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Professor Xavier and his mutant X-Men battle the evil Magneto at a missile base and at a chemical plant.

Discusses the causes, major events, and aftermath of the Civil War.

Dora and Boots try to get Little Star home after a comet knocks him out of the sky.

Retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world.

Eric J. Weiner's critically acclaimed first book, What Goes Up: The Uncensored History of Modern Wall Street as Told by the Bankers, Brokers, CEOs, and Scoundrels Who Made It Happen, was selected as one of the year's best books by Barron's magazine and one of the year's Most Enriching Reads by Kiplinger's. Weiner has demonstrated a deep knowledge of Wall Street and how the international financial world operates. Now, in The Shadow Market, he reveals...

Dora and her pals try to reach the library before it closes. Can Backpack help?

Children will help Dora and Boots get Arco Isis, a shy rainbow, to Rainy Mountain so he can shine in the sky, find King Juan el Bobo's crown, get Mama Bugga Bugga home to feed her family and break El Mago's evil spell on King Popo and Queen Maria.