Lisa Thompson
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Lisa Thompson returns to the world of The Goldfish Boy in her new novel.
Melody Bird has discovered an old, abandoned building on the edge of town...It's a dark, creepy place, but she can't resist its pull. When she goes to explore, she finds a boy hiding out there. Hal tells Melody that he is a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a nearby, suspected criminal. He's very secretive about the details, but Melody...
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Embark on the Adventure of A Lifetime: Navigate the Future of Work with a Nomadic Spirit
Imagine swapping your desk view for a window onto the world, your cubicle for a caf in Paris, or a beach in Bali. Embrace a work lifestyle that encourages exploration, freedom, and limitless opportunities. "Nomadic Mindset: The Future of Digital Work" is your compass to navigating this brave new world, where the office is anywhere and everywhere.
Dive into the...
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Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears Matt is the key to solving a mystery and possibly saving a child's life...if he can manage to expose himself, and his secret guilt to the outside world.
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"Defiance had provoked Thompson to enter the male-dominated world of high-altitude mountaineering, but defiance could only take her so far. After a harrowing battle with cancer, Lisa realized she needed to understand what motivated her to take greater and greater risks in the mountains. Finding Elevation chronicles Thompson's path from novice climber to world-class mountaineer, as she becomes the second American woman to summit K2, which is considered...
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Nate and his mother are escaping from his emotionally abusive step-father, Gary, but the run-down and abandoned cottage in the woods that his mother takes them to does not seem like much of a refuge; but when his mother goes off to buy provisions and does not come back Nate is left alone (except for his imaginary friend Sam) and afraid--until a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a long-ago treasure hunt turns up. --
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"Melody Bird is fascinated by the walled off 'plague' house she discovered near the the graveyard, but she is even more fascinated by the mysterious boy, Hal, she finds living there in secret; he tells her he is a spy-in-training, a story that Melody's friends Matthew and Jake do not believe, and they set out to find out more--and uncover a riddle even more confusing than Hal's spy story." --
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Preachers often feel stuck when met with quickly shifting and dense media topics that flood the headlines. If, and when, they determine it is appropriate to address issues that arise in the news cycle, they are often at a loss for how to speak about them from the pulpit. When preachers understand that a responsibility to sustain life is, embedded in the purposes of preaching, they discover greater fluidity between the everyday world, the biblical...
10) Lucy's mask
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[Lisa Sirkis Thompson]
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Suddenly, masks are everywhere. Are your kids confused and anxious about wearing a mask? Lucy's world turned upside down. She's bored. She can't be together with her friends. But when she finds out her mom is making her a new mask her boredom turns into excitement. Lucy loves masks! She dives into her toy box full of costumes and opens a world of imagination and make-believe adventure, far beyond the walls of her room. Of course, she doesn't realize...
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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Ari and Tess are recruited by the Secret World Adventure Team for a mission in New York City, where they visit many well-known sights while trying to win a contest that may save an amazing roof-top skateboarding park.
15) Sent to Sydney
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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Dom and Ella enjoy some of the sights and sounds of Sydney, Australia, while on a mission for the Secret World Adventure Team one New Year's Eve.
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Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Find out what skills are needed, what's in a day's work, and where video game development can lead you. You'll also learn about the tools and equipment video game developers use, as well as how games are created from start to finish.
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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Jason and Anita are recruited by the Secret World Adventure Team for a mission in Tokyo, where they learn a great deal about Japanese culture while looking for the man they are supposed to help debug a new computer game.