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4.7 stars
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The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies
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Discusses the arts, life styles, politics, and fashions while tracing the story of bohemians, radicals, hipsters, and hippies from Paris in the nineteenth century to contemporary America.
3. Babbitt
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3.5 stars
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Dissects the character of a middle-class businessman whose search for material wealth and social status leaves him spiritually sterile and doomed to destruction in pre-Depression America.
Describes the life of an aggressive, prosperous realtor, reflecting an image of middle-class America.
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Amur leopards are the rarest big cats in the world. But thanks to scientists' new, innovative efforts to study them and breed a reserve population, these majestic cats have a chance to come back.
5. Nigeria
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Explores the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Nigeria.
6. Pyramid
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3.8 stars
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Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
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3.6 stars
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A conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy.