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The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's...
6) Sand
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When Tilden fails to reboard the train on time, he is stranded in Montana, and he meets a group of cowboys who tell him about a wild black stallion. He becomes determined to catch the horse in order to impress Rita, the daughter of a rancher.
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"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and...
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"Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for thirty-eight creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the thirteen Deep South states. From fiddling ghosts to the legend of the Jack-o'-Lantern, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. Spine-tingling folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by...
13) Paul Bunyan
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Presents the life story of the enormous lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, who along with his blue ox Babe, is said to have made the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota with his footsteps.
14) Calamity Jane
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Introduces children to Calamity Jane, distinguishing fact from fiction and discussing how she became a legendary figure in the Old West.
19) Mama Glo
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"In Caribbean folklore, Mama Glo is the mother of rivers and streams. She has a beautiful singing voice, but she doesn't like visitors! Still, brothers Keron and Kendon disobey the rules and search for her in the forest. What will they find?"--
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"A thrilling new holiday novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck"--
"Bestselling author Glenn Beck re-tells the story of Santa Claus, imagining him at the first Christmas and casting him as a guardian for the infant and adult Jesus"--
From the snowy mountains of Western Asia, to the deserts of Egypt, to Yemen's elusive frankincense-bearing boswellia trees, this is an epic tale that gives the legend of Santa a long overdue Christ-centered...
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