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"The best fiction, so far, to come out of the American counterculture." Chicago Tribune Book World. "This is one of those special novels-a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sane-that you just want to ride off into the sunset with." Thomas Pynchon
Starring Sissy Hankshaw, flawless and beautiful (almost). This small-town girl with Big-time dreams and a quirk to match will hitchike her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"When you live at the edge of t he no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not). a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum, and right through your mud-for walls home." -- Back cover....
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives, Eugenia Lincoln tries to get rid of the instrument by selling it, destroying it, and giving it away, but nothing works.
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English
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The host of the NBC Today Show's popular segment shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country.
For the six million people who watch the Emmy Award-winning 'American Story with Bob Dotson' on NBC's Today Show, Bob Dotson's reports celebrate the inspirational stories of everyday Americans. Dotson has been crisscrossing the country for more than forty years-logging more than four million miles-in search of people who...
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A young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination.
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Cinebook
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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After 70 years of life and almost 70 translated volumes, it was high time English-speaking readers were offered a hardback collected edition. This first volume contains the first seven adventures of Lucky Luke, previously published as volumes Arizona, Rodeo and Dick Digger's Gold Mine, and offers an unrivalled insight into the evolution of the character in terms of design as well as personality. The extras available make up a whooping 48 pages of...
8) Piero
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New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"A touching graphic memoir about brotherhood, coming of age, and artistic inspiration by one of France's most celebrated graphic novelists. Edmond Baudoin is one of the most revered and influential figures in European comics, renowned for his slashing, expressive brushwork and narrative experimentation. New York Review Comics is proud to present the first English translation of his most intimate and inviting book, his graphic memoir of growing up...