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38501) Mother of Kings
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This epic tale based on Norse sagas by the Science Fiction Grand Master "proves that he is indeed a master!" (Robert Jordan, #1 New York Times -bestselling author). In Mother of Kings , Poul Anderson "brings to life the bloodthirsty Norse as they evolve into the looting, plundering Vikings of popular lore" ( Publishers Weekly ). During the tenth century, Gunnhild, the daughter of a Norse warlord, is sent to study sorcery under the auspices of two...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A nonfiction picture book about the fabulous adaptations that keep amphibians alive and thriving in their unique habitats!
How do sunscreen and mucus help amphibians survive?
In Sunscreen, Snot Homes, and Other Amazing Amphibian Adaptations, kids ages 5 to 8 discover how one frog uses sunscreen to protect itself through the dry season and how another uses its own mucus to create a cocoon. Amphibians spend part of their time on land and part in the...
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Language
English
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Description
Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie must probe into the private life of murdered Allegra Benedict to solve another grisly crime, in the third novel in this riveting Victorian crime series. As Inspector Ben Ross of Scotland Yard walks homeward one Saturday night in late October 1867, the fog that swirls around him is like a living beast. By the time it has lifted next morning, a woman lies murdered in Green Park. Allegra Benedict was the beautiful...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The iconic relief organization's activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: "Well-researched . . . fascinating." -Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of Medicine
In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva...
38505) Silent on the Moor
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Come back to the intriguing world of Lady Julia Grey in the beloved historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn. Despite his admonitions to stay away, Lady Julia arrives in Yorkshire to find Brisbane as remote and maddeningly attractive as ever. Cloistered together, they share the moldering house with the proud but impoverished remnants of an ancient family -- the sort that keeps their bloodline pure and their...
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Language
English
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Description
The shocking true story of the Russian serial killer who brutally murdered more than fifty victims--and evaded capture for over a decade. By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had killed more than fifty women and children, often sexually abusing them and leaving their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Although he was initially arrested in 1984, the police lacked enough evidence to pin the unsolved murders...
38507) A Study in Honor: A Novel
Author
Series
Janet Watson chronicles volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Mystery A selection in Parade 's roundup of "25 Hottest Books of Summer 2018" A Paste Magazine's Most Anticipated 25 books of 2018 pick A Medium's Books pick for We Can't Wait to Read in 2018 list Set in a near future Washington, D.C., a clever, incisive, and fresh feminist twist on a classic literary icon -- Sherlock Holmes -- in which Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sara Holmes will use espionage,...
38508) Death at Dovecote Hatch
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey ... a charming reminder of all the country house murders of Britain's golden age." -- Kirkus Reviews It's November 1932, and the peaceful village of Dovecote Hatch is still reeling from the recent murder at Mullings, country estate of the wealthy Stodmarsh family. Now it's about to be rocked by news of another violent demise. When the body of mild-mannered Kenneth Tenneson is found at the foot of the stairs in...
38509) Breath Like Water
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Expansive, romantic, and powerful." -- Gayle Forman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and I Have Lost My Way Susannah Ramos has always loved the water. A swimmer whose early talent made her a world champion, Susannah was poised for greatness in a sport that demands so much of its young. But an inexplicable slowdown has put her dream in jeopardy, and Susannah is fighting to keep her career afloat when two important people enter her...
38510) Ada Lovelace
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Meet the woman who made coding cool-and possible!
Before she was a famous mathematician and the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of well-known poet Lord Byron. Byron died when Ada was very young, and Ada's mother encouraged her interest in mathematics in an attempt to prevent Ada from turning into a melancholy poet like her father. Ada grew up and married a count, and as a countess, she was given access to some...
38511) Memoirs of a Lawman
Author
Publisher
Borodino Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Gunneson City Sheriff "Doc" Cyrus Wells Shores (1844-1934) -- nicknamed after the doctor who delivered him in Hicksville, Detroit in 1844 -- became well-known as a Colorado lawman for bringing down local criminals without parading his authority or a display of guns. Born in the village of Hicksville, about thirty miles from Detroit, Michigan, "Doc" Shores moved to Montana as a young man via a steamer and paid passage by hunting game along the route....
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A deep dive into the origins of the universe! Explore the ways people have tried answering the fundamental question of how the universe began with STEM activities and research projects that bring out-of-this-world learning into your own hands!
What exactly is the universe? Is it brilliant stars, distant galaxies, and giant black holes? What about the sun, the moon, or the planet Earth? The universe is all these things-and more! But where did it...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"A practical guide to documenting your decisions and preferences in case of incapacitating illness. It won't happen to me. I'm too busy to worry about a living will. My family will know what to do. No one wants to plan for incapacitating illness or death. But to spare loved ones from needless emotional suffering, or even legal battles, people of all ages need to document and communicate clear decisions about the final details of their lives while...
38514) Seven Dirty Secrets
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and "master of suspense" ( BCCB ), Natalie D. Richards, comes a pulse-pounding YA thriller about a girl who goes on a mysterious scavenger hunt, only to discover that someone knows her worst secret... and is out for blood. I know seven dirty secrets: One caused the fall. One did nothing. One saw it all. One didn't care. One used their head. One played the hero. One was left for dead....
38515) The OC
Author
Series
Jake Longly volume 5
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing / Independent Publishers Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Thrill-a-minute crime fiction-infused with wry humor
Restaurant owner and former professional baseball player Jake Longly is hoping for a few weeks of fun with Nicole Jamison in the warm Orange County, CA sun-The OC, baby. After that, they'll be on their way to LA for the filming of Nicole's sure-to-be-a-hit screenplay.
On arrival, they discover that Nicole's friend Megan Weatherly, a local TV reporter, has picked up an anonymous stalker....
38516) One last secret
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"I'll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it every time"-Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment
"Absolutely gripping"-Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of The Family Remains
"Whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying"-Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Forgotten
"Parks gets better and better"-Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Kids will be amazed at all the action that's going on right inside their own bodies, from understanding just how that apple turns into energy to how the "leftovers" make their exit. The Human Body: 25 Fantastic Projects Illuminate How the Body Works will engage kids with hands-on activities that will show them all the fantastic, well-orchestrated systems at work in their very own bodies-they'll see exactly how smoke affects the lung, how the heart...
Author
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Most know Florida as the land of endless sunny beaches, but the state is home to numerous eerie legends and mysterious creatures. The Everglades is home to the elusive Skunk Ape, a strange bipedal creature recognized by its odor. An uncanny doll reputed to have a life of its own greets visitors in a Florida Keys museum. An ancient monster is reported to roam the rivers in the northeast corners of the state, and in South Florida, a man built "America's...
38519) Unexplained South Carolina
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Palmetto State is home to many strange and unexplained events. The Gray Man of 2018 is Pawleys Island's most historic ghost. He has been seen walking the beaches before hurricanes. The tiny town of Hilda hears the mournful wail of a ghost train. The Bowery, Myrtle Beach's most legendary bar, hosts the spectral singing of Barman Joe. A ninety-two-foot crop circle appeared in the small town of McBee in 1994. And there's a host of Bigfoot sightings...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time. From ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to GPS and the atomic clocks of today, kids will track the evolution of timekeeping devices, meet the inventors of calendars and clocks, and learn interesting facts and trivia. Hands-on projects and activities include making...
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