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Pub. Date:
2012
Lexile measure:
640L
Language:
English
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Curtis' mother doesn't come home after her all-night shift at the gas bar and for a time he manages on his own, looking after himself and his five-year-old brother. The credit card maxes out, and the landlord starts demanding the rent. The boys make friends with Mrs. Burt who takes them to her remote cabin by a lake, but as summer turns to fall, Mrs. Burt seems to be prepared to spend winter in the cabin.
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2006], c1969
Language:
English
Description:
The Sundance Kid is the frontier's fastest gun. His partner, Butch Cassidy is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, put on new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend, head down to Bolivia.
Author:
Publisher:
Stephanie Sparks
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Jamie Riley had always suspected that something was wrong with her stepfather. Burt Valentine wasn't just a man on the hunt for the perfect life - he was a fugitive family annihilator who murdered his own wife and children. After Jamie escapes his violent attack, she learns years later that Burt had infiltrated and destroyed other families too, leaving a trail of physically and emotionally broken stepchildren. As adults, Jamie and the other survivors...
5. San Andreas
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When a magnitude nine earthquake leaves California in ruins, a helicopter pilot and his estranged wife make their way to San Francisco to save their only daughter.
Author:
Publisher:
Mushroom eBooks
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
Description:
Never before in his adventurous career under the double suns of Antares had Dray Prescot been in as desperate a situation as he finds himself on his second entry into the city of Magdag. Magdag was the scene of one of Prescot's earliest experiences on Kregen and he recalled it with loathing as a city of power-lusting slavers, of decadent worshippers of the Green Sun. As one who had been initiated into the chivalric order of Krozairs, he despised all...
7. Moby Dick
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Lexile measure:
1200L
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
Narrated by the crew member Ishmael, this epic whaling adventure follows the crew of the Pequod as its captain, Ahab, descends deeper and deeper into madness on his quest to find and kill the white whale that maimed him. Beyond the surface of ship life, whaling, and the hunt for the elusive Moby Dick are allegorical references to life - and even the universe - in this masterpiece by Herman Melville. Regarded as the Great American Novel, Moby Dick...
Author:
Publisher:
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
Jackie Robinson famously said that a life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives. As we celebrate Robinson's 100th birthday in January 2019, Stealing Home profiles nine figures whose lives were altered by the "great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called then. Profiled here are Rachel Robinson, the stoic but thoughtful wife; Branch Rickey, the mercurial but far-sighted manager/owner of the Dodgers; Baseball Commissioner...
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In this ultimate, psychedelic, star-studded, secret-agent satire, British Intelligence is waning…in every possible way! When the diabolical SMERSH begins killing off Her Majesty's Secret Service, super-agent James Bond (David Niven) recruits six more "James Bonds" to confuse and conquer their enemies. But it won't be easy…they'll have to face an army of irresistibly sexy female operatives, exploding robotic fowl and germ that makes all women beautiful…but...
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Publisher:
Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
This biography is about a man who is unique in every way. He had decided at the age of twelve to become a scientist and worked toward that goal, earning his way financially and educationally. His mother instilled in him that he could do anything he set his mind to and do it well. His father taught him that to get ahead in life, he had to work, and he had to work hard. So he worked harder and accomplished more than anyone else in any given time,...
Author:
Publisher:
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Poems to Turn to Again and Again - from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More Created and compiled just for young women, You Don't Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self-acceptance and strength, giving...
Language:
English
Description:
When a wily, witty, lying, lazy, cheating slave discovers that his master's son is in love with the girl next door, a virgin courtesan, he promises to help win her heart in exchange for his freedom. But the road to romance is blocked with stunning surprises, cunning disguises and the wildest chariot race ever!
Publisher:
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
c2006
Language:
English
Description:
Babe has just shot her husband. Lenny worries that men will no longer find her attractive, and Meg returns from Hollywood after a nervous breakdown. The three eccentric sisters reunite, and their initial joy dissolves into a series of squabbles and arguments. But they pull together and support each other, through their exasperating succession of mistakes and misfortunes.
17. The four million
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Language:
English
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The Four Million (1906) is a collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry. Inspired by his experiences as a fugitive and in prison, these stories address themes of poverty, persecution, and hope. The Four Million refers to the population of New York City, where O. Henry was living at the time of its composition. Containing twenty-five works of short fiction, the collection includes several of the author's best-known stories. "The Gift of...
18. Grilled
Publisher:
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
2006
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Two meat salesmen find themselves in a terrible slump. With one last chance to make good or get fired, the partners head out to close a perfect prospect but wind up in the middle of a big beef between desperate mobsters, ruthless killers and a sultry seductress. Now, either they find a way to get out of this mess alive and hopefully make a killer sale in the process, or they're dead meat!