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"Lucy's father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she's never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad's and she'd never measure up. And his pitching may mean big things for his career and their family, but it's also what keeps him away from home so much of the year. Sometimes, Lucy isn't sure what would be worse:...

"Cuando la inspectora Tracy Crosswhite comienza a asesorar a quienes investigan la desaparición de una joven, le asalta la incómoda sensación de que no se trata de un caso al uso. Sus sospechas se confirman al aparecer el cadáver en un pozo abandonado. La víctima, enfrentada a su familia, se había opuesto a un matrimonio de conveniencia y había hecho planes para emprender estudios de posgrado... Alguien puso fin a sus sueños. Pero resolver...

"Having a dinosaur is so much fun, but taking care of them can sure make you tired--especially if your dinosaur keeps you up all night long. So how do you get a dinosaur to go to bed and stay in bed? Along with a cute triceratops, two siblings learn the value of sleep as they attempt to put their dino to bed"--

"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach...

""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...

"Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"-- Provided by publisher.