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(0)Ian Thomson
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Primo Levi, author of Survival in Auschwitz and The Periodic Table, wrote books that have been called the essential works of humankind. Yet he lived an unremarkable existence, remaining until his death in the house in which he'd been born; managing a paint and varnish factory for thirty years; and tending his invalid mother to the last. Now, in a matchless account, Ian Thomson unravels the strands of a life as improbable as it was influential, the...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Details the most famous aspects of Jamaica, the music and its culture, as well as the Island's history, including the slave trade operated by Britain. Since independence in 1962, Jamaica has acquired a twin image as a resort-style travel Eden and as a new kind of Hell, presided over by drug lords. In seeking to answer the question of what lies between, the author talked with Jamaicans who are trying to make a difference: writers, priests, and musicians....
6) The wizard
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2002
Description
From prolific author Jack Kent.
A discontented mouse visits a wizard with magical powers, hoping that the wizard will be able to turn him into "something else."
Formats
Description
In Curious George Rides a Bike, George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.
In Doctor De Soto, a hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain in this modern day fable.
In The Biggest Bear, Johnny hunts for the biggest bear in the forest, but comes home with a little bear -- that grows and grows and grows.
In Blueberries for Sal, a little girl and a little bear, picking blueberries...
Author
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Sylvester and the magic pebble: His family is beside itself when Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion.
The amazing bone: A lonely pig dawdles long enough in a field of dandelions to meet a bone who speaks to her.
Brave Irene: When her mother falls ill, Irene battles a snowstorm to deliver a ball gown to the duchess.
Doctor DeSoto: A hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain.
Pete's...
Publisher
New Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The man in the yellow hat gives Curious George a brand new bicycle. What adventures are ahead for the curious chimp. An unhappy mouse uses a magic potion to turn him into something else. A nice, or maybe nasty, old woman calls upon a rat-catcher to get rid of a nastry, or maybe nice, family of rats. Then, a tall tale sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle.
