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A group of young Spring Breakers headed for Lake Havasu take a sudden detour in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It will be a quick stop, he said. It won't take long, he said. It's hot. Over 100 degrees, and no one really wants to meddle around some sweaty desert caves a mile off the highway. Then something goes wrong and no one knows what to do.Needles, California, a town in regression, home of semi-retired truck driver Big Vic. He's made a lot of...
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Unleash your imagination with Mother Earth and the Crystal Caves, a tale that enchants as much as it educates. Journey deep into the heart of the Earth to meet Mother Earth herself, a wise and nurturing spirit dedicated to the wonders of nature. She resides in a mesmerizing underground sanctuary, a crystal-studded cavern that's as educational as it is magical.
When Mother Earth befriends Jenson, a curious young boy, and his mother, she doesn't just...
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After her brother's suicide, Neely works as a tour guide in the caverns where she meets beautiful, strong, confident Mila, but when a drug-fueled midnight staff party results in Mila's brutal murder, Neely must figure out who killed her - and face the possibility it might've been her.
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This work explores the meaning of imagery found on rocks, especially from deep caves of the paleolithic era. It approaches the problem of interpretation by focusing on a key concept, that art and ritual generate life. A novel hypothesis is also offered that creativity emerges from a tension between chaotic elements and more formed shapes. Past interpretive frames, statistical studies, and indigenous parallels are summoned to examine these archetypal...
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It is not common knowledge, even elsewhere in France, that the Loire Valley, that natural dividing line between the north and the south of France, is riddled with caves. Almost all of them are human creations, cavities hollowed out of the earth in the course of the last two millennia or more. Originally some caves were excavated to serve as refuges from marauders, others as stone quarries, others as mines. Once created, a variety of uses could be...
8) Cool caves
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DK Publishing
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[2023]
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"Deep underground and inside mountains, nature creates beautiful hidden rooms. Come explore some of the wonders hiding in caves around the world!"--
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Twelve lost boys, their coach, and the heroes who rescued them.
When the 12 young members of the Wild Boars soccer club walked into a Thai cave with their coach, they expected to be out by nightfall. A birthday cake waited in the fridge for one boy, another boy had a tutoring class. They had rope and torches but no food. Then a sudden monsoonal downpour flooded their route out. They were trapped, imprisoned in a cave said to be haunted by a mythical...
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Dragons of Ember City volume 2
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2024.
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Ember City is being plagued by loud growls in the night. Drake, Li, and Runa's search for the source of the noise leads them to a mountainside cave. What they find inside isn't a vicious beast but a great snoring cave dragon! Can the dragon friends solve the snore so the dragons of Ember City can finally get some sleep?
11) The Spanish Cave
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A twelve year-old boy finds terror and adventure inside a Spanish cave When his parents died, Dick stepped aboard a ship on the Thames and left England behind forever. He made his way to Spain, where he found work as a fisherman. Life at sea is difficult, but since learning to speak their language, Dick has found the Spanish to be the most hospitable people on earth. They call him Ricardito and treat him as one of their own. It is an idyllic life-until...
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This fascicle describes the background of the Franchthi project and its excavation history and methodology. Particle size, mineralogy, and chemistry are all taken into consideration as the cultural remains and the sediments from the cave are analyzed to determine their origin and history. William Farrand constructs an integrated stratigraphy for the entire cave using excavators' notes, laboratory analyses, and personal field data to correlate sequences...
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A magical story from Mark Haddon, author of the phenomenally best-selling 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' When the children wake up one morning the air is silent and the room is full of soft blue light. “It’s snowed!" says Alice. “It’s like the North Pole!" It is the first big snowfall of the year and for Alice, Jess and Robin it means a day off school. They can't wait to to put on their scarves and hats, woolly gloves...
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Wie weit geht ein Vater, um seine Tochter zu beschützen?
Nach dem tragischen Tod seines Sohnes Reuben scheint es dem Antiquitätenhändler Terence Cave endgültig, als sei seine Liebe verflucht: Seine Mutter hat den Freitod gewählt, seine Frau starb als Mordopfer. Einzig Reubens Zwillingsschwester Bryony ist noch übrig - und Terence schwört sich, seine wunderschöne Tochter mit all seiner Kraft vor den Gefahren dieser Welt zu schützen. Koste...
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Nobody said New York City was easy, but for Tolley Holtz, it's home Tolley Holtz would rather be exploring the city with his friends, talking about the Yankees, and discussing what President Roosevelt is going to do about the Depression than watching his little brother, Bubber. With his mother working all day in a garment factory and his father looking for work in Baltimore, Tolley's family depends on him. But suddenly, things go from hard to unthinkable....
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To save his life, Adam must finish the job his cousin failed to complete-to smuggle rare, endangered tortoises out of a Northern California forest hideout. Though Adam has never smuggled anything before, it's supposed to be an easy transport job-until he meets Anna and her dog.Anna is a hairstylist by day, but by night, she searches for missing people with help from her dog, Sanchez. When a kid goes missing, Anna and Sanchez go searching in the forest-only...
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Tino Hanekamp über Nick Cave. Seit einigen Jahren lebt Tino Hanekamp im tiefen Süden Mexikos. Als er die Chance bekommt, den Sänger und Schriftsteller Nick Cave in Mexiko-Stadt zu treffen, zögert er. Denn vor 15 Jahren gab es eine Begegnung, an die er sich ungern erinnert. Aber er macht sich auf den Weg, zusammen mit seiner Liebsten, die nichts über sein Idol weiß. Eine abenteuerliche, aber wahre Geschichte über einen der größten Songwriter...
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The work "The Allegory of the Cave," also known as the Cave Allegory or Cave Parable, is an extremely intelligent allegory with a philosophical and pedagogical intent, written by the Greek philosopher Plato. It is found in the work "The Republic" and aims to exemplify how human beings can free themselves from the condition of darkness that imprisons them through the light of truth. It is a timeless text whose message fits perfectly into contemporary...
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The Hermit's Cave or, Theodore and Jack is a classic children's book written by Eleanora H. Stooke and illustrated by Richard Tod. The story follows two young boys, Theodore and Jack, as they discover a hidden cave and befriend a mysterious hermit who lives there. As they explore the cave and its secrets, the boys learn valuable lessons about friendship, courage, and kindness. (Goodreads)
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Wie weit geht ein Vater, um seine Tochter zu beschützen?
Nach dem tragischen Tod seines Sohnes Reuben scheint es dem Antiquitätenhändler Terence Cave endgültig, als sei seine Liebe verflucht: Seine Mutter hat den Freitod gewählt, seine Frau starb als Mordopfer. Einzig Reubens Zwillingsschwester Bryony ist noch übrig - und Terence schwört sich, seine wunderschöne Tochter mit all seiner Kraft vor den Gefahren dieser Welt zu schützen. Koste...
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