The Adventures of Jim-Bob


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Jim-Bob is a lovable, adventurous teddy bear who travels all over the world. He decided to set off on an adventure one Saturday morning after he read a new book about different places in the world. Inspired by his book and everything he has learned about the world from his teachers at school, Jim-Bob sets off on an adventure to explore the world—all seven continents—and learn more about how other bears live. On his travels, Jim-Bob meets many interesting new friends who each teach him something new and exciting about this wonderful world we all share. In a tale based on the true story of the world’s best traveled teddy bear, Jim-Bob learns the essentials of friendship and acceptance from Gus, Sam, Paul, Amara, Baldo, Ping, and Kody. Join him in his world adventure as he learns new ways to dig, climb, swim, explore, run, eat, and sleep from bears and animals of distant lands. Jim-Bob’s adventures encourage travel, exploration, and appreciation of diversity.




The Adventures of Bob and Jim


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Bob and Jim are two friends. Jim is poorer than Bob, but he takes care of his friend after Bob is made to leave the house where he lived. Jim falls in love with a beautiful she-mouse. But his beloved beauty betrays him. Jim is hardly able to cope with this situation. Bob decides to take his friend for a trip to Brazil to scare his sorrow away. As guests of a hotel, they win a trip to Amazonia. They go by a ship from Manaus, but the ship gets damaged and sinks. Bob and Jim must fight with the strong stream of the river to save their lives. They manage to reach the bank, but other problems are awaiting them. It hardly helps them to find a diamond when they are totally lost in the virgin forest. Mosquitoes, snakes and hunger endanger them but finally Bob’s grandson Archie redeems them. He comes to Earth in his spaceship Mouselia 1 from the future. He takes Bob and Jim aboard. The two friends are facing new situations and new things they’ve never seen before. When they get home, Jim invites Archie to go to see his flat. Archie leaves his spaceship in the vicinity of Jim’s flat. Two little cats start to play with the spaceship. Archie is very upset about it. He, Jim and Bob cannot find the spaceship. But finally they manage to find it. They have to confuse the cats to get the spaceship back. Are they successful? HR ALIGN=LEFT




A Love That Multiplies


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More from America's most popular mega-family and stars of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" as they share practical insights about the realities of parenting.




The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81


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Frank Derrick is 81 ... and he's just been run over by a milk float. It was tough enough to fill the hours of the day when he was active, but now he's broken his arm and fractured his foot, it looks set to be a very long few weeks ahead. He watches DVDs, spends his money frivolously at the local charity shop and desperately tries to avoid the cold callers knocking on his door. Emailing his daughter in America on the library computer and visiting his friend Smelly John used to be the highlights of his week. Now he can't even do that. Then a breath of fresh air comes into his life in the form of Kelly Christmas, home help. With her little blue car and appalling parking, her cheerful resilience and ability to laugh at his jokes, Kelly changes Frank's life.




A Simple Trip to the Beach


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"A Simple Trip to the Beach", turns into an adventure of a lifetime! Join JimBob Jackfoot and Stickley Straightlegs as they attempt to go from their home at Jackfoot Swamp to the beaches of the mighty ocean. Venture with them as they encounter all types of perils and hardships. And most importantly watch how each adventure increases their friendship and molds them into a most powerful team. Do they achieve their objective of getting to the mighty ocean or perhaps a more important story evolves...




Cabin in the Pines


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Living in the South during the post Depression era, Trudy Burton escapes her abusive parents by finding joy outside the home. Her love for the outdoors labels her a tomboy. A sequence of tragedies with family and friends causes Trudy to run. Thinking she is cursed, Trudy hops a train to begin a new life. Working her way across several states, Trudy works as a veterinary assistant and a farm hand. She meets someone who helps her realize that her past is always with her. In a small cabin in the pines, Trudy has a near death experience. Will this cause her to return to her roots or will she continue to run? Join Trudy as this coming-of-age tomboy struggles to find her place in life.




Growing Up Duggar


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It's all about relationships.




The Adventures of Wilbur Noat


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All of the chocolate in Brominia has gone missing. The delectable brown stuff has vanished in huge quantities from every source and from every means of storage and no one knows why. Because of the widespread ignorance of the cause, panic has engulfed the ranks of the chocoholics and they have demanded a resolution to the grim and serious problem. To throw light upon this frenzied and disordered state of affairs the Bureau of Community Disturbances has summoned Agent Wilbur Noat and he has answered the call, but can he uncover the cause and bring the villain to justice? This and other exploits await the reader of the Adventures of Wilbur Noat and his intrepid assistant, Fred, the android.




Line to the Stars


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Published in partnership with the Bluebell Railway, this book celebrates the railway's many appearances on screen over the course of six decades.




Moonshine


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