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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Unlock LANGUAGE fluency with 1000 Common Phrases: Learn LANGUAGE Through Simple Sentences. Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners, this guide introduces you to the 1000 most common phrases in LANGUAGE using straightforward sentences. By mastering these essential phrases and their context in everyday conversations, you'll greatly improve your LANGUAGE comprehension and communication skills.
Each sentence is thoughtfully translated into...
10) I Love My Mom
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Punjabi English Bilingual children's book (Gurmukhi). Perfect for kids studying English or Punjabi as their second language. Everybody loves their Mom, no matter what their age. In this bedtime story, the little bunny Jimmy and his older brothers try to find a perfect present for Mom's birthday. They want to show how much they love her. What creative solution did they find to express their feelings? You will find out in this illustrated children's...
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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...
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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...
13) 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...
14) Apology
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"Apology" is the famous account of the trial of Socrates. Plato's dialogue presents the charges brought against Socrates by the people of Athens and lays out the arguments that the accused presented in his defense. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of the city with his radical ideas and of impiety against the pantheon of the Athenian gods, or more specifically, of not believing in the gods of the city and believing instead in no gods or...
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E. A. Poe's short story follows Prince Prospero and his friends' futile attempt to outrun and outsmart a deadly plague, called the Red Death. The heart of the story is presented as a masquerade where the guests revel in mirth and intoxication, oblivious of the horrors that await them. The author's narrative techniques revolve around symbolism (number seven, the clock, the black chamber) and provides an allegorical halo around the short story. Witnessing...
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Loneliness, temptation, the fragility of man in a soulless new age... The controversial, banned masterpiece from the nineteenth-century French poet.
Sparking scandal in France, declared "an outrage to public morals" and "an offense to religious morals" by the Ministry of the Interior, The Flowers of Evil plunged Charles Baudelaire into a controversy that his public image never quite overcame. Nevertheless, the collection has since been lauded as...
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The original edition of the most trusted writer's guide to American English, this is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence construction, and other writing essentials. In brief and concise terms, author William Strunk, Jr., identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition. Originally published...
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Read the story. Then sing the story! It isn't a secret that using songs to teach children pre-reading skills is fun and successful. This original song is featured as a read-along and a sing-along. What words begin with the letter b? Ball and bat and baby! What words begin with the letter z? Zoo and zip and zebra. Learning all about consonant sounds is fun with this catchy rhyme. Fun illustrations show a picture for each word and help young learners...
19) The Pioneers
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First published in 1823, "The Pioneers" was the debut novel in James Fenimore Cooper's famous "Leatherstocking Tales". While published first, it is the fourth chronologically of Cooper's five "Leatherstocking Tales" and follows the later life of his central character, Natty Bumppo. Well-known to Cooper's readers as the archetypal American frontiersman and friend to Indians, Natty struggles with hunting and maintaining his way of life amid a growing...
20) Phaedo
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A classic work of ancient Greek literature from Plato, one of the most famous of all ancient Greek philosophers, the "Phaedo" is the moving story of the last moments of Socrates life as recounted by Phaedo, a student of Socrates and a first-hand witness to his final hours. "Phaedo" is the fourth and last dialogue by Plato of Socrates final days, following "Euthyphro", "Apology", and "Crito". In "Phaedo" we see the famous philosopher in his last hours...
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