Books from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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CliffsNotes ACT Cram Plan, 2nd Edition
By Jane R. Burstein, William Ma, Nichole VivionJustin Timberlake's North American tour includes stops in Memphis, Tennessee Atlanta, Georgia Boston, Massachusetts and Toronto, Canada.
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The Outside
By Laura BickleFrost would kill the last of the blackberries and gooseberries that I'd found for us to subsist on. The acorns were long gone. I'd been lucky to find a crab ...
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Nikki and Deja: Election Madness: Nikki and Deja, Book Four
By Karen EnglishThis is a charming new entry in a chapter book series praised for its humor and authentic characters.
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Nikki and Deja: Birthday Blues: Nikki and Deja, Book Two
By Karen EnglishShe looks over at her new friend, Casey, who stands up. “We're going to need a table to rest our map on, but we'll tilt it up so that everyone can see.” Antonia flips her long braid over her shoulder, then looks directly at Deja.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
By Joseph F. Kett, Eric Donald Hirsch, James S. TrefilProvides information on ideas concerning people, places, ideas, and events currently under discussion, including gene therapy, NAFTA, pheromones, and Kwanzaa.
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Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin
By Neal Bascomb282-83; Salisbury, pp. 56-57. "It has come to": Vassili, pp. 254-55. "Nicholas spent the first": Essad-Bey, p. 87. The tsar's wife, Alix: Figes, p. 20. First, he refused: ibid., pp. 21-23; Warth, pp. 24-25; Romanov, A., pp.
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
By Neal Bascomb... of London on the Salisbury Plain. The thirty-six-year-old had a trim mustache and a face hardened by his war experiences in France. Inside the hut were men from two field companies of the Royal Engineers. Before they'd enlisted, ...
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The Mayan Mission - Another Mission. Another Country. Another Action-Packed Adventure: 1,000 Need-to-know SAT Vocabulary Words)
By Karen B ChapmanCreative exercises at the end of the novel reinforce the meaning and proper use of the words. If your mission is to prepare for the SAT, this is a great strategy!
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Language in Thought and Action
By Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, Alan R. HayakawaExamines the role of language and how it shapes human thought, and includes a chapter discussing the content, form, and hidden messages of television
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Mayor for a New America
By Thomas M. Menino, Jack Beatty... 151, 152 police union and, 141, 149–51, 154 security actions and, 9, 151 Doherty, Gerry background, 32 Menino and, 32–33, 41 Dole, Bob, 192 Donahue, Bob “Skinner,” 90, 91, 92 Donato, Mike, 28 Donnelly, Brian, 40 Donohue, Richard H., ...
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What's New, Cupcake?: Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion
By Alan Richardson, Karen TackMany thanks to our friend Deb Donahue for rescuing us with props whenever we started to run low. We don't know if Martha Kaplan is the wisest agent on earth or the most diligent nanny, but either way she seems to always be watching out ...
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Cake My Day!: Easy, Eye-Popping Designs for Stunning, Fanciful, and Funny Cakes
By Alan Richardson, Karen TackDeb Donahue is the other fashionista in our lives, offering us fabrics, plates, cake stands, and a joke whenever we need it. Erik and Liam Tack have grown up to be our best test audience. If they give a cake the thumbs-up, ...
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Kids on Strike!
By Susan Campbell BartolettiA stirring account of the labor movement's action against child labor abuses chronicles strikes led by children from 1836 to 1912, offering authentic newspaper photographs and an absorbing discussion of the development of child labor laws.
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Martha Blah Blah
By Susan MeddaughEating her daily bowl of alphabet soup, Martha the talking dog finds that she is suddenly unable to speak and contemplates a life as an ordinary dog, before she follows her nose to the source of the mystery.
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Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
By Susan Campbell BartolettiPresents the story of the 19th century Irish potato famine, including the causes, and the effects on the people.
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Tap-Tap
By Karen Lynn WilliamsAfter selling oranges in the market, a Haitian mother and daughter have enough money to ride the tap-tap, a truck that picks up passengers and lets them off when they bang on the side of the vehicle.
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Catherine, Called Birdy
By Karen Cushman24TH DAY OF DECEMBER, Eve of Christmas Day and Feast of Saint Mochua of Timahoe, an Irish monk who was once a soldier Another bright clear day so we were able to search the woods for mistletoe, holly, and ivy to hang in the hall.
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Pizza Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Six
By Karen Englishinto Arthur Mason's arms. He's in Mr. Beaumont's class across the hall. They're out for lunch recess too and are playing sock ball on the other baseball diamond. Everyone on Richard's team yells, “Throw us the ball! Throw us the ball!
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Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent Or Change Unwanted Ones
By Steve Dale, Gary M. Landsberg, Katherine A. HouptAdvance Praise for Decoding Your Dog: Kudos to the Veterinary Behaviorists! Decoding Your Dog is a welcome addition to the voices supporting science-based and benevolent dog training. Read this book and your dog will thank you for it!
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Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers as Kids
By Elizabeth HaidleThe Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge was another and influence. Later, Joanne treasured the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. LewisEmmaand by Jane Austen. LittleJoMarchWomenfrom was the literary heroine At school, Joanne's daydreaming ...