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"¡Por algún motivo extraño, los Tipos Malos han adquirido SUPERPODERES! Pero puede que sus poderes sean, en fin, defectuosos. Tal vez solo puedan hacer cosas como que sus pantalones exploten en público. No precisamente lo que uno llamaría habilidades heroicas. Defectuosos o no, los Tipos Malos tienen trabajo que hacer. Con el Dr. Mermelada listo para destruir el mundo, ¡el Sr. Lobo, el Sr. Culebra, el Sr. Piraña y el Sr. Tiburón tienen...
1582) Maisy's train
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Maisy takes all of her friends on a train ride to the country where they climb up a hill, speed down a valley, and chug through a tunnel.
1583) Scion of the Fox
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"Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student - dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) - but she's uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan must harness mysterious ancient power ... and quickly. A snake-monster called Zabor lies in wait in the...
1585) Triple threat: thrillers
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Cross kill: Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross sees him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister?
Zoo II: Zoo was just the beginning. The planet is still under siege by ferocious animals. Humans are their desperate prey. Except some humans are mutating into a savage species that could save civilization -- or end it.
The pretender:...
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Maximilian finds himself in a wagon traveling west with a prairie dog named Madeline, and witnessing the driving of the "golden spike" and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869--and incidentally preventing a pair of thieves from making off with a nice couple's wagon and supplies.
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"Monos mal que Jim Pancé tiene su naranja antiestrés, porque parece que este paseo no será muy relajante, janque sí muy alocado y divertìdo"--provided by publisher
"Jim Panzee is out for his usual Wednesday walk when he accidentally squishes his stress orange into orange juice. He and his friends must cross the jungle before all of the fresh oranges are gone"--
1589) Theory of bastards
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"Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And it's being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her recent award money. With the Foundation's advanced technological resources and a group...
1590) A friend of the earth
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"It is the year 2025, and Tyrone O'Shaughnessy Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in Southern California, managing a pop star's private menagerie of the species "only a mother could love"--Scruffy hyenas, jackals, warthogs and three down-at-the-mouth lions. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed in a grim but pointed way, and most of the major mammalian species - not to mention fish, birds and frogs - are extinct." "At one time,...
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"Un día, muy temprano, una arañita comienza a tejer su telaraña en una cerca. Los animales de una granja cercana intentan distraerla, uno a la vez. Sin embargo, la atareada arañita sigue concentrada en su trabajo diligentemente. Cuando termina, queda demostrado que su creación no es solo preciosa, sino que también ¡es muy útil!"--Amazon.com.
The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists...
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"Heartwarming tales of friendship between a long-haired guinea pig and a naked mole rat in the spirit of Frog and Toad. In the second book in this charming series of graphic novels, three more delightful stories explore themes of friendship, grief, and belonging. These three stories dig deep, showing Otis and Peanut dealing with the death of Pearl, Peanut's sister and Otis's friend. Addressing death in a book for such young kids can seem daunting,...
1594) Pride of Eden: a novel
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"The enthralling new novel from the acclaimed author of Fallen Land, The River of Kings, and Gods of Howl Mountain. Vietnam veteran, retired racehorse jockey, and keeper of secrets, Anse Caulfield rescues exotic big cats, elephants, and other creatures for Little Eden, a wildlife sanctuary near the abandoned ruins of a failed development on the Georgia coast. But when Anse's prized lion escapes and is killed, he becomes obsessed with replacing her-even...
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"Puercoespín ha organizado una gran fiesta a la que van a ir TODOS los animales de la selva, aunque a Jim Pancé no le tiene muchas gans porque no sabe bailar. Sus amigos intentan enseñarle unos cuantos pasos, pero por mucho que Jim se mueva, se contonee y se pavonee, no la pasa nada bien... hasta que Búfalo confiesa que él también se siente un poco incómodo. ¿No será que, de vez en cuando, sentirte un poco nervioso es normal?" --
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1596) La tímida Willow
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"Willow es tímida. MUY tímida. Su hogar está en un buzón abandonado, y prefiere quedarse en casa. Afuera, los niños gritan y las pelotas de fútbol rebotan, los árboles parecen monstruous, y la lluvia es ruidosa en una manera escalofriante. Es mucho más agradable quedarse en casa dibujando. Pero entonces un niño echa una carta en el buzón de Willow: es una nota a la luna, en la que le pide un favor especial. Willow sabe que, si...