Andy Smith
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Is love an enticing game-or just a scary rollercoaster ride?
In the summer of 1966, sixteen-year-old Jason goes to work at his Jewish grandfather's penny arcade in Coney Island. While working there, he plunges head over heels for Anna, a beautiful Italian girl. Little does he know what lies ahead.
Amid the constant rumbling of a roller coaster and the cacophony of pinball machines, transistor radios, bumper cars, hot dogs and cotton candy, Jason barrels...
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Once you understand the rules of Heaven, this story will have you thinking and creating your own days in Heaven. This truly wonderful, fun adventure never ends and is not only fun to read, but it truly makes sense. They say Heaven is for eternity, but in my Heaven, that may not be enough time.
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Trying to figure out why you're stuck at this stage of your trade business journey? Your business model is wrong. That's the problem. Working harder has got you to this point. Now, it's time to work smarter. Start Up. Scale Up. Sell Up. is for trade business owners who want to make more money and fast-track financial freedom. Life is short. Don't waste time reinventing the wheel. This book has all the answers. Andy and Angela Smith, fellow trade business...
4) Fang Fairy
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Something slimy snagged a baby tooth from beneath his brother's pillow. Now Jeremy and his friend Nessy are off to find the truth of the missing tooth.
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In this dazzling exploration of one of the most contradictory periods of literary and artistic achievement in modern history, journalist Andy McSmith evokes the lives of more than a dozen of the most brilliant artists and writers of the twentieth century. Taking us deep into Stalin's Russia, Fear and the Muse Kept Watch asks the question: can great art be produced in a police state? For although Josif Stalin ran one of the most oppressive regimes...
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Factopia volume 3
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Presents an illustrated collection of facts about horrible medicine, gory gastronomy, smelly sports, and more.
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Britannica Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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"In this blast-from-the-past adventure [one will] discover hundreds of the most mind-blowing facts from history. Hidden tombs, ghostly ships, boiled vipers, samurai warriors, snow machines, pet lions, hidden pyramids, secret codes, flaming fireballs, wooden bathing suits, sparkling jewels, and many more are all woven together in this ingenious web of connected facts"--Amazon.
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Britannica Books, an imprint of What on Earth Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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Every fact is connected in surprising and hilarious ways. Follow a trail thaat hops from facts about dinosaurs to facts about eggs to facts about breakfasts to facts about goats. And there isn't just one trail through these facts. Sometimes your path branches, and you can choose to jump to a completely different (but still connected) part of FACTopia! Where will your curiosity take you?
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Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2015
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Returning from oblivion feeling not quite complete, Thanos, with a resurrected former enemy in tow, follows a trail of clues across the universe and into the realm of Death in search of the revelatory waters of the Infinity Well. Annihilus, Lord of the Negative Zone, is searching for a source of infinite power. Standing against him is a ragtag band of adventurers known as the Guardians of the Galaxy. They hold the potential to end the threat of Annihilus...
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Britannica Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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Science FACTopia! is the sixth title in the bestselling FACTopia! series. Here you'll find an ingenious trail of 400 facts about space, animals, rocks and crystals, virtual reality, the body, coding, 3D printing, engineering, plants, fungi, math, and more, where each fact is connected to the next in hilarious and unexpected ways. You'll meet a parrot called Squawkzilla, find out about the fastest muscles in the body, discover gems that can change...
15) Billions of Bats
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When Sarah uses her pet bat to help show off her new cosmic copy machine to the class, something horrible goes wrong resulting in Buzz Beaker and Sarah having to save the day. Written in graphic-novel format.
16) Robot Rampage
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A robot built for the school science fair goes haywire, and Jimmy comes up with a plan to stop it. Written in graphic-novel format.
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Sure, Dracula can live forever, but he really just wants to hit the beach! To catch some waves, the blood-sucking bat will need a little help. That's why he's captured the brainy Buzz Beaker. Now, this wacky whiz kid must turn the Lord of the Vampires into the King of the Beach, or he could be the monster's next meal.
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When the Task Force of the Royal Navy started its southbound voyage, as the second major act during the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1982, its commanders assessed the Argentine submarines as the biggest threat. Even if limited in total size and scope, this threat was so conditioning that the conclusion was that it had to be neutralized at the earliest possible moment in time, otherwise no victory would have been possible.
The British believed that...