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Pub. Date
c2006
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A cut-glass chandelier filled with lighted candles hung like a giant stalactite above its centre, radiating over large gilt-framed mirrors, slabs of marble on the tops of side-tables, and heavy gold chairs with crewel worked seats. Everything betokened that love of beauty so deeply implanted in each family which has had its own way to make into Society, out of the more vulgar heart of Nature.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 41
Description
The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo,...
Series
Frog and Toad books volume 1
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Five further adventures of two best friends
65) Daisy Miller
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A fascinating portrait of a young woman from Schenectady, NY, who traveling in Europe, runs afoul of the socially pretentious American Expatriate community in Rome.
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No more excuses! Anyone can write a novel, novelist Mosley advises, and in this book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, he promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells: how to create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs--and how to stick to it; how to...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Do you like to argue? Do you have any strong beliefs? Maybe you'd like to show other people your side of an issue-and you'd like to do it in writing. This book takes you through the steps of writing a persuasive piece from beginning to end. Learn how to find sources, gather the best possible evidence, and organize your evidence for maximum impact. Once you've done that, check out writing techniques that will make your readers take notice. Along the...
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Pub. Date
2014
Description
Teach young readers what simple and complex sentences are, and help them understand the uses of each. Age-appropriate examples make concepts clearer. While the book's subject comes from the Common Core Language Standards, its table of contents, glossary, index, captions, and more make it a useful tool for teaching the Common Core Reading Standards for Informational Text, too. Includes simple review questions with an answer key at the back of the book....
69) Main Street
Author
Appears on list
Description
The wife of a town doctor dreams of initiating social reforms and introducing art and literature to the community.
71) Jack and Jill
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 16
Description
When friends Jack and Jill are injured in a sledding accident, their family and friends rally around them to help in their recovery.
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Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes.
Verbal Judo offers a creative
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad words" are fundamental to language. Whether we are speaking with the clerk at the store, our boss, or our spouse, language is dependent on things as commonplace as a rising tone of voice, an apparently meaningless word, or a glance-signals so small that we hardly pay them any conscious attention. Nevertheless,...
75) The Birds
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Pub. Date
1999
Description
A Greek comedy resounding with witty dialog and vitality. The play follows two Athenians into their self-imposed exile as they negotiate with their avian allies to establish a Cloud-cuckoo-town" between heaven and earth.
77) Nouns
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Each book in the series provides hints, examples, and funny illustrations that help readers master a different part of speech.
78) As you like it
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Set in the exotic forest of Arden, a social comedy and love story based on the rivalry between brothers to inherit their fathers' fortunes.
79) Rose in bloom
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 17
Description
As a sequel to Eight cousins, Rose Campbell, a young heiress, is not interested in marriage until she has a chance to prove she is a capable person in her own right.
80) The professor
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"After his mistreatment at the hands of his brother, William Crimsworth is relieved of his employment as a clergyman and offered a position at an all-boys boarding school in Belgium. Soon, word of his proficiency as a professor spread and he is offered a second position in a neighboring all-girls school. He accepts the offer and discovers that there is something special to one of the teachers named Frances?"--Amazon.