Books from Harcourt Brace
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Preparing for the TASP
By Laurie G KirsznerPreparing for the TASP
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Beast Feast
By Douglas FlorianIn this hilarious collection of twenty-one original animal poems and paintings, the animals are out in all their finned, furry, and feathered glory. From lobsters to rheas to fireflies, kiwis...
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Where Or when: A Novel
By Anita ShreveCharles Callahan is reading the Sunday paper when an alluring and oddly familiar photo catches his eye: it is Sian Richards, his first love, a face he has not seen...
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Khok Phanom Di: Prehistoric Adaptation to the World's Richest Habitat
By Charles Higham, Rachanie ThosaratResearch report on Phanom Di Burial Mound, archeological site in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand.
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Oddly Enough: Stories by Bruce Coville ; Illustrations by Michael Hussar
By Bruce CovilleA short fiction collection by the author of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher ranges from the characteristic hilarity of "Dusty's Jacket" to the solemn war message of "With His Head Tucked...
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Never Trust a Dead Man
By Vivian Vande VeldeLife has suddenly become very difficult for Selwyn Roweson: First Anora broke his heart and decided to marry Farold, then Farold beat him up in front of the entire village,...
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The Van Gogh Cafe
By Cynthia RylantMagic things happen at the Van Gogh Cafe in Flowers, Kansas. No one quite knows why, but people think it's because the cafe building was once a theater. They figure...
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Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
By Ray GonzalezThere is no one culture that can be described as Latino. Yet the variegated presence of Spanish-speaking peoples in the United States - of immigrants and native born, of Native...
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Every Parent's Guide to the Law
By Deborah L. FormanAn indispensable guide to legal issues that can affect American families. Family law expert Deborah L. Forman provides sensible explanations and advice on a broad range of topics that will...
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Mary, Bloody Mary
By Carolyn MeyerThe story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an evil...
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A Wedding in Hell: Poems
By Charles Simic"Four paper dolls hold hands like a family. They are cut from a morning newspaper that runs an ad for "heavenly" coffee next to a picture from a war zone....
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The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton
By Michael MottDrawing from scores of interviews as well as from the last twelve years of Merton's private journals--still unpublished and unavailable to the public until the end of this year--Mott has...
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Harvest Home
By Jane YolenThe moon grows fatter, the days grow shorter, and it is time to bring in the harvest. Written in the style of the traditional harvest song, Harvest Home tells the...
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The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling
By Diana TrillingIt was Christmas Eve 1927 and Prohibition was at its height when Diana and Lionel Trilling, that distinguished literary pair, were introduced to each other. They met at a Manhattan...
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Journeys with Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet
You never know where or how Elijah will appear. He arrives in the cornfields of Argentina, on doorsteps in China, amid ancient Persian ruins. He is a friend, a teacher,...
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Scorpion Tongues: The Irresistible History of Gossip in American Politics
By Gail CollinsDid Woodrow Wilson murder his first wife? Of course not. Did Hillary Clinton throw the lamp? Maybe. From Thomas Jefferson to William Jefferson Clinton, Scorpion Tongues is a popular history...
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Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness
By Ian TattersallTaking the reader around the world, stopping in France to examine 30,000-year-old cave paintings, in Africa to see where our earliest ancestors left their bones, and in remote forests to...
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The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior
By Mary Higgins ClarkMany voices of crime fiction are included in this unique collection for young adults edited by bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark. This varied collection, published in collaboration with the International...
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The Seven Storey Mountain
By Thomas MertonOne of the most famous books ever written about a man's search for faith and peace. The Seven Storey Mountain tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate...
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Spring Song
By Barbara SeulingWhen they feel spring's warm, gentle breezes, bears leave their winter dens, rabbits bound out of their burrows to hop through clover-filled meadows, butterflies emerge from their cocoons. With lush...