Bill Roberts
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Bill Roberts is an 82-year-old cowboy from Florida. This book is a collection of stories about what cow hunting in Florida was like when he started his career at 13 years of age. Roberts worked with cattle in 25 counties over a period of 35 years. Written in a charming, down-home style, the book features amazing recollections of a time past told by a man who lived - and loved - the life of a cowboy.
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Influenced by patriotic war movies, joining the army and fighting for his country seemed to be a purposeful and honorable endeavor. Bill had been a delinquent kid and a high school dropout and later became a brokenhearted drunk whose girlfriend left him for a responsible insurance salesman. This is his true story and his perceived reality written from his paratrooper/infantrymans perspective in explicit detail. The reader will be outraged by the immorality,...
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Boylston - Grade 7 Summer Work
Townsend Books with Animal Protagonists
West Boylston Teen New Arrivals
Townsend Books with Animal Protagonists
West Boylston Teen New Arrivals
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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...
4) Dumbo
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
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The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.
5) Pinocchio
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
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Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will require some guidance, and Jiminy Cricket agrees to act as his...
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"An expose; on how the rise of China will affect the American way of life As China gains recognition for more than its low-cost manufacturing, the glut of cheap labor is drying up. America's growth for the past three decades is largely thanks to Chinese laborers' willingness to slave away in factories. As China takes on a more significant role in international affairs and as commodity prices rise, Americans face a deepening threat to their accustomed...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
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New workbook format allows readers to practice problems right inside the book. Covers math fundamentals, metric and non-metric conversions, dosing and concentration, IV drug infusion, prescriptions, and doctors' orders. Offers step-by-step instructions for performing calculations. Newly expanded to include calculation of constant rate infusions, dilutions, compounding, and anesthesia applications -- Provided by publisher.