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  Peg Leg Gus

  Martin Duffy

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  A young girl, Flo, befriends an old horse kept in the stables of her riding school. She learns that this horse, Augustus, was once a world champion show jumper but is now crippled and bitter. Is it Flo's imagination or is there always the same magpie somewhere near this horse? Little does she know that the two animals are lifelong friends who share a magical secret. Flo soon discovers that she is finding her way into more than simply the story of Augustus, the once-famous horse now nicknamed 'Peg Leg Gus'.
  This is a story that touches on sadness and loss in a way that is often avoided in books for younger readers. It is a book about hope and love and how a girl's open heart transforms the bitter and wounded old horse.

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  The Children of Fatima - And Our...

  Mary Fabyan Windeatt

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  Every young Catholic should know the story of Fatima. The examples of the three children who were integral to the events, the message of love and repentance, and the many miracles of Fatima will teach your student the way to holiness. The events at Fatima have been called the most miraculous occurrences since Biblical times, with effects that spread across the entire globe. Through these events and their effects, God has communicated His love and His forgiveness to the whole world. 
  The author of The Children of Fatima and Our Lady’s Message to the World, Mary Fabyan Windeatt, was known as “the storyteller of the saints.” In the 1950s and 60s, she wrote over 20 historical fiction novels on the saints, bringing to life these holy men and women for young readers across the world. These timeless classics have educated young men and women in virtue since their publication in the 1950s. All the stories tell the lives of saints in an engaging way, detailing their life, virtues, struggles, and countless adventures.

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  Ming and Ada Spark the Digital...

  Jackie French

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  The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. 
    
  Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. 
  History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the future. And so she now sends Ming to work as a maid in an isolated English mansion to see a girl change the world in 1829. 
  But which girl? The young mistress of the house is lying in bed, recovering from the measles. Abandoned by her aristocratic mother and family, she may never walk – or even read and write – again.  
  Ming becomes friends with another scullery maid, Hepzibah, who is desperately teaching herself to read and longs to free slaves, as she and her parents had been. But what hope has a scullery maid? 
  From one of Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series for all the young people who will, one day, change the world. 
  AWARDSCBCA Notable Book 2025  
  HarperCollins Australia Children’s 2024

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  Letters to a Young Poet

  Rainer Maria Rilke

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  Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke is a timeless collection of ten letters written between 1902 and 1908 by the Austrian poet to a young aspiring writer named Franz Xaver Kappus. In these deeply reflective and profoundly personal letters, Rilke offers wisdom, guidance, and encouragement about the creative process, the nature of art, solitude, love, and the inner life of an artist. 
  Rather than giving technical advice about writing, Rilke urges Kappus to look inward—to trust his own instincts and emotions as the true source of creativity. He emphasizes patience, self-discovery, and the acceptance of uncertainty as essential elements of an artist’s path. The letters explore universal themes such as loneliness, beauty, the struggles of artistic creation, and the necessity of living a full and contemplative life. 
  More than a correspondence between a poet and his protégé, Letters to a Young Poet serves as a philosophical and spiritual guide for anyone seeking meaning, authenticity, and creative fulfillment. It remains one of the most beloved works of modern literature, celebrated for its lyrical prose and timeless insight into the human condition.

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  The Praise of Folly

  Desiderius Erasmus

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  In Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly, is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511. Inspired by previous works of the Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions, other traditions of European society and on the Western Church.Erasmus revised and extended his work, which was originally written in the space of a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at More's house in Bucklersbury in the City of London. The title Moriae Encomium had a punning second meaning as In Praise of More. In Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.

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  Lost Sci-Fi Books 186 thru 190 -...

  E.M. Forster, Isaac Asimov,...

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  Lost Sci-Fi Books 186 thru 190 - Four Lost Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s and one from 1909The Machine Stops by E. M. ForsterBreakfast at Twilight by Philip K. DickThe Magnificent Possession by Isaac AsimovFlowering Evil by Margaret St. ClairNo Shield From the Dead by Gordon R. Dickson

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