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"Lorenzo no está contento de mudarse. Pero en su nueva habitación, encuentra un viejo escritorio con lo que parece cientos de cajones. ¿Cada uno tiene su propio odor! En lo más profundo del escritorio, encuentra un libro y comienza a leer. Cuando levanta la vista, ve todo tipo de cosas curiosas. ¿Ha cobrado vida el libro? ¿O es otra cosa? Esta es una novela gráfica sobre la observación, la imaginación y las muchas lentes increíbles...
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"Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death." Rosario Tijeras is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Franco's delicately balanced novel, set in self-destructing 1980s Medellin. Her very name evoking bespeaks her conflict as a woman who becomes a contract killer to insulate herself from the random violence of the streets (in a country where it is common practice...
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Un rumor circula por Tokio... Oculta en uno de sus callejones hay una pequeña cafetería que merece la pena visitar no solo por su excelente café, sino también porque, si eliges bien la silla donde sentarte, puedes regresar al pasado. Pero como incluso lo increíble está sujeto a limitaciones, no podrás salir de la cafetería mientras dure el viaje, volverás cuando se enfríe el café y, hagas lo que hagas el presente no cambiará....
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"Durante su larga y fecunda trayectoria profesional, Jorge Bucay ha recurrido siempre a los cuentos no sólo como un mecanismo para ayudar a sus pacientes, sino también como un medio para reflexionar, junto con ellos, en torno a algunas de las preocupaciones fundamentales del ser humano. Este libro, uno de sus más leídos, reúne muchas de estas inspiradoras historias. Se trata de relatos que nos acompañan en el camino e iluminan nuestro...
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7) Lola
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Spanish Language Collection
SPANISH E DIA J.
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SPANISH E DIA J.
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Juvenile Spanish Language Collection
SPANISH E DÍA
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SPANISH E DÍA
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When she has to draw a picture of where she immigrated from, Lola asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Easy
E SLO E.
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E SLO E.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Professional Collection
PROF. COLL. - CHILDREN'S
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PROF. COLL. - CHILDREN'S
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Easy
E SLO E.
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E SLO E.
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The monkeys steal the peddler's caps while he is asleep. A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree. Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddler's efforts to outwit...
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Easy
E DIC C.
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E DIC C.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Fiction
DICKENS C.
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DICKENS C.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
J DICKENS C.
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J DICKENS C.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Audio Visual Collection
CD J DICKENS
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CD J DICKENS
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A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge opens on a Christmas Eve as cold as Scrooge's own heart. That night, he receives three ghostly visitors: the terrifying spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Each takes him on a heart-stopping journey, yielding glimpses of Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit, the horrifying spectres of Want and Ignorance,...
10) Persuasion
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"Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, a teenager engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's...
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Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, his family have lived and worked in the Lake District of Northern England for generations, further back than recorded history. It's a part of the world known mainly for its romantic descriptions by Wordsworth and the much loved illustrated children's books of Beatrix Potter. But James' world is quite...
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
551.6 REDNISS 2015
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551.6 REDNISS 2015
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Focusing on the intricate nature of the world around us, as well as the personal relationship we all have to the weather, a National Book Award finalist and visionary writer combining personal stories with history, interviews, scientific research and full-color photos explores the transformative power of weather. --Publisher
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Short, illustrated segments explore the history of science. Examines the "how" and the "who" of scientific discovery. Explores the mysteries of time and space, and how, against all odds, life came to be on the wonderous planet we call home.
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In this book Bill Bryson explores the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer and attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world's most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if...
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Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?" and "What is the right thing to do?"
16) Eric
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"When a foreign exchange student comes to live with a typical suburban family, he brings with him a boundless sense of curiosity--and a stream of unexpected questions (which his hosts are never quite sure how to answer). But when the moment comes to say good-bye, a beautiful surprise awaits, and a gift the family will never forget."--Publisher's website.
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Fiction
VERGHESE A.
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VERGHESE A.
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and...
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Fiction
BOOK CLUB DISPLAY BOOK LEE H.
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BOOK CLUB DISPLAY BOOK LEE H.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Fiction
LEE H.
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LEE H.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Collection
YA LEE H.
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YA LEE H.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD LEE H.
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CD LEE H.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Nonfiction
SCHOOL HACKS CD YA LEE H.
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SCHOOL HACKS CD YA LEE H.
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Audio Visual Collection
CD LEE H.
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CD LEE H.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Fiction
BOOK CLUB KIT
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BOOK CLUB KIT
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Large Print Collection
LP LEE H (PPBK)
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LP LEE H (PPBK)
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Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.
19) Calculated
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"In seventeen-year-old Jo River's complicated world of numbers, there's no such thing as coincidence. When she is betrayed by someone she loves, kidnapped by the world's most wanted smuggler, and forced to use her talent to shore up a criminal empire, Jo deems her gift a curse--until she meets Red. Fellow captive and unlikely sage, Red teaches Jo to harness her true potential, so she can do more than just escape. Before he dies, Red reveals a secret...
20) Wonder
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Audio Visual Collection
CD J PALACIO
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CD J PALACIO
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Audio Visual Collection
CD J PALACIO R.
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CD J PALACIO R.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Audio Visual Collection
J PLAYAWAY PALACIO
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J PLAYAWAY PALACIO
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.