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44) Tales of wonder
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Ten folktales from around the world, including "Why the Sea Is Salty," and "The Firebird."
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"A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them."--P. [4] of cover.
46) Something Noble
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In order to save her son's life, a single mom must try to convince a selfish drug dealer to donate one of his kidneys to his half-brother.
47) Boneyard
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"The beach town of Wreckers Cove is rugged, beautiful and just a little spooky--the perfect place for a luxury resort. The town's Museum of the Macabre features a chilling new exhibit of human bones and skeletons. The owner claims they're all fake--but journalist Wilma Roberts believes otherwise"--P. [4] of cover.
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"RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson is in the Turks and Caicos Islands, enjoying two weeks of leave from his job training police in Haiti with the UN. On an early-morning jog along famed Grace Bay Beach he discovers a dead man in the surf. Ray is shocked to recognize the body as that of one of his Haitian police recruits. To his wife's increasing dismay, Ray is compelled to follow the dead man's trail and finds himself plunged into the world of human trafficking...
51) So wild a dream
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Seventeen-year-old Beth's seemingly simple mission to deliver a letter for General Washington ends in a British camp where she is sentenced to hang as a spy.
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"Linnet Ridgeway is rich, beautiful and clever. She appears to have everything. But Linnet also has enemies. When she is shot dead on a passenger boat in Egypt, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot is also on the trip. But even for the great Belgian detective, this is not a simple case."--P. [4] of cover.
58) Blizzard
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While traveling to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Silva family gets caught up in a blizzard when their car goes off the road, and they must survive until they are rescued.