Jeff Smith
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"The fall from politico to prisoner isn't necessarily long, but the landing, as Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith learned, is a hard one. In 2009, Smith pleaded guilty to a seemingly minor charge of campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and one day in Kentucky's FCI Manchester. Mr. Smith Goes to Prison is the fish-out-of-water story of his time in the big house; of the people he met there and the things he learned: how to escape the attentions...
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When Billy Batson follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he's entering a strange world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid-eating monsters, political intrigue and mysterious villains. But Billy encounters all that and more when the wizard gives him a magic word that transforms him into the World's Mightiest Mortal. Now he must use his extraordinary new abilities to face an incoming invasion of alien creatures and to...
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Discover the secrets of meaningful management
Do you ever feel uncertain about what it means to be a good leader? This simple, reliable system for people management can help you handle any situation with confidence.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed in your role as a manager? Learn how to refocus, increasing your team's performance, security, and growth by managing what matters.
Do you struggle between supporting your team as human beings and maximizing...
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1962. Spring, summer, and fall. The bay area and the Sacramento Valley beyond.
The Giants and the Dodgers go to the wire for the National League pennant and a chance to play the New York Yankees. Five years previous, their hated American League next-door neighbor.
Salvage work and farming are dirty and "get poor quick" occupations. Jim, John, and Frenchy weather accidents, prop up their aspirations, and wreak revenge, heading into an uncertain...
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Shazam Monster Society of Evil volume 1
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Jeff Smith, the award-winning creator of BONE, tells the story of young orphan Billy Batson who finds himself transformed into the World's Mightiest Mortal whenever he says the magic word "Shazam!" Billy must use these extraordinary abilities to face an invasion of alien creatures as well as stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!
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Bone volume 1
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After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone - are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatrues.
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Bone volume . 2
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BONE is the incredible comic book saga of an unlikely hero who must save an idyllic valley from the forces of evil. In THE GREAT COW RACE, volume 2 of this 9-book epic, Fone Bone and his cousins plan to return home after visiting the village of Barrelhaven with Thorn and Gran'ma Ben. But Phoney risks everything on one last get-rich-quick scheme for the town's annual Great Cow Race. As usual, Phoney's plans go disastrously awry, and Boneville seems...
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Bone volume 2
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Fone bone and its cousins boast to return home after visiting the town of barrelhaven with thorn and the grandmother Ben, but phoney bone puts it all in danger with a new one plan to be enriched quickly in the career of cows that celebrates the town every year.
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Bone volume 5
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Fone y Smiley Bone se internan en el bosque para devolver una cría de mostrorrata perdida a las montañas. No tardan mucho en encontrarse con Rock Jaw, "Señor de la frontera oriental," un enorme león de montaña con una disposición poco amistosa.
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Bone volume 6
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Mientras la guerra se extiende por el valle, los primos Bone se reúnen con la abuela Ben & Lucius en la cueva del anciano para organizar la resistencia contra los mostrorratas. Pero no todo va según lo planeado.
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Bone volume 9
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Briar, las mostrorratas y el ejército pawano se lanzan al asalto de la ciudad de Atheia. Los primos Bone, Thorn y la abuela Ben están allí para defender el Valle y evitar el regreso del Señor de las Langostas.
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Bone volume 8
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Los primos Bone, la abuela Ben y Thorn llegan a la ciudad de Atheia, donde se preparan para enfrentarse al Señor de las Langostas. Mientras tanto, las visiones de Thorn adquieren un tono cada vez más amenazante.
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Bone volume 7
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Los Bones, la abuela Ben, Thorn y la cría de mostrorrata se embarcan, a través de los misteriosos círculos fantasma, en un fiaje a Atheia, la antigua ciudad de la familia real. Un paso en falso podría cambiar el destino del valle para siempre.
19) RASL
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A dimension-jumping art thief races through space and time in search of his next job but becomes distracted by an assassin pursuing him using the same technology he uses to jump across dimensions.