John Green
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facetsof the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...
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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
6) Paper towns
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One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
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The story is about a family; Immigrant from Ireland, who find work in early America, the lead character finds love as he grows; both in his job and life; work for the most was more manual, many thing done by hand not machines, the families they worked together and helped each other, these families worship together and trust God for their safety and daily needs; it also tells of some of the struggles they fight with in life; both in work and love.
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8) Cedar Creek
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This book is about life in the old West with bandits to apprehend, bar brawls to stop, a family not knowing the outcome of one of their family in jail, they journey to liberate him from the hangman's noose, a sense of duty demands action on one side there's law and order; the other whatever force is needed to protect their kin.
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Twenty-five exceptionally clear and detailed anatomical plates - with labels and extensive captions - depict the skeleton, spine, bones, joints, skull, muscles, skin and limbs; heart, stomach, other organs; respiratory, reproductive and digestive systems; development of a fetus and much more. Within reach of grade-school-age children.
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Dutton
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©2010
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310 p. ; 22 cm.
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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2014]
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1 DVD (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
13) Paper towns
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2015
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1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green, a coming-of-age story centering on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbor Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one. After taking him on an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears; leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. The search leads Quentin and his quick-witted friends on an exhilarating adventure that is equal parts hilarious and moving.
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Nube de Tinta
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2012
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302 p. ; 22 cm.
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Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at a cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss and life.
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This 1874 history, a surprise bestseller, brought Green fame and fortune. The secret of his success was a radically new approach to history, one that, for the first time, gave substantial weight to the contributions and ambitions of the common people, rather than focusing exclusively on aristocratic elites.
17) Rod of Moses
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1923. When RAF airman Jack Toulson finds a wooden box buried in the desert, he hopes to uncover a cache of jewels or even an antique sword, but all it contains is a worthless old stick with Arabic writing on it. Disappointed, he shoves it into his bag and thinks no more of it. The next day, he decides to take a picture of the empty horizon with his new Kodak Hawk-Eye, but when the picture is developed, it shows a camel-train that had not been there....
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John Green's family moved to Lee-on-the-Solent just in time for the outbreak of war in 1939. For a seven-year-old, war sounded like an exciting adventure, but as he sheltered with his mother and sister under the stairs during an air-raid, someone said they thought they heard machine-gun fire. They all held their breath and listened, but the noise turned out to be the rhythmic rat-a-tat of his mother's trembling knee knocking against the panelling....
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In The Making of England, esteemed historian John Richard Green examines British history from the year 449 up to the union of England under Ecgberht-a distinct period in England's history, the age during which the soil was conquered and settled, and ending with an England united under one ruler.
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In The Making of England, esteemed historian John Richard Green examines British history from the year 449 up to the union of England under Ecgberht-a distinct period in England's history, the age during which the soil was conquered and settled, and ending with an England united under one ruler.
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