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Day By Day, Hour By Hour, Venezuela'S Oil Pumps Are Meticulously Working, Bringing The Country'S Most Valuable Resource To The Surface. Known As "Black Gold", Oil Is The Lifeblood Of Venezuela, Giving The Country A Bargaining Chip In The Global Economy And In Many Ways, Helping President Hugo Chavez Survive Numerous Challenges To His Government. But As The Presidential Election Nears And Venezuela'S Reliance On Oil Grows Ever Stronger, Many Wonder...
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Nell Trent lives with her doting grandfather in his London shop. It is a magical place, filled from wall to wall with treasures. Grandfather keeps his nocturnal gambling activities a secret from Nell. He borrows heavily from the evil, profiteering loan shark Daniel Quilp. When Grandfather gambles away what little money they possess, Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of their beloved shop. It seems Nell and Grandfather are left only with...
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A truly inspiring story of one ordinary family's extraordinary journey. An orphaned boy named Tomas is adopted by Maire O'Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomas as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around, and within,...