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Stepping Stones to the Stars is the story of manned spaceflight from its inception to the era of the Space Shuttle. It begins with a short history of the evolution of the rocket, before describing the first manned rocket flights by both the Americans and the Russians. There is also the little-known story of what is thought to be the earliest manned rocket flight, said to have taken place in 1933 on the island of Rgen in the Baltic under the control...
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"The first in a bold, new, gun-blazing Western series introducing Carson Stone. He may be reformed, but he's still a wanted man. Unless he can track down the biggest, baddest outlaw on the Dead Man's Trail! Reformed outlaw Carson Stone, in this razor-sharp Western, stakes his claim in the untamed, bloody Idaho Territory, only to find himself trapped in a bullet-riddled nightmare he may not walk away from . . . Former thief and wanted man Carson Stone...
4) Bombshell
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Teddy Fay novels volume 4
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"Teddy Fay is back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations. First, a rising star at Centurion becomes the target of malicious gossip, and Teddy must find and neutralize the source before the situation gets out of hand - or becomes violent. At the same time, Teddy finds himself targeted by a criminal thug bearing a grudge. It's a lot of knives to juggle, even for a former-CIA-operative-turned-movie-producer accustomed to hazardous working...
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Jack Reacher novels volume 18
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"Never go back--but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. Never Go Back is #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child's new novel of action-charged suspense starring "one of the best thriller characters at work today" (Newsweek). Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th...
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"The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty, Antifragile is a revolutionary vision from one of the most subversive...
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Maddie is starring in her school's production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, so she is glad that her annoying stepbrother is visiting his father and not there to mess up another fairy tale--except it turns out that Germany is not far enough away to prevent the malicious fairy Resplenda from working her curse on the two step-siblings, and they must bring about a reconciliation between the Wicked Queen and her victims.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 30
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When Jack and Annie travel back in time to Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, they find themselves facing a horrific storm that resulted in the worst natural disaster in US history.
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"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old...
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When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show. Go Room One! It's time for the first-grade kickball tournament! Only, here's the problem. Junie B. has hurt her big piggy toe and she can't play on the team. So, now what? She definitely doesn't want to be a cheerleader. But wait! Maybe she could be in Sheldon's halftime show! Then all eyes would be on her! And she...
11) Step Dogs
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Stepping Stones Entertainment
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�2013
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English
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"When humble rancher Rick Patterson marries movie star Sabrina Eastman, his son Josh, an introvert finds himself with a new step-sister. Lacey a spoiled Hollywood brat. It quickly becomes evident that their two kids will not get along, and neither will their respective dogs. With the parents away for their honeymoon, two bumbling thieves scheme to break into their house, can Josh and Lacey put their differences aside along with their four-legged foes...
13) Star
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Random House
Pub. Date
c1989
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English
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Shy overweight fourth grader Toni loses her feelings of clumsiness and self-consciousness when she forges a special bond with a horse during riding lessons and succeeds in her first horse show.
14) Lucky stars
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Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
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English
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Herman "Houdini" Foster and his cousin Janet discover that what seems to be a case of thwarted coat theft is something much more serious.
15) Contest
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Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Bullied high school student Tommy is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor Matt, the school's most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkard friendship in order to enter a cooking contest in the hopes of using the prize money to save his grandmother's restaurant. What do both boys discover about friendship and trust?
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Marvin Redpost volume 6
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Random House
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English
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Two days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing like a flying birthday cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a mysterious new boy with peculiar behavior.
17) Ava and Star
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Unicorn Academy volume 3
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Random House
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[2018]
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English
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"When the sky berries that unicorns need to survive disappear, Ava and her unicorn, Star, must find more special berries before every unicorn's magic fades away"--
19) Look at Lucy!
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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Entering his beagle, Lucy, in a contest to be "spokespet" for Pet-O-Rama helps shy, nine-year-old Bobby get over his anxiety about speaking in front of groups of people, from his third-grade classmates to the contest judges.
20) The Story lady
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Feature Films For Families & Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2009
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English
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Jessica Tandy stars in a heart-warming story about an elderly woman driven to bless her community the only way she knows how. Reading stories. A classic movie that emphasizes the importance of putting family first.