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She might be too big to sit on Santa's lap, but Adele still has a couple of Christmas wishes. First, a night in Porter's bed. The alpha cowboy is the king of one-night stands, so it shouldn't be too much to ask. Follow it up with a White Christmas in Texas? She'll have gotten everything she wants.Porter doesn't believe in asking for what he wants, but he's got a couple of problems. He believes in riding it down and roping it up. If he gets Adele in...
2) Eternity
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What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations?
In “A Very Brief History of Eternity”, Carlos Eire, the Award—winning author of “Waiting for Snow in Havana”, has written a brilliant history of eternity in Western culture. Tracing...
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Nothing is as fun as snow, except maybe all the craziness happening right outside this little boy's window! Will he even notice? When the forecast calls for snow, one little boy is thrilled. He keeps peeking outside to see if it's snowing - but he only looks up! His single-minded focus on the sky makes him completely miss the increasingly comical chaos occurring outside his door, which includes a monster truck, a firetruck, escaped monkeys, and carousing...
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"With only one sleep left before Christmas Eve, Dasher can't contain her excitement for her favorite holiday. With the sound of Christmas carols on the breeze and twinkling lights radiating from a nearby city, she sneaks off to visit the festivities. But as night deepens and snow starts to fall, Dasher realizes she can no longer spot the North Star in the sky to lead her home. Will the kindness of a child, an unexpected gift, and a dose of Christmas...
5) The Animal
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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An existential mystery. A woman waits for a man at a deserted railroad station somewhere in northern New England. It is the middle of winter. Snow is falling. The two drive to a remote farmhouse. Later two strange children appear at the window, and an old woman summons them away. Isolation, then alienation overcome the couple. The woman has a dream which comes true. She disappears. Nothing is explained. Only footprints remain in the snow that covers...
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Vooks
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2022.
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Above the snow, a girl and her father glide on skis in a world washed in white. They see a story in the snow—of a deer on her way from a napping spot... The girl and her father aren't here to stay—they're headed home, to marshmallows and hot dogs, to blankets and beds. But the world under the snow is waiting. Dreams of summer feasts and warm ponds fill each mind as they snuggle deep and drift off to hopeful promises of spring.
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"Two sisters have waited all spring and summer to pick berries with their ningiuq, their grandmother. They've gone fishing, dug for clams, and by the time late summer arrives, it's finally time for berries! Ninguiq and the girls head out to pick berries, rain or shine--nothing will stop Ningiuq! Through driving rain and early autumn snow the girls and Ningiuq pick as many sweet berries as their buckets can hold. The hard work is all worth it to enjoy...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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It's not for the faint-hearted. It's a head-first, full-throttle slide down a winding, icy track, with brutal consequences when things go wrong. It's the recently rediscovered sport of skeleton. And, for four fearless young women from Australia's beaches, it's their unexpected chance at Olympic glory. Back in 2004, the Australian Institute of Sport invested in a bold scientific experiment to create an Olympic champion, virtually from scratch. A team...
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Candlewick Press
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2023.
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High five! It's winter! For one spirited little puppy, winter means romping in the snow, birds to chase, fragrant evergreen trees, and joy, joy, joy! Then again, winter also means . . . oddly unfriendly deer? Millions of little lights? Contorting inflatable snowmen? Wait, what? If this is all winter too, then winter is kind of . . . weird!
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Forever
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2023.
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English
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"When her beloved grandmother passes away, Mia Broadhurst returns to the snow-covered seaside village of Winsted Cape, North Carolina, where Grandma Ruth ran the lighthouse overlooking the golden beach. This will be Mia’s first Christmas without her, and she can’t bear to part with the lighthouse that has been in their family for generations. As she steps into it, childhood memories rush back to her. She can almost hear them playing tag on the...
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Sekai kessaku ehon shirīzu volume amerika
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Fukuinkan Shoten
Pub. Date
1978
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日本語
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Katy, a red crawler tractor, can do a lot of things. In the summer she is a bulldozer, in the winter, she turns into a snowplough, waiting and waiting for her chance to be useful. Most of the winters, though, the snowfalls are mild and the town doesn't need Katy. But when the big one finally hits, the entire community is dependent on one little snowplough.
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Blackstone Publishing
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[2021]
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English
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Mulan's secret plan: Mulan can't wait to start school. But when class starts, she realizes that it's not quite what she was expecting. And if she and her friends really want to learn something, they're going to have to do it their own way. Pocahontas leads the way: Pocahontas is always looking for an adventure. When Nakoma's younger brother falls ill and the tribe's healer needs a special herb to treat him, Pocahontas recruits Nakoma to come with...
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