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Ghosts, witches and monsters don't always keep to the shadows...
When failed rock star Clayton Briggle, on the run from a botched L.A. drug deal, escapes to his hometown after having been gone thirty years, he reunites with his childhood friends, and finds Dawson, Nebraska to be just as haunted as he is.
From the town's chain-smoking mortician, who watches all from the tower of her Victorian mansion to the disappearance of the private school principal,...
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About the Book They say you never forget your first love, and childhood friends Edward Johns and Alison Fadelli know this all too well. As next-door neighbors and childhood friends, Edward and Alison spend all their time together, often riding their bikes to their favorite spot-a huge oak tree that majestically sits at the top of a long grassy slope, where the tall grass flows back and forth in the wind. After naming their special place "Our Place,"...
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What if the Third Reich not only marched to victory in Europe but Goose stepped down Broadway? William Cothran explores the life of a man in America under the jackbooted heel of the Third Reich. From the towering buildings of New York City to the sleepy little suburbs a thrilling mystery awaits. A wealthy ad man living the high life finds himself face to face with one of the Third Reich's own SS investigators. What secret does this man of means hope...
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In Living in the Tall Grass: Poems of Reconciliation, Chief Stacey Laforme gives a history of his people through stories and poetry to let Canadians see through the eyes of Indigenous people. Living in the Tall Grass is written in a way that makes the reader feel he or she might be sitting down with Chief Laforme, sharing experiences from their lives. Some poems share humour, while others express pain, though each comes from the heart.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I am sitting on one of the bunkers on the seaside of our base in Da Nang, Vietnam, with a bucket of beers. I wanted some privacy to sort out the demons in my head. The past is just that. I try to put it all in perspective and prepare for the new beginning.
#2 The team was under a dark cloud since they had committed some misdeeds while on RR in Saigon. They had earned...
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Inspired by the works of Thoreau, Leopold, Abbey, and others who explored the connections between people and place, a native Arkansan offers thoughtful commentary on the culture, wild places, and wild things of his home.
Johnny Carrol Sain is, a product of his place but also a thoughtful writer, who bucks the stereotype of backroad residents. Collected in this book for posterity, his essays dig into the ethos of hunting and fishing, the privileges...
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1862. As war overtakes the frontier, Emma's family farmstead is attacked by Dakota-Sioux warriors; on that same prairie, Oenikika desperately tries to hold on to her calling as a healer and follow the orders of her father, Chief Little Crow. When the war is over and revenge-fueled war trials begin, each young woman is faced with an impossible choice. In a swiftly changing world, both Emma and Oenikika must look deep within and fight for the truth...
8) Antarctica
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This debut collection of stories opens up the lives of characters whose worlds seethe with obsession and dark tension. Set in Ireland and the deep South of America, they reveal lives where dreams, memory and chance can lead to crippling effects.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Ashley has a baby brother Sam who is cute because he is just beginning to talk, but is also cranky because his teeth are erupting; Ashlee has a twelve-year-old sister who can be fun, but also often ignores her younger sister--so the eight-year-old friends cannot decide which of them has a worse sibling situation.
10) Who am I?
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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After hatching out of his egg, a chameleon plods through the tall grass, meeting various jungle animals and asking an important question.
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"In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in "Faun." A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind...
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Mowgli loves life in the Jungle. He gets to swing from trees, run through tall grass, and swim in rivers. He has many friends, like his playful brother wolf cubs, the spirited flying squirrels, and the honest rhinos. Best of all, he has Bagheera, the wise panther, and Baloo, the fun-loving bear. One day a great storm comes to the Jungle. Fortunately, Bagheera and Baloo know just what Mowgli should do. The only problem is they have two very different...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the perfect spot for Pa to build them a new home. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. But just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous...
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IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
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Robby and his sister Karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths. They wander away from their parents and find themselves at a less-trafficked area at the back of the carnival. Inside a large penned-in area, they see a dejected-looking boy about their age sitting on the...
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In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find themselves surrounded by 20,000 enemy troops. Their only road to the coast was cut, and bad weather and enemy fire threatened their fragile air lifeline. The siege of Khe Sanh-the Vietnam War's epic confrontation-was under way.
For seventy-seven days, the Marines and a contingent of US Army Special Forces endured artillery barrages, sniper fire, ground...
16) My Antonia
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IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
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"My Antonia(1918) depicts the pioneering period of European settlement on the tall-grass prairie of the American midwest, with its beautiful yet terrifying landscape, rich ethnic mix of immigrants and native-born Americans, and communities who share life's joys and sorrows". --- back cover.