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Publisher:
Zaffre
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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In 1899 South Africa, as war erupts between the Boers and British, Colonel Penrod Ballantyne and his family face peril and separation, while Ryder Courtney and his family are drawn into the conflict, risking everything to reunite and survive.
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Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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"A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true." -Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War Blending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting, oil rig captain John Konrad and veteran Washington Post writer Tom Shroder give the definitive, white-knuckled account of the Deepwater Horizon explosion-as well as a riveting...
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Publisher:
HarperAudio
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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A real-life thriller in the tradition of The Perfect Storm In the spring of 2010 the world watched for weeks as more than 200 million gallons of crude oil billowed from a hole three miles deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Warnings of various and imminent environmental consequences dominated the news. Deepwater drilling-largely ignored or misunderstood to that point-exploded in the American consciousness in the worst way possible. Fire on the Horizon, written...
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Publisher:
Angelique LaFontaine
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
Castine, Maine is a sleepy, seaside village that has been in existence since the 1600's. Jenna, her older brother Micah and their friends are your typical high school students that have lived in Castine their entire lives. They are all normal, healthy American teenagers. Jenna, the youngest out of all of them and yet the most precocious out of the bunch, embraces thoughts and notions she perceives from the written works of other great authors. Jenna...
7. Heir of fire
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Lexile measure:
910L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.
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English
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4 stars
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A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment's supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself "the Locksmith," can break through any lock or security system...
Lexile measure:
1070L
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune. Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. "Treasure Island" has enthralled readers for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are pieces of folklore for as long as children read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. Illustrations.
10. Black horizon
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Series:
Jack Swyteck novel volume 11
Language:
English
Description:
"It's devu, with a big twist. Three summers after the biggest man-made environmental disaster in history, millions of gallons of oil are again spewing from a hole in the ocean floor. But this rig explosion was in Cuban waters, just 50 miles away from Florida, and the situation is complex. The consortium doing the work is state-owned Venezuelan, Chinese and Russian, controlled by a mineral lease from the Cuban government. And the Cubans not only refuse...
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Lexile measure:
700L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Thirteen-year-old Sam Castine is at summer camp while his mother is in rehab, but when the camp is evacuated ahead of a fast moving wildfire, he makes the mistake of going back for his phone, and finds himself left behind, disoriented, and running for hislife, together with a girl, Delphy, from a different camp--finding an old jeep keeps them going, but in the wilds of Maine, there are only logging roads and the deadly crown fire is everywhere.
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Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he's found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand-a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of Satanic worship in the region.
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Series:
Moonlight Harbor volume 1
Language:
English
Description:
"Once happily married, Jenna Jones is about to turn forty, and this year for her birthday--lucky her--she's getting a divorce. She's barely able to support herself and her teenage daughter, but now her deadbeat artist ex is hitting her up for spousal support...and then spending it on his "other" woman. Still, as her mother always says, every storm brings a rainbow. And when she gets a very unexpected gift from her great-aunt Edie, things seem to be...
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Pub. Date:
2019
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 680L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
After Zélie and Amari bring magic back to the land of Orïsha, the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, forcing Zélie to fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.
15. Lost Face
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English
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Lost Face (1910) is a collection of seven short stories by American writer Jack London. Drawing on his experiences as a gold prospector in the Yukon, London explores the life of humanity at the edge of civilization. In these stories of life and death, nature reigns supreme over society, and even the strong are not guaranteed to survive. "Lost Face" is the story of a Polish trapper and fur thief named Subienkow. Captured by Native Americans, he watches...
16. The Black Witch
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Black witch chronicles volume 1
Lexile measure:
840L
Language:
English
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Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the Gardnerian people during the Realm War. But while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else. When she is granted the opportunity to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an apothecary, Elloren joins her...
Author:
Publisher:
James Hess
Language:
English
Description:
The sport of snowshoeing can provide for a physical workout that can appeal to the young and old, the novice and the seasoned physical fitness advocate. Add information about the history of the place visited and the experience takes on a new dimension of meaning of appreciation, along with memories that will last for a long time.One of the fastest growing outdoor sports, snowshoeing appeals to the young and the old, the beginner and the seasoned physical...
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Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I. While their story is almost always overlooked, the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who served the British Empire in World War I played a crucial role in the eventual Allied victory. Despite their sacrifices, Indian troops received mixed reactions from their allies and their enemies alike--some were treated as liberating heroes, some as mercenaries...
19. North and South
Language:
English
Description:
When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with...