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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

by Lindsey Fitzharris

Published: 2017-10-17

Hardcover: 304 pages

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"Warning: She spares no detail!" ?Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly"Fascinating and shocking." ?Kirkus Reviews (starred review)The gripping story of how Joseph Lister’s antiseptic method changed medicine foreverIn The Butch...

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How Not To Be a Boy

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Rules for Being a Man: Don't cry Love sport Play rough Drink beer Don't talk about feelings But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now: are those rules actually any use? To anyone? Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of...

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Hide Your Fear

by Kevin O'Brien

Published: 2017-07-25

Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages

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THE ONLY WAY A home provides more than comfort and shelter. It stores memories . . . and hides secrets. Divorcée Caitlin Stoller and her children recently moved into a charming old Tudor-style house in the coastal town of Echo, Washington. The place was a bargain, but as weeks pass, Caitl...

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Esperanza Rising (McDougal Littell Library)

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Published: 2016-09-27

Paperback: 262 pages

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Pura Belpré Award WinnerIRA Notable Book for a Global SocietyNew York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and SharingEsperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forc...

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Esperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Spanish Edition)

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Published: 2002-08-01

School & Library Binding: 272 pages

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes a thirteen-year-old Mexican girl's fall from riches, her immigration to California and her growing awareness of class and ethnic tensions.

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Vivir en dos idiomas (Spanish Edition)

by Alma Flor Ada

Published: 2009-02-01

Paperback: 424 pages

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Alma Flor Ada nos ofrece, lejos de los reflectores de la figura pública, la posibilidad de ser sus compañeros de viaje, mientras revela los secretos de su apasionante trayectoria «He vivido sin esperar premio ni castigo, y ahora descubro que el premio ha sido cada día vivido.» V...

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Los detectives salvajes: Spanish-language edition of The Savage Detectives (Spanish Edition)

by Roberto Bolaño

Published: 2017-05-16

Paperback: 609 pages

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“Una obra maestra”. —The New Yorker  Arturo Belano y Ulises Lima, dos quijotes modernos, salen tras las huellas de Cesárea Tinajero, la misteriosa escritora desaparecida en México en los años posteriores a la revolución. Esa búsqueda —el viaje y sus consecuencias— se prolo...

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Mi Planta de Naranja Lima (Spanish Edition)

by Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos

Published: 2000-04

Paperback: 178 pages

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The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Ballad Novel (Ballad Novels)

by Sharyn McCrumb

Published: 2012-08-21

Paperback: 320 pages

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The Ballad of Tom Dooley is a literary triumph?what began as a fictional re-telling of the historical account of one of the most famous mountain ballads of all time became an astonishing revelation of the real culprit responsible for the murder of Laura FosterHang down your head, Tom Doole...

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The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All

by Jon Gordon

Published: 2014-05-27

Hardcover: 160 pages

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Bestselling author Jon Gordon returns with his most inspiring book yet—filled with powerful lessons and the greatest success strategies of all. Michael wakes up in the hospital with a bandage on his head and fear in his heart. The stress of building a growing business, with his wife Sara...