Brian James
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A spellbinding trip of a novel about three friend breaking apart in their quest to stave off boredom and sameness.It's not about the drugs. It's not about the girls or the fights or the fading streetlights. It's about two nights that weren't going to be different from the rest, but then took a turn. It's about trying to find out who you are and who your real friends are. It's about everything being the same, the same, the same. It's about nothing...
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This children's thriller, based on the author's own experiences in London, is about coming of age and the importance of family and friends during World War II.
It's the height of the Blitz. Night after night, waves of German bombers pound London streets, determined to bring the city to its knees. As the air-raid sirens wail, Alan and his best mates, Tommy and Wilkie, skip school to play among the bombed-out homes of their neighbors. They are soon...
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Henry liked to imagine his life began that cold rainy day in San Francisco when Mr. Earnshaw found him shivering by the side of the road. That was the day Henry met Catherine. For Henry, Catherine is like a precious gift. She pushes away his angry thoughts and makes him feel safe and calm. And though, Mr. Earnshaw, a widow, raises the orphan and Catherine as brother and sister, their love for each other goes much deeper. They vow to always be together.
But,...
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Hello, I'm Brian James, you're going to love Lucky the Amazing Dog Jockey.
You'll discover how this three legged little Aussie terrier goes from a city dog, who's never seen a horse, to become a world famous jockey, accidentally!
In the second part, we follow Lucky and his horse friend Bardot, to America, where he rides in one off the world's most famous horse races, the
Kentucky Derby. What happens in that race will amaze and surprise you.
Children...
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Pirate school volume 1
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English
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Hoping to be taken seriously by Rotten Tooth, who is supposed to be training them to be pirates, nine-year-old Pete leads his friends in an attempt to beat the grown-ups in finding the treasure buried on Snake Island and stealing it from the giant snake that guards it..
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Pirate school volume 5
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English
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When, after finding buried treasure guarded by giant sand crabs, the crew of the Sea Rat comes down with a mysterious illness, the pirate students suspect that the treasure is cursed.
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Pirate school volume 3
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English
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A boring homework assignment involving knot tying proves invaluable when the student pirates help Captain Stinky Beard foil an attack by a rival pirate ship.
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Pirate school volume 2
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English
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While on lookout duty, the students of Pirate School spy a ghost ship following them, and when they bravely board it they receive a warning that may save their lives, if only they can convince Rotten Tooth or the captain that danger lies ahead.
10) Port of spies
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Pirate school volume 4
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[2007]
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English
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The young pirates-in-training list suspicious things in the port city of King's Island while running errands for Rotten Tooth, but he dismisses their concerns, leaving the "wee pirate kids" on their own to deal with strange events occurring on The Sea Rat after they return.
11) Yo-ho-ho!
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Pirate school volume 7
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[2008]
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English
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Concerned that Santa will not be able to find them aboard the Sea Rat, Pete and the other pirate kids plot a course to the North Pole, where the ship gets stuck in a sheet of ice.
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Pirate school volume 8
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[2009]
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English
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While spending a week on the Bone Rattler, a ship that is not exactly ship-shape, the pirates-in-training get stuck in Shipwreck Pass and must come up with a creative plan to save the Bone Rattler and find the treasure Captain Stinky beard seeks.
16) Raylan
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Raylan Givens thrillers volume 3
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When Federal Marshall Raylan Givens squares off against a known offender, he will warn the man, "If I have to pull my gun I'll shoot to kill." Except this time he finds the offender naked in a bathtub, doped up and missing his kidneys. Raylan knows there's big money in body parts, but by the time he finds out who is making the cuts, he is lying naked in a bathtub himself, Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys. It turns out...
17) The redeemers
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Quinn Colson novels volume 5
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"The ... new novel in [the author's] series about the real Deep South. He is only in his early thirties, but now Quinn Colson is jobless-- voted out of office as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, thanks to the machinations of county kingpin Johnny Stagg. He has offers, in bigger and better places, but before he goes, he's got one more job to do--bring down Stagg's criminal operations for good. At least that's the plan. But in the middle of...
18) The forsaken
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Quinn Colson novels volume 4
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"The extraordinary new novel in New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins' acclaimed series about the real Deep South-"a joy ride into the heart of darkness" (The Washington Post). Thirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi, with nothing but the clothes on his back and a pair of paratrooper boots. Less than two days later, he was accused of rape and murder, hunted down by a self-appointed posse, and lynched. Now...
19) Camp Buccaneer
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Pirate school volume 6
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English
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Captain Stinky Beard's pirate students, who want to win without cheating, compete in sailing races, treasure hunts, and swashbuckling events at Camp Buccaneer.
20) Spooky hayride
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[2008]
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While on a hayride, two brothers try to scare each other.
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