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Dragon dynasty volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Thai
Description
Kham grew up with elephants in Thailand. To him elephants are majestic creatures, bred for peace, but prepared for war. When an evil Asian gang kidnap a bull and baby elephant during a festival, they are smuggled into Sydney, Australia. Kham must travel to a foreign land, and unravel a conspiracy that will reach into the highest levels of Australian law and business circles. With only his Muy Thai fighting techniques, and a disgraced Thai-descent...
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Marine Force Recon captain Cullen Loughman learns that his father's been kidnapped, he will do whatever it takes to find him. In order to achieve his mission, Cullen will need to team up with the best of the best?someone who just happens to be the most stunning woman he's ever laid eyes on... This isn't the first rodeo for ex-Air Force pilot Mia Carter. Still, Cullen's bad-boy good looks and charm are distracting her from duty...and it appears...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When I finally broke free, he was there for me—body, mind, and soul. Staying with someone who is supposed to love you, but instead hurts you, takes its toll. I faced betrayal, but I fought my way out, and now I just want to forget. We all have our stories, but thankfully that one ended, but not without complications. This is my story, and I am writing it from now on. Is he the one to help me believe in love again, or is the broken, jagged road...
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Young minds are introduced to nature and all its beauty, and a foundation is laid for a lifelong love of wild life, and places in the following three episodes: Pocket Protector (Izzy and his friends spot a mother kangaroo and see the smart way she holds her baby); Beaks and Bills (Izzy is having a tough time tying a knot with his wings, so he tries using his beak instead); and Diving Dolphins (Izzy and the explorers follow a group of dolphins as they...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
If all the young men of England leapt off a cliff, Madeline St. James wouldn't care. Then she'd have peace. Her nightmares of courtship would end, and she'd cozy up with a Psalm in her aunt's quiet sculpture garden. Yet, a chance meeting and a bullet wound change everything, and Madeline must trust the Good Shepherd has led her to the altar to marry a dashing stranger, Lord Devonshire. Death and pain are no strangers to Justain Delveaux, Lord Devonshire,...
Author
Series
Lone star hero's love story volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Overwhelmed by the responsibilities of running a ranch on her own, Laurel Tracey decides to hire a convict--a man who's just scary enough to take care of squatters and just desperate enough to agree to a one year post. The years following the war have been hard on Laurel Tracey. Both her brother and her father died in battle, and her mother passed away shortly after receiving word of their demise. Laurel has been trying to run her two hundred acre...
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Series
Clayton White novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Former air force combat rescue officer Special Agent Clayton White now works for the Secret Service performing routine escort missions for politicians. These missions may not be quite as exciting as his time in the military, but Clayton's okay with that. It gives him more time to see his girlfriend, Veronica Hammond--an archaeologist who also happens to be the vice president elect's daughter. But Clayton's seemingly manageable new routine takes a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: When Kenzie slips on her mermaid tail, she becomes Mermaid Kenzie, protector of the deeps. One day as Kenzie snorkels around a shipwreck, she discovers more plastic bags than fish. Grabbing her spear and mermaid net, she begins to clean up the water and the shore--inspiring other kids to help. Beautifully written in African American Vernacular English, this poetic picture book includes back matter with information about how plastic...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dian Fossey was known as a highly respected primatologist--a scientist who studies apes and other primates--and a fiercely devoted champion of the safety and preservation of mountain gorillas. Fossey had made powerful enemies because of her opposition to poaching, and in 1985, she was found murdered in her cabin in Rwanda. The case remains unsolved to this day, but her intense love for this endangered species helped create a legacy that survives in...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A historical investigation and family memoir intertwines the narrative of Anne Frank with the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, her protector and closest confidante in the Annex, who risked her life to protect the Franks and formed a deep friendship with Anne.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c2014
Language
English
Description
Historian and author of A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn presents a moral perspective on early America, citing events and movements rarely covered in U.S. history textbooks. In this interview, he discusses Columbus' atrocities against indigenous tribes in the Caribbean, slavery and Abolitionist Movement, colonial massacres against Native Americans that marked the beginning of Westward Expansion, Civil War Indian Removal policies,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption."--Jacket flap.
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Author
Series
Protector of the small volume 1
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindalen, daughter of nobles, serves as a page but must prove herself to the males around her if she is ever to fulfill her dream of becoming a knight.
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When her werewolf husband disappears, leaving her to deal with supernatural soldiers, exorcised ghosts, and an irate Queen Victoria, Alexia Maccon sets out to investigate, a search that leads her to the dark side of Scotland.
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
All of London's vampires are very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead. While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately tries to hold the Woolsey werewolf pack together, Alexia flees England for Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. Only they know enough about the preternatural to explain her increasingly inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than the vampires-- and they're...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Settling into her new life as the Lady Woolsey, Alexia finds her days quite challenging. Whether it is a regiment of supernatural soldiers camped out on her front lawn or the demands of being the Queen's 'muhjah,' there never seems to be a want of new hurdles to overcome. But when stories of supernaturals rendered normal by some unknown force begin cropping up, Alexia has a rather serious mystery on her hands. Can she root out the cause of this phenomenon,...
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Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, must answer a mystifying summons to Egypt from the world's oldest vampire. Meanwhile back in London, beta werewolf Professor Lyall and new pack member Biffy find love in unexpected places while investigating nefarious goings-on.
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