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The Black Bird Oracle

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A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman | Conversation Starters

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Cheat

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M****astering the not-so-subtle art of cheating in sport.Where there’s sport, there’s cheating. No sport is immune; athletics, swimming, rugby, American Football, cricket, baseball, badminton, motorsports, tennis and curling. Yes, even that sport on the ice with brooms.Almost as soon as humans started playing sport competitively, they started to cheat. They cheated to win, for the fame, for the ... Read more

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Halo: Tales from Slipspace

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The Mysterious Benedict Society

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Songversations

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Each of the 50 record-shaped cards in this conversation deck is printed with a music-themed question on each side (100 questions total). The questions range in format: some invoke songs that are tied to memories (name a song from your school dance); others prompt you to choose an ideal soundtrack for a hypothetical situation (if you were a major league baseball player, what song would blast when ... Read more

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52 Things to Do While You Poo

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Series series 52 Things to Do While You Poo
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The Theory of Everything Else

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Gaslands: Refuelled

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by Mike Hutchinson ...

Series series Gaslands
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Clash of the Villains (for Fans of Creepers)

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by Winter Morgan ...

Series Book 6 - An Unofficial Gamer's Adventure
The final chapter in the series that began with The Quest for the Diamond Sword-will Steve and his friends find Mine Mountain and get the legendary treasure?When Steve’s friends Max, Lucy, and Henry get their hands on a map with the location of the legendary Mine Mountain, Steve questions if the map is a fake. Going to this fabled mountain, rumored to contain an endless supply of diamonds, is ... Read more

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Game of Mah Jong Illustrated

by Patricia A. Thompson ...

Although Mah Jong has been played by many nationalities through the ages, there are few books on the game. Some early books, translated from the Chinese, make hilarious reading and are virtually impossible to comprehend. Most books for beginners assume that the reader has some elementary knowledge of the game.In this well-thoughtout book, the player is introduced to every phase by a clear ... Read more

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Le Guide Des Ouvertures Aux Echecs

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by Alan Scott ...

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The Skeletons Strike Back

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by Winter Morgan ...

Series Book 5 - An Unofficial Gamer?s Adventure
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The Garden of Empire

A sweeping fantasy epic full of magic, secrets and war

by J.T. Greathouse ...

Series series Pact and Pattern
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Mazes in Videogames

Meaning, Metaphor and Design

by Alison Gazzard ...

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Favourite Footy Yarns: Expanded and Updated

by Ken Piesse ...

How much did it originally cost to sign up 'the King', Wayne Carey? Which Carlton player only found out he'd retired when he read it in the papers? What did Buddy Franklin carry with him on the Kokoda Trail? Find out in Favourite Footy Yarns.Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating facts, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken ... Read more

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Thinking with Chess

Teaching Children Ages 5-14

by Alexey W. Root ...

What’s the best way to teach chess to children? Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14 is a handbook for teachers, librarians, after-school instructors, chess coaches, counselors, and parents that requires no prior knowledge of the game. Both novices and veteran chess players can use its innovative lesson plans for teaching groups of children.In Thinking with Chess, Dr. Alexey Root ... Read more

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