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1) The new life
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Language
English
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Osman is a young university student whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a mysterious book. Osman becomes obsessed with the book, which seems to contain all the magic and power of life and love. Romantic and elusive, Orhan Pamuk's The New Life is a rhapsody to love and an investigation into the shadowy nature of self.
3) Buses
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Series
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English
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What is a motorcoach? Do buses have special equipment? Get the basics on all kinds of buses, from double-deckers to low-floor models. The huge wheels, powerful engines, and loud noises of working machines seem to entrance children for hours. Now young students can pore over color photos as they learn about their favorite machines-inside and out. Each book builds vocabulary as it describes in simple language the basics of a machine: what it looks like,...
4) Mosquitoland
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Language
English
Description
"When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane"--
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Series
Origami Yoda books volume 6
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English
Description
In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Having been recently widowed in her forties, shy Jane Redfern has finally plucked up the courage to head off on holiday by herself. Embarking on a ten-day coach trip to Germany, the last thing she anticipates is to meet someone new and fall in love. But gradually she finds herself drawn to her fellow passenger, Shropshire farmer Dave Falconer, who has also lost his partner. As Jane's shy English reserve begins to melt away in the stunning surroundings...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
North American edition.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl begins a happy bus outing with her beautiful red balloon. But when the balloon suddenly flies away, the bus driver and a passenger bear gallantly help follow the balloon. A wild chase begins and along the way a rabbit, a polar bear, a penguin, and a giraffe all join in to help as they follow the wayward balloon. And when a bird pecks the balloon with its beak, the result makes all their effort seem in vain, but the little girl's new...
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English
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"A young white girl rides the bus with her father to the March on Washington in 1963--at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would give his "I Have a Dream" speech. She comes to see that Dr. King's dream belongs not just to Blacks but to all Americans"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected in this hilarious and insightful new novel from the author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present...
11) Bus stop bop
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
When the bus breaks down, passengers make the time for repairs pass more quickly by entertaining themselves with an impromptu talent show.
13) Buses in action
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Describes buses, including their history, their parts, how they work, and how people use them to travel"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Applewhites volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old E.D. Applewhite, still reeling from her bewildering kiss with former bad boy Jake, embarks on a cross-country road trip in a wildly painted school bus with her eccentric, highly creative family, as they compete in an art educational quest for a big cash prize.
18) The coach trip
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Classic forgetful Emma-she's done it again, this time accidentally ruining a Valentine's Day surprise for her best friend Mel. Desperate to make up for it, she promises Mel a birthday trip to Edinburgh-a girls' weekend to end all girls' weekends. There's just one massive hitch... Emma has already promised her grandma that she'll go on a coach trip with her to scatter her grandad's ashes... In Edinburgh. On Mel's birthday weekend. Oh God. That's...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home.
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