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1) Rainstorms
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The Anna Stone has been stolen from the Kingdom Larindana. Little is known about the artifact aside from one simple fact: it will give the one who is able to wield it, unlimited powers. The stone has been taken to be given to a ruthless tyrant, King Toler, in the Kingdom Thoron. If he learns that he has the ability to use the powers in the stone, not a living soul will be safe from his rule. Time is running out before the king gets ahold of the treasure...
3) Rain
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Children, animals, and natural life react to a coming rainstorm that will nourish them all"--
4) Hello, rain!
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A young girl experiences a rain storm from seeing the storm roll in, to splashing in the puddles, and then finally watching the sun coming back out.
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Sister Holiday mystery volume 2
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English
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"Sister Holiday is back with a newly minted PI apprentice certificate, a twisty mystery to solve, and something to prove. Tattooed from her neck to her toes, and sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday struggles to stay on the righteous path. Never one to make things easy for herself, she's committed to taking her permanent vows with the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and joining former fire inspector Magnolia Riveaux's latest...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Best friends Duck and Hippo have fun in a rainstorm. When a terrible wind sends Duck's umbrella flying into the air-- with Duck holding on-- what can Hippo do?
When Duck and Hippo go for a walk in the rain, they have trouble sharing Duck's umbrella that sends one of the friends flying up into the air.
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150 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"A meditative, immersive take on the weather around us. Sophisticated nonfiction picture book with informational content. Illustrated with striking atmospheric paintings. Includes calls to action for the reader, inviting them to observe and inquire about the outdoors. Through four chapters-sun, rain, ice and snow, and extreme weather-this book explores different weather phenomena, from rainbows and sunsets to clouds, frost, and rainstorms. Evocative...
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116 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Get up close and personal with Earth's nearest neighbors -- Venus with its acid rainstorms, Saturn and its rings of ice, and the heart of it all, the Sun. Humans have always been fascinated by outer space and we're learning more about our solar system every day. Did you know that our Solar System was born from a cloud of cosmic dust? That Jupiter's red spot is really a raging storm? Join Sara, Jill, and their space-faring pets on a quest to learn...
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467 pages ; 21 cm
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With Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami gives us a novel every bit as ambitious and expansive as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which has been acclaimed both here and around the world for its uncommon ambition and achievement, and whose still-growing popularity suggests that it will be read and admired for decades to come. This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader....
12) War at the end of the world: Douglas MacArthur and the forgotten fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945
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x, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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A harrowing account of an epic, yet nearly forgotten, battle of World War II -- General Douglas MacArthur's four-year assault on the Pacific War's most hostile battleground: the mountainous, jungle-cloaked island of New Guinea. One American soldier called it "a green hell on earth." Monsoon-soaked wilderness, debilitating heat, impassable mountains, torrential rivers, and disease-infested swamps -- New Guinea was a battleground far deadlier than the...
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xvi, 251 pages ; 22 cm
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"For fans of A Street Cat Named Bob and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Strays is a compelling true story of a man who rescues a stray, injured cat and how they save each other. Homeless, alcoholic, and depressed, Michael King lives in a UPS loading bay on the wrong side of the tracks in Portland, Oregon. One rainy night, he stumbles upon a hurt, starving, scruffy cat and takes her in. Nursing her back to health, he names...
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