Washoe County Library System

"Nevada Days is a fictionalised account of Atxaga's nine months' stay as writer-in-residence at the Centre for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada. He is accompanied by his wife, Angela, who is also doing research there, and by their two daughters. During their first few weeks, the family encounter a strange mapache (racoon), which is always staring at them from the garden, a flight of helicopters immediately overhead, a black widow spider,...

Young Cleopatra saves her father's throne, which is endangered by unrest among the peasants.

A fictionalized retelling of how Isabel and her brother Alfonso went to live with their half-brother, King Henry of Spain.

Following a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains, a lost group of Englishmen and Americans stumble upon the dream-like, utopian world of Shangri-La, wehre life is eternal and civilization refined.

An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories reflecting various aspects of American life at the turn of the nineteenth century.

While searching the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son, Jim Hawkins, find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Hawkins sets sail on board the ship Hispaniola to find the treasure. While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.

An introduction to the telescope, including the history of its invention, how telescopes work, and information on different types of telescopes today.