John Green
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...
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"Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective,...
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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
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Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
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"A Hazel y a Gus les gustaria tener vidas mas corrientes. Algunos dirian que no han nacido con estrella, que su mundo es injusto. Hazel y Gus son solo adolescentes, pero si algo les ha ensenado el cancer qeu ambos padecen es que no hay tiempo para lamentaciones, porque, nos guste o no, solo existe el hoy y el ahora. Y por ello, con la intencion de hacer realidad el mayor deseo de Hazel -- conocer a su escritor favorito --, cruzaran juntos el Atlandtico...
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"En su último año de instituto, Quentin no ha aprobado ni en popularidad ni en asuntos del corazón ... Pero todo cambia cuando su vecina, la legendaria, inalcanzable y enigmática Margo Roth Spiegelman, se presenta en mitad de la noche para proponerle que le acompañe en un plan de venganza inaudito. Después de una intensa noche que reaviva el vínculo de una infancia compartida y parece sellar un nuevo destino para ambos, Margo desaparece dejando...
7) Paper towns
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One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
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Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
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"Aza nunca tuvo intención de investigar el misterio del multimillonario fugitivo Russell Pickett. Pero hay una recompensa de cien mil dólares en juego, y su mejor y más atrevida amiga, Daisy, no está dispuesta a dejarla escapar. Juntas, Aza y Daisy recorrerán la corta distancia y las enormes diferencias que les separan del hijo de Russell Pickett, Davis. Aza lo está intentando. Trata de ser una buena hija, una buena amiga, una buena estudiante...
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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
"Will Grayson tiene dos reglas en la vida: guardar silencio y no implicarse en nada. Sin embargo, su mejor amigo, Tiny Cooper, está decidido a buscarle novia y a montar su musical autobiográfico: Tiny Dancer....
12) Cedar Creek
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This book is about life in the old West with bandits to apprehend, bar brawls to stop, a family not knowing the outcome of one of their family in jail, they journey to liberate him from the hangman's noose, a sense of duty demands action on one side there's law and order; the other whatever force is needed to protect their kin.
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This is the compilation of all 3 novella books in "The Coming Out Series", starting with "The Rejected Son" "The Rejected Son" is book 1 of "The Coming Out Series", a Family Saga about a boy and his struggle to deal with life as a gay man. Logan is an the only child until his Momma marries George, an industrial mechanic. George also has a son, Tim, who becomes Logan's step-brother. As soon as the wedding is over, the family is relocated and Logan...
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Phineas and Ferb need a tool that hasn't been invented yet, so they hop in a time machine and head 20 years into the future! Unfortunately, they're spotted by Future Candace, who follows them back in time to bust them on the day they built their giant rollercoaster. She does bust them-but by doing so, she changes the future!
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Una joven desparece dejando una serie de pistas que sólo su mejor amigo de la infancia podrá descifrar...
En su último año de instituto, Quentin no ha aprobado ni en popularidad ni en asuntos del corazón... Pero todo cambia cuando su vecina, la legendaria, inalcanzable y enigmática Margo Roth Spiegelman, se presenta en mitad de la noche para proponerle que le acompañe en un plan de venganza...
En su último año de instituto, Quentin no ha aprobado ni en popularidad ni en asuntos del corazón... Pero todo cambia cuando su vecina, la legendaria, inalcanzable y enigmática Margo Roth Spiegelman, se presenta en mitad de la noche para proponerle que le acompañe en un plan de venganza...
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Apesar do milagre da medicina que fez diminuir o tumor que a atacara há alguns anos, Hazel nunca tinha conhecido outra situação que não a de doente terminal, sendo o capítulo final da sua vida parte integrante do seu diagnóstico. Mas com a chegada repentina ao Grupo de Apoio dos Miúdos com Cancro de uma atraente reviravolta de seu nome Augustus Waters, a história de Hazel vê-se agora prestes a ser completamente rescrita.Perspicaz, arrojado,...
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In The New Age of Communications, author John Green outlines how computers and the World Wide Web are revolutionizing our lives in the new global community. Originally published in 1997, Green covers the history of computers to how wired the world has become, to the nature of the Internet and the potential power of artificial intelligence.
A Scientific American Focus book.
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"The Broken Dreams" is book 3 of "The Coming Out Series", a Family Saga about a boy and his struggle to deal with life as a gay man. Logan is an a young gay man whose life has had nothing but tragedy. He and his boyfriend pack up and move to Washington State to start a new life, full of dreams. Those dreams are shattered and Logan is forced to pick up the pieces. This book is a novella of approx. 13,000 words and does contain some scenes of an adult...
19) Kyle O'reilly
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The story is about a family; Immigrant from Ireland, who find work in early America, the lead character finds love as he grows; both in his job and life; work for the most was more manual, many thing done by hand not machines, the families they worked together and helped each other, these families worship together and trust God for their safety and daily needs; it also tells of some of the struggles they fight with in life; both in work and love.
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Twenty-five exceptionally clear and detailed anatomical plates - with labels and extensive captions - depict the skeleton, spine, bones, joints, skull, muscles, skin and limbs; heart, stomach, other organs; respiratory, reproductive and digestive systems; development of a fetus and much more. Within reach of grade-school-age children.