
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English
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Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. The ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. As the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known, Violeta's family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. She...
Author
Publisher
Armadillo
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
First steps in learning a new language are made easy and fun in this exciting word-and-picture book. Introducing more than 1000 Spanish words, all of them illustrated with lively drawings by Susie Lacome. Words and images are arranged by topic, such as the bedroom, the garden, food, shapes and clothes, and will immediately capture the interest of young readers. Simple questions in English and Spanish allow beginners to explore the language further....
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English
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...
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English
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At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising...
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English
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"Late one July night in 2020 in Portland, Oregon, armed men, identified only by the word POLICE stitched onto their uniforms, began snatching people off the street and placing them in unmarked vans. The people targeted were legally protesting as part of a nationwide Black Lives Matter movement. More arrests soon followed. These actions were not done by a group of right-wing terrorists, or the FBI or CIA. They were common practice maneuvers conducted...
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A charming photographic and illustrated book to help children link words and objects and improve both their English and Spanish vocabulary. The engaging themes have been especially chosen to provide a comprehensive introduction to language learning.
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Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The wide and wonderful world of animals offers a fun way to get kids talking in English and Spanish. Taking them from 'alligator/el caimán' to 'zebra/la cebra,' this inspiring book builds kids' bilingual vocabularies through 100 unique creatures with fun and varied names"--