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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus...
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Ed Kennedy is a nineteen-year-old cab driver who doesn't think much of his life. He inadvertently helps stop a bank robbery, and that is when his life starts to change. He begins to receive mysterious messages that instruct him to go to addresses where people need help. Ed becomes the messenger, but who is behind the messages? Meet Ed Kennedy - underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted...
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"What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogs--Reuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, destructive; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm? The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to be...
5) Underdogs
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From the bestselling author of The Book Thief
Before The Book Thief, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: The Underdog, Fighting Rueben Wolfe, and Getting the Girl. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their best and...
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The storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, talks with MJ Franklin (MashReads) about his long-awaited new novel—an unforgettable and sweeping family saga. Featuring a reading from the novel by Brian Wiles (Billions). Only New York City appearance!
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2025
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Now in paperback, this poignant, funny, and brutally honest memoir by one of the world's most beloved storytellers, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells the story of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs—a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of dogs, family.
There's a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us . . .
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Tratando de dar sentido a los horrores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Death relata la historia de Liesel, una joven alemana cuyos talentos para robar libros y contar historias ayudan a mantener a su familia y al hombre judío que esconden, así como a sus vecinos.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the...
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Wolfe trilogy volume 2
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Partly because of their family's poor finances and partly to prove themselves, brothers Ruben and Cameron take jobs as fighters and find themselves reacting very differently in the boxing ring.
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Arthur A Levine
Pub. Date
c2011
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Presents three novels in which two brothers, Ruben and Cameron Wolfe, strive to overcome the limitations of their family's poverty, taking jobs as fighters, and Cameron, the younger brother, tries to find love with his brother's ex-girlfriend.
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Lumen
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"Tras más de diez años de espera, llega el nuevo libro de Markus Zusak, autor del gran fenómeno editorial La ladrona de libros. Más de diez años después de La ladrona de libros, el extraordinario bestseller que superó los diez millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, Zusak vuelve con una saga familiar inolvidable y arrolladora. Los cinco hermanos Dunbar viven en la indigencia de un hogar sin adultos cuidando los unos de los otros y...
14) Glini︠a︡nyĭ most
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"Ė"
Pub. Date
2019.
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The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much...
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Editora Intrínseca
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2007, ©2006
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
17) Cartas cruzadas
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Vintage Español, una división de Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
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After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.
18) Knizhnyĭ vor
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ĖKSMO
Pub. Date
2014
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
