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82) Tornado terror
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I survived true stories volume Book 3
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Scholastic Press
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English
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The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. Almost a century later, the Joplin Tornado was a mile-wide monster that destroyed heart of a vibrant city. The true stories of these two events plus fascinating facts, profiles of tornado scientists and storm chasers.--
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English
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Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
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84) Divide and ride
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HarperCollins
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English
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Teaches division as a group of friends goes on different carnival rides.
85) Raindrops Roll
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Beach Lane Books
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English
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"In her latest gorgeously photo-illustrated nonfiction picture book, celebrated author April Pulley Sayre sheds new light on the wonders of rain, from the beauty of a raindrop balanced on a leaf to the amazing, never-ending water cycle that keeps our planet in perfect ecological balance."-- $c Provided by publisher.
87) Hamlet
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English
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In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede and follow them, probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art.
The title role of Hamlet, perhaps the most demanding in all of Western drama,...
91) Othello
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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English
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Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The surprising flood of victims overwhelms neighboring countries, and chaos follows. Resentment in host nations heightens as disruption and the cost of aid grows. By 2017, many want to turn their backs on the victims. The refugees are the unwanted.
Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light...
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Red Chair Press
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English
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"The mighty ant has been around since the age of dinosaurs. These hard-working insects can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Readers discover how ants work as a team and why they've been able to survive so long as we explore an ant colony."--
94) Climate change
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Smart Apple Media
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English
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Facing Global Issues - What's the Issue? Climate Change - Climate Change Issues Around the Globe - ISSUE 1: Melting Ice - ISSUE 2: Rising Sea Levels - ISSUE 3: Record Temperatures - ISSUE 4: More Hurricanes - ISSUE 5: Increase in Greenhouse Gases - What Can You Do? Cut Greenhouse Emissions - Toward a Sustainable Future - Web Sites - Glossary - Index
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English
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The Merchant of Venice is an intriguing drama of love, greed, and revenge. At its heart, the play contrasts the characters of the maddened and vengeful Shylock, a Venetian moneylender, with the gracious, level-headed Portia, a wealthy young woman besieged by suitors. At the play's climax, Shylock insists on the enforcement of a binding contract that will cost the life of the merchant Antonio - inciting Portia to mount a memorable defense. In this...
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Crabtree Publishing Company
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English
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What is a Mixture? - Mixtures Around Us - Mixing Solutions - Separating Materials - Sieving Materials - Settling and Skimming - Filtering Liquids - Filtering Gases - Evaporation - Making New Materials - See for Yourself! - Super Smoothies! - Glossary - Further Information - Index
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A latest installment in the popular series that includes Red Seas Under Red Skies finds con man Locke Lamora's latest scrapes with fellow Gentleman Bastard Jean Tannen giving way to an increasingly audacious resolve to have an incredibly good time while robbing the world blind. With what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Now Locke...
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