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1) It's mine!
Author
Language
English
Description
Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
“A sympathetic but deeply critical biography of [Ayn] Rand and the eventual role of libertarian philosophy in the recent financial crisis” (The New York Times Book Review).
Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl Cunningham’s latest work of investigative graphic nonfiction leads readers to the heart of the global financial...
Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl Cunningham’s latest work of investigative graphic nonfiction leads readers to the heart of the global financial...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Belle likes to think herself immune to the dizzying effects of fabulous wealth. But when her best friend, Summer, invites her on a glamorous girls' getaway to the Mediterranean aboard her billionaire boyfriend's yacht, the only sensible answer is yes. Belle hopes the trip will be a much-needed break from her stalled acting career and uniquely humiliating waitressing job, but once aboard the luxurious Lion's Den, it becomes clear that all is not as...
8) The pearl
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1947.
Language
English
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Description
Based on a Mexican folktale, this is the story of a great pearl found by a poor fisherman, the sorrow it brought to his family, and how it was lost again.
Author
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Esta es la increible historia de la joven Dalia Docil y de un ser que ... nadie conoce! Humor y aventuras de la mano del autor numero 1 en Inglaterra. Dalia tiene muy claro lo que quiere y siempre encuentra la manera de conseguirlo. El unico problema es que lo que quiere ahora es un DESTO ... y esto que es? Nadie sabe a que se refiere! Lo unico que saben sus padres es que el DESTO aparece en la misteriosa Monstruopedia ... Conseguiran encontrarlo...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The last, acceptable form of prejudice in America is based on class and executed through state-sponsored economic discrimination, which is hard to see because it is much more subtle than raw racism. While the American meritocracy officially denounces prejudice based on race and gender, it has spawned a new form of bias against those with less education and income. Millions of working-class Americans have their opportunity blocked by exclusionary...
13) Fish feud
Author
Series
Squidding around volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Squizzard is a small squid who always wants to be the center of attention, whether it is playing with his best friend Toothy the vegetarian Great White Shark, or giving a report in school; but when his behavior finally causes a rift in their friendship, Shay the seahorse explains what he is doing wrong--but change is difficult for Squizzard and it takes an ecounter with Bennie the Barracuda, the fifth-grade bully at Deep Reef Elementary, to finally...
Series
Atlas shrugged volume 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel ... The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis--a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the world. But, the motor is dead-- there's no one left...
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
19) Bully
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a selfish bullfrog takes over a lily pond, the other residents decide to unite and take action.
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