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Baby is fast asleep when Mama spies the first flakes of his first snowfall. It's snowing! she sings. Baby, it's snowing! Mama bundles Baby in thick warm furs and scrunches into her coat. Out in the snow they go, to see it, smell it, hear it, taste it, touch it--and play in it. Olivier Dunrea's exquisite hymn to snow is the story of a solitary night when a mother introduces her baby to the beauty and pleasure of falling snow. AUTHOR: Oliver Dunrea, Olivier Dunrea
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business & Investing 
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 | The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, Joseph Robinette, Michael Hague, Pauline Baynes, Robin Lawrie
Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmund are playing hide-and-seek at the house of an old professor during the air raids of World War II. When Lucy hides in the back of a wardrobe, she enters Narnia--a magical world frozen in eternal winter by the White Witch. Only the return of Aslan the lion can restore Narnia to its former beauty. Will Lucy and her siblings be able to save Narnia? AUTHOR: C. S. Lewis, Joseph Robinette, Michael Hague, Pauline Baynes, Robin Lawrie
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Gaviotas by Alan Weisman
The eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia, known as the llanos, are among the most brutal environments on Earth, an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, more than twenty-five years ago, an intrepid visionary named Paolo Lugari set out to create a village that could sustain itself agriculturally, economically, and artistically. He reasoned that if a community could survive in the Colombian llanos, it would be possible to live anywhere. The new village was named after the graceful river terns common in the area, los gaviotas. The early inhabitants of Gaviotas soon realized that if they wanted even basic necessities, they would need to be very resourceful. So they invented wind turbines that convert mild breezes into energy, super-efficient pumps that tap previously inaccessible sources of water, and solar kettles that sterilize drinking water using the furious heat of the tropical sun. They even invented a rain forest! Two million pine trees planted as a renewable crop have unexpectedly allowed the rain forest to re-establish itself. Paolo Lugari and the Gaviotans, in their quest to create a model human habitat, serendipitously renewed an entire ecosystem. This is why `Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Lugari as The Inventor of the World. AUTHOR: Alan Weisman
PUBLISHER: Chelsea Green Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Great Little Book for the Peak Performance Woman by Brian Tracy
Women in positions of leadership, from home business owners to corporate executives, will find the words offered in the Great Little Book for the Peak Performance Woman moving and inspirational. AUTHOR: Brian Tracy
PUBLISHER: Career Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Thriving As a Broker in the 21st Century by Thomas J. Dorsey
A high-profile money manager on Wall Street combines top-drawer advice and technical tips for brokers on how to position themselves and their businesses to compete in the coming years. AUTHOR: Thomas J. Dorsey
PUBLISHER: Bloomberg Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Curious George Takes a Train by H. A. Rey, Margret Rey, Martha Weston
Curious George the monkey causes all sorts of mischief when he takes a train trip. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: H. A. Rey, Margret Rey, Martha Weston
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Children's
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