James Daniels
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English
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While renovating an old mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans, Declan Fitzgerald begins seeing visions of days from a century past. Local legend has it that the house is haunted but he uncovers the reason for the strange sensations of terror and unbearable grief.
2) The watchman
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Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels volume 11
Language
English
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To pay back an old debt, Pike is coerced into protecting Larkin Barkley, a hard-partying young heiress whose life is in danger after a "wrong place wrong time" encounter that quickly escalates and spins out of control. The enemy is shadowy, violent and relentless -- but the fierce, focused Pike, one of the strongest characters in modern crime fiction, is equal to the challenge.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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This is the remarkable story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adof Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier. “An ideal pairing of talent and material. Engrossing. A deft and ambitious storyteller.” Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review. In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later,...
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English
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment. They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese...
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Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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On September 1, 1894 two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping over 2,000 people. Daniel J. Brown recounts the events surrounding the fire in the first and only book on to chronicle the dramatic story that unfolded. Whereas Oregon's famous "Biscuit" fire in 2002 burned 350,000 acres in one week, the Hinckley fire did the same damage in five hours. The fire created its own weather, including hurricane-strength winds,...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Complemented by black-and-white photographs, a middle-grade adaptation of the best-selling The Boys in the Boat describes the American rowing team's triumphant and unlikely win during the 1936 Olympics. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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In ancient times, predating the pyramids, the evil king Memnon uses the psychic powers of his sorceress, Cassandra, to predict and see his great victories. In order to stop Memnon from taking over the world, the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress. Mathayus ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Now with the help of the trickster Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and an unexpected ally, Mathayus...