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A fierce dragon captures a poor farmer and threatens to kill him unless he sends one of his seven daughters to become his wife. The farmer reluctantly agrees to the dragon's demand, and his youngest daughter volunteers to become the dragon's bride and join him in his palace beneath the sea. Although she's frightened at first, she soon finds out that her dragon husband is not at all what he seems to be. Color illustrations accompany the text which is based on a story from ancient Chinese mythology. AUTHOR: Kam Mak, Laurence Yep
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | The Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block
Seventeen-year-old Laurel begins a sexual relationship with a mysterious stranger named Jack whom she first meets on the day her father dies. Anorexic and plagued by a painful but unrecognized event in her past, Laurel watches in despair as her mother buries her grief and anger in obsessive cleaning and her best friend, Claudia, sinks into drug addiction. Still, the mysterious Jack always manages to appear at every critical moment in her life to give her both spiritual guidance and sexual experiences. Will Jack be the one to finally help Laurel deal with her past and embrace her future, or is he leading her into further danger and denial? AUTHOR: Francesca Lia Block
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Swallowing Stones by Ed Sala, Joyce McDonald
While celebrating the Fourth of July, a teenager named Michael fires his rifle into the air, accidentally killing Charlie Ward, a man he's never met. This is the story of how Michael and Charlie Ward's teenage daughter, Jenna, react to this tragedy. Michael, overcome with guilt but unable to admit the truth to police, buries his gun. Grief-stricken Jenna can't understand why she suddenly feels so uncomfortable around her boyfriend, or why she is dreaming about a stranger named Michael. AUTHOR: Ed Sala, Joyce McDonald
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Coming To Light by Brian Swann
An anthology of modern translation of Native American literature from nearly 40 different groups. This book grew out of the frustration of its editor who, in trying to teach Native American oral literatures, discovered that existing texts lacked crucial cultural and historical context. Furthermore, stories were unreliably translated, and several tales from different languages and cultures were run together, or rewritten, retranslated, and adapted without any knowledge of or credit given to the original narrator or language. Coming to Light corrects these errors and omissions. The book draws on languages and tribes from across the United States and Canada. AUTHOR: Brian Swann
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Rules for Aging (Paperback Edition) by Roger Rosenblatt
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt serves up 56 rules to live by to gracefully make it into the Golden Years.
This is a paperback edition.
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt serves up 56 rules to live by to gracefully make it into the Golden Years.
AUTHOR: Roger Rosenblatt
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Axemakers Gift by James Burke, Robert E. Ornstein
Historian James Burke and psychologist Robert Ornstein illustrate the spiraling impact from humankind`s development of technology. Now, the authors argue, we need to learn how to shift human society back into harmony by understanding and respecting the basic wisdom of the nontechnical world. A major achievement that journeys through human culture and issues a wake-up call for us all to take control of our future. AUTHOR: James Burke, Robert E. Ornstein
PUBLISHER: Putnam Publishing Group, The
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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