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Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Eerie illustrations enhance a blood-curdling edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most-celebrated Sherlock Holmes mystery, bringing its delicious shivers to a new generation of readers. Is it true that a hellish hound is haunting the lonely moors, hunting down the hapless Baskervilles through the generations? If anyone can put this chilling legend to rest, it's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It seems the body of the latest owner of the Baskerville...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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"Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a suitable match from a good family, when May's cousin, the beautiful and exotic Countess Ellen Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of perceived scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her worldliness, disregard for society¿́¿s...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck...
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Pearson Education
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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There is a Bug in New York and everyone is in danger. Kay and Jay are the Men in Black and work for an agency which investigates alien activities on Earth. There will be war if they don't find the Bug quickly. Includes activities
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Scholastic Press
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2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Biography of Helen Keller who, despite being both deaf and blind, thrived under the tutelage of Annie Sullivan, graduated cum laude from Radcliffe college, and became famous for remaining strong and successful through adversity.
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2000
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English
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"A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress -- ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories -- sensitive, funny, sympathetic -- give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002
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English
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"In EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussels) there are some very secret files -- the Omega files. There are strange, surprising, and sometimes horrible stories in these files, but not many people know about them. You never read about them in the newspapers. Hawker and Jude know all about the Omega files, because they work for EDI. They think fast, they move fast, and they learn some very strange things. They go all over the world,...