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To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late. Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, this edition features an in-depth introduction and discussion questions by Joe Wheeler to provide greater understanding for today's reader. "A Christmas Carol" captures the heart of the holidays...
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""Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it's the beginning of their life together. That same day, Vincent's half-brother, Paul, scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: "Why don't you swallow broken glass." Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis,...
3) The pearl
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English
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For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors.
Series
Criterion collection volume 692
Language
English
Description
"About a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly harebrained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast"--Container.
7) One fine day
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English
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After an old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, a fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.
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Betty Bunny books volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
Betty Bunny's mother takes her and her siblings to a toy store where each is allowed to pick out one item, but Betty refuses to choose just one and throws a tantrum when she learns the alternative is to get nothing.
9) Robin Hood
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Join Robin Hood, his trusted companion Little John, and his hilarious band of Merry Men as they outfox greedy Prince John to save the good people of Nottingham. Dashing from one daring deed to the next, Robin won't rest until he wins the hand of Maid Marian and restores King Richard to the throne.
13) Humble pie
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Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A naughty boy gets his just "desserts."
17) 16 wishes
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
After a box of mysteriously magical birthday candles makes all her wishes come true, Abby Jensen's new life takes an unexpected turn.
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