Subhadra Newton
1) Owls
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With their striking appearance and distinctive hoot, hoot, owls are one of the most recognizable birds in the world. But did you know there are more than 200 types of owls living in the world? This new and updated edition, vetted by an expert, includes the latest information on owl sizes and statistics, their varied nesting habits, and the current conservation efforts to save these endangered birds. Gail Gibbons' Owls celebrates the similarities and...
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Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives...
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"Sam and Asha. Asha and Sam. Their friendship is so long established, they take it for granted. Just as Asha takes for granted that Donnybrooke, the mansion that sits on the highest hill in Coreville, is the best house in town. But when Sam is accepted into snobbish Castleton Academy as an autistic 'Miracle Boy,' he leaves Asha, who is also autistic, to navigate middle school alone. He also leaves her wondering if she can take anything for granted...
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This video celebrates the similarities and differences in the many species of owls, from large to small, living in diverse environments and making many kinds of nests.
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I'm a cult survivor and a single mother.
At thirty, I'm trying to piece my life together.
Now that I'm finally settled in a place of my own, with my two youngest children, I'm determined to make a life for myself. I've even started my own home business.
Things are looking up... until I find my friend murdered.
I know my ex-husband did this to get back at me. He's been looking for me since I fled Garden Temple. He wants control - over me and our...
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My husband has always been dangerous.
But I never thought he was a killer.
One phone message changed everything.
The cult where I spent fifteen years of my life is preparing for the unthinkable.
My son has returned to the fold. I must find him before it is too late.
But it's not just his life that's at stake - it's the entire congregation of Garden Temple. Thought I was destined to be a sister-wife and mother, but turns out, I am so much more....
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I'm more than a single mom running from the cult that held me captive— I'm a woman carving out a life for myself.
It's harder than I expected.
After solving the murder of my best friend, I'm hoping my run-ins with the law are over.
Then my youngest daughter goes missing.
The local detective, Boone, is on the case, and the neighborhood is determined to help find my little girl alive.
But the clock is ticking. And hope? It's running out.
A kidnapped...
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I was told my daughter Esther died days after she was born, fourteen years ago.
Now I know she is alive.
And she's been charged with murder.
Esther has been living in foster care all her life, not knowing her mother ached for her. Was willing to fight for her.
Now is my chance to make up for lost time.
I will do anything to get my daughter back. Her father tried to take her from me once, but now nothing will get in my way.
I just have to prove...
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"A groundbreaking account of the power of our thoughts to improve our health-by the "mother of mindfulness" and first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard When it comes to our health, too many of us think that a medical diagnosis describes a static or worsening condition. We then live our lives as though our ailments-our stiff knees or frayed nerves or failing eyesight-can only change in one direction: for the worse. Ellen J. Langer's...
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Centuries before the Clone Wars or the Empire, in the early days of the High Republic, it was an age of exploration in a galaxy far, far away. . . . Daring pilots chart new routes through hyperspace, while Pathfinder teams make contact with frontier worlds to invite them to join the Republic. When a Pathfinder team's communications droid is found drifting in space, damaged and bearing a cryptic message, Jedi Knight Silandra Sho and her Padawan,
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