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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 12
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Matthew Scudder's 12th adventure is at once a pulse-pounding thriller and an elegiac meditation on aging and mortality and the passage of time. Enlisted to investigate the seemingly improbable death rate of the members of a Club of Thirty-one, Scudder finds himself pitted against an unseen killer whose patience is equaled only by his merciless determination.
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"Fiendishly clever. A welcome visit with an old friend. Lawrence Block's
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Poignant collection of 5 stories - based in part on the author's experiences as a nurse during the Civil War - includes "A Night," a moving account of her encounter with a dying soldier; "My Contraband," a gripping tale of vengeance involving a Civil War nurse, her Confederate patient and his former slave; plus 3 other titles.
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Described by literary critic Robert Morss Lovett as "a novelist of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of culture, preoccupied with the upper ('and inner') class," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) also wrote superbly crafted works of short fiction. The seven stories in this excellent collection demonstrate the author's ability to create...
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Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 8
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When ex-policeman and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder is stalked by a psychotic killer who murders, one by one, Scudders' friends and acquaintances, his fate hinges on the survival of a glamorous call girl.
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A Literary Classic by ANTON CHEKHOV.
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by RUSSIAN author ANTON CHEKHOV is a collection of short stories first published in 1899 in RUSSIA. The title story of this collection, "The Lady with the Dog," tells an illicit love affair between two persons married to others, thought to reflect events of Chekhov's life.
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Acclaimed author and storyteller Atinuke reunites with illustrator Onyinye Iwu for a follow-up to their highly acclaimed first chapter book about a little girl with a mighty will and charm to spare. Too Small Tola lives in an apartment with her clever sister, Moji; her big brother, Dapo; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. In the first of three endearing new adventures, Tola is sized just right to wriggle under the bed and rescue Grandmommy's prized...
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie's short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It's an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
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A collection of fun and mind provoking short stories, poems and limericks. When writing I lean towards subjects such as dreams, aspirations, peace, Mother Nature, death and what happens to us as we pass from this to the next phase of our lives. There's plenty of different writings in this book so please make the most of this pick 'n' mix. If you enjoy these stories, it would help me if you spread the word to friends and family. Some stories may have...
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Return to Mythnium, where tree nymphs, rana, mer, pirates, and more add dimension and life to the fantasy realm.Journey with eight new characters who work to overcome hardships in a world interwoven with magic, light, dark, danger, and hope.A hamadryad finds solace and hope in the Deep Forest alongside a Forest Elf.On the Ebony Isles, treachery forces a lone rana to seek an unlikely ally.Beneath the Walker Mountains, a child's innocence shatters in...
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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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This Volume hold the power to shape young minds, nurturing their emotional, social, and moral development in profound ways. In this collection, each story is thoughtfully designed to teach essential life values, helping children navigate their world with empathy, integrity, and resilience.Through engaging narratives and relatable characters, these stories impart critical lessons that encourage positive growth:Empathy and Kindness: Characters who practice...
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