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Description not available.When the Emperor threatens to send Huan-Huan, the baby elephant, far away unless the people of a Chinese village can tell him how heavy the animal is, Hei-dou, the elephant keeper, thinks of a way of finding the answer AUTHOR: Suzane Langlois, Ting-xing Ye
PUBLISHER: Annick Press, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Sheik by Edith M. Hull
The basis for the famous movie starring Rudolph Valentino, this 1919 novel tells the story of a haughty Englishwoman who is captured in the Algerian desert by a handsome prince, who rapes her, after which she promptly gives up her imperious ways and becomes a loving, surrendered wife. AUTHOR: Edith M. Hull
PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Rose by Charles Vess, Martin Cruz Smith
In 19th-century England, Bishop Hannay, a manipulative charmer, retains Jonathan Blair to find his daughter`s fiance, a curate who has gone missing in the coal-mining town of Wigan. Blair soon discovers that Wigan is a town as dark and sooty as the mines in its bowels. The residents are full of the misdirected passion, secrets, and resentment fueled by the drudgery and despair of a mining life. AUTHOR: Charles Vess, Martin Cruz Smith
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Bears Are Curious by Christopher Santoro, Joyce Milton
Description not available.Discusses different types of bears, focusing especially on the period when the mother comes out of hibernation with new cubs, describing how they hunt for food, what they eat, and how the mother protects her young. Simultaneous. AUTHOR: Christopher Santoro, Joyce Milton
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, Marc Simont
What do classical musicians do when they're not dressed up and playing beautiful music? This book depicts their transformation from the casualness of daily life to the formality of the stage. AUTHOR: Karla Kuskin, Marc Simont
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Every Breath You Take by Michelle Spring
Every breath you take. Every move you make. I'll be watching you.... Someone is stalking art teacher Monica Harcourt. Someone very dangerous, very deadly. Someone who leaves Monica's slashed and bludlgeoned body in her Cambridge flat. Private investigator Laura Principal, who had recently met Monica, feels compelled to investigate. She cooperates with the local police as she works on her paying cases -- including tailing a convict's scheming wife. Through interviews with Monica's students, her colleagues, and her handsome, alcoholic ex-lover, plus the discovery of some of the artist's secret work, Laura begins to fill in the outlines of Monica's life -- and turns up a serpent's lair of possible motives for her murder . . . from sexual harassment to homophobia, from professional jealousy to political scandal. AUTHOR: Michelle Spring
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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