Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Robert Langdon novels volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he...
2) The chase
Author
Series
Isaac Bell thrillers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
In 1906 detective Isaac Bell goes after the Butcher Bandit who has committed a string of bank robberies and murders in the western states of America and becomes the hunted.
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 22
Language
English
Description
"Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan.The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the inside.Reacher wonders what unlucky circumstance made her give up something she earned over four hard years. He decides to find out. And find the woman. And return her ring. Why not? So begins a harrowing journey...
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 10
Language
English
Description
"The search for a legendary automobile threatens the careers and lives of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo in this thrilling adventure in Clive Cussler's bestselling series. In 1906, a groundbreaking Rolls-Royce prototype known as the Gray Ghost vanishes from the streets of Manchester, England, and it is only the lucky intervention of an American detective named Isaac Bell that prevents it from being lost forever. Not even he can save the...
5) Red war
Author
Series
Mitch Rapp novel volume 17
Language
English
Description
"When Russian president Maxim Krupin discovers that he has inoperable brain cancer, he's determined to cling to power. His first task is to kill or imprison any of his countrymen who can threaten him. Soon, though, his illness becomes serious enough to require a more dramatic diversion--war with the West. Upon learning of Krupin's condition, CIA director Irene Kennedy understands that the US is facing an opponent who has nothing to lose. The only...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
The young D'Artagnan travels to Paris determined to join King Louis XIII's elite guards. Hot-headed and raring to prove himself, D'Artagnan challenges three strangers to a duel. These strangers are none other than the daring band of Musketeers - Porthos, Athos and Aramis. D'Artagnan's fearless spirit impresses them.
Author
Series
Xanth volume 46
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Young Vinia is enjoying her life with her boyfriend, Prince Ion. They complement each other perfectly: her telekinesis helps him walk, and his ambiance abolishes all allergens, allowing her to breathe freely. But Ion and his twin, Hilda, are bored with their easy royal lives and are restless for an adventure . . . While telling the story of how their parents met, the twins remember their mother was once captured by a dragon and frozen in crystal...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It’s 1815 in the small town of Heron's Creek, Georgia, when Yip Tolroy––mute, medical anomaly, and social outcast––is born. His father has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, so he is raised by his mother: a powerful, troubled, independent woman who owns and runs a general store. She struggles to manage his needs, leaving Yip to find the means of asserting himself in an unforgiving, hostile environment. With the help of a retired...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
"A reading group favorite, The Jump-Off Creek is the unforgettable story of widowed homesteader Lydia Sanderson and her struggles to settle in the mountains of Oregon in the 1890s. “Every gritty line of the story rings true” (Seattle Times) as Molly Gloss delivers an authentic and moving portrait of the American West. “A powerful novel of struggle and loss” (Dallas Morning News), The Jump-Off Creek gives readers an intimate look at the hardships...
Author
Series
Xanth volume 40
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
A quest to fulfill a lifelong wish turns into an adventure rife with magical creatures and arduous tasksand puns, of coursewhen New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony revisits the enchanted land of Xanth In Xanth, everyone has a talent. But that doesnt mean everyone loves his talent, and no one understands that better than Hapless. Endowed with the ability to conjure any instrument he wants, Hapless could be an extraordinary musician if...
12) The mask
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A quiet bank clerk is turned into a cartoon character with strange abilities usually only available in animation, all through an ancient mask he finds.
13) Missing link
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While trying to gain acceptance into the club of elite adventurers, Sir Lionel Frost travels to the Pacific Northwest to find Bigfoot and ends up helping him find his distant relatives in the legendary valley of Shangri-La.
14) Uncharted
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. What starts as a heist job for the duo becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Santiago Moncada, who believes he and his family are the rightful heirs. If Nate and Sully can decipher the clues and solve one of the world's...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request