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These literary masterpieces are made easy and interesting. This series features classic tales retold with color illustrations to introduce literature to struggling readers. Each 64-page softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics. Follow the adventures of Buck, a loving family pet, who is stolen from his comfortable home to become a sled dog in the Yukon gold rush territory. As Buck faces freezing temperatures,...
35) Call Me Wild
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"Robin Kaye's characters are fun and her writing is light and steamy in just the right spots."—The Good, the Bad and the Unread
She doesn't know a single thing about relationships...
Unemployed sportswriter Jessie James plans to make a killing writing a bestselling romance novel. She's never read one, but really, how hard can it be? Moving cross–country to a borrowed house in Idaho, Jessie starts her research with
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This program examines communication in the animal world, exploring the mechanics of sounds and their practical uses. The stunning variety in the means of production of various animal sounds, from humpback whales to the strumming of the cricket, is compared with the sounds of a 1950s jazz band. The program demonstrates how vitally important communication is in the natural world, and how animals send and receive messages.
37) Call to the wild
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After a pack of werewolves are discovered in the town of Seabrook, residents ban zombies from attending the high school's popular prawn dance. When cheerleader Addison forges a friendship with the creatures, she helps dispel the townspeople's fears so everyone can attend the dance.
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The thrilling story of a pioneering conservationist working with dogs to protect wildlife from poachers
Conraad de Rosner is a pioneering game ranger, working with dogs to protect wildlife against poachers – both 'bushmeat' poachers, who use cruel snares to trap animals, and criminal syndicates killing for rhinoceros horn and capturing critically endangered pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world.
Con's life – constantly at risk from...