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Bravelands thunder on the plains volume 2
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Cast out of his coalition, Stride the cheetah embarks on a perilous mission for the Great Parent, accompanied by a honey badger burdened with a dark and mysterious past. Whisper the water buffalo has been searching desperately for her brother Echo, presumed dead after a terrible fall. And the hyena now known as Breathstealer finds herself courted by the Great Spirit at one moment and other times tempted by the Great Devourer...The balance of power...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Humanity has fallen from its once majestic place amongst the stars. Desperate for resources to prop up an aging galactic dynasty, humans seize every planet they find, exterminating their alien inhabitants. Across the empire, a group of dissidents come together through happenstance. As they learn more, however, they sense a strange force directing their lives. Can they discover the truth before the empire destroys them? Dispatched to subdue an uprising,...
3) The breakers
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Sharon McCone mysteries volume 33
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
On a foggy summer morning, private investigator Sharon McCone receives a call from her former neighbors, the Curleys. Their usually dependable daughter Chelle hasn't been answering their calls for weeks. Would Sharon check on her? Sharon arranges to visit the building Chelle had been living in and rehabbing in southwest San Francisco. Once it was a nightclub and bar, she learns, and a favorite destination for the city's elite during Prohibition. But...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: When their dad forgets his lunch box on his way to the construction site, a young brother and sister set out to take it to him, and along their way witness all the noisy, exciting action of a build site in the city. With builders building, breakers breaking, and a whole host of impressive machines and vehicles hard at work, this book bursts with color and offers children plenty to enjoy. In his trademark intricate style, Steve...
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Realm breaker volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. She soon discovers the truth: She is the last of an ancient lineage-and the last hope to save the world from destruction. But she won't be alone. Even as darkness falls, she is joined by a band of unlikely companions. Together they stand against a vicious opponent, invincible and determined to burn all kingdoms to ash, and an army unlike anything the realm has...
8) The breaker
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Series
Peter Ash novels volume 6
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A man wanted by two governments, Peter Ash has found a simple, low-profile life in Milwaukee, living with his girlfriend June and renovating old buildings with his friend Lewis. Staying out of trouble is the key to preserving this fragile peace...but when Peter spots a suspicious armed man walking into a crowded market, he knows he can't stand by and do nothing. Peter does interrupt a crime, but it wasn't at all what he'd expected. The young gunman...
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Series
Realm breaker volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In the sequel to Victoria Aveyard's instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, a divided world must rally, an unstoppable enemy must be defeated, and the fate of the world rests on a blade's edge.
10) Code Breakers
Pub. Date
[2014], c2010
Language
English
Description
When did the first peoples arrive in the New World? For decades, anthropologists believed that humans were unable to enter the Americas until the end of the last Ice Age. In this HD documentary, anthropologist Niobe Thompson opens a fascinating window onto new research overturning this longstanding theory. He works in cooperation with scientists who are studying everything from human coprolites to forgotten fossils to ancient DNA and revealing a much...
11) Breaker Morant
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
South Africa, 1901 - the British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerrilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveladt Carbineers, made up mainly of Australians, is ordered by the British High Command to the fight the Boer on its terms and take no prisoners. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rhode Island, high society. But when murder darkens a glittering affair at the Vanderbilt summer home, reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the actions of the cream of society can curdle one's blood..."--P. [4] of cover.
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Series
Teddy Mars volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Teddy Mars seeks to stand apart from his six siblings, none of whom could be called "normal," by earning a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records.
16) Icebreaker
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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Petrel is an outcast on the ancient ship, an icebreaker, that has been following the same course for 300 years. In that time, the ship's crew has forgotten its original purpose and broken into three warring tribes. Everyone has a tribe except Petrol. Nicknamed the Nothing Girl, Petrel has been ostracized ever since her parents were thrown overboard as punishment for a terrible crime. But Petrel is a survivor. She lives in the ship's darkest corners,...
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Un enorme festival de datos, una gran pila de récords, una mina de curiosidades ... Este libro está lleno de ¡Grande Récords! ¿Cuál es la criatura del mundo que vive más años? ¿Quién fue el primero que rompió la barrera del sonido? ¿Cuál es el lugar más frío del sistema solar? ¿Qué dinosaurio era el más grande? ¡Grande Récords! te da todas estas respuestas... y muchas más"--Back cover.
"Amazing facts about people, animals, Earth,...
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Dork diaries volume 6
Language
English
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Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance."
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1930's, only white figure skaters were allowed in public ice rinks and to compete for gold medals, but Mabel Fairbanks wouldn't let that stop her. With skates two sizes too big and a heart full of dreams, Mabel beat the odds and broke down color barriers through sheer determination and athletic skill. After skating in ice shows across the nation and helping coach and develop the talents of several Olympic champions, Mabel became the first...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history;...
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