This work includes two new titles in the fantastic First Reading series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. This book contains information telling young readers all about the fascinating worlds of butterflies and penguins. Luxurious hardback edi

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The second volume of this landmark edition of Sylvia Plath\'s correspondence.

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Jennifer Hernandez is a fourth-year medical student at UCLA whose world is shattered during an otherwise ordinary day. While half-listening to a news report on medical tourism, where first-world citizens travel to third-world countries for surgery, she hears her beloved grandmother\'s name mentioned, and her own heart nearly stops: the reporter says Maria Suarez-Hernandez had died, a day after undergoing

Combines systematic training in exam techniques and thorough development of advanced level language skills.

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Like a bolt from the blue, the original X-Men reunite - like never before! This time, Jean Grey takes her place as leader, and Cyclops, Iceman, Angel and Beast must follow her into action as they seek to bring mutant criminals to justice and restore a heroic sheen to their team. But how can they do that when their new mentor is their old mentor\'s arch-frenemy? That\'s right - Magneto has joined the