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2014.
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English
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"Public speaking coach and bestselling author Carmine Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to get their cutting-edge insights and to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations. From "Unleash the Master Within" and "Deliver Jaw-Dropping Moments" to "Stick to the 18-minute Rule," Gallo provides...
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English
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Collects five books that present facts about the anatomy, strength, and behavior of a range of insects, mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, and dinosaurs and describes who would be the probable winner in a competition among them.
"Eighty fierce animals battle it out in this exciting bind-up featuring five books in this action-packed animal series! Which dangerous animals would win in a fight? Find out in this awesome bind-up of five books in the popular...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak"--
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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED began in 1857, it was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered...
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