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"At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce -- a hostile thirteen-year-old -- boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence.' But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a doubler murderer..."--P. [4] of cover.
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River wants so badly to dance at the powwow as she does every year. But she's recovering from illness and can't this time. Will she ever dance again? Follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community. Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author...
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"This is Agatha Christie's masterpiece, and if she never wrote another word, she'd have still gone down as the Queen." –LOUISE PENNY, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Ingenious and unexpected." –NEW YORK TIMES
The official edition of the beloved classic voted by the British Crime Writers' Association as the "Best Crime Novel of all Time," now featuring a new introduction by
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There's a gang war happening in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia, a battle among hippos for territory, dominance, mating rights, and survival. The reason? Dry season-a seven-month drought that forces over 30,000 hippos to the deepest part of the river to stay wet and cool. Follow these three-ton beasts as they fight lions, crocodiles, and other hippo gangs, struggling to stay alive until the next rainfall. Only then can they return to the lush paradise...
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Tucked right next to the famous Kruger National Park is one of the largest private game reserves in South Africa-Mala Mala. It is home to a bounty of wildlife, including the Big Five. They're the most ferocious animals to hunt on foot, and the buffalo is the most aggressive. And yet, all that these otherwise placid bovines want is to be left alone so they can graze in safety, celebrate their new life, and live in peace. But there is no peace. They...
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Hyenas are opportunists. If they need to steal, they will. If caution is the better part of valor, then they're cautious. They never say no to a free meal-even if it's the scraps left behind by other predators. When they're finished with a carcass, all that's left on the ground is a wet spot. A large enough gang can completely consume a wildebeest in fifteen minutes-skin, flesh, and bones. Unlike some other predators, hyenas are dominated by females....
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During the dry season in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, there isn't enough water. There isn't enough food. The fifty thousand elephants that live there need to migrate. We follow one gang of fifteen elephants on their journey to the Chobe River in Botswana. Led by its matriarch, the gang is completely made up of her offspring, and it's her responsibility to get her family safely to the river. Despite all the dangers, she doesn't give up. She...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In A Year Around the Sun, viewers will explore the seasons and how the earth is constantly changing. Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In How Our Bodies Work, viewers will explore the human body and all of the amazing things that it can do! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Engineering is Everywhere, viewers will explore how force affects us every day and how technology has helped lead us to new discoveries! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with...
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They're not called wild dogs for nothing, but they're also loving, caring, and protective. They look after their young, injured, and elderly. More than anything else, they're a team. They live together, hunt together, and are completely dependent on each other. There are no outsiders. The gang is one big family. They are led by an alpha male and an alpha female. We follow a gang in the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana as they are forced to migrate...
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The Okavango Delta in Botswana is so large it's visible from space. This is home to an alphabet of wild animals, from aardvarks to zebras, and some of the smallest mammals live here. Meet the mongoose gang. They may look cute and cuddly, but they'll do whatever it takes to protect themselves, which is a never-ending battle. Snakes, birds of prey, and other predators are always lurking, dive-bombing, or attacking. Survival is tenuous-especially being...
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The scientific community is convinced that within the next decades, we will unveil one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, and find life beyond Earth. We can't know yet if the discovery of life will happen in our solar system, or in another remote place in the universe, but it's clear that the next generation will witness a finding that challenges our understanding of the universe. Life forms in the most extreme conditions on Earth. Organisms...
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In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduced readers to the famously eccentric Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective.
Hercule Poirot is, settling in near Styles Court, when its wealthy mistress, Emily Inglethorp, is found, murdered. Mrs. Inglethorp has been, poisoned, and the authorities are, unable to find the culprit, luckily, Poirot is nearby to put is, excellent sleuthing skills to work.
Poirot manages to wade through the confusing...
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Destined to be a treasure for the millions of fans who made American Gods an internationally bestselling phenomenon, this beautifully designed and illustrated collectible edition of Neil Gaiman's revered masterpiece features enlightening and incisive notes throughout by award-winning annotator and editor Leslie S. Klinger.
A perennial favorite of readers worldwide, American Gods tells the story of ex-con Shadow Moon, who emerges from prison and is...
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"Hercule Poirot rushes to France in response to an urgent and cryptic plea from a client. But the Belgian detective arrives just too late: the man who had summoned him is found dead on a golf course, stabbed in the back with a letter opener and wearing an ill-fitting coat with a mysterious love letter in its pocket. Strange circumstances multiply, culminating in the discovery of a second body stabbed with the same murder weapon. While the local authorities...
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Robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot in The Mystery of the Blue Train, from Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again—for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious
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"The Holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder -- and the brilliant Belgian investigator is quickly on the case. On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee family's festivities are shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs -- in a locked bedroom -- the tyrannical patriarch Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he...
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The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense -- creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters -- brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In the Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series...
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Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village celebration, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery featuring a Murder Hunt, hosted by mystery writer Ariadne Oliver. One need only follow the game's make-believe clues to be the first to find the body. Only this time, it isn't a game, and the clues lead to a genuine corpse. Ariadne needs the help of her old friend, Hercule Poirot.
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