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The gardener
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Sarah Stewart |
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her. |
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The naked lady
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Wallace, Ian |
When a sculptor moves in to the farm next door, young Tom is inspired to become an artist. |
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Family re-union
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Robert Kuttner |
Explores relationships between parents and adult children, offering advice and insight on ways to develop a new adult-to-adult connection and maintain trust and communication. |
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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold |
Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach" --the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartmen… |
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Out of time
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Lynne Segal |
"A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of aging. How old am I? Don't ask, don't tell. As the baby boomers approach their sixth or seventh decade, they are … |
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Millennials & management
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Lee Caraher |
"As management ages and prepares to work longer than previous generations and Millennials join companies at steady rate, companies are suffering through tension and dissonance between Millennials and… |
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The wedding group
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Elizabeth Taylor |
Cressy has grown up in a world of women, presided over by her eccentric, artistic grandfather Harry Bretton. Rebelling against the wholesome, organic values of her home life, Cressy decides to leave … |
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Pump
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Sharon Jennings |
Pat loves to skateboard and when a skateboard park is going to be built close to Pat's house he is thrilled. But when Pat's neighbor Mrs. Harris tries to stop the park being built, Pat rallies his fr… |
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Meeting the needs of children with disabilities
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Laudan Y. Aron |
"The complexity of government programs sometimes makes it difficult for children with disabilities to get the benefits they need. This can impede their health and development. This book suggests ways… |
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The Gen-Z book
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Riya Goel |
Who is Gen-Z? Why are Gen-Zers always online? Why should you care about Gen-Z? The Gen-Z Book: The A to Z About Gen-Z answers those questions and more. Readers will understand what Generation Z is al… |
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The boy who held back the sea
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Lenny Hort |
By blocking a leaking hole in the dike, a young boy saves his town from destruction. |
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Mop top
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Don Freeman |
An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop. |
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The Rolling Stones
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Robert A. Heinlein |
SciFi YA - The rollicking adventures of the Stone Family on a tour of the Solar System. It all started when the twins, Castor and Pollux Stone, decided that life on the Lunar colony was too dull and … |
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Intergenerational Support and Old Age in Africa
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Isabella Aboderin |
"In most societies, of the world, including in Africa, responsibility for the material support of older people, unable to sustain themselves through work or investments, has originally resided with t… |
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Love Marriage
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V. V. Ganeshananthan |
In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage. In reality, there is a whole spectrum in betwee… |
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