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1) The Pearl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream-that wealth erases all problems-Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence."--Pub.desc.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Sarina Mahler has finally settled into life. She has a successful career as an architect, a perfect, loving boyfriend, and a close group of friends. But when an old crush moves to town - Eamon, a former Olympic swimmer and the only man she never truly got over - everything flips upside down. Haunted by the death of her mother, Sarina uses her passion for design, inherited from her beloved step-father, to escape from emotional entanglements. With...
Author
Pub. Date
c1991
Description
Review from Library Journal: "It would be too simplistic to characterize this book as a treatise on male liberation, for Keen goes farther in categorizing male and female traits than do many other books on the subject. Many readers may even find his discussion in the chapter "It's a Woman's World" disquieting. Keen argues that if the old gender/sex differentiations are wrong, so are modern unisex approaches. The difference between men and women is...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Howdy, Here is forty-some years gathering of my cowboy stories compiled in a book. It is illustrated by the famous Texas artist Mike Capron with a foreword by Fred Fellows. A paperback with 240 pages, 70-some thousand words, 91 pictures including old photographs and original Capron sketches. Great book for anyone who likes to read about the western lifestyle.
Contrary to what some people think, the cowboy is not dead. You can't see cattle gathered...
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