Ramones
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 3
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Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 2
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Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
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Writer Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrator El Primo Ramón present a lively picture book biography of Samuel Morse that highlights how he revolutionized modern technology.
Back in the 1800s, information traveled slowly. Who would dream of instant messages? Samuel Morse, that's who! Who traveled to France, where the famous telegraph towers relayed 10,000 possible codes for messages depending on the signal arm positions-only if the weather was clear?...
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"Discover viking mythology, from Asgard to Valhalla! Vikings lived a long time ago, but that doesn't mean their history, myths, and stories aren't still exciting today! Get to know the fascinating stories behind your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, and monsters in this fun introduction to Norse mythology. You'll learn all about Thor and his hammer Mjolnir, the cunning and mischievous adventures of the trickster Loki, and Freyja,...
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"Jaime Escalante [is] a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School who refuses to write off his inner-city students as losers. Escalante cajoles, pushes, threatens and inspires 18 kids who who were struggling with fractions to become math whizzes"--Container.
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Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, shares the lessons learned in business and in life along the journey from Cuba to Corporate America. Ralph de la Vega arrived in the United States from Cuba in 1962. He was alone. He was scared. He was 10. Separated from his parents by Cuban authorities just moments before they were to board a plane to Miami, de la Vega was baptized early-and abruptly-in the waters of adversity....
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«Ser "lo suficientemente hombre" es mirar hacia nuestro interior, entender y redefinir la masculinidad para así crecer como seres humanos.» -Jaime Camil
Las consecuencias de la masculinidad tradicional nos afectan en todas las áreas de nuestras vidas. No sólo las sufren las mujeres, sino también nuestros amigos, familiares, compañeros y, sobre todo, nosotros mismos.
También han afectado a Justin Baldoni, que ha decidido explorar algunas...
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How can we be more mindful when the world is this f*cked up?
How to Stay Human in a F*cked Up World is the fresh, engaging answer to this important question. If you’ve tried mindfulness before and failed, we get it. Likely you were told to sit on a pillow in a dark room, meditate, or count your breaths. But mindfulness isn’t about separating ourselves from the problems in the world. Instead, it is about re-learning how to get out there, connect...
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El autor de Yo era un cabr*n amargado, The Angry Therapist, ahora te enseña cómo priorizar tu relación contigo mismo y vivir una vida más significativa, ya sea que estés solo, saliendo o con una pareja.
Hay más en la vida que amar a alguien. Pero estar sin pareja puede parecer una sentencia de muerte. ¿Por qué estar solo = estar solo? ¿Y por qué dejamos de trabajar en nosotros mismos cuando estamos en una relación?
Después de un divorcio...
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"Legendary Hollywood entertainment manager and publicist Ramon Hervey II shares insightful tales of his remarkable four-decade career plotting and overseeing fame, success, crisis and spinning for seminal talents at the top of their game, from Little Richard, Bette Midler, and the Bee Gees, to Aaliyah, Rick James, and Vanessa Williams--a juicy and addictive retrospective that also traces the origins of fame and how social media is changing the rules....
54) Platero y yo
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Letras hispánicas volume 90
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Edición íntegra, ilustrada por Rocío Parra, y en tapa dura, de este clásico de la literatura española, escrito por el nobel Juan Ramón Jiménez, en el cual reconstruye, en un tono bucólico, sus andanzas con su borrico Platero por las tierras de Andalucía, a la vez que canta a los paisajes, las gentes, los animales y las costumbres, mediante un yo casi lírico.
55) Harper & Moon
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Although twelve-year-old Harper has always liked Moon, an abused, orphaned older boy, their friendship is tested by a discovery Harper makes when Moon joins the Army in 1943.
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Milo está triste y aburrido porque no sabe qué hacer. Nada le parece interesante ni tampoco se le ocurre ningún sitio al que le gustaría ir. Pero un día todo cambia cuando encuentra un regalo muy extraño en su habitación. Este extraordinario regalo es la caseta mágica que lo conducirá al Reino de Sabiduría: un lugar insólito en el cual se venden letras en los mercados y los mineros desentierran números. Desgraciadamente, este maravilloso...
57) Luces de bohemia
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Valle-Inclán escribió, en 1920, esta obra, con la que quedó inaugurada una nueva manera de ver la realidad, el esperpento. Personajes exagerados y situaciones grotescas se suceden a lo largo de los dos días en los que el poeta ciego Max Estrella, junto con su amigo Latino y el resto de personajes nocturnos, pululan por el Madrid más sórdido.
58) Jane
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"A powerful modern day reimagining of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre. Jane learns that in the world of New York's elite, secrets are the greatest extravagance and she must decide if she should trust the man she loves or do whatever it takes to protect her best friend from the consequences of his deception"--Provided by publisher.
"Growing up in an unhappy family in a small New England town, Jane dreamed of escaping to New York City to...
59) La gallera
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"Un traficante novato, un legionario corrupto, un poli con sed de venganza y un sicario infalible cruzarán sus destinos en el albero manchado de la sangre de los gallos de pelea." --
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"Una historia de contrabando y traición inspirada en el corrido de Los Tigres del Norte"-- Cover.
En un principio, Camelia tolera los sufrimientos que conlleva su condición de inmigrante humilde en los Estados Unidos; sin embargo, a pesar de ser una chica noble y sencilla, constantemente se siente atraída por el lado salvaje de la vida, inclinación que no alcanza a comprender hasta que conoce al elegante seductor Emilio Varela. Juntos emprenden...