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Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Writer Jack London lived a life that paralleled the amazing exploits of the action-adventure heroes in his novels. The Cruise of the Snark is an engaging travelogue that details a South Pacific sea voyage that London took in 1907 in a vessel known as the Snark.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Set sail for nautical adventure with Jack London, the author of the action/adventure classic Call of the Wild. These stories are set on islands, ships, and the open sea, and all offer the vivid descriptions and bracing action for which London was best known. A must-read for fans of ripping sea yarns.
4) VSD
Series
Publisher
VSD Publishing
Language
Français
Description
Le nouveau rendez-vous mensuel de l’actualité, des révélations, des découvertes et de l’aventure.1278
5) Wonder Man
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
New York, NY :
Language
English
Description
"Few heroes in the Marvel-Verse are more wondrous than Wonder Man — and none is a bigger draw at the box office! Get to know Simon Williams, the world's greatest Avenger-turned-movie star, beginning with his momentous debut — in which he is gifted amazing power but must defeat Earth's Mightiest Heroes in exchange! Will he go bad or make a heroic sacrifice? Don't count Wonder Man out just yet! Soon he's back — breaking into Hollywood, teaming...
Author
Publisher
Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
" ... Offers a scathing firsthand account of war from the point of view of women actively engaged in it. Helen Zenna Smith and her companions are volunteer ambulance drivers. They've actually paid for the priviliege of serving at the French fronlines, seemilngly so their upperclass mothers may brag about who has given up the most for the war effort. The bite of the novel comes from Smith's outrage at the senselenssness of war, at her country's complacent...
Author
Publisher
Harper and Row
Pub. Date
1989.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little raccoon wants to see the night but his mother makes him wait until the full moon.
''Once upon a time in the dark of the moon there was a little raccoon… From the beloved author of such classics as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, and renowned children’s book illustrator Garth Williams comes the story of a curious little raccoon who wants to see the night. But his mother says, "Wait. Wait till the moon is full."...
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
The groundbreaking Kinsey Report study on female sexuality from “one of the most influential figures in American intellectual history” (The New York Times).
Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed...
Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed...
Author
Publisher
Cooper Square Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
''Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma. The first edition of Defeat Into Victory , published in 1956, was an immediate sensation...
10) Because of Anya
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While ten-year-old Anya faces the difficulties of losing her hair to alopecia, her classmate Keely learns how to stand up for what she knows is right.
''Ten-year-old girls don't wear wigs. So why is Anya wearing one? That's what Keely wants to know. But when Anya's wig falls off in front of the whole class, Keely realizes what she really wants is to help Anya, even though she's not sure how—and even though it means she'll have to do something...
Author
Publisher
Paraview Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
''For more than 50 years, bizarre events at a remote Utah ranch have ranged from the perplexing to the wholly terrifying: vanishing and mutilated cattle, huge otherworldly creatures, invisible objects emitting magnetic fields, and more. For the family living at Skinwalker Ranch, life was under siege, and no one had been able to explain the horrors that surrounded them...But maybe science could. Leading a first-class team of research scientists, Colm...
Author
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
''Hollywood's script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in "the 'bible' of screenwriting" (The New York Times)—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success! Syd Field's books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative careers in film and television since 1979. In this revised edition of his premiere guide, the underpinnings of successful onscreen narratives are revealed in clear and encouraging...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war.
"A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain's best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, One Piece! As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber…at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years, later, Luffy sets off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world... It's the final showdown with the metallic...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now an Apple TV+ Series
"A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln's killers that will mesmerize the reader from start to finish."—Doris Kearns Goodwin
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history—the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry troops on a wild, 12-day chase from the streets
...Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Another Posadas County mystery with Estelle Reyes-Guzman as the undersheriff, but with the ever more popular Bill Gastner peering out of the wings to which he dispatched himself upon retirement. Estelle's new job continues to be far from easy, and now she is faced the death of a young woman on a motorcycle—a death that could have been caused by improper driving from one of the county's traffic officers when he tried to stop her for speeding. But...
17) Gone South
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A veteran's moment of rage leads to a chase through the bayou in this tale of "jackhammer suspense" by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song (Kirkus Reviews).
Two decades after he finished serving his country in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Dan Lambert still pays the price. As he hustles for construction work in the heat of a brutal Louisiana summer, Dan tries to ignore the pounding in his head—a...
Two decades after he finished serving his country in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Dan Lambert still pays the price. As he hustles for construction work in the heat of a brutal Louisiana summer, Dan tries to ignore the pounding in his head—a...
Author
Publisher
Fox Chapel Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
There has never been a better time to add a few camelid comrades to your camp;and in Llamas and Alpacas, author and expert Sue Weaver shows you just how to make it happen! With color photos, advice from experienced breeders and farmers, and a comprehensive appendix on common maladies, you'll learn the ins and outs of buying and caring for these remarkable creatures;and delight in what they can do for you in returns!The Hobby Farms livestock care manuals...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners
...20) Baal
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A woman gives birth to a child whose evilness threatens all mankind Mary Kate is an ordinary woman: a waitress in a diner, stuck in a loveless marriage to an English-major-turned-cabbie. But whoever assaults her in a New York City alley is far from ordinary. As the man’s icy grip burns her skin, she couldn’t grasp the dark fate that awaits her. The rape leaves her carrying a child, who she and her husband name Jeffrey....
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