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"A Wall Street Journal reporter travels the globe to tell the story behind the misleadingly simple phrase online shoppers increasingly take for granted: "arriving today." From factory laborers in Vietnam to longshoremen at the port of LA to truckers crawling our interstate highways to robots lurking in Amazon's "dark warehouses," here is an eye-opening investigation of the way online commerce is reshaping the globe, rewriting the rules of business,...
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"Sophie is busy handling the first ever convention of the Association of Ghost Kitchens--restaurants that do delivery only--but she's taking a little time out for a lunch meeting organized by A Healthy Meal. The group is dedicated to providing meals for children in need, and as a bonus, it'll give Sophie the perfect opportunity to ogle the lavish Old Town home of socialite Geraldine Stansfield. Gerrie's dining room is impeccably furnished, the table...
7) The delivery
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"Countries go wrong, sometimes, and sometimes the luckier citizens of those countries have a chance to escape and seek refuge in another country--a country that might itself be in the process of going wrong. In the bustling indifference of an unnamed city, one such citizen finds himself trapped working for a company that makes its money dispatching an army of undocumented refugees to bring the well-off men and women of this confounding metropolis...
10) Delivery drivers
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"Delivery drivers help people by bringing them food, mail, and packages. Read this book to find out what a delivery driver's job is like."--
11) The transporter
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English
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Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is the best at what he does -- transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. But his latest shipment, a beautiful young woman kidnapped by slave traders, brings deadly complications to his delivery plans. Frank must kick into overdrive and fight to save his cargo, and his life.
12) The lost package
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"A tour of the busy work that takes place at post offices is depicted through the journey of a lost package that receives a little help reaching its destination, proving that distance cannot keep loved ones apart." --
13) Arctic dogs
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Swifty, the Arctic fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog. To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, a blubbery evil genius. He discovers Otto Von Walrus' plan to drill beneath Arctic surface to...
15) Delivery
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A rhyming look at a number of deliveries that take place in a day, from a morning newspaper delivery to people being transported by airplanes.
16) The milkman
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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In the early, early morning, the milkman makes his rounds, helping his neighbors in a variety of ways.
17) Hardware helper!
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Mike is making deliveries one day when he notices a long line outside of his friend Dan's hardware store. It turns out Dan has broken his leg and needs some help at the store. As usual, it's Mike the trusty hedgehog to the rescue!"--
18) The big mix-up!
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Meet Mike, a helpful hedgehog who lives in the town of Happy Rivers in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read! Although helpful, sometimes he gets involved in some silly mix-ups, like delivering ants instead of pants and pigs instead of wigs!"--
19) The big empty
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Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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John is living in Los Angeles and is starting to buckle under the pressure of his own failures. With no jobs coming in and a massive credit card debt to pay off, John works part-time as a courier. Out of the blue, a strange man makes John an offer that involves delivering a suitcase to a man in Baker, CA. John will receive $27,000 in cash if he can get it to the man. John's first tip off that something odd is going on comes when, along with the suitcase,...
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Mike offers to help his friend pick up trash around the neighborhood. But when a rubber duck gets stuck in the garbage truck and trash starts to fall out and litter the town, will Mike and his friends be able to get the duck unstuck?"--
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