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Remodeled Kitchens & Baths

Dramatic Makeovers

By: Tina Skinner,Melissa Cardona

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Remodeled Kitchens & Baths

Dramatic Makeovers

By: Tina Skinner,Melissa Cardona

Witness the dramatic results of changes, big and small, in over 50 renovation projects that will inspire the kitchen or bath of your dreams. Gorgeous color photos display options in countertops, cabinetry, flooring, lighting, appliances, fixtures, and so much more! Floorplans are included to address common structural problems and various solutions that help you envision improvements in your own home.

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Schiffer Pub Limited

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0764321382

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9780764321382

Beware of Dog

How Media Portrays the Aggressive Canine

By: Melissa Crawley

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Beware of Dog

How Media Portrays the Aggressive Canine

By: Melissa Crawley

For many of us, the only way we meet "dangerous" dogs is through news reports about vicious attacks, and films and TV shows that feature out-of-control versions of man's best friend. But there's more to the Bad Dog's story than sensational headlines and movie beasts. A deeper look at these representations reveals a villain much closer to home. This book takes the reader on a rich journey through depictions of violent dogs in popular media. It explores how press accounts and screen stories transform canines into bloodthirsty hunters, rabies-infested strays, ferocious fighters, rogue law enforcement partners and diabolical pets, all adding up to a frightening picture of our usually beloved companions. But, when media tells the dangerous dog's story, it is often with a deep connection to the person on the other end of the leash.

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McFarland

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147668524X

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9781476685243

Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systemic Oppression

Insights to Inform Social Justice in Critical Times

By: Melissa L. Morgan

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Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systemic Oppression

Insights to Inform Social Justice in Critical Times

By: Melissa L. Morgan

This book offers new insight into how individuals utilize resilience in the face of structural and social injustice. By drawing on qualitative research methods to foreground the voices of Holocaust survivors and Latinx immigrants to the United States, Critical Resilience and Thriving in Response to Systematic Oppression illustrates the role of cultural values, spirituality, and perseverance in the face of severe institutionalized oppression. Using this to extend current understandings of resilience, the text posits critical resilience as a response to embedded social inequalities and goes on to offer a nuanced reconceptualization of overcoming such hardship, not only as overcoming adversity but as recognizing strengths despite ongoing injustice. It synthesizes feminist and critical theories to elaborate on the framework of critical resilience and thriving. Highlighting the importance of qualitative research on the strengths and resources of oppressed groups, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers with an interest in trauma studies, qualitative methods, and personal development, as well as in mental health research.

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160

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Taylor & Francis

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1000840344

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9781000840346

Religion in Today's World

Global Issues, Sociological Perspectives

By: Melissa M. Wilcox

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Religion in Today's World

Global Issues, Sociological Perspectives

By: Melissa M. Wilcox

Religion is a major force in contemporary society. It is also one of the least understood social and political influences on individuals and communities. In this innovative collection of original essays and classic readings, experts explore the significance of contemporary religiosity: as a source of meaning and motivation, how it unites and divides us, and how it is used politically and culturally. Readers will be introduced to the broad debates in ways that will equip them to analyze, discuss, and make their own judgments about religion and society. This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding religion as a central source of meaning and politics, and is ideally suited for undergraduate teaching on religion and social issues and from a global perspective.

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Routledge

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1317796632

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9781317796633

A Mexican State of Mind

New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture

By: Melissa Castillo Planas

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A Mexican State of Mind

New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture

By: Melissa Castillo Planas

A Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture is the story Mexican migrant creativity in New York City since 9/11 focusing on youth productions in hip hop, the arts and labor advocacy.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978802277

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9781978802278

Leading with Vitality and Hope

Embracing Equity, Alleviating Trauma, and Healing School Communities

By: Christine Y. Mason,Melissa D. Patschke,Kevin Simpson

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Leading with Vitality and Hope

Embracing Equity, Alleviating Trauma, and Healing School Communities

By: Christine Y. Mason,Melissa D. Patschke,Kevin Simpson

Leading with Vitality and Hope provides a practical resource for educators who want to move beyond the challenges schools are facing today. It both provides inspirational ideas from an impressive group of educational leaders and also practical ideas that you can take back to your local schools and communities for implementation. What is needed to move beyond the chaotic scenes we are continuing to face as schools reopen for in-person learning? The voices we hear from in Leading with Vitality and Hope suggest that we must first re-introduce a sense of vitality and hope. This can be done with mindfulness, visioning, and strategic leadership that attends to self-care, advocacy, and collective efficacy. Each of these themes is woven throughout case study scenarios presented by 20 leaders as they describe their vision, how they garnered support, and how their visions have set the stage for transformational change to enhance equity, reduce discrimination, alleviate trauma, and lead to greater well-being for students and staff in schools.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475869622

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9781475869620

Youth Power in Precarious Times

Reimagining Civic Participation

By: Melissa Brough

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Youth Power in Precarious Times

Reimagining Civic Participation

By: Melissa Brough

Does youth participation hold the potential to change entrenched systems of power and to reshape civic life? In Youth Power in Precarious Times Melissa Brough examines how the city of Medellín, Colombia, offers a model of civic transformation forged in the wake of violence and repression. She responds to a pressing contradiction in the world at large, where youth political participation has become a means of commodifying digital culture amid the ongoing disenfranchisement of youth globally. Brough focuses on how young people's civic participation online and in the streets in Medellín was central to the city's transformation from having the world's highest homicide rates in the early 1990s to being known for its urban renaissance by the 2010s. Seeking to distinguish commercialized digital interactions from genuine political participation, Brough uses Medellín's experiences with youth participation—ranging from digital citizenship initiatives to the voices of community media to the beats of hip-hop culture—to show how young people can be at the forefront of fostering ecologies of artistic and grassroots engagement in order to reshape civic life.

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Duke University Press

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147800908X

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9781478009085

Competency-based Assessment

Evidence-based Insights and Strategies for Educators

By: Kate Lafferty,Melissa Barnes

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Competency-based Assessment

Evidence-based Insights and Strategies for Educators

By: Kate Lafferty,Melissa Barnes

This book is a practical, evidence-based guide for educators at all levels on how to assess and promote student learning, broadening teachers’ understanding of assessment. Balancing assessment with the development and promotion of student learning can be a significant challenge for teachers. This book provides the content, as well as practical guidance, to support educators in developing their understanding of assessment from task-driven, domain-bound content knowledge, towards the assessment of complex competencies. Supported by research, but not overwhelmed by it, the book provides practical strategies that can be applied in the classroom. The pedagogical structure of the book encourages self-guided learning, with each chapter providing opportunities for reflection to facilitate planning and goal setting, as well as quotes and vignettes from students and teachers highlighting their experiences of and perspectives on assessment. This book is a great resource for practising educators and postgraduate students who want to improve their understanding of assessment, implement it more effectively and support better outcomes for their students.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040148557

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9781040148556

Understanding American Politics, Third Edition

By: Stephen Brooks,Donald E. Abelson,Melissa Haussman

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Understanding American Politics, Third Edition

By: Stephen Brooks,Donald E. Abelson,Melissa Haussman

Understanding American Politics provides a unique introduction to the contemporary political landscape of the United States. Placing the study of American politics within a broader context of other western democracies, this textbook reinforces the idea that in order to understand the American system, students need to begin by understanding their own democracy. This balanced, comparative perspective is integrated throughout to better explain and highlight the ways in which American politics and government work in relation to other democracies. Streamlined to fit easily in today’s US politics courses, the third edition is fully updated and revised to engage with key issues in American politics while providing an accessible entry to the foundations of American government that detangles the polarized analysis characterizing so much information on the study of American politics. New chapters on special interest groups and the distinct American mediascape feature alongside up-to-date analysis on civil rights and inequalities incorporated in all chapters. Ultimately, this textbook enables non-American readers to understand the how and why of American politics by relating the subject to the experience and institutions of their own countries.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487542569

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9781487542566

The Binge Watcher's Guide to Riverdale

An Unofficial Companion

By: Melissa Ford Lucken

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The Binge Watcher's Guide to Riverdale

An Unofficial Companion

By: Melissa Ford Lucken

Busted families, broken hearts, secrets and corruption are the lifeblood of The CW’s gothic horror series Riverdale. The show is based on the original Archie comics, but this sinister town is a far cry from the wholesome, anyplace USA depicted in 80 years of the teen adventures featuring Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, and the rest of the gang. This Riverdale is an other-worldly, ominous place where enigmatic parents and cunning town leaders hide wicked secrets while teens struggle to survive. The Riverdale gang face the definitive dilemma: good vs. evil. They fight ghouls, a cult leader, a serial killer, and each other—all while sporting inspiring outfits and photo-ready hair. Great music, the occasional Vixens cheer dance-off, and too-steamy-for-high-school sex scenes add an undeniable layer of watchability to the fan-favorite show. This bestselling Binge Watcher’s Guide will get you through all seven seasons. Keep the book beside you while binging; the trivia, quotes and episode commentaries will inform and entertain. Want more? The literary analysis, connection to the comics, and resources have you covered.

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Riverdale Avenue Books LLC

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1626015805

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9781626015807

Discovering Nutrition

By: Paul M. Insel,Don Ross,Kimberley McMahon,Melissa Bernstein

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Discovering Nutrition

By: Paul M. Insel,Don Ross,Kimberley McMahon,Melissa Bernstein

Issued with access to Navigate 2 online learning materials.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1284064654

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9781284064650

The Italian Novella and Shakespeare’s Comic Heroines

By: Melissa Emerson Walter

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The Italian Novella and Shakespeare’s Comic Heroines

By: Melissa Emerson Walter

This is the first book to provide a full treatment of Shakespeare's literary and theatrical engagement with the Italian novella and female agency.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487503644

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9781487503642

Doorways of Cape May

By: Tina Skinner,Melissa Cardona

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Doorways of Cape May

By: Tina Skinner,Melissa Cardona

Filled with 65 charming colour photographs, this book welcomes you to explore some of the most picturesque and historic doorways of Cape May, New Jersey. The perfect souvenir for Cape May visitors, lovers of Victorian architecture, and homeowners looking for distinctive ideas for their front doors and porches.

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Schiffer Pub Limited

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0764321617

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Nutrition

By: Dr. Paul Insel,Don Ross,Kimberley McMahon,Melissa Bernstein

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Nutrition

By: Dr. Paul Insel,Don Ross,Kimberley McMahon,Melissa Bernstein

Written for majors and advanced non-majors, the Sixth Edition of Nutrition provides a modern, comprehensive introduction to nutrition concepts, guidelines, and functions. Its student-focused approach provides readers with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about their overall nutrition.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284124215

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9781284124217

Psychiatric Rehabilitation

By: Carlos W. Pratt,Kenneth J. Gill,Nora M. Barrett,Melissa M. Roberts

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation

By: Carlos W. Pratt,Kenneth J. Gill,Nora M. Barrett,Melissa M. Roberts

The third edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, discusses interventions to help individuals with mental illness improve the quality of their life, achieve goals, and increase opportunities for community integration so they can lead full and productive lives. This person centered approach emphasizes strengths, skill development, and the attainment of valued social roles. The third edition has been fully updated with new coverage indicating how to address medical problems while treating for mental illness, wellness and recovery, evidence based practices, and directions for future research. Retaining the easy to read, engaging style, each chapter includes key terms with definitions, case studies, profiles of leaders in the field, special issues relating to treatment and ethics, and class exercises. Providing a comprehensive overview of this growing field, the book is suitable as an undergraduate or graduate textbook, as well as a reference for practitioners and academic researchers. Special Features: - Provides new coverage on comorbid medical disorders, evidence based practices, wellness and recovery, and direction for future research - Identifies controversial issues relating to treatment and ethics - Supplies case study examples to illustrate chapter points - Highlights key terms with definitions and key topics - Offers focus questions and class exercises as a teaching tool - New coverage of DSM-V diagnosis, evidence-based treatment, and daily living skills training - Retains case studies, boxed controversial issues, glossary

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Academic Press

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0123870089

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9780123870087

From Telenovelas to Netflix: Transnational, Transverse Television in Latin America

By: Joseph Straubhaar,Melissa Santillana,Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce,Luiz Guilherme Duarte

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From Telenovelas to Netflix: Transnational, Transverse Television in Latin America

By: Joseph Straubhaar,Melissa Santillana,Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce,Luiz Guilherme Duarte

This book is about television in Latin America. Its national and regional industries create most television programming there within genres developed over time in the region. However, part of the programming has always come from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. With cable, satellite and now streaming TV, that inflow of foreign programming has increased substantially. While many in the audience still prefer national or regional programs for their cultural proximity, an increasing number among the upper-middle and middle classes, particularly the young, are turning to the new foreign services, like Netflix, Amazon and Disney for class distinction, cosmopolitanism or other motives. Among the television industries, global, regional and national actors are creating a variety of programs and channels (broadcast, pay-TV and streaming) to segment and appeal to different parts of the audience.

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Springer Nature

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3030774708

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9783030774707

The Headmaster's List

By: Melissa de la Cruz

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The Headmaster's List

By: Melissa de la Cruz

One of Us Is Lying meets Gossip Girl in The Headmaster's List, an edge-of-your-seat YA thriller about a fatal car crash and the dangerous lengths one teen will go to uncover the truth about what really happened. Friday night. The party of the summer. Four teens ride home together. Only one never makes it. When high school sophomore Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Armstrong Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumors swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the reckless driver, she can’t bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has nothing to do with it – she can’t remember anything from that night, not even what put her in that car with Ethan, Chris, and Tabby Hill, the new loner in school. The hunt for answers intensifies when a local true crime podcast takes an interest in the case, pushing Spencer further into the depths of this sinister mystery. Was it all just a night out that went very wrong? And is it a coincidence that all but Chris is on Armstrong's esteemed honor roll, the Headmaster’s List? In a place ruled by pedigree and privilege, the truth can only come at a deadly price. Set against the glitz and glamour of an elite LA private school, Melissa de la Cruz's explosive YA thriller is an addictive mystery perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. "There's nothing Melissa de la Cruz can't write, and she continues to prove it with this razor-sharp, glitteringly mysterious thriller! Put The Headmaster's List at the top of your TBR." —Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the And I Darken trilogy "Melissa de la Cruz will keep you guessing - all the way up to the last page even when you think you’ve figured it out! Everything you want in a thriller - a complicated heroine, snarky outsiders, cute boys, and a surprising and insightful story about status, race, class and tragedy in Los Angeles." —Sara Shepard, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars

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Roaring Brook Press

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1250827396

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9781250827395

Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa

By: Shogo Kudo,Orleans Mfune,Melissa Hansen,Jackline Nyerere

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Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa

By: Shogo Kudo,Orleans Mfune,Melissa Hansen,Jackline Nyerere

This book highlights the important role of the complex nature of interactions between rural and urban areas in Africa and how this relates to sustainable development on the continent – one with a fast urbanization rate. The volume critiques the widely held assumption of a societal divide where rural areas are mostly agricultural, whilst urban areas engage in industry and services. Contributors provide conceptual arguments and present case studies in Africa which illustrate the complex and multifaceted interdependencies between cities and rural areas, through the flow of natural resources, people, capital, information, goods and services which directly impacts the socio-ecological as well as economic sustainability of these spaces. This volume forms part of an Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) book series involving the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and 8 partner African universities running Master’s Programs in sustainable development. The book series is intended to serve primarily as undergraduate and graduate instruction materials for courses on sustainable development in Africa, as well as policy input to key developmental issues in Africa.

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250

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Spears Media Press

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1942876297

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9781942876298

Filippo Strozzi and the Medici

Favor and Finance in Sixteenth-Century Florence and Rome

By: Melissa Meriam Bullard

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Filippo Strozzi and the Medici

Favor and Finance in Sixteenth-Century Florence and Rome

By: Melissa Meriam Bullard

Filippo Strozzi (1489-1538), the Florentine aristocrat and banker, is usually remembered for the dramatic exploits at the end of his life. Forced into exile, he became an outspoken defender of the last Florentine Republic against the tyranny of the city's new dukes. His place in Florentine history, however, changes drastically when we focus not on his final years but on his extensive career as a Medici favourite and loyal financier. At the courts of the Medici popes he furthered the grandiose schemes of Leo X and Clement VII and accumulated a personal fortune of legendary size. Dr Bullard's study reassesses Strozzi's place in Renaissance history and considers the more general problems of paper economy and war finance, and Florentine political life, in the early sixteenth century. It documents the intricate financial ties between Florence and the papal court, and Strozzi's key role as a manipulator of the city's public funds to pay for papal wars.

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214

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Cambridge University Press

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052108816X

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9780521088169

Reunion #21

Super Special

By: Melissa J. Morgan

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Reunion #21

Super Special

By: Melissa J. Morgan

The girls will do whatever it takes to stay together, even if it means going to a place called Walla-Walla. Walla-Walla is more rustic and sports-oriented than Lakeview. And the girls there are a little snootier. Especially their ringleader, Peyton, and her second-in- command - wait - is that Sarah from two summers ago? She sure looks like Sarah. And sounds like Sarah. But if she actually is Sarah, then why on earth is she acting like she's never seen the Lakeview girls before?

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Penguin

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1101057149

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9781101057148

Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #5: Starring You and Me

(Starring You and Me)

By: Mary-kate & Ashley Olsen

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Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #5: Starring You and Me

(Starring You and Me)

By: Mary-kate & Ashley Olsen

The summer is over, but the fun is just beginning! To do this: •Help Penny and Brian stage free concert at school. •Get new students to audition for fall musical! •Make plan to get DJ Wild Will to talk about concert on his radio show. •Make new plan to get DJ Wild Will to talk about concert. •Help Danielle get role in school musical. •Cancel Brian's and Penny's concert??? Ages 8–12

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HarperEntertainment

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0060528117

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9780060528119

Suzanne Collins

Author of the Hunger Games Trilogy

By: Melissa Ferguson

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Suzanne Collins

Author of the Hunger Games Trilogy

By: Melissa Ferguson

Readers will learn about the life and works of Suzanne Collins. This young adult author s life leading up to her success as the best-selling author of the Hunger Games trilogy is discussed. Readers will also learn about the author s writing process and what inspires her to write. What s next for this author and other interesting details are also included.

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147472857X

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