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"Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his life: Juan Gay. Playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized, Juan has a project to pass along, one built around a true artifact of a book--Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns--and its devastating history. This book contains accounts collected in the early...

A look at the history and excitement of "the Crown Jewel" of auto racing, the Indianapolis Five Hundred, including the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the development of "Indy cars."

Arranged thematically into key areas, the concise text is clear, accurate, and perfectly pitched, making this a fantastic resource for home and school. This comprehensive guide includes fascinating up-to-date information about the James Webb Telescope, NASA's advance space suit design and the latest discoveries. -- Amazon.

The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft--and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.

A fired college professor and Vietnam veteran becomes a teacher at a nearby prison, only to have his old college occupied by prison escapees, who make him warden, then inmate.

"Squirrels wrestle, climb, and sleep in a celebration of these fascinating animals"-- Provided by publisher.

Before she was the "Malala of Syria", Muzoon lived in a province called Dara'a, in the country of Syria. Join Muzoon during her early years in Dara'a where she grew up surrounded by family. And when war comes knocking at her door, follow her heartwrenching journey across the world to make a new life. Muzoon has grown into an internationally recognized advocate for refugees, for education, and for the rights of girls and women, and is now a UNICEF...

Presents the names of animal babies, parents, and groups, for example, a baby kangaroo is a joey, its mother is a flyer, its father is a boomer, and a group of kangaroos is a troop, mob, or herd.

A history of the world is presented through over one hundred different visual timelines, from a chronology of the written word to an ordered listing of the American presidents.

Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Indiana, whose motto is "The Crossroads of America."