Stone the Crows, It's a Vacuum-cleaner


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A funny time-travel story, featuring mixed-up historical characters and items of technology. Suggested level: junior, primary, intermediate.




Stone Crows


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The three people twenty-year-old Emily Sheppard loved the most have been lost to the underworld. Although two of her loves were murdered by psychopath Victor Orozo, Emily’s first love, Cameron Hillard, has been living another life without her. But now, despite Cameron’s best efforts, she has found her way back to him and given birth to his only child: a daughter named Billy. Billy stands to inherit the entire underworld, a dark place that unfortunately wants her dead, and Cameron is desperate to keep Emily and Billy hidden before his world knows of their existence. While Emily tries to make sense of Cameron’s return from the dead, he disappears, leaving her to fend for herself and their child. As the underworld prepares to implode, Cam and Emmy must find a way to get out before it does. Stone Crows is a tale of terror and love as Cameron and Emily immerse themselves in the ultimate battle for each other and the survival of their love child.




The School Librarian


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Children's Fiction Sourcebook


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This is a reference book on children's fiction. It offers lists of authors; information on classics and series; television representations; lists of awards and those who have won prizes; and a set of indexes organized by author, title and genre.







Stone the Crows, It's a Vacuum-cleaner


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Uncle Ugstein isn't an average caveman, and Doreen Pegg isn't an average student. Put them together for a crazy adventure back in time! Uncle Ugstein is a very unusual caveman, but even so it was very odd that he should have the idea for a vacuum-cleaner when, at that precise moment six hundred and twenty thousand years in the future, young Doreen Pegg was building her time travel machine. Jets is a series of simple stories with lots of lively pictures, ideal for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading.




Whitaker's Books in Print


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Remember When


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The sixth in a series of books about the people and their way of life in the Southern Appalachians. Mullins continues the hilarious saga of the fun-loving, hardworking people of Coaley Creek with more shenanigans, mischief, and exciting adventures. His many fans will be delighted with this latest collection of stories about that wonderful life of long ago.




Wisdom Wide and Deep


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Wisdom Wide and Deep is a comprehensive guide to an in-depth training that emphasizes the application of concentrated attention (jhana) to profound and liberating insight (vipassana). With calm, tranquility, and composure established through a practical experience of jhana meditators are able to halt the seemingly endless battle against hindrances, eliminate distraction, and facilitate a penetrative insight into the subtle nature of matter and mind. It was for this reason the Buddha frequently exhorted his students, Wisdom Wide and Deep follows and amplifies the teachings in Shaila Catherine's acclaimed first book, Focused and Fearless: A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity. Readers will learn to develop this profound stability, sustain an in-depth examination of the nuances of mind and matter, and ultimately unravel deeply conditioned patterns that perpetuate suffering. This fully detailed manual for the mind sure to become a trusted companion to many inner explorers.