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(0)Mark Wilson
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Venture into the Alaskan arctic to learn about snowy owls.
"It's July on Alaska's North Slope, and scientist Denver Holt is in Utqiagvik surveying nests. Denver has been coming here since 1992, and the snowy owls he studies have been coming here much longer: thousands of years. With its mix of coastal, low-elevation tundra and a rich presence of lemmings, the North Slope is the only area in Alaska where snowy owls regularly nest. How do snowy owls...
2) The way of Nile C. Kinnick, Jr: insights, images, and stories of Iowa's 1939 Heisman Trophy Winner
Author
Publisher
Ice Cube Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Some people deserve to be heroes. A combination of simplicity and courage, honor and compassion, coordination and generosity. 2018 marks the hundredth [birthday] of one of Iowa's most notable native sons. Inspirational in so many ways. This collection is a reminder that playing hard and thinking deep never go out of style. Author Mark Wilson says it best: 'In our lifetimes, many of us have had or still have an individual we look up to; someone who...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Matt is an ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. A mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious gangsters. The only man at Matt's back is married to his ex-wife. Even worse, Matt's heavy drinking and excessive gambling continually ruin his attempts to be a decent father. Now, Matt must learn to politics of the underworld and grapple with his role as a hired muscle. He soon...