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Many African stories are called "Spider stories". This book is about how that came to be. And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky god. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went to bargain with the Sky god. The price the Sky god asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire...
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The New Orleans Pelicans selected center Anthony Davis as the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. Since then, Anthony has proven to be one of the best big men in the game. Midway through the 2014-2015 season, he was averaging more than 24 points and 10 rebounds per game, and he also led the league in blocked shots per game for the second straight year. Voted to the NBA All-Star Game as a starter for the first time in 2015, he is on top of the...
10) The Civil War
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Utilizing rare diary entries, photographs, and modern-day re-enactments, The History Channel explores every aspect of the Civil War.
11) Farther away
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In "Farther Away," which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him.
12) Halloween
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If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions...
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Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and simply won't follow the rules of the hive. One of these rules, of course, is not to trust other bugs, especially the hornets that live beyond the meadow. But sweet Maya can't help but make friends with all kinds of other bugs, including a violin-playing grasshopper, a dung beetle and even a young hornet named Sting. When the Royal Jelly is stolen, the hornets are the prime suspects and Maya is thought...
17) Thin air
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"From the moment Richard K. Morgan's dazzling debut, Altered Carbon, burst onto the scene, it was clear that a distinctive new voice had arrived to shake up science fiction. His subsequent novels--including the sequels Broken Angels and Woken Furies--confirmed him as a master of hard-boiled futuristic thrillers. Now Morgan returns to the world of SF noir with a riveting tale of crime, corruption, and deadly crisis on a planet teetering close to the...
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The journey goes to Mexico, where Ben and Josh from Nordic Food Lab, are going to visit an escamoles farmer. Escamoles are the edible larvae from ants, and Mexico's version of caviar. In addition to divine taste experiences from escamoles, honey larvae, honey ants and hornets, the team experiences a profound knowledge of food and nature, and not least how the two can coexist.
19) Jazz Maynard #2
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Rescuing his sister from the sex trade proves more dangerous than Jazz Maynard anticipates, even with his deadly talents. Chasing her abductor through rooftops brings him face to face with a clan of silent, deadly monks who also have his target in their sites. Who are they and what is their involvement this hornets' nest Jazz just kicked? The answers will follow him back to Barcelona, and they won't make his life any easier . . .
20) Gold Digger #13
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Julia Diggers has walked into the hornets nest. Once a great hero. Now she is seen as a coward. Even her own Barbarian Clan is denying her the chance to fight for her former title of Arms Master. The one person standing in her way is a foe she never wished to fight, but she must defeat no matter the cost- her own mother.
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