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  • Phineas Gage

    A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

    by John Fleischman ...
    Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science.At the time, Phineas Gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. He could walk, talk, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Phineas Gage

    A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

    by John Fleischman ...
    Narrated by Kevin Orton ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 31 min

    In 1848 Vermont, railroad foreman Phineas Gage sat above a hole, preparing to blast through some granite. A 13-pound iron rod fell from his hands into the hole, triggering the explosion and sending the rod straight through Phineas' head. Thirty minutes after this terrible accident, Phineas sat on the steps of a hotel, patiently waiting for the town doctor to arrive. He chatted with his amazed ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Humbug Mountain

    by Sid Fleischman ...
    Narrated by Dan John Miller ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 27 min

    Welcome to Humbug Mountain. Little did Wiley, the son of a traveling newspaperman, imagine that the search for his grandfather would lead him into the hands of those nasty villains of the West—Shagnasty John and the Fool Killer. Using their newspaper, The Humbug Mountain Hoorah, Wiley and his sister and mother go about outwitting the outlaws in their scheme to ambush Grandfather's new boat and its ... Read more

    $14.95 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Joyful Noise and I Am Phoenix

    by Paul Fleischman ...
    Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd, Anne Twomey ...

    Unabridged

    19 min

    Joyful NoiseWritten to be read aloud by two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous -- here is a recording of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. Winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal.I Am PheonixI Am ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    I Am Phoenix

    Poems for Two Voices

    by Paul Fleischman ...
    Narrated by John McDonough, Carine Montbertrand, Ruth Ann Phimister, Richard Poe, Robert Ramirez ...

    Unabridged

    15 min

    This collection of short poems from Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman delightfully celebrates the essence of birds. The companion to Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, its poems feature two voices speaking sometimes together and sometimes in turn. Experience the magic and magnificence of the immortal phoenix. Enjoy the fluttering elation of finches at dawn and the swiftness of swallows ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Book Thief

    by Markus Zusak ...
    Narrated by Allan Corduner ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 56 min

    DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.When Death has a story to tell, you listen.It... ... Read more

    $25.50 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    My Father's Dragon

    by Ruth Stiles Gannett ...
    Narrated by Robert Sevra ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - My Father's Dragon

    Unabridged

    46 min

    NEWBERY HONOR BOOK • The beloved tale of a boy on a daring quest to rescue a dragon, featuring the original black-and-white illustrations“Irresistible . . . a real delight.”—The New YorkerNow a Netflix animated film featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Whoopi Goldberg, Alan Cumming, and more!When Elmer Elevator hears about the baby dragon being held captive on Wild Island, he ... Read more

    $7.50 USD

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  • A Curious Tale of the In-Between

    by Lauren DeStefano ...
    From New York Times bestselling author Lauren DeStefano comes a delightful tale of a girl who can talk to ghosts that's perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Holly Black.Pram Bellamy is special--she can talk to ghosts. She doesn't have too many friends amongst the living, but that's all right. She has her books, she has her aunts, and she has her best friend, the ghostly Felix.Then Pram meets ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers

    Gross but True Things You Don't Want to Know About Your Body

    by Francesca Gould ...
    Illustrated by JP Coovert ...
    Get ready for gross, amazing, totally true scientific facts about the human body!Itching to know what bugs live in your eyelashes, why you get goose bumps, or how ants can be used to heal a wound? Use this delightfully disgusting collection of kid-tastic facts to gross out friends and relatives.In this abridged edition of the adult bestseller, readers will laugh, cringe and squirm over tons of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Boy with Two Lives

    by Abbas Kazerooni ...
    Series Book 2 - THE ABBAS KAZEROONI MEMOIRS
    When ten-year-old Abbas arrives in England to start a new life - having just fled conscription into the Iranian army and survived almost three months alone in Istanbul, Turkey, waiting for a visa - little does he know that his troubles have only just begun.Abbas's cousin packs him off to boarding school, and infrequent phone calls are his only contact with his beloved mother in Iran. Things get ... Read more

    $6.69 USD

  • Wonders Of The World (Did You Know)

    From the Pyramids of Egypt to the Leaning Tower Of Piza

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    Series series Curiosities and Wonders for Children
    A child would love to see a book like this mainly because of the many beautiful architecture pictures within it. When a child sees something like an impressive pyramid, an ancient temple, or even something that is natural instead of made by humans, the child will begin asking questions, which helps them to learn more. This book contains many beautiful pictures of remarkable wonders located in the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Who Was Robert Ripley?

    by Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated ... Read more

    $6.99 USD