John Green
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"The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale--from QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar. Funny, complex, and rich with detail, the reviews chart the contradictions of contemporary humanity. John Green's...
2) 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 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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"First drink. First prank. First friend. First love. Last words. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words--and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called "The Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps." -- Back cover.
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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.
10) 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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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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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.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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2014
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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...
14) Mil Vezes Adeus
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Asa
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2017
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Portuguese
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O amor não é uma tragédia ou um fracasso, mas uma dádiva.Não era intenção de Aza, uma jovem de dezasseis anos, investigar o enigmático desaparecimento do bilionário Russell Pickett. Mas estão em jogo uma recompensa de cem mil dólares e a vontade da sua melhor amiga Daisy, que se sente fascinada pelo mistério. Juntas, irão transpor a distância (tão curta, e no entanto tão vasta) que as separa de Davis, o filho do desaparecido.Mas Aza...
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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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"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...
17) 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.
18) Hunting Bigfoot
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John's resolve remains undiminished in his all-consuming quest-to verify the existence of a Sasquatch he claims to have witnessed
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Penguin Random House Audio
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2016
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Español
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Dos chicos, dos vidas, un nombre. Dos autores, dos personajes, un gran libro.
El mejor Young adultdisponible en formato audiolibro.
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.
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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.
A Hazel y a Gus les gustaría tener vidas más corrientes. Algunos dirían que no han nacido con estrella, que su mundo es injusto. Hazel y Gus son solo adolescentes, pero si algo les ha enseñado el cáncer que ambos padecen es que...