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Annie Loses Her Leg but Finds Her Way
Based on an actual incident, this is both a poignant and funny story of a nine year old English Springer Spaniel who loses her front leg to cancer. Annie and her high-spirited brother Max experience her illness and recovery in very different ways. Max is in denial and Annie is in a state of sad acceptance. It isn't until they meet Samantha, a three legged Golden Retriever, that they both begin to heal. This is a book about love, loss, friendship and optimism that is appropriate for children of all ages and the young in spirit..
Price: $10.00
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Max and Annie's Mysterious Campfire
In this entry in the series, Max and Annie travel out west and discover the Arizona desert. The desert animals invite the dogs to a mysterious campfire where Max is confronted with a local bully. Max learns that getting caught up in bullying can become dangerous, but with Annie's help, Max learns that he can use his head and his heart to save the spirit of the campfire..
Price: $25.00
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La Peau De Chagrin (Folio)
Balzac's classic philosophical novel about a young man (Raphaël) torn between two women, one whom he loves but who does not reciprocate his affections (Foedora, the "woman without a heart") and one who loves him but for whom initially he has only fraternal feelings (Pauline). The sentimental drama is associated with a philosophical one in allegorical form: how does a man live his life ... with intensity but in an existence of short duration, or without desires in a long life? The drama is expressed through the talisman, a wild ass's skin, given to the hero by an old antique dealer. The skin has magical powers: it enables the owner to satisfy any desire, but it shrinks each time it is used. The owner's life is mirrored by the shrinking skin. This edition reproduces the text of the first edition of the novel (1831) and is the only available edition of this version. The book comes with a cd-rom on which the reader will find a critical apparatus prepared by Andrew Oliver, a well-known Balzac scholar..
Price: $7.94
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The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
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Chagrin Falls
"I was eight years old, living in a foster home in 1948 and had not seen my father since 1946. He met me by the mailbox in front of Davis’ old farmhouse with some parting words, ‘I came to say goodbye, I’ll probably never see you again, you be a good boy’." The turmoil in Gary Palmer’s childhood left some deep-rooted scars, but he never used them as a crutch for failure. He escaped the problems of his early youth by retreating to the woods, playing imaginary games, and developing an obsession with sports. Remarkably, he overcame the emotional upheaval of his early years, a period marred by domestic abuse, alcoholism, neglect, abandonment, and poverty. He survived a children’s home, foster homes, and living with his dear grandmother when she was left to die in a one room shack. Chagrin Falls is a memoir written superbly and from the heart, and the setting is classic and incredulous—an upscale small town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, during the nostalgic 1940s and 1950s..
Price: $22.07
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