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  Outcast

  by Erin Hunter

  There will be three, Kin of you kin.... Who hold the Power of the stars In their paws. A secret prophecy shapes the lives of Firestar's grandchildren, but only one of the three knows about it. Jaypaw is captivated by the power it promises, and he believes the key to that power may lie buried in the distant past -- with the ancient cats who once walked these woods and now prowl through his dreams. His... (more)
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  Copper Sun

  by Sharon M. Draper, Sharon Draper

  Amari lives in a small village with her family and is very happy until one day when "pale" faced people come and kill and capture many of her people and march them to the beach where they board a ship to a new world called America. Amari is sold away to a plantation owner in South Carolina and works on a rice plantation. She is treated terribly and is constantly afraid. Can Amari escape her bondage?
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  Warriors: The Power of Three

  Warriors: The Power of Three Box Set (Books 1-3)

  The Sight / Dark River / Outcast

  by Erin Hunter

  This is a box set of the first three books of Warriors: The Power of Three. Please Visit the links below to find a completed book detail page.
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  Delivering Happiness

  A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

  by Tony Hsieh

  The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success. Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make... (more)
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  Lord of the Flies

  by William Golding

  The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.
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  Night World

  Night World (Volume 1)

  Secret Vampire / Daughters of Darkness / Spellbinder

  by L. J. Smith

  Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. In Secret Vampire , Poppy thought the summer would last forever. Then she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now Poppy's only hope for survival is James, her friend and secret... (more)
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  Reclaiming Honor in Jordan: A National Public Opinion Survey on "Honor" Killings

  by Ellen R. Sheeley

  In early 2003, Ellen R. Sheeley began to educate herself about "honor" killings, particularly those that take place in Jordan. That summer she journeyed from her home in San Francisco, California, USA to Amman, Jordan, where she learned of the needs for empirical, objective, baseline data pertaining to the Jordanian public's attitudes, opinions, and beliefs about "honor" killings and for a sustained marketing... (more)
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  Crowdsourcing

  Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business

  by Jeff Howe

  “The amount of knowledge and talent dispersed among the human race has always outstripped our capacity to harness it. Crowdsourcing ­corrects that—but in doing so, it also unleashes the forces of creative destruction.” —From Crowdsourcing First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish... (more)
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  African Trilogy: Book 1

  Things Fall Apart

  by Chinua Achebe

  This is Chinua Achebe's classic novel, with more than two million copies sold since its first U.S. publication in 1969. Combining a richly African story with the author's keen awareness of the qualities common to all humanity, Achebe here shows that he is "gloriously gifted, with the magic of an ebullient, generous, great talent." -- Nadine Gordimer
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  The New Prophecy: Book 5

  Twilight

  by Erin Hunter

  Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red...New territory brings new troubles for the fierce cats of the warrior Clans, who are still uncovering secrets of their new home around the lake. Dangers they have never faced before are lurking in the twilight shadows, and former allies are acting strangely hostile. As divisions between the Clans grow deeper, Firestar's daughters... (more)
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  How to Survive Your Own Gay Life

  An Adult Guide to Love, Sex, and Relationships

  by Perry Brass

  In this "adult guide to love, sex, and relationships," Perry Brass reminds us that the most successful romantic life comes from living an authentic one. Consequently, he says, gay men need to be honest with each other--and, more importantly, with themselves--about their emotional and sexual intentions. You don't need professional counseling to achieve this honesty; if anything, Brass argues, "gay men have... (more)
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  Winnetou und Old Shatterhand. ( Ab 6 J.).

  by Karl May, Johannes. Nixdorf, Heinz. Osthoff

  Spannende Abenteuer mit Winnetou und Old Shatterhand
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  Star Trek: Voyager: Book 12

  Chrysalis

  by David Niall Wilson

  When the sensors of the U.S.S. Voyager detect abundant plant life on an unexplored planet, Captain Janeway leads an Away Team in search of fresh food supplies. They find lavish gardens inhabited by an enigmatic alien race that holds the gardens sacred. The fragrent blossoms are beautiful, enticing -- and far more dangerous than they appear. One by one, the Away Team begins to fall into deep comas from which they... (more)
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  The Camel Bookmobile

  by Masha Hamilton

  Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. Her intentions are honorable, and her rules are firm: due to the limited number of donated books, if... (more)
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  Wolves of the Dawn

  by William Sarabande

  Facing the hardships of life in the Bronze Age, the People of the Ax settle in the fens of Albion, but dissension among their ranks threatens the peace and safety of their clan. By the author of The Sacred Stones. Reissue.
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  Mitakuye Oyasin: We Are All Related

  by Allen Ross

  Winner of the 1992 "Top 50" Recognition Award at the Frankfort International Bookfair, Mitakuye Oyasin is an American Indian "Roots" story. It compares the myths and legends of the American Indian with the world's major philosophies and religions. The books is in its 5th printing. It is a bestseller in Europe with translations in French and German. The book is being used in 27 universities and 182 high schools. A... (more)
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  Smiller's bones

  by Peter Lerangis

  A striking novel based on the harrowing true story of Minik, an Eskimo boy who is seized from his tribe in 1897 Greenland by famed explorer Robert Peary, along with five other Eskimos, to be "presented" to the American Museum of Natural History.
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  Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy, Book 3)

  by Erin Hunter

  The young cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have returned with a chilling message: The Clans must move to a new home, or risk extermination. But the dangers waiting for them beyond their borders are impossible to predict, and the cats have no idea where to go. What they need is a sign from StarClan. . . .
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  The Ovahimba Years - Les années Ovahimba

  Ma vie avec les Ovahimba

  by Rina Sherman,With Pierre-Albert Ruquier

  Elle a un jour posé ses armes d'universitaire au sein de leur maison et son destin est désormais scellé au leur. Rina-Kandavi, son prénom Ovahimba, en a fait des films simples et beaux, et nous offre avec sept années de sa vie avec les Ovahimbas, ses difficultés, ses joies, ses peines, ses doutes, ses certitudes…Le texte s'articule autour du voyage entre Windhoek, la capitale de la Namibie, et Etanga, soit... (more)
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  Secret Genealogy

  by Suellen Ocean

  Secret Genealogy is a “must read” for those who want to trace their ancestry into antiquity. Suellen Ocean believes that many American surnames were originally of Jewish descent. “There are millions of people out there who don’t know who they descend from. Americans should reopen their family albums and look deeper into the meanings of names in their family trees and symbols in their coats of arms. Names... (more)