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1) Eragon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 26
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In Alagas︠ia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
En el reino legendario de Alagas︠ia la guerra se est ̀gestando. Cuando Eragon, un joven de 15 aǫs que vive en una pequeą aldea, se encuentra con una piedra preciosa en medio del bosque a donde ha ido a cazar, poco se espera que...
2) Silas Marner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 14
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What is the value of human relations, the connection between souls? In Silas Marner, George Eliot explores this question in the story of a reclusive weaver in a small English town who learns to trade his love of gold for the love of those around him. Though he started life as a religious man, a heartbreaking betrayal drove Silas Marner to become a recluse whose only companions were his gold coins. But one day, his gold is stolen and a golden-haired...
3) The Pearl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
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"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream-that wealth erases all problems-Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence."--Pub.desc.
4) Pollyanna
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness. Pollyanna knows the secret to finding a smile -- even when really bad things happen. From the moment she arrives in Beldingsville, she shares her Glad Game with everyone around her. But the person who needs Pollyanna's help...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
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In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stonger than its individual members and more frightening. led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the "courage never to submit or yield."
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Bestseller) volume 1161/1
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"Marie-Laure es una joven ciega que vive con su padre en Paris, donde él trabaja como responsable de las mil cerraduras del Museo de Historia Natural. Cuando los nazis ocupan la capital, padre e hija deben huir a la ciudad amurallada de Saint-Malo, llevándose con ellos la que podría ser la más preciada y peligrosa joya del museo. Werner es un muchacho huérfano criado en un pueblo minero de Alemania y fascinado por la fabricación y reparación...
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Marrying Glenn Lambert was either the smartest thing Maggie Kingsbury has ever done or the craziest mistake of her life. Best friends as children, they went their separate ways until a chance encounter at a wedding inspires this spontaneous leap of faith. How could she resist the sweet spell of a moonlit night and whispers of devotion guaranteed to melt her heart?
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Completely Smitten : "Haley Foster had lived her entire life in a box. Guided by her preacher father and the residents of her tiny hometown as to what to do, what to wear and even who to marry, she'd lost herself along the way. But no more. Now she was going to live on her own terms and do all the things good preachers' daughters didn't do. Starting with Kevin Harmon."--P. [4] of cover.
Hers for the Weekend : "Piper Jamieson needed a date with no...
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Two stories in one volume Bonus story by Marie Ferrarella entitled Finding happily-ever-after.
Ready for marriage (℗♭1994) "Three years ago, Mary Jo Summerhill fell completely and utterly in love with Evan Dryden. But she was a kindergarten teacher, and he was a Boston blue blood with political ambitions. His family said she was not the right kind of wife for Evan. Mary Jo agreed--she didn't belong in his world. So she lied, and broke his heart....
10) Edge of forever
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Edge of forever: "River Glen was at the edge of nowhere1 (Ba tiny, sleepy town nestled on the shores of the Potomac. It was perfect for Dana Brantley, who, after a rocky couple of years, was looking for a peaceful place to start over. But the townspeople had other ideas for the new librarian. They thought she was perfect for their most eligible bachelor, Nick Verone. So did Nick$1 (Bs ten-year-old son, Tony. And so did Nick, himself. He was intrigued...
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Self-published authors are coming to realise that a stable career is about a backlist of titles and keeping that backlist selling.
But how do you do this? Invariably, advice given by other authors includes holding promotions and lowering the price of the first book in series, or even making it free. However, few people mention one of the most powerful ways to keep your backlist selling: the author mailing list.
This is where Mailing Lists Unboxed...
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You intend to self-publish or have published a book or two. You're not selling very well and wonder why not. You feel you should be doing something, but the thought of "marketing" gives you nightmares.
You don't want to become one of these people shouting "Buy My Book!" on Twitter.
But you would still love to start selling some books, and pay some or even all of your bills with your writing income.
The good news is that this is ever more possible...
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A companion guide to Self-publishing Unboxed and Mailing Lists Unboxed, for those who want to start selling on all ebook platforms.
In this book, you will learn: The major non-Amazon platforms and their quirks; Tips about promoting your books and increasing non-Amazon sales; The greatest hack for maintaining website pages with multiple retailer links.
14) Heartbreaker
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J. B. Hammock played by his own rules, and rule number one was never settle down. He treated his women well, but with a no-strings detachment they all accepted. But sweet Tellie Maddox hovered about like a gossamer butterfly, always trying to take care of him, always caring about him. It was enough to make a confirmed bachelor take drastic measures.
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Who is Klingsor? Behind this code name lies a sinister character, or perhaps just a legend. The information available indicates that Klingsor refers to a scientist familiar with quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity, subatomic particles, and nuclear fission, but above all, one who is an adviser to Hitler and responsible for the military science strategies of the Reich, among which is the development of the atomic bomb. The search for him is...
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Bewitching: Hannah Marsh's family was loyal to each other, and to the memory of their ancestor, Priscilla Marsh, who'd been wrongfully executed three hundred years ago. Hannah knew her enemies--Judge Cotton Harling, who'd sentenced Priscilla to death, and every Harling who'd lived since then. But then she met Win Harling. The handsome businessman was everything Hannah didn't want, and yet somehow, he was everything she needed. But he was a Harling,...
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Bestseller) volume 1192/3
Pub. Date
2018.
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Kate y Tully son mejores amigas inseparables, dos mujeres jóvenes que, a pesar de sus vidas muy diferentes, han jurado estar allí para siempre, han sido fieles a su promesa durante treinta años, hasta que los eventos y elecciones en sus vidas las separan.
Inseparable best friends Kate and Tully, two young women who, despite their very different lives, have vowed to be there for each other forever, have been true to their promise for thirty years,...
18) Rebeca
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2019.
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Nadie que conozca la película basada en esta novela podrá olvidar la voz en off que recita la frase inicial de la obra más lograda de Daphne du Maurier: Rebeca. Así comienzan los recuerdos de la segunda señora De Winter, que la transportan de nuevo a la aislada y gris mansión situada en la húmeda y ventosa costa de Cornualles. Con un marido al que apenas conoce, la joven esposa llega a este inmenso predio para ser inexorablemente ahogada por...
19) El Último Catón
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2004
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La hermana Ottavia Salina, paleógrafa de gran prestigio que trabaja para el Archivo Secreto del Vaticano, recibe el encargo de descifrar unos extraños tatuajes que presenta el cadáver de un etíope. Acompañada por un arqueólogo de Alejandría y por el capitán de la Guardia Suiza vaticana, tendrá que enfrentarse--en siete ciudades como Antioquía, Jerusalén o Alejandría--a siete pruebas basadas en los siete pecados capitales. La trepidante...
20) Papillon
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2017.
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En 1931, Henri Charrière, apodado Papillon por el tatuaje en forma de mariposa de su pecho, fue condenado a prisión por un asesinato que no había cometido. Sentenciado a cadena perpetua en una colonia penal de la Guayana Francesa, en su mente solo cabía una meta: escapar. Tras varios intentos fallidos de fuga a lo largo de los años, fue enviado a la llamada Isla del Diablo, de donde ningún recluso se había evadido jamás... hasta su llegada....
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