David Litchfield
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One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and son who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes him a huge star. He has fame, fortune and all the music in the world, but he misses the friends and family...
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"E.T. meets The Giving Tree in this stunningly illustrated picture book about friendship, family, wonder, and magic that shows how, sometimes, the things we're searching for have been right in front of us all along. From the award-winning creator of The Bear and the Piano."--Publisher's description
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Quan l'Èrica era petita, es va escapar de casa i es va endinsar al bosc. El que més desitjava al món era viure entre els estels.
Quan una nau aterra a Cotton Rock, sembla que el seu somni es fa realitat. Tot i això, l'extraterrestre ha de marxar. Tornarà algun dia?
I si torna, estarà l'Èrica disposada a deixar-ho tot a la Terra per ell?
Una emocionant història sobre la família, els somnis, un viatge a l'espai i a través del temps per mostrar-nos...
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There is a Secret Giant in Gableview who has hands the size of tabletops, legs as long as drainpipes, and feet as big as rowing boats. But little Billy thinks the Giant is just a tall tale that his grandad likes to tell. According to Grandad, the Giant keeps the bears away when they go camping and rescues Billy's favorite kite when it gets tangled up in the tallest tree. Grandad swears the Giant is real, but Billy's not buying it. Why has he never...
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Cuando Érica era pequeña, se escabulló de casa y se adentró en el bosque. Lo que más deseaba en el mundo era vivir entre las estrellas.
Cuando una nave espacial aterriza en Cotton Rock, parece que su sueño se hace realidad. Sin embargo, el extraterrestre debe marcharse. ¿Volverá algún día?
Y si regresa, ¿estará Érica dispuesta a dejarlo todo en la Tierra por él?
Una emocionante historia sobre la familia, los sueños, un viaje al espacio...
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Nico Claus trabaja con sus tres tíos en la tienda de juguetes de los hermanos Claus.
El tío Juan fabrica los juguetes, el tío Luis los revisa y el tío Leo añade el toque mágico. Y es que cada juguete fabricado en esta juguetería tiene una chispa especial que significa que encontrará al niño para el que está destinado.
Un día, el joven Nico observa a una niña con la cara pegada al escaparate de la juguetería. Cuando la muchacha desaparece,...
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A beautiful and heartwarming dinosaur story from the author of The Bear and the Piano and The Boy and the Giant
Liz is sure that her next-door neighbor has a secret. He's got a very long neck, clumpy feet, and a strange taste for green leaves . . . he's a dinosaur! Unfortunately, she's not the only one who's noticed. When Mr. Wilson is taken away by scientists, Liz realizes that everyone is free to live the life they wish, and she must help save...
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David Litchfield has devoted years to relentlessly searching out the flaws in the Oracle database system and creating defenses against them. Now he offers you his complete arsenal to assess and defend your own Oracle systems. This in-depth guide explores every technique and tool used by black hat hackers to invade and compromise Oracle and then it shows you how to find the weak spots and defend them. Without that knowledge, you have little chance...
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The remarkable and much-loved Mitford family has remained largely unrepentant concerning theirs and particularly Unity's enthusiastic support of Hitler, the Nazis, Oswald Mosley and British fascism. But having initially encouraged and supported Unity's affair with Hitler, they subsequently insisted that she had in fact been a rather unintelligent, clumsy lump of a girl, whose virginal relationship with one of the most terrifying dictators of all time...
11) Cress Watercress
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"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...
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A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness so that he can visit it whenever he needs to, and the two of them can cry, talk, or just sit. The boy knows that one day his sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world and see how beautiful it is.
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"Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes."--Publisher
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Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
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"Sunrises and lightning storms, rainbows and volcanoes, meteors and fireflies -- these beautiful, and sometimes frightening, events that light up the sky might seem like magic. But there is a scientific explanation for each natural phenomenon. Find out the science behind the magic in this beautiful and enlightening nonfiction picture book"--
19) War is over
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It's 1918, and war is everywhere. John's father is fighting in the trenches far away in France, while his mother works in a menacing munitions factory just along the road. His teacher says that John is fighting, too, that he is at war with enemy children in Germany. One day, in the wild woods outside town, John has an impossible moment: a dreamlike meeting with a German boy named Jan. John catches a glimpse of a better world, in which children like...
20) The building boy
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All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer. Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head. She was alive! The boy's grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling to accept she has gone, the boy builds a giant structure from the bricks and girders he finds. And then Grandma comes to life! The boy is whisked away on an epic adventure across fields, through oceans and atop...