The Happiest Girl in the World, Paperback - Alena Dillon

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Readers of Damaged and Running With Scissors are set to be particularly absorbed in this chilling but ultimately uplifting account of a childhood o...

A feisty girl from a family of ranchers lands a job as a daredevil stunt girl in the early days of silent film in this adventurous and funny cross ...

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Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Suebrenia CalhounNumber of pages: 43Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 7Cover type: Paperback / ...

For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world's happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in...

When Cookie finds herself with two tickets to see popstar Aliana Tiny, Suzie Ashby suddenly wants to be her best friend. One small problem - Suzie ...

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Following a recent UNICEF study of child well-being indicating Dutch children as the world's happiest, the authors who are married to Dutchmen and ...

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From free play to cozy together time, discover the parenting secrets of the happiest people in the world What makes Denmark the happiest country in...

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The Only Girl in the World is a gripping romance set during the First World War. Dennis is an English soldier fighting in the trenches of the Weste...

A practical parenting guide based on the philosophy that has made Denmark the happiest country in the world.

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From the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Notable and Charlotte Huck Honor Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time comes a poignant coming-of-age ...

Objects in This Mirror is a collection of essays on contemporary art, literature, landscape, aesthetics, and cultural history. Beginning with a pol...

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When Cookie finds herself with two tickets to see popstar Aliana Tiny, Suzie Ashby suddenly wants to be her best friend. One small problem - Suzie ...

Lola is fed up with being invisible. All she wants is for high school rugby star Matt to ask her to the prom, but he doesn’t even know she exists. ...

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Reducere. New York Times bestselling author of Labor DayWith a New PrefaceWhen it was first published in 1998, At Home in the World set off a furor in the li...

Vanessa has been reaching for the stars since she was a child, and is determined to get into her dream Ivy League university. Zach is a talented ar...

A gripping account of Scott's disastrous Antarctic exploration, published in Vintage Classics for the first time, and with an introduction by Sara ...

The emotional and cultural workings of memory are considered in this collection of essays, through the lens of the author's attempts to cope with t...

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An affecting, captivating memoir from a young sommelier, struggling to succeed in the glamorous but notoriously toxic restaurant industry

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From the author of the Tiara Club series comes a gently satirical fairy story for our times, illustrated by one of today's finest artists, Angela B...

The beloved fable about loving your home from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. A young snail dreams of having the biggest house--or she...

A story of real modern Africa, a schools focus for 2014, inspired by the 2012 Olympics and seeing the Ethiopian team training in Richmond Park. Fro...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks have offered concepts, categories, and political solutions that have been applied in a variety of social and pol...

Reducere. Every cricket fan out there is familiar with the name of Virat Kohli, and what a delight he is to watch when he is batting. But not many know about...

Fado is the story of a young singer, Luisa, who arrives home to her apartment in Surrey, BC, to find her mother, Rosida, collapsed on the floor, we...

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