An acclaimed travel writer and novelist describes his journey across Africa, from Cape Town to Cape Province and into Namibia, riding elephants, meeting Bushmen, and discussing the changes that...
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:Genre: Travel writing
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Author: London, JonathanSummary:
Froggy and his friends build a treehouse, while avoiding help from his little sister, Frogilina.
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Author: Rylant, CynthiaSummary:
Cynthia Rylant and Brendan Wenzel explore the beauty and tenacity of life. Life begins small, then grows. There are so many wonderful things about life, both in good times and in times of struggle...
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Author: Karon, JanSummary:
When Father Tim finds a battered nativity scene in an antique shop, something stirs within him. Recalling memories of the creche he had as a child, he embarks on a renovation project that soon...
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Author: Baum, L. FrankSummary:
Spoiler alert: there are no songs, and the slippers are silver. Luckily, there’s still a Yellow Brick Road and flying monkeys. Colorful characters, frightening villains and amazing landscapes make...
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Author: Keneally, ThomasSummary:
In the nineteenth century, Ireland lost half of its population to famine, emigration to the United States and Canada, and the forced transportation of convicts to Australia. Based on unique...
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Author: Karon, JanSummary:
Father Tim Kavanagh, the beloved Episcopal priest, confronts some unsettling trends in the village as he prepares for retirement.
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Author: Lewis, SinclairSummary:
A man of science must overcome public ignorance and the petty greed of associates as he seeks knowledge.
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Author: Spyri, JohannaSummary:
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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Author: Oppel, KennethSummary:
Griffin, a newborn bat, thinks he's nothing like his heroic father, until he gets dragged to the Underworld and must find his way home while his father braves the odds to get him back as well.
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Author: Oppel, KennethSummary:
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
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Author: Oppel, KennethSummary:
Continues the adventures of Shade, a young bat, as he searches for his father and struggles to prevent the evil jungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun.
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Author: Karon, JanSummary:
Though Father Tim dislikes change, he dislikes retirement even more. When he decides to take on a difficult ministry, he begins to think he likes change -- until an unexpected event propels him on...
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Author: Steinbeck, JohnSummary:
In the shabby district called Tortilla Flat above Monterey, California lives a gang whose exploits compare to those of King Arthur's knights.
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Author: Jordan, Brian MatthewSummary:
A groundbreaking investigation examining the fate of Union veterans who won the war but couldn't bear the peace. For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865,...
Genre: History and geography