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"Walking gthrough the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger--a real-life, very large tiger--pacing back and forth in a cage. What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things--like memories, and heartache, and tigers--can't...
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"When 10-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May and the stubborn new girl in school Sistine, he navigates through memories, heartache, and wondrous adventure"--Container.
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Great Courses volume 47
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In the later 20th century, Mao's successors led China through what has been dubbed the "four modernizations" - significant progress in agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defense. See how China has adapted to the global world, the role of Hong Kong, and the emergence of other "Asian tigers" in the global economy.
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The most frank, readable and detailed account available in the English language of the political, economic, environmental and cultural changes sweeping through Southeast Asia. By the mid-1990s, Southeast Asia and its fast-growing economies were the envy of the world. The region's leaders boasted that their societies, based on hard work and family values, were superior to those of the decadent West. Then came the financial crash of 1997. The Trouble...
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In the later 20th century, Mao's successors led China through what has been dubbed the "four modernizations" - significant progress in agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defense. See how China has adapted to the global world, the role of Hong Kong, and the emergence of other "Asian tigers" in the global economy.
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The Civil Rights era is the backdrop to this story of a black college soccer team who played their hearts out to overcome racial injustice in 1970s USA. Stocked with some of the best Caribbean and African players of the era, the Howard University Bison went on to win two national championships under the martial discipline of Coach Lincoln Tiger Phillips. The Tiger made history by becoming the first college coach to win an NCAA championship for a Historically...
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In December 1941, the Japanese Imperial Army came ashore on the British colony of Malaya. In support of that invasion, its air arm soon began to raid neighboring Burma and especially its seaport and capital city of Rangoon, protected by a weak squadron of Royal Air Force Brewster Buffaloes and an untested squadron of P-40s flown by the American Volunteer Group of mercenary pilots in the employ of China. The battle of Rangoon would soon make them famous...
12) Friends forever!
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Daniel wants to play with Prince Wednesday. But when Daniel asks him, Prince Wednesday tells Daniel he's busy spending time with Jodi, and Daniel gets upset. Has he lost his friend? Teacher Harriet explains that even when friends play with someone new, they will still be friends with you!
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"In this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read, Daniel Tiger goes on an egg hunt! How many eggs can Daniel find in the annual egg hunt? And what colors will they be? This adorable concept book introduces young readers to numbers and colors."--Publisher marketing.
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The heroes are back in an all-new feature-length film. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, a.k.a. Wild Tiger, and Barnaby Brooks Jr.'s partnership comes to a sudden end when Apollon Media's new owner Mark Schneider fires Kotetsu and moves Barnaby back into the First League, pairing him up with Golden Ryan, a new hero with awesome powers and a huge ego to match.
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Una mañana, temprano, Rob se pone a caminar sin rumbo fijo a través del bosque que se encuentra en los alrededores del motel donde él y su padre viven, cuando de repente se encuentra con un imponente tigre encerrado en una jaula. Pero ésta no es la única sorpresa extraordinaria que le deparaba a Rob ese día. También conoce a Sixtina Bailey, una chica que acaba de llegar a la escuela, y que muestra sus sentimientos con la misma facilidad con...
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