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"A little boy fears the darkness and strange noises of night. To overcome his fears, he begins to think of the night as a pajama--a temporary covering that keeps you safe until daylight returns when you no longer need it. As he keeps repeating, "The night is just a pajama," he slowly drifts away into a restful sleep."--
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"On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread through the whole country, and crowds adopted the slogan...
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When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad worked. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora, who were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does.
4) Supernatural
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The 2000 Grammy Award Winner for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album is re-released in a special Legacy Edition that features remixes and previously unreleased material.
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"A guide to overcoming alcohol and drug addiction, written by a former addict. Drawing on the author's experience of recovery, the book encourages readers to stay sober by cultivating a positive, pragmatic mindset. Topics include setting manageable goals, finding inspiration, meditating, expressing gratitude, and avoiding toxic people"--
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Reborn into a fantasy world, young Ryoma finds himself traveling with a kind duke and his family. After registering with the Adventurer's Guild and finishing his first major job, he accompanies Eliaria -- the duke's daughter -- in combat training and starts learning new magics. With a collection of slimes under his wing, Ryoma enjoys his second chance at life while making new friends and setting out on adventurers -- including a large-scale extermination...
10) Whale rider
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A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Nqati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Pai finds the strength to challenge her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order to fulfill her destiny.
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Rio is a run-of-the-mill seven-year-old orphan from the slums who serves as a lookout for a local gang. Yet when he falls into a fever, memories of a past life surface. After the gang shoos him away from their hideout to celebrate their latest haul, Rio wanders into town, still coming to terms with his new memories. There he crosses paths with a group of nobles looking for a missing girl. When Rio returns to the hideout, he finds the gang slaughtered--and...
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"Can a children's cartoon cause riots? One of Mana Neyestani's cartoons sparked riots, shuttered the newspaper he worked for, and landed the cartoonist and his editor in solitary confinement inside of Iran's notorious prison system. But that's not the whole story. Neyestani exposes the complex interplay between art, law, politics, ethnic sensitivities, and authoritarian elements inside of Iran's Islamic Republic. In his journey to escape imprisonment,...
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By the grace of the gods volume 1
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"Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins! One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic! Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryoma decides to...
20) College
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High school senior, Kevin, gets dumped by his girlfriend Gina for being too boring. He doesn't want to go to the freshman orientation weekend at Fieldmont University, where they had planned to go together. But his best friends Carter and Morris convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her. Once there, one of the rowdiest fraternities on campus pretends to recruit them as pledges in return for granting them access to the college...