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Perveen Mistry novels volume 3
Mystery of 1920s Bombay volume 3
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Mystery of 1920s Bombay volume 03
Mystery of 1920s Bombay volume 3
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Mystery of 1920s Bombay volume 03
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English
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"November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a four-month tour. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and Bombay solicitor Perveen Mistry isn't surprised when local unrest over the royal arrival spirals into riots. But she's horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old female Parsi student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince's grand...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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When the hippos' river dries up and they move into the elephants' river, Elmer, the patchwork elephant, investigates. He discovers the hippos' dry river could be fixed if the hippos and elephants drop their prejudices and work together.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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42 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Best friends Billy and Rose, an industrious sheep and a laid-back pig, sometimes see things differently. When they play catch, Rose insists that Billy throws too high, and he counters that she throws too low. While Rose thinks washing clothes is the world's biggest chore, Billy contends that playing the cello holds that distinction. Still, these endearing friends always find a way to work things out: What if Billy plays a cello serenade for Rose while...
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English
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Spying has never been more ubiquitous--or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligence policy. Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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For this pair of twin cherries, everything is a competition. If Girl Cherry can swing higher, Boy Cherry will boast that he can swing lower. If one is smarter, then the other is cooler. So when they enter a contest to build the best dessert ever, they immediately pit themselves against each other. But when you're attached at the stem, there's only so much you can do on your own. Things could be easy as pie -- so to speak -- if they put aside their...
9) Sir Ladybug
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Sir Ladybug volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
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68 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Ladies and gentlebugs, presenting the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice, the one, the only-- Sir Ladybug! Sir Ladybug never shies away from a quest, even when he'd rather be playing a video game or baking a cake. So when a caterpillar needs rescuing from a "monster" (a hungry chickadee), Sir Ladybug and his trusty friends-- his herald, a roly-poly named Pell, and his squire, a snail named Sterling-- hatch the perfect (delicious)...
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Sir Ladybug volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
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62 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Sir Ladybug--the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice--is on a new quest! He and his herald, Pell, and his trusty squire, Sterling, will have to be extra-clever to outwit the mean Queen Bee.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years-- including the pandemic-- to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises-- global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution....
12) Swimmy
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English
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A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.
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Puzzling world of Winston Breen volume 1
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English
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Puzzle-crazy, twelve-year-old Winston and his ten-year-old sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery involving a hidden ring. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
14) Ruby & Olivia
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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240 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Quiet Olivia and brash Ruby are paired at a summer camp for troublemakers. When their volunteer service at an old mansion turns spooky, they must work together to find the cause.
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses and a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, told through the story of the deadly 2013–2014 Ebola epidemic
“Crisis in the Red Zone reads like a thriller. That the story it tells is all true makes it all more terrifying.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning...
“Crisis in the Red Zone reads like a thriller. That the story it tells is all true makes it all more terrifying.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning...
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Puzzling world of Winston Breen volume 2
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English
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Winston and his friends enter an all-day puzzle contest to win fifty-thousand dollars for their school, but they must also figure out who is trying to keep them from winning. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
17) Seven blind mice
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English
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Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
Description
Deep in the woods is a little wooden house, with nine neat windows and a red front door. When a little mouse decides it will make the perfect home, so do the other animals in the woods. One by one other animals are welcomed to share the home until the little house is full. All the animals live happily together until the day a great big bear wants to squeeze in too. But will the bear be able to put everything right when their home comes tumbling down?...
19) Destroy the day
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Defy the night volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Prince Corrick is out of options. Held captive by the vicious Oren Crane, he's desperate to reunite with Tessa, but will need to ally with the rebel leader Lochlan, who until now wished him dead. An unlikely but deadly pair, Corrick and Lochlan must plot their next moves carefully. An island away, Tessa Cade is heartbroken and angry. Grieving Corrick, and unsure how to find a way back to Kandala, she doesn't know who to trust. Until Rian--the man...
20) The fairy game
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 game (game board, 4 jewel tokens, 13 snowflake tokens, 44 snowstorm cards, 57 fairy garden cards) : cardboard, cardstock, color ; in box 23 x 32 x 4 cm
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English
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"The fairies need your help! Mr. Winter wants to turn the fairy garden to ice with his frosty breath. The fairies need to add the colored jewels to the magic wand before Mr. Winter freezes one of the flowers. Use teamwork and strategy to move the four jewels from the flowers to the magic wand and you'll banish Mr. Winter forever!"--Container.
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