The Cat that Meowed in Japanese, Russian, French & English


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The Cat that Meowed in Japanese, Russian, French & English By: Thomas Orowan A small child goes on a shopping spree with her mother, Clarissa. Millie is about five-and-a-half-years-old. After shopping at a strip mall, they exit through the back entrance, near Clarissa's parked car. Millie hesitates, sighting a cat, which has seen better days, picking at garbage near a huge dumpster. Millie has pity for the animal, who has probably never had a decent home—a stray. Clarissa urges Millie on, since she needs to do more shopping, but Millie insists, taking pity on the animal. Clarissa waits a minute, but at that moment another woman joins them. The woman introduces herself as the owner of an animal clinic just a few blocks away. She offers to take the animal to examine her for diseases. Millie is pleased. The woman joins Millie and Clarissa and they drive to the Kobee Animal Clinic and Shelter two blocks away. What will happen with Millie and the stray cat? This children's story is for ages five- to six-years-old.




Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader


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Long ago, Bathroom Reader fans everywhere cried out in terror when Uncle John’s legendary 5th, 6th, and 7th editions were taken out of print. But then they rejoiced at the release of this ginormous book: Uncle John’s Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader! Weighing in at a whopping 673 pages, the entire texts of those long-lost editions have been reanimated into one of the BRI’s all-time best sellers. You’ll be rewarded with thousands of amazing facts, hundreds of incredible quotations, and dozens of short, medium, and long articles (and a few extra-long ones, too), covering history, sports, politics, origins, language, blunders, and more. Find out what half a million readers already know: Legendary Lost is quintessential Uncle John. A few examples: * Pizza history * The Godzilla quiz * How Wall Street got rich * The strange fate of the Dodo bird * The best of the worst country song titles * People who were famous for 15 minutes * Miss Piggy’s timeless wisdom * Accidental discoveries * The king of farts And much, much, much, much more!




The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader


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Find out what millions of trivia lovers already know: Uncle John is your #1 source when it comes to throne-room reading entertainment. This book celebrates the very best articles from the BRI’s first ten years--plus 150 all-new pages! As always, the contents are divided by length: short articles for the reader on the go, medium articles if you have a few minutes to spare, and the extended sitting section for those truly leg-numbing experiences. Read about . . . * The origin of Twinkies * Who invented the Hula Hoop * The untold history of the Three Stooges * Space toilets: where no man has gone before * 1876: the year they stole the presidency * The FBI’s "Ten Most Wanted" list * How to start your own country * Celebrity imposters And much, much more!




Katie the Catsitter


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NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE STATE AWARDS! Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! Introducing an irresistible new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats!)--perfect for fans of Guts, Awkward and Real Friends (not to mention anyone who loves cats!) “Readers will revel in the heroic antics.” --The New York Times Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way to earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life get interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they're not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor is really a super villain? Can Katie wrangle a whole lot of wayward cats, save a best friendship (why is Beth barely writing back? And who's this boy she keeps talking about?!), AND crack the biggest story in the city's history? Some heroes have capes . . . Katie has cats! Don't miss the next Katie the Catsitters—Katie the Catsitter 2: Best Friends for Never and Katie the Catsitter 3: Secrets and Sidekicks! A Florida Sunshine State Reader Award nominee A South Carolina Book Award nominee A Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee A Vermont Golden Dome Book Award nominee A Maine Student Book Award nominee A North Carolina Children's Book Award nominee An Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award nominee An Illinois Bluestem Readers’ Choice nominee And more!




The Geography of Words


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An engaging celebration of global linguistic diversity, with plenty of fascinating cases of cross-linguistic variation in each chapter.




Dictionary of Animal Words and Phrases


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A rich blend of historical and contemporary animal-related words and expressions that add color to the English language.




The Information Please Kids Almanac


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Fifteen chapters of science, history, and social studies material presented in a combination of core knowledge and facts.




Purrieties of Language


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After conquering the Internet, cats are now taking on linguistics! Since the advent of social media, cats have become a topic central to online communication, and the multitude of cat-related accounts now online has made this a world-wide phenomenon. Through cat-inspired varieties of language, we have developed a genre of cat-inspired vocabulary. And on our special social media accounts for our cats, we take on their identities, as we post, write, talk, and chat - as our feline friends. This innovative book provides linguistic analyses of the cyber 'Cativerse', exploring online language variation, and explaining key linguistic concepts – all through the lens of cat-related communication. Each chapter explores a different sociolinguistic phenomena, drawing on fun and engaging examples including memes, hashtags, captions and 'LOLcats', from platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Innovative yet accessible, it is catnip for all 'hoomans' interested in how language is used online.




Apocalypse Meow


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Sergeant "Perky" Perkins and his Special Operations unit of rabbits oppose the cats of the Viet Cong in an anthropomorphic version of the Vietnam War.




The Truth for Freedom from Religious Bondage, Spiritual Slavery and Destruction of Climate Change


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The book represents The Great I AM as the Creator, not any religious-cultural deity called Gods. The missing works of MAN created by the I AM; the missing work of Adam and Eve as the first African family created, The image of specific personalities in Bible misunderstood by human beings, Jesus as the real center of humanity, and climate cannot be solved by technology.