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1) Carousel
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A postapocalyptic mystery-thriller for young adults Nox is an arts graduate wondering what to do with his life. Taylor and Lizzy are famous indie musicians, and Rocky works the checkouts at Target. When they find themselves trapped in a giant mall, they eat fast food, watch bad TV, and wait. But with no sign of any other humans, the novelty of having their own mall quickly fades. When days turn to weeks, a sense of menace quickly grows.
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After months of entrapment in a shopping centre, Nox, Taylor and Lizzy are desperate to uncover the secret of the Disappearance. But there is more to the new world than they ever suspected, and the danger is only just beginning. They quickly learn they are not the only survivors to roam the broken city. Saving those they love will mean risking everything – and time is running out. This is the thrilling sequel to Carousel.
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In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries naive millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant, and – desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family – he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent "up there."...
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A little girl is going to ride a carousel and has to choose which horse to ride! There are many different horses to choose from on this colorful carousel. Which color horse will she choose? With vivid illustrations and large font, young readers can learn about primary colors as they read this charming book.
5) Carousel
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Carousel is the story of a spoilt boy from an Indian family residing in the UK. Rajesh has had a privileged and pampered life and is resentful of being in his father's shadow. Desperate to make his mark in the world and by a twist of fate, Rajesh enters the grimy world of London's organized crime scene and becomes embroiled in a complex Tax fraud called Carousel fraud. Seduced by money, power and an array of flamboyant cars and women, Rajesh is quickly...
6) Carousels
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This title discusses the carousel's amazing history that began with a game played hundreds of years ago by Arab horsemen. The Italian crusaders who witnessed the game called it carosello, or "little battle." Fast forward many years to the bright, loud, and colorful carousels we have today! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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Without the means to support herself after her father dies, Carrington Brouwer receives the opportunity to use her artistic talent at her friend's father's carousel factory. But the men at the factory are not happy that a woman has been given the very desirable job of painting the elaborately carved horses. When mishaps occur at the factory and jewelry disappears from the home of the factory owner, accusations swirl. Is the handsome young factory...
8) The Carousel
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A bone-weary, emotionally drained woman shows up one morning at a diner and gas station in a small Northeast town. Intending to refuel on gas and coffee and just keep driving, she is drawn instead to a pile of discarded carousel horses at the junkyard next door. Her find begins a ripple of gossip, mystery, and a restorative journey for the horses, herself, and the curious collection of townspeople joining her on the tumultuous ride of hope, patience...
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Thirteen year-old Walter and his friend Chris are computer geniuses. Walter's younger brother, Tommy, is not; he prefers pizza and Super Mario to hard drives and gigabytes. That has never stopped the three from being close, until recently. Since the start of the school year Walter has been distant, locked in his room working on some top secret project with Chris.One Friday night, the week before Halloween, a loud crash in the middle of the night draws...
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This title looks at the history of water rides and the exciting splash-makers they are today. Readers will learn that early water slides were quite large and ran into lakes. Log shoots and flumes find their beginnings in dark water rides, like the Tunnel of Love and other river rides. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.
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A boy born with faerie sight.A journey into the world of the dead.A place darker than anything he could have imagined and filled with creatures that make the fey above ground seem like things from children's tales.This is the story of Makin Riley, a curious boy, whose obsession with faeries and monsters leads him to a cemetery that holds the doorway to the world of the dead. After being spotted by one of the reapers that travels between the worlds,...
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The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren's lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren's beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren's intensity but his diversity are revealed and celebrated.
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Athena, yes, that one, the goddess of wisdom, courage, justice, and skill, is spoiled and pampered and has a habit of stomping her foot when not getting her way. But what else is expected in a teenager?
Even at the tender age of thirteen, excuse me, thirteen and four months, Athena sees injustice and cruelty in the human world below as well as her beloved Olympus. Mythological creatures are being treated horribly, and many have already disappeared...
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Writer Timothy Upshaw thought the case of the "Haney House Murders" was closed when Donald Haney confessed to killing his family and Upshaw's sister. However, when his sister, Sara, is reportedly spotted in "The Haney House of Horrors" ten years later, Upshaw swiftly returns to the hometown he fled from. In the process, he learns that what happened in the Haney House was just the beginning–there's a much greater evil out there.
15) On The Carousel
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ON THE CAROUSEL is the story of a young man's journey through the London of the 1980s, against the background of Thatcherism and Madonna and Cabbage Patch Dolls, as he enjoys the benefits of success, but then starts to re-assess his values and priorities.
In the early hours of New Year's Day 1980, Adam Gough, a recent graduate, whose career was put on hold following a traumatic event the previous year, is walking home through the deserted City of...
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Blown on the strange winds of a supernatural storm some thirty years into the future, Owen Turner and his five-year-old daughter Emily are literally lost in time. To make matters worse, Owen soon gets an ominous glimpse of his wife's horrifying fate. Shocked and confused, he and Emily must race against time to figure out how to get back home before the otherwise inevitable nightmare truly unfolds. Armed only with a peculiar children's storybook given...
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What is the secret of the carousel horse?
It's important enough for someone to justify the kidnapping of Casey in exchange for the mysterious horse. A thief, Casey, Peter, and the others find themselves lost in another world, trying to track down the treasure that will save their lives. Will they find the treasure? What is this treasure that is worth a life? Can they ever get back to Cornwall? Will Jackie Lee find Casey before it's too late? Narrated...
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"This book is a time machine. It goes backwards and forwards through all seven seasons. It takes longtime fans to a place where they ache to go again. It guides new viewers on their first trip to 1960s Madison Avenue. It lets us think about the show the way a TV critic does. Around and around and back home again, to a place where we know why it's loved."--Jacket.
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How was the world created? How was the universe created? These questions have been asked since mankind uttered its first word. Did God create the world? An explosion of the big bang created the universe with galaxeys, and worlds within them. It could be a science expermint. A science expermint that has been created for years and years has been done on a plant called Praque. The expermint requires students to create a universe inside a glass case...
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