I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
by Josh Lieb ()
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Oliver Watson, an overweight 12-year-old from Omaha, NE, fools his family and classmates into thinking that he is slow-witted when in fact he is the world's third-richest person. He overthrows foreign dictators, owns corporations, is a successful inventor and investor, and is on the way to attaining his goal of world domination.
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Posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:11 pm by Sylvhania
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All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
by Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera (2010-11-16)
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As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on Wall Street, Main Street, or Pennsylvania Avenue? On greedy traders, misguided regulators, sleazy subprime companies, cowardly legislators, or clueless home buyers?
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Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:30 pm by Sylvhania
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Ashley Bryan’s Beautiful Blackbird and Other Folktales
by Ashley Bryan (2003-01-01)
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Storyteller Bryan's singular voice provides rhythm and sound effects throughout this musical adaptation of a Zambian tale.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:25 pm by Sylvhania
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Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer
by Jane Moore Howe ()
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Amelia's fascination at seeing her first airplane, as well as her curiosity, courage, and determination to learn, will make this portrayal of an American heroine a favorite of both children and adults.
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Posted: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 7:26 pm by Sylvhania
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Being Martha
by Lloyd Allen ()
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Being Martha is a personal-at times a searingly personal-account of Martha's life from the inside, by a friend. It's fascinating-very anecdotal and very emotional. It won't be like anything else you've ever read about her.
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Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 10:49 pm by Sylvhania
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Breathing
by Andrew Weil ()
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A complete course of eight breathing exercises that Dr. Andrew Weil uses in his own life, and has prescribed to hundreds of patients over the past two decades.
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Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 9:42 am by Sylvhania
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Monkeybone
by Henry Selick (2002-05-21)
20th Century Fox (93 minutes)
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A car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley into a coma. He and his alter ego, Monkeybone, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world.
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 10:35 pm by Sylvhania
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Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
by Caroline Myss (1997-08-26)
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One of the hottest new voices in the alternative health/spirituality scene, Myss is a "medical intuitive" whose work with Dr. C. Norman Shealy resulted in their coauthored book, The Creation of Health. In this engaging volume, Myss describes our "spiritual anatomy" and how its dysfunctions affect the physical body.
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Posted: Friday, February 18, 2011 at 9:40 pm by Sylvhania
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Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
by Sid Fleischman (2006-08-01)
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Fleischman looks at Houdini's life through his own eyes, as a fellow magician. Guarding the secrets, yet entertaining readers, he tells the rags-to-rags story of a poor Jewish boy named Ehrich Weiss, who longed to be like his idol, French magician Robert-Houdin.
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Posted: Friday, February 18, 2011 at 10:37 am by Sylvhania
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Flight to Heaven: A Plane Crash… A Lone Survivor… A Journey to Heaven–and Back
by Capt. Dale Black, Ken Gire ()
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The only survivor of a horrific plane crash, Dale was hovering between life and death when he had a wondrous experience of heaven. What he saw, what he heard, and what he learned there continues to ripple through his life and touch others.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 9:22 pm by Sylvhania
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