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11241) Warrior bronze
Author
Series
Gods and warriors volume 5
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the final book in the Gods and Warriors series, Hylas and Pirra prepare to face Telemon and the Crows in a final epic battle, all the while searching for Hylas's lost sister, Issi"--
11242) Goodnight from Paris
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
11 audio discs (13 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Paris, 1939. Hollywood actress Drue Leyton, married to Frenchman Jacques Tartiere, lives as an expatriate in love. But when her husband is dispatched to Brittany to work as a liaison for the British military, Drue finds herself alone with her housekeeper, adrift and heartsick in her adopted city. With her career and fame forty-five hundred miles away, Drue accepts an opportunity that will change her life forever. Befriended by seasoned wartime journalist...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hercule Poirot investigates a string of murders that appear to be disconnected on the surface, but for some obscure reason that Poirot is determined to uncover, the number four keeps popping up with every killing. This collection features the original linked Hercule Poirot stories as they first appeared in The Sketch periodical, before Christie re-worked them with her brother-in-law to create the novel, The Big Four.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends too! On Wednesdays, April and Mae take classes. Mae takes art class, and April takes music class. But this Wednesday, there is a talent show to raise money for the library. April will perform on stage. Mae will make posters and bake treats. When it is time to go onstage, April feels shy. Can Mae and the pets help April be brave?" --
"April and Mae are best friends (and so are their...
11245) The story seeker
Author
Series
Story collector volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Viviani Fedeler, proud resident of the New York Public Library, has her sights set on becoming a star reporter. She's thrilled when Miss Hutch announces a story contest where the winner gets their essay printed in the New York Times! But then Viviani gets her first-ever case of writer's block. As she struggles to find inspiration, the library is hit with a strange mystery involving overdue books, secret messages, and perhaps a spy...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvi, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, A Noble Cause is a stirring tribute to the valor and courage of the allied forces in the Vietnam War and a vivid re-creation of hard-won battles from Ia Drang Valley to Khe Sanh and Hamburger Hill... Celebrating the skill and bravery of the United States armed forces and their South Vietnamese allies, A Noble Cause presents a gripping chronicle of both large and small unit successful combat engagements,...
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max seems like any other kid until he is asked to join the Lucha Libre Club, but because of strict secrecy he cannot tell anyone of his royal wrestling blood, his uncle the king of lucha libre, The Guardian Angel.
11248) The No-Good Nine
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1931, nine naughty children who received coal in their stockings travel from Pittsburgh to the North Pole to plead their case to Santa Claus.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Half the children of the world-- the girls-- are treated unfairly because of their gender. But girls around the word are taking action. The International Day of the Girl features nine inspiring stories based on real girls' experiences with gender inequality around the word. From Brazil to Afghanistan to Canada, each story highlights issues faced by girls-- including gender-based violence, illiteracy, sanitation and child marriage-- and how they've...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Afraid of singing in front of a large crowd, Indigo dreams about Acoustic Rooster and his band and, after a storm flattens their barn, helps organize a concert fundraiser to rebuild it." --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the final installment of Sally Christie's "tantalizing" (New York Daily News) Mistresses of Versailles trilogy, Jeanne Becu, a woman of astounding beauty but humble birth, works her way from the grimy back streets of Paris to the palace of Versailles, where the aging King Louis XV has become a jaded and bitter old philanderer. Jeanne bursts into his life and, as the Comtesse du Barry, quickly becomes his official mistress. "That beastly bourgeois...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
392 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the events surrounding the 1906 murder trial of millionaire Harry Thaw details the victimization of teen actress Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw's vengeance-fueled, public murder of legendary architect Stanford White.
11253) Dawn at Mineral King Valley: the Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the rise of environmental law
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiv, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Dawn at Mineral King: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law law professor Daniel Selmi chronicles a seminal case that opened a new field of law: environmental protection. It shows how, against long odds, the Sierra Club prevented the Walt Disney Company from building a massive ski resort in the magnificent Mineral King Valley of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Proposed in 1965, the vast Disney development would have...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Looking for wit, wisdom, and inspiration all within the pages of one useful book? Read Something Else. Life is a turbulent journey, fraught with confusion, heartbreak, and inconvenience. This collection of wit and wisdom from New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket is unlikely to help. It includes a new introduction filled with curious aphorisms, a handful of never-before-seen-or-heard quotations, and fan favorites from works over the years....
11255) Mia Mayhem rides the waves
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 11
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mia Mayhem learns some important things about herself and her abilities during a family vacation to the beach.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvi, 189 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"How do we talk about Black history and racism in the United States on college campuses? In a series of essays, Professor Leonard Moore outlines how he has taught courses on African American history at colleges with a largely white student body. As an African American professor, he has had to find ways to teach to a diverse classroom, but one that is often dominated by white students with little prior knowledge of this history. Moore discusses how...
11257) Zero day
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eight years after being kidnapped, Addie Webster, now sixteen, resurfaces under mysterious circumstances, significantly changed, and her childhood best friend, Darrow Fergusson, is asked by a national security advisor to spy on her to uncover whether she is a threat to her father's Presidency or the nation.
Author
Series
Black Sand Beach volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dash and his crew might have stumbled upon the source of the evil at Black Sand Beach when they stumbled into the abandoned and haunted lighthouse, but when Lily reveals that she found Dash's journal there, the news is anything but comforting. The book is full of Dash's reflections on his trip to Black Sand Beach the previous summer. Only Dash doesn't recognize the journal or have any memory of being there. As the friends read the entries aloud, through...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A sumptuous and sensual tale of power, romance, family, and betrayal centered around four sisters and one King. Carefully researched and ornately detailed, The Sisters of Versailles is the first book in an exciting new historical fiction trilogy about King Louis XV, France's most "well-beloved" monarch, and the women who shared his heart and his bed. Goodness, but sisters are a thing to fear. Set against the lavish backdrop of the French Court in...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxv, 429 pages : maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution's success depended on substantial military assistance provided by France and Spain, and places the Revolution in the context of the global strategic interests of those nations in their fight against England. In this groundbreaking, revisionist history, Larrie Ferreiro shows that at the time the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord the colonists had little chance, if any, of militarily...
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